The evening world., 1915-03-16
ATTACK WHITMAN
Plan ] NTOA|DCANAL
....SYs4,O00,0OOTAX
I'D -
Senators Foley and Wagner
! Point Out That City Would
!: z. ! Pay $3,ooo,ooo Of 1t.
ifOR UPSTATE BENEFIT.
Heavy Burden Placed on Me-
I tropolis to Help Out Re-
!, publican Contractors.
yFOR UPSTATE BENEFIT

!, publican Contractors. |
! By Samuel M. Williams.
(oessisi eta6 Correspondent es The
3 Evening Worldly |
\ ALBANY, March 1e.-.In order tol
hShNn the e1s.ooO.ooo direct State tax
that Gov. whitman says must be
levied this year. 80 per cent. Of which |
swall fall upon property owners Of
New YORK City. attacks are TO bel
made in the Legislature upon specific
items a. unnecessary.
= Concentrated fire 10 being directed
shy the city delegation on the $4,000 |
600 II be collected for completing theI
Erie Canal. Senators Wagner and
Foley assert that this charge 10 not
senly improper and not needed. but II
falls with particular severity upon
tho metropolis.
"The canal so far has been paid for
!. out OF the proceeds Of long term
bopds.~ said Senator Foley. but now
.comes an attempt to place the lump
.sum burden In . single year upon o
particular portion OF the population.
t1n al business finance such . charge
should be made against capital CO.
scount. not against current income.
"The Interstate Commerce Com
Emission or the Public Service Com
f0ission would not allow . railroad
rcorporation to finance itself In such
y manner. It would be equivalent 70
I epermltting freight or passenger ratee
&to be increased for the purpose OF
: puildipg q new line, The canal 10 q
y Sstmanent Improvement Its cost y
purely = capital charge The public
cannot be assessed In direct taxes
for such an Investment. O..
RGeENT BOND SALES PROVIDE
MONEY ENOUGH FOR ~
. AL- ~ PReeENT'NEEos.
"Thers 10 another phase to this
charge, which contemplates making
eNew Workers. pay for the particular
( and Immediate beneft Of certain Sec
3 tions up State. The recent bond sale.
l Of Sioi .ooo, 900. allotted Ss.SoO.eoO for
! canal construction. OF this some two
milliofS~ wer1 appropriated IN ad.
vance. leaving q net 35.ooo.0oo avail
able for Carrying ON current contracts.
'~rhe Governor and his advisors
sesm not to be content with this. but
demand $l.000.0oo more by direct tax.
Of which $s.ooo.o00 will have to be
contributed by New Workers. We
Nmaintain that the $4,000. 900 proceeds
Of the last bond sale are amply sum-
'.oisnt to carry on the work this year.
until arrangements can be made for
additional long term bonds.
'srhe reason for this added imposi-
tion on New York city Is to hurry
through to completion particular sec
tisns Of the canal. In which prominent
6psSker Sweet Of the Assembly wants
q rot the Oswego branch completed
Cor the bsnefit Of his district. and
In the Lake Champlain
radon, headed By John r. OBrieu
i.aHd r. 8. Wetherbee, are urging COM
pletion Of the Champiain branch to
Solp their section.
81 TT win be interesting to know how
Duffalo and the western part Of the
0tats win regard this when they learn
& e the plan to hurry up the eastern
and and to leave them out until q
: SSNEFiII,No osWEoo At tx.
u PENsE OF euFFAlo.
NJ According TO present Intentions
4 the scheme u to finish through line
{! OF canal from Oswego on Lake On.
3, tario, via Syracuse. to the Hudson
River. Oswego wants to divert traffic
from Buffalo to its own port, hoptni
that e this section Of the canal !,
down the Great Lakes win pass Buf'
falo by, running through the Well
and Canal around Niagara Falls Int,
y Lake Ontario, and make for the nev
harbor terminus at Oswego.
"In similar manner the Lake Cham
plain people are clamoring for quicl
:. Completion OF their branch connect
ins the lake with the Hudson Rive
Z no they can run products Of thei
mines and mills down to the sea
z board. ....
q line between Syracuse and the Hud
son and also on the Champlain brancl
which, have not yet been let Unds
y awarded unless the money Is avalla
y, BILE 10 nav for them. q.
FAvoRs CANAL COMPLETION
~ ON A BUSINESS sAsls.
- I'VE maintain that the n,O00, 900 o
direct tax levy Is for the purpose Q
J. - allowing these new contracts to b
a.. let and not, as claimed by the Gov
" ernor, that the money 10 necessary I
,;'rri complete existing contracts whicl
\ fwould suffer II stopped for lack o
funds.
A 'srhe direct tax can be reduced b
~ ", ,oOO, 900. Tho barge canal must b
n ooHnpleted, but II must be financed y
a 4 the manner originally proposed
namely. by long term bonds, whic
will spread the cost over a period o
XII. years. This is no time TO put bur
Estden OF $1,000, 900 directly upon Nev
ess York City In addition to the snor
ls,imous costs OF city government whicl
6ss We are now enduring"
LA. MITCHELL PALMER