Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-17
SOLVING THE TAKING PROBLEM

who+ Governor Silzer had to say on the subject OF taxation III
nix Inaugural address was mainly along the line OF greater economs
- he exnenditure of public funds, reducing the budgets and INIT
! snondino powers Of the public officials. No doubt there Is
. Great deal of waste in the handling Of public funds 1t seems 70
be impossible to have a city or county run on Strlc"y OoSln0SS pl ~
cinles as ones private affairs are run. however, ca0 m"'
- +ho+ in 1oois1atinp on tax matters the wheels OF progress az
not arrested. i. a. g.
r rocar5 70 this subject of taxation we would ike 70 oo~
mend to the governor and legislature the metnoo o. "AesDCr oa
has proven SO successful in Baltimore ana S9'eI'i tnn1ing
cities. The idea is to tax the land u us E0i"0 a." r1 sn 1oHiro his
- maobinarv In other words, a man is penan2eo 0 l0"ns -
40 idle while its value is increased Tor MN ny u' N'D
nalitv on the other hand he is encouraged 10 mpio. n@ ovne
and add more and more facilities so as " eNN
and thereby build up the commun1y' b, iradeouate tax
p...h Ambov has had a recent expose 81 OT rammisson
rei" - - 1ord in the report Of the City ran o""
arDn . 4h.+ LARGE tracts of land in the northern anu ttno :;
af,r. ~ the city which are owned ny a :ion orc +axed
sit,,a prospect of development under preSnn 'Os ,aaon+ land which
!a;orIors1v low figure as compared with aoJaceNo '~N
- soroIonad In other words, the rest OF n Guy - S"7
:nownosod +sx in order that this idle land may remain l"e'
= 80 :. ;. roalized how badly this land is needed 1or o9Se0P
- row that the city is becoming so closely Dun' ~
nc aotion the unfairness of this method OF tazauoh @ p"ieL
p.n ~ - more taxed. it would soon be developed IS 1t ou8H
Lo sr the benefit Of the city, and the rest o. IN Ivy ""Is
innrovemen+s and extensions are constantly oemg 'oe 0U'u
not be neaIized so heavily. uuob,on
~ r.. nan !. the real solution for the present tax problem
n4 To+ the legislature pass a law permitting ches
~ buildings and machinery and put the burden on tne ID
saoord;np TO it's true value and it would be founo Uni nc An"SN0
rol would not be paying anymore, II as mucn' Is nc ~ ~" Py
~ ~ taxes. and the industries would be encouraged 10 e&panu'
more industries would come here and large tracts Oh "nu ~" "'
~ : estates would be released for development.
re- 4;s nlan Of taxation can be made such a success IN otneF
+hepa 10 no reason why it cannot be equally successful IN
~ Ierssv. The matter is worthy of serious consideration III
,vouId be far better to adopt some such system as TINS than 10 cur
III The mowers of the governing bodies so that they could not carry
s, The increasing business of the community over which they pre-
side.
r * too Utopian to ever hope Of making public officials con
anet public affairs in a strictly businessliks way. The city mana
u nIar i the nearest any municipality has ever come to that, but
i rsa,ires a pretty broadminded electorate to adopt such a sys
tam. In the meantime, we can make decided progress by forcing
;dle land to pay its just share of the expenses of the government
while easing up on the developments that are the real cause fol
the municipality prosRaEitN