The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

The hearings TO he given by the
joint leg sla,ive Commission on TAXA
ton. OF which senator Ogden l." Mills
Is chairman, will tomorrow
at 10 o'clock In the assembly rooms OF
the Merchants Association. The com
mittee has boen author. zed by the Leg
is,ature to revise the entire tax system
~ . State with q view of api>ortion-
M the tax levy more cquitably upon
various forms OF property. The mem
bcrs OF tn. commission. besides Senator
Mills. are senators Frank II. Thorn. II.
r.. Mdcho,d and Archie u. Sanders and
Representatives John j. Boylan. Edwaru
A. Everett. Charles u. ponohue and
William j Gillen. Bronson Wiuthrop
and Walter l.indncr have been app .nted
as counsel to the committee.
Tomorrow the committee will in
vitc Mayor Mitchell and Comptroller
of the state EugelFe NJ. Travis before
NJ ON Tuesday Comptroller rrender-
CAST and other city officials will he
heard. Witnesses for property owners
will testify on Wednesday, VIII le the
following groups will appear In the or
der mentioned: Representatives OF the
trust companies. savings banks, life in
surance companies, national and state
BANKS investment and private banks,
manufacturing. mercantile and COM
mercial interests.
The committee Of real estate men
which has been meeting regularly to
frame replies To the inquiries which
were published last week are ~ fol-
lows: Messrs. Nicholas Biddle chair
man; Hem! ii,och, Charles :. brown.
stewart BROW ne, ]. Clarence Dawes.
William NJ, Grove, Cornelius G. KolT,
]" NJ. II. Mcclure. Edward a. Mac
pcugal. Alfred T.. Marling, Walter f.
Maynard. NJ. Morgcuthau, Jr, Cyrus G.
Miller. Allan Robinson, Robert i: simon
and l.. u. Woodwortli.
In view Of the fact that Senator Mills's
committee IL giving careful ronsiiera-
I tion to possible new sources of revenue,
II IL desirable that real estate owners
impress upon his committee the inn
portauCc of the state obtaining add
tional taxes from those who are not
contributing their full shave rather
than from those classes of persons or
property that are hearing the burden
to-day, The following gcutlemen have
been requested 10 appear before the
committee in behalf Of real estate
owners Messrs. Charles :, Brown.
Alfred y. Marling. Walter T.. Maynard,
Henry Bloch, Allan Hoblnson. J. clar-
ence Davies, Stewart browne, william,
NJ. Greve, Cornelius q Koln, John J.
Halleran, Walter Lindner, NJ Morgen-
than Jr., l.. NJ D.. McGuire and Nicholas
Riddle, The basis OF tn" examination
before the committee will be tho Quos-
tons prepared by Senator Mills's COM
mittee, particularly addressed to real
estate owners. These questions are as
follows
|, What are the facts "a to tho bur
den of taxation borne by real estate. as
compared with other forms of property.
"A. In SO far as city taxes are con-
Ccrned.
b. In so far as state taxes are con-
ccrned.
. How does this comparative burden
compare with taxation In the past
3. What Is the average percentage OF
net income derived from real estate IN
New York city paid for State and city
taxation. assuming the state rate to be
> mills
4, What was the percentage OF not I'M
come paid N taxes twenty years go?
!, Describe briefly the real estate sit
uation IN New York city to-day
Il. In regard to land.
b, In regard to improvements.
4, In regar to business districts.
II. In regai to residential
4, What would he the effect Of a
permanent annual direct tax of SEA, 600, =
200 on the real estate situntion-taking