The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-02-16
MANY AGAINST
RUSSELL PLAN
Opposition to litalIzatiOn OlLaw
changing Plan of COrpOr-
alton Tax.
ARGUMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT

When the ,ppatp committee ON rev.
rnuo aud tnNntiou meets "Wednesday
nigm IL will hrnr arguments for uud
against ~rnntr joint resolution Nu
n. proposed h, senator CompbrIl Ru-
sell. which rrorrpInza. m, .,.tam of
taxing public service corporation.
1nr proposed amendment hn- been
given much study aud those rlpimius
lr br familiar with what might hr
the results mIor the propu-rd meth
ud say 1t viii vur. tY fnr al.pJ,put
ngr of NOR. than half rnr .nuutl,. n
M" state
Ihr public service ,9rporutiun. nu
'rr the proposed Russo Amrndmru
rt, their tNr. inf. tn,. SINH. ir,..,.n,..
vhnh i- then promtcd ro tine .ouu,rr.
for school mrlO-r~ m prr .upiru ha
SIS Ihr luN paid h the puhi. SEP
vice corporation is iu Uwp ur all other
tNr-
Considerable argument m. been ud
'uurrd m favor of repeating the Rus
sell amendment one illustration has
hrnu given that viii amply ro all cuuu
Ties 100 greater or lrs, degree
In Crrrk county the tornl u~s.--rd
valuation o. A property. NOT punIIr
service. (. SlSG2NG1I The total as
rr--rd value m public service urnu.
rrty T. Sl31NN NjS. making the total
u,,r--rd value " property In that
county 81 llNI2g All these figure,
mr given u- actual Undrr the pre-.
eat method w chat previous 10 the
enforcement Of the Russell amend
mrui Tine tuDI ruN for aIl purposes In
creek county wa. Sj3D4U1. nud the
Average rate Tor ull uNp, In the ruun.
~ under thu present method vas 1876
mills The total taN received from
th" public service corporation. was
S22NS'j
Lighter IaN on Corporations.
WIN thr application uf the new
method, or under the Russell amend.
Wrnt II ls said thi. will be- the result
NloNiug thnt the total tax tu be- rui~
ed viii lr the same or Nl3g2OT there
.Vlll hr an amount less the total state
tnN N Sl2lli and S32 2I1 upportion-
.ru {" ihc schools whirn totuls $7I3G0
This will be- thc'amouul to come from
the corporations In that county. in
tlrd of the S22S Soj a. before
This would leave SiGIslS in taxes
.in that county 10 be- raised. but the ar
'umonl IS made that Instead Of the
public service corporations paving
S22NNli ~ before under the new
method they would only pay S7i3SO
aud III" difference would hr xljG5OG.
/. which represents Il decrrusr iu taxes
that would be- paid In that county by
d the public service corporations
The illustration is further applied
The decrease II $lijj 800 coming from
the public service corporations in
: Creek county would require that this
much more be- raised un the other
property In the county 10 raise the
amount Of revenue required To do
this would be 10 Increase the rate of
taxation In that county from 1876 or
what II was under the old mcthol to
. - mills or mn SncrcaSc NJ 81 mills
II IL admitted that the Russell
amendment will make the public ser
vice corporations pay more taxes. hut
In the counties where there ARE public
service corporations II win require
} more money tu be raised un other
: property than heretofore
rs 10 Oklahoma County.
p This Is the reason: There are for
. Iiyulnc counties In the state having
public service corporations which pny
, tnNes There ARE twenty eight ruun.
+, ties having no public service corpora
I tiuns consequently the forty.niue
I counties will he donating 10 the other
, twenty eight counties al the expense
Of the taxpayers NJ the forty nine
, counties, or those In which the public
, service corporation property Is lncnt
ed. aud the fortyniup counties will
have to make mp the deficit by In