Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-26
ROAD ADVOCATES
DECLARE REPORT
IS DISAPPOINTING
Does Not Provide Sufficient
Funds to Meet Fed
eral Aid.
SHORTAGE is 100000
FOR TW0-YEAR PERIOD
Fails Also to Placate City Men,
Who Charge Burdens Are
Unequal.
WOULD INCREASE INCOME TAX
Proposed Additional General Prom
crty Levy Cut From IL to
Cents.
WOULD INCREASE INCOME TAX
proposed Additional General Prop
crty Levy Cut From IL to
z Cents.

representatives of the cities Of Vir-
ginia Will bring to Il climax their
hight on the plan TO materially in.
crease It this session State money aid
Tor county roads when the Senate FL
| nance Committee meets this morning
at 10 o'clock to take final action on
scheme of taxation for highways
submitted last night BY subcommit-
! tee.
The task OF this subcommittee had
to do primarily with finding taxable
subjects other than general property.
from which TO raise the needed reye-
me mue 10 be expended for road purposes.
amount mos Of d'd, monad and in ~ arriving At the
purposes. it included 100000 a yenr
for county roads.
who declare it falls Short of meeting
by nearly S ,SG $4,000 ReTod bat e Hf doss
not placate the city men. who say il
has h9 ,Ss only gIa partially relieved the towns
~, Plan OF. subcommittee.
The plan of the subcommittee is. In
F,rst-To reduce the additional tax
of IL cents on the slOo Of general raj
measurs, meets Cents the compIa This In some
ass fails prneina,v that general propsrty ,ax
2 majority Of the counties unit .e's ASSESSED ses ID
tar below their. actual value. Real
sure eress hfK say sbot is taxed
thlrds its market price, while in me
eIountry IoSn, y the same subject is in some ime
It's value. ~"
Second-To increase the automobilc
the increase to be used for T"e eonstrnc cnatt OF
tion Of highways embraced in the
Stats Sended dfysaem oa ibo and the other
least Objectionable to the city men.
rh,r TO lnerense Income Tax.
lery, upon upon taxable incomes in excess
Of S1,S $1,000; Representatives. OF the cities
taxation will fall princihaiiy unop ~. u.
municipalities. "po' tne
Fourth-To increase by one-eighth
or railroads operated by steam. This
iast nIEni was PASSED by for
fact that Judge William r. Rbea 'n of
the State Corporation Commission
consfitnninn,tih no1af mat the Increase may be un-
the committee this morning and cxc
plain this ruling. '''
ridth.To increase the tax on Ii
or l per cent. and that Of Steamboats,
three.e eights of per cent
SiNth-To increase the tax on IL
cfenses Of merchants who purchase less
na from $ SoC to s,S %ofsG aaG tSe St goods
ssooo Year ffnnassiIOE fpom sio to mSys ss5 'hss hss
cpeosn ltnittee N. zee recommended an in
class of merchants only. SenaiSS.
E,annon offered an amendment makinr
''' eeoInlhendatlon. as 1t now stands
VIII Welcome Increase.
d. f. Ryland. business manager Of
fnd Rsa, W A. Clarke secretary 'erfe; Of the
mond. both declared d'ehaion that ,6s os K1sh- msr
chants would welcome an increa ~
me !, tax on licenses and had asked for
son made plea for the small cpe,s-
boSds ho Is merchant. who. he said. wo1Id
burden of ohi hir6er os business ssx under the
opposed the change for the reason that
he he w wishes this subject of taxation ," to
iion he was upheld by Senator An an,
Major !: Wake rruxton. a memner
me ,,ra committee to take some steps toi
,nnrd wnrd kg making the burden OF taxation
me counties. declaring that :, aIn il
eminentiy unfair that. in general
Property tboir levy: the cities which assess assess
real value should he made TO fnr,jsh
most mos or the money realized through
t'nrors Equalization Board.
This prompted Senator GooIrict %
neclare that he is in favor OF a centrai
oosrd for the equalization OF taxes
thst pu 'nat iss,,o 1t is is too late now to Inject
TINS session is concerned.
ne committee will meet this morn
ing at 10 o'clock to take final action
on the report and to give a hearing 10
men who wish to be heard
Comment by the subcommittce on
It's report follows:
Bilis have been drawn. which are
herewith presented. amending and re-
snacting the necessary sections OF tho
taN laws and adding sections which are
proper In order to meet the new
sources OF taxation.
In addition to all the above.
license is imposed upon manufacturers
OF sort drinks, which, it is thought ia
eminently proper. and which is in adj
dition to the other bills herein men
toned This bill does not raise the
MIN mum tax upon the manufacturers
or soft drinks but simply purposes
that tho minimum tax shall be sa2.5o,
and that manufacturers OF soft drings
on amount OF sales in excess OF sI0
oo0 shail pay 10 GENTS on tho 800 as
we have included In the above rc.
port recommendation that tho fran
chise tax on public service corporations
be Increased One-eiRhfh af