The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-15
Wednesday, January Is, 1919.
WHAT NATURAL GAS SHOULD PAY

SAID, tax commissioner hereunder,
BE IT ENACTED BYTHE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Section ESe5 natural 9 ean on p spETS s ' to-
consumers without the used within without The
to the state an annupvilege
oa4 a 'o9a ssss tS' seS addns
said gas 81 saspo5ed eepe 6 wf With full
power and 1t is hereby made his duy to make Issue and
ns ths6sDy Imposed upon md vs b snc
md in such form and ann a" ay be PO H
sa @s 10 issued hereby
sted in
will Secure approximately three for
state OF vginh
- nsoored ut distant cities
probably less this will fall citizens Of West Er
ia and to the will to discourage the rano
on will be clear oenh compromising lot the
ling iposed
on,v an ;panulal paid by the and pipe
companies the tax will be passed on 10 the
er and vi be all Of whom
cnorins Virginia that Will not De
egntzcd fact much heavier tax might De
xthcut nfictnsny serious injustice elmer upon Inc gas
What reao will such OF the companies
In he acssar ending June 80 1915
transported price Of the gas to consumers
is thousand.
proxnately $s9ossse
Sales Of ga in about 80 bon cubic feet
at approxtuas. thousand or about 25ooooO
and carbon black from natural BY the pipe
but this industry has been highly
profitable conservative estimate of the value
be s50ooooo
West to- il not exceeding Sso'OOVO
therefore, less than per cent of gross business
than West Virginia gas which in
Instantaneous conditions compared with
ws pipe lines operating in that stat" per cent o. ~
gross has done so for years.
has been communities We begin to
now shoud
Which hsr and wiser states have enjoyed The
The Texas pipe line companies without
What relation would the above bill
me vrsinias manufacturers
cities
Insofar as the above laying transported
nearer the place OF origin
:. would s'eRtoN bill seeks
=: poe and should prove to be con
stuional and to be derived from the
above bE the resultant stimulus TO IN
dust-y Wss' Virginia.
On the other imposed locally by the above act
injustice TIL" tax would in most cases Dc Inc
minimum thousand and mat TAX
would be most of fortunate
for the exercise the states authority
to them adequate gas supply
IT. on the enacted into law should prove to
otherwise ineffective the above W1
oo. 10 secure the taxpayers adequate return for
tae great pouring of the state every second OF ne
dav:o ard imp: communities
The supplements bill which distinctly measure
completes and rounds out gas tax
Legislation tho benefit nor only Of particular communities "n '' w
Q he entire citizenship of West Virginia
Why be treated differently in taxation from coal or
!urnbe- Iiues,ore products?
belonging particular tract Of
land or Owned by am oa'c""' no'''' ou i " ''0 '
The natural well driven
enc mans that farm but from the farm
his other nehbors the south the cast
long distances number o
only that Immediately sur
belonging other pnp" and t" th
eomnun mans land from no mans
which wanHerS from field TO
pool the natural common
properly wisely provides conditions under which game
establish
confined
should paid Tor
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