Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-01
DEN||ESCLA|NfTH
STATE NOULDy6I
Fourth |NCOQl
Sponsor of NatiOnalizati6I
Plan Urges More Equis h
table Taxation.
LEvIESl SHOULD BE BORN 81
BY HOLDERS OF PROPERTY
Asserts Under Present Saafst
Public and Labor Pay
Utilities Profit.
SEE ECONOMIC RECoNsTRUCTIIoS
Claims Waikout Of Transportation
Men Would Mean More Than 8,
Solution of WaI ~
LEvIEs5 SHOULD BE BORN q
BY HOLDERS OF PROPERI4
SEE ECONOMIC RECoNsTRUCTIoN
Explaining his nIan

Explaining his plan
tion OIL American railroads before ana
audience OF 1000 at the City Andito.S
rum yesterday afternoon, Glenn ii a
fiumb, genehal counsel for the four
great railroad brotherhoods declared
mat taxes lost to the State, counties%
ana cities through operation Of thb
ROADS under his plan could be repIacedsS
by lcvying upon other property In IS
more equitable manner ~
Occasion was also made Nv MrSs
niumb for criticism OF PresfdentF
WIis9ns proposals for settlement OF I
r rai aema morl for increased wages, 3bS
Declaring that efforts of the govern
VIII raj, 70 s restore store conditions to normal
is kent IS, so p ,ong as financial aqtecrao
oI prices and values" ne said that tba@
"s the sad df ssms to Of strihs out
hoinic reconstructlon." : 3S1S3S.s 81
Warns Against Strike.
" strike vote1is returned bvithas
ran.s i, men in face of President wiz
warned that the issue wouId a, in nsP!
VI %ags sco adjustments and into the Held
Replying to the statements Of tha%
Virginia virgin. Corporation Comm ission. sun
DAVIS IN w YfW days ago to Governor
,n the Plumb plan the State would
the n onft ,en OF Its revenues during
This seems at first to be a Werv
serious arraignment of the plan
tt hs In ta mat would materially AFFECT
gnia. u StiHr,i -as8
ro Let me ask you: where do the rail II
that they pay to the State in taxes9
,,Ihey collect it from the citizens of
Virginia. = SS 'e ~
People Paying Taxes.
oxna y. Is charged into their operating
which YOU pay for the Transportation
OF commodities. You people right hera
II, u, front ,,e OF me are paying that amount
z, great deal more than that amount
10 the railroads or somebody as
from yo on the %o collection of that tax
the state of Virginia provide it's reve.
nues by taxing you l cent on evetsl
n lodr or or bread bread you buy, cents on each
SUIT Of clothes that you purchase. and
IKE amount on every peck of po- /
s satoes' pound Of butter or dozen or
ing. The amount may not be accurate,
. put me ILLUSTRATION is correct. Fors.
t nar s2'2st COG which the railroads now
iected from You in the Increased price
or every necessity that You purch ase,
rom collars to coal and from feathers
TO family soap. - - ~
On AJhDOFcr6s
dc DO you know that in t1b,tcen
sears the amounts received frcfi the +
railroads have Increased nearly 4oiI
per Pc Ger cent. from 100000, to s2,ss4, oooe}
II is because through this device
or or indlrect taxation they are able to
lay t. the burden Of government on the
out his knowing 1t, and compel him to
SUPPORT the state, not In proportion to 4
his nnss ability to pay on the property, no
necessities he must puschane in order
10 live: II you readjust your revenue
rca1ius we sale alloy you ten years for. that
unless you demand that 1t be done at
once-you put the burden of Eevernss~
m , back on the owners of property
ability to pay. and In proportion to the
sta ate, ~
vate ownership" he continued DIN q
der the guarantee which the owners
demand OF net return OF per cent a
mat would mean that the present de-
hcit of s400.000000 a year would haTass
to he overcome before there could be
then be increased $500. 900. 600 over the
present rentals. That means that an
1 wS1eh tn Of a. least
would have to pay in the price of their
commodities. plus profit collected onyH
tiaS LON. Il
Sees Additional Tux. I
The railroads OF the United States
now pay to al OF the States approx
this amount Virginia pays / per cent. {.
ta ns'a Of rs RsSSSsaS9 "
private ownership, would impose h 81
100000 on the state OF Virginia sthasSg
you would pay In the same iieHners
you are now paying your s2,234,0o0,
plus, OF course, an additional proft ex
taxation" We - We
proposals, Mr.. Plumb said. & s' ssa 81
1T would put an end to sthssabusas &
OF private control. It VIII stop the "a
collection OF taxes by this indirssfEs VA
method to be paid by cops1ua 49, if III
VIII place the burden where III bef0rSxX2ts 3
upon those able to pay and who 10 sGSSzSlsD
according TO their OWNERSHIP q E'2s.
erty from tho existence OF hsS al fssH III
Leading up TO his sui ~ $C s
'',skstched briefly the s5F;55iS lsS