The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-04
KEATLEY'S REPLY TO BLOCH

therefore that he has made recently E
Senator Jesse ,och defeat of the bill t" tax the de-
on Of the states na,ura! " the sales tax
The principal Keaey defense that he does not discus"
pho ousson A, issue i uses OF words in high
reveal
even the might reasonably be expected " gen
~ sr III, The we'll known fools gold inexperienced
turns out 10 Dc merely ~
s, -, m stature was called upon to decide
~ tp,on tax on the gross sales tan
rrsn's Dr'0e'O" natural resources are ~ OIL rn ara con-
through destructive in their nature ~ are
sany which whe" once gone is gone Forever
sales tax @" the other "'"o was . and Agriculture.
Of
The coal oil and the gross sales bill "
show OF H"su" by having themselves
tth percent while all others are taxed " QUE
NTH Kaiey OF his big points He says:
rsn the coal s and gas nn 4 a
on sH and S S% Of that i%e a. Dix
the rm n Of @ annual business
SsssSn " OF 3a BE- o " and H1
HAWK said this Mr. xeaey apparently eOched One
hands ard leaning BACK with loo" " '
the facts"
First under this "o-'fhs poS'"
in the gross sales old laws They are re-
ssOoo year which Is
which the gross sales tax
. ~ .,,. n
The bitter when IT is considered that the
great instead OF less
revenue million dollars ye'r"eEded
badly meeting the Virginia debt payments
and urgent purposes W." "
thai tn. natural gas their proportonas share Of
they not only pay n" share of the
greater relieved Of part OF what they PAID s VI
all dirty " West Virgins" This among
the
Then there included under this same
txoofh provision applies
benefit the mining industry
inspection police and the miners hospitals" Under "
interests Will pay taxes not quite su'" l" meet ~
, sxDcns which they the
position having the coal operators
la~ which speaker Nea Calls ny sue" sS
names equitable distribute the burden
Of taxation honestly and eauaOy One
"IIar Iar " the coal oil and gas oarons
l'tI" i@w:ns mastery "no'
Ke.,lo remarkable that general
session that the gross sales tax would be most
easily and presented for cor"
sderation
What ,bou, this II A depletion heen
collected These companies are lars" and
comparatively favored on the s0S receipts
could have bee" collected easily BY e" state agents win Out ~
The gross business in the state
OF more than $4,000 year That '''c a" " '
large small for business
much work and expense
would have bee" required " '" the "p
afflicted our legislators they
ewed ,h Kea!"y alleges?
OF taxation be
the tax ultimately bni what consumers
produced West Virginia " shipped
build the industries and contribute TO " comfort inc
depletion
The who will pay are the
two or three products but o"
everything they 20 the grave
West Virginia stands alone among
Our neish0or'nS state Of Ohio imposes " " ~
production
" Ave percent on iron ore Okla
producing all have special production dep
Yves, Virginia permitting herself to be robbed without
the coal oil and gas interests at Charleston
. MI. Keatle
b. Legislature with
anirn tive
the standpoint OF Nj
West virginia
. =, handed down heiroo fromg
or Kealey
by the insertion Of his
he remained quiet and
, nac
vtruetha is
of Governor
ninser
JUSTIFIED In ha
his little panesyric ne remained quiet
while he
when he ceased to be
and II delegates not going to
Then that