The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-14
|KUCKUK SAYS
REDUCE TAXES
Signed Statement Shows
Attitude of Conservatives
on Tax Bills.
NO NEED OF BOOST
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(By United Press,

Madison While the progressives
in the Wisconsin legislature are stew
ing around in an attempt to agree on a
tax revision bill, the conservatives are
calmly resting on their oars, conf
dent that they will oppose and beat
all of the proposed changes.
Senator Antoine Kuckuk, Shawena,
veteran member of the finance com
mittee and spokesman for the IA stall
warts in the senate today issued "a
statement entitled Reasons for Not
Introducing Substitute for the Tax
bills, or new bill covering the sub
ject."
1t was on the grounds set forth
by Kuckuk that the stalwarts voted
against each Of the five tax revision
bills killed in the senate last Satur-
day, with the aid of two or three dis
gruntled progressives, and on the same
grounds the stalwarts in the upper
house will oppose the Dahl BILL
"The Wisconsin tax commission, af-
ter making a survey of the income
tax returns for the year 1922, estimates
that under the present law the revenue
received from income taxes on incomes
accruing in 1922 will be at least sixty
per cent in excess of the revenue de-
rived in 1921 from the same source"
Kuckuk said.
No Emergency Exists.
"This estimate is a minimum and
shows that there is no emergency and
no reason for increasing such taxes.
1t also appears from the report of the
state treasurer that the balance in his
hands at the end of the fiscal year 1922
is in excess of any previous balance.
sit would seem, therefore, that it is
the duty of the legislature to reduce
taxes upon a proper ratio"
Kuckuk declared that the balance
in the states general fund next July
1 probably would be around $1,000
900.
Reduction of taxes and method of
reapportionment are the two problems
to be considered, Kuckuk said. His
statement on them follows:
Must Distribute Reduction.
Il. Any reduction in the income
taxes, in order to be equitable, must
be distributed proportionately upon
the incomes and provision made for
suitable exemptions. In providing such
reduction all of the conditions SUI
rounding the commercial and financial
interest and industries Of the state
must be considered, and this is impos-
sible without an intensive survey and
study Of these conditions as they now
exist, giving proper effect to the varia-
ton Of these conditions since the
present law was enacted.
a. In determining the method of
distributing the revenue derived from
income taxes the same intensive study
must be made, and, in addition to the
other conditions, effect should be
given to the policy of the state relat-
ing to highways, as, if the highway
bills now pending before the legis-
lature are passed, the general fund
of the state will be relieved of approx
imately $1,000,000 which will be provid-
ed through the special or license taxes
contempted therein.
at would be impossible to intelli-
gently prepare such substitute or
new bill in order to have the same
acted upon at the present session of
the legislature.
| The stalwarts, who voted in the SEN
ate against all tax revision bills, are
Kuckuk, Bentley, Burke, Clark, Ger
winski, Gettelman, LANCE, Mahon
Moran, Morris, Roethe, Skogmo, Smith
Werden, White.