Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-11-21
AMENDMENTS FLOOD
HOUSE ON TUESDAY
Effort Made To Tack Many
New Tax Scheme Onto
Pending Legislation
lContinued F'rom Fage ID

NOOulAiieAS0 L ANaAA 0t1N =
incomes, not to exceed 5 per cent,
and includes a schedule of rates
,.anpinp from to 3 per cent. 1t
nrovides for exemptions of $1,000
Tor single persons, $4,000 for mar;
RED men and $400 for each de-
pendent. 1t also provides that nd
valorem taxes may be offset against
the amount of income tax to be
Maid and vice versa. There is
companion senate bill which pro-
vides that, when the income tax
amendment is ratified, the state
rate on ad valorem property shall
be reduced from to mills.
The comittee bill. No. rs on the
house calendar, and known as the
W r. Jones bill, provides for an
amendment to the constitution en-
towering the legislature to impose
an income tax for state purposes
not to exceed per cent on net
incomes.
The attitude Of the administra-
lion remans the same as It has
been explained by Governor Walker
cveY since the session began. he
sill s,Ipports the recommendation
If the tax commission, as being
thc best available solution Of the
fax problem, but stands In the
attitude OF being always willing to
accept the opinion of majority OF
the general assembly as the best
orking compromise on all sugges-
lions He denier that ary partlcu-
lar bill or program is the admin
! istration bill" or, vice versa, an
Observation-Disclosures bill" he is
simply in the attitude of waiting
for thedecision of the Legislators
as to what is for the best inter
ests Of the state, with sufficient
confidence in them to believe then
final plan will be the best possible
that can be worked out.
The house committee on genera
agriculture number two held
meeting Tuesday afternoon on tn
! bill introduced by Representative
DeLaperriers, of Jackson county, t
reduce the fertilizer tag tax from
thirty cents to fifteen cents a tor
No action was taken on the meas
ure. however, the committee ad
iourning to meet again subject t
the call of the chair.
Would Reduce Fertilizer Tax
The department of agriculture
: opposing this bill on the groun
that it means the abolition OF tn
: state bureau of markets by with
drawing from it all financial sur
port.
: The DeLaperriere bill provide
: that the 15-cent tax on fertilize
. Shall go 10 cents to the depal
5 ment and 5 cents to the state tre-.!
! dry for the general fund. The d.
partment claims that it costs al
s proximately all OF. the 10 cents pc
t ton to make required fertilizer il
: spections, which would mean thi
S there was nothing left for the SUI
: port of the bureau of markets.
I is further argued that the fertilizC
? companies in fixing their price Q
bag goods, do not add the Georgi
t tax by itself. but takes the taxf
q imposed by u group Of half doze
= southeastern states, averages the
t all, and adds the average to II
: price charged in all six states. Thu
it is claimed, reduction of the ia
e would not mean sel equal reductic
= in fertilizer cost to the Georgi
n farmers, but would mean an imm
: terial reduction, which farmers
: adjoining states would enjoy equa
J. ly, while the Georgia farmer
would be the ones to really pay f,
o the reduction by the loss Of the b
o reau of markets and its work fl
h their benefit.
McMichaeI Criticized.
A stir was created Tuesday
the House when Representative
Laperriere rose to oppose a motto
r to adjourn subject to the call
the chair, on the ground that Il
9 chairman Of the committee, Repr
I sentative McMichael, of Mario