Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-30

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standpoint of dollars and cents only.
| He called attention to a statement
from the Maine Chamber of Com
merce in the Portland Evening Ex-
press that there are AT rural districts
in Maine without doctors. Now is
the time to dispose of this matter.
said Mr.. Hussey. IF we drop it now
we never will be able to pick it up.
You can't substitute a student sue
cessfully. Thomas B. Reed got
through college by the aid of min
isterial fund, but he didn't preach"
Perkins of Orono moved for the
original question, the Mc1lheron mo-
ton for the substitution of the bill
for the report, and Dodge of Port
land called for an aye and nay vote,
and the motion was carried by vote
of SO to A.
| Wing of Auburn proposed an
amendment providing that the Med
ical School be open to both sexes and
+; it was adopted, and under suspen-
f. sion of the rules the measure was
! passed to be engrossed.
/ bill, was taken from the table and
on motion of Gerrish of Lisbon the
! resolve was substituted for the ought
/ not to pass report of the committee
and was also passed to be engrossed.
/ The Income Tax
, Rep. Gardiner of Gardiner when the
matter came up as a special assign
ment moved to substitute the resolve
i proposing a Constitutional amendment
which would provide for an income tax
/ for the report of the committee on
! taxation ought not to pass"
This resolve proposes no tax itself
| but gives to the people to decide
/ through referendum whether authori-
| ty shall be given to the Legislature
| to pass a law providing for an income
/ tax" said Rep. Gardiner.
The income tax is the farest and
most satisfactory way of reaching GER
/ tain classes of property" continued
Rep. Gardiner.
THE bulk of the wealth of the peo-
! pie of the State is represented in
stocks and bonds and | claim that this
! property does not pay the tax that it
should. 1t is true that the voters
turned down the proposition at the last
election but the measure was carried
successfully in. seven counties. The
measure was also recommended in the
| platforms of both the political par
ties.
| Every person having taxable prop
erty should contribute in taxes in as
Sisting to conduct the affairs of the
government. 1t is estimated that over
$500, 100000 worth of intangible prop
crty in Maine escapes taxation. This
measure calls for no tax, it is a meas
ure to submit to the people a proposed
amendment to the constitutions" CAP
plause).
Hihckley of South Portland opposed
the measure on the ground that the
matter had been definitely decided at
the polls last fall by the same voters
who sent the present members of the
Legis lature here and it would be an i'm
position that they knew just the right
men to send here to represent them
but did not know their own minds on
the question of an income tax. Both
the great political parties favored the
income tax in their platforms, but the
people turned down the matter because
they had had adequate experience with
the workings of an income tax.
Cherry of PASSPORT opposed the
measure because ii meant a large loss
in income to the cities and towns and
especially to the city of Eastport
Kicker of Poland opposed the meas
ure as the tax would be most uncer-
tain matter and its rates not easy to
forecast. Only three people had adj
Vocated the income tax at the hearing
before the committee, Rep. Gardiner
OF Gardiner, professor from Bowdoin
and lady. The vote showed a ma
Jority of 1000 against the tax at tho
past election. .u
Davis of Freeport believed that tho
imposition of such tax would dis
rupt industry
Murchie of Calais favored tho mot
ter, as he said the opposition depended
on three arguments; loss of MONEY,
to the municipalities in TAXATION ~
ia'e OF taxation would be uncertain.
ana that the question had already beer
settled. He said the first objection
could De answered by an arrangement
"hich would secure to the municipaIi-
Ties the amount lost 1t was hattar
ne said to have an uncertain tax ratio
ehan 70 nave five per cent paying tar
ana 70 per cent. not doing So
hlhckley of South Portland. who on
posed the present measure. was in. r.
vor OF Federal suffrage amendmen. |
WITHIN three months after the peon,a |
81 the state of Maine had decided the !
question. .e
barwise OF Bangor in supporting the |
meas ure said the reason why the
people had opposed the income tax last
iai was because of the difficulty 81 |
naa.,, OUT income tag. reports. This
= Easily done away with by re- /
curing only single question. having
the tax based upon the amount Of ta~
paid 10 the Federal government.
Maher Of Augusta IN onnos;n, -.