The Cedarville Herald, Volume 30, Numbers 1-26

^jjj|fc- ■ : "■+ 1 r ^ “■v yr !! mmm ' ft-AT T V’~~»,'-l**-r' *#»* 010 TAXATION Many Hard Knwk9. !«• NEEDEDREFORMSARE SORE itAXAUfti. la tb* oowrst o t feti lift**!* ICnXStti* **Mi. i t ft® #ot kmw %M%% M disci**! . with you Mtyu;5nr mix* iatswwitr, #ny- mm^umr-*-**** „ . .ftldftff- AW** ImpWtlSBt, Anyti»lSMr JMfft „ • _ » _ . _, ; immwUst* *t *nr r»i*. than «;* work »i f f f t t i f i i S v it em C om es In F o r ; *h* t »* r^nm'.wtwi. * * * * * „ W J, “ , 5f* ,* *” ,WI { W* fc»v* Patois* wwft* puMI# mcaftass *n# lmv» fmmn ti«u<n# from $#8*1* *afAF#*t«d In JxxftUqa from »H pxrtx ot the W# have fouii>J fbs ftraffiwnfitst pui-ite InUrest In th« (jU«s»* Han;w« fiav* toyed BYers-body ■tbwsafb* .tu j the stats -Mho bas.cftma is «ost%rt with tte cwnffilMjQn. lu'iwy w .to b# d&Sfiiy■ twjeo#*eit. With -HmnfccefiffJty *##• tv sertea JinAeretar..fj(lt}f(r tif existing AVtlsM# such tfccw -tovHitt tte lax iftffw efeObto, mUd fdr'ptaeucrt mjsowwsp .-..- .Tta&'to<s«a«tfes. oftcaum* iuw.*J«Klt* Miy aflttrttttd- trim '.fha *# ihk ISes1'^! She. Jack of system-— uudcv Which •«$ lifts# xooft? rnany years by rcawxn of the hit or ml*< ,'Bpis»~.'WjffeB--tl»law* of the fe te have been httftfe wi>—these^art:-ft®* . mlMsd hy Wfii?fhjB»F<; Tim KPSflIeil ijKO”- jjbsfiii am^otafcfiJ;''theRj'. unique* 'ftqiftu « f ' them:»h¥fit« -ttiost o f -them; cBtortatoto*; • httt it Is » putirjus tact VJhftt.lft, very few -thesewho, fpoiiimilMw-.&i* Iferiftf'jRlifa# tSk XW ;#.-jW (! 'thko, lh*% eohsSflpiHittoh' ■o^taefef'- m? «tb§v $juj.8tHittiot»ht-harFi^.'ih-'ihwway -uf.pui?: tins' inih};*4»nmeajfttg-''«ffeet Abft^jiWpMWd. plmuKeg in jhetax Jaws, ' • ■ . ■ *:■.-■ ■!■' It Is tfenerftHy tffipfittedthat ,|)er*oaat,- property, ^hettfeh,'it ought o f • ;oujirht noh ; (it iesat does not hear Jt* fair share of, thhJbutflSMotTO i*' &»bf{afou*; fact, .as we all know, that -during the $8gt>|j®■ yearapeFsonatPtopettyhs*'■1 fcft* caroe mofo RTtdmore e(uBi_vetIcsa tinUleas; 'ijttjj'h hefefi -and' real ■ arty has beep Increasing in value at a ’jfij®. greater rate throughput the :.ap,tiS ■:ihhBsi>whh]p^ibroil,hrt3b:v^•;#w value of about tta-ee-tlfthe that' ’Hf^ jP " estate; today it Is about two-fifths; ‘fijjtoyfi i.ftkavpfepm^^ in 8ome quarter^ that ‘you ban not ts* the sensible thing to doAs to stop tfyipg; and the proposition was made the other commission, that we Tke Ohio T k OsnunlM^n Will Make it Thorough investigation of the Subject—Able Address of At­ torney Gsners! Ellie* The wembere of the Staid Tax (toia- mlstlon, recently upppitUoai by Goter- nor H*rri», have a most important work before them; They arc waking: t»» to the arduous dutM. that confront them. This commission wag proposed by the business organizations of the State, At the last convention of the Republican party a plank was includ­ ed -In" the state platform asking for the appointment of a ‘Shard to investigate •the tmpoitafit question of taxation. Acting- upon vthaf request, Governor* Ifarris appointed i commlsigon, up follows; Wade H, EJUs/Aitorhey Gen­ eral, c1*airman; Atlee Pomeren'e, at­ torney, Canton, Kccratary; George E, Martin, attorney, Lancaster; Thomas Rf. Hogs^tt, attorney, Cleveland, and Alfred O. Cfissat^-cnttornoy^' Clneln-i. natk « ' < ’ 4 In tendering the appointment^ to the gentlemen named, Governor Har; . bef rfg’wrote to1 each of theni thla letter? ought to abolish-air taxes upon'personal "In obedience to the general public i property; it was seriously made by b L t*ntlment*throughout the-State,which thoughtful student of the taxation ques- *«■ -haun in +hn nktinn nf tion. ,>or course ho entirely overlooked nas. been expiesseu ,in ,tne aption< of ^ e fact tiiat that would’Require a cop- Various business and.professional an- fstitutional amendment, <■ ’ t SOOiatldns, X have determined' to ap-> 9l *course the rax Commission have point an honorary Commission ot-ftve- had great•^inany suggestions:. to •'•pax-. S r . r n i . 1 ^ 1 . T 0« r i « *IZ franchises, The proposition was em- Welbknown. citizens ;to examine the.-lJoai6 4 ltt aWu presented in. the last Gen- taxation law# of Ohio n^d recommend- end Assembly, known ae the Howe bill, SEMI-'MDHICIFAL ownership , ! ^fartn»r*biyMt iMwatoGittatan#C#iy panSta Ar# *M. . Whenevor in tbew days an ptwtrlo alight company 1* unfortunate enough to 5have A street lighting rouiraet expire In a city where the municipal owner, abip of the street lighting plant has been agitated there sometime# cornea forth out of the, chaos of ideas as to low the municipal owns -blp bEisinesa ahould bo imndled some proposition from xt. prlvnle company which pur­ ports to' have the welfare of the city rather than any private gain at heart This company* with great lov® for the commonwealth, either real or as­ sumed. usually comes forward with a proposition for n kind of "semi-munici­ pal ownership,’1 the company to per­ form the work of lighting the city for n number of years at.a good round sum and at the end ot the contract the diglrpng plant to be turned over to the pity free of. cost and payment for the' plant to bemade out of the regular monthly payments ,of .the city fdp Its lighting* such monthly payments being Invariably ft’good, round sumper lamp. Now, such propositions ad this may he made-ip good'faith by a company of public' spirited but’ misguided citizens who really-wish .to serve the city, qnd there -are usually some respectable names connected with an enterprise of this kind when It Is launched, How­ ever, there is usually jw African some­ where In the woodpile or at least ft strong,possibility that there wlfl be one before the game is through, . v It seems remarkable that any munic­ ipality in this day and generation can be deluded into the belief that any such scheme of semi-municipal- owner­ ship can*comparo for, a minute with a good, straight^ short 'contract at rea­ sonable. rates -with a corporation al­ ready in the,lighting held. After all, d redeeming feature, to this scheme Is .that at the, end of a term’ of years it Is fairly Certain to bring homo forcibly to a municipality the depreciation dtae to advance In- the,art as Well fis thfe de­ preciation caused by wear nnd’ tear.-^ Electrical ttfoticC,’ . • THE OPTO TAX COMMISSION, to m® for tfansmlsfeloft to fhh next see non-of the General Assembly Buch., ohanges nr amendments in the or­ ganic or statute law of the state as will adjust any Inequalities that may •uppoaea to .reprssflht thevlewabf Mayor yobtiSOtrof Glovelmd; te bringnbout the placins upon the sran5 tux duplicate of the sute franchise Vainer and partloU- Isrly ttefrAneldsei of pbbfte^rrtee'oor- I ^ t r t n T b / h ^ W n7ra«Tlou anrt i proposed bill from Cleveland «xb t tn the burdens of taxation and prov,de8 t!ui^ thcro BliaU. ht> a Jovj, tor MT04fo % syctgin J0 Jltfa *wltji thQ b£at l Bi&tp purpoiea of aix-tentha of one per public policy and with the moat aff- ranoed thought upon the subject." ' Th® member# of the commission hat® held two meetings' at Columbus, These meeting* demonstrated that there Is unusual interest throughout the state in the subject of tax reform. llrery man Who has so far appeared before the commission* and the hun­ dreds who- hav® written letters to the members, agree that the tax -laws of Ohio are woefully'deficient and that something must be done to eradicate the attendant evil# And Inequalities. The tax Commission has before it a great work, As the date of the meeting o k the legislature approaches ft will become more djfllcult and try­ ing, fo r the present* ft appears to be the plan of the commission to hold aftoeting# At least onco a month And invite publle men who have studied the subject to Attend and express their Ideas on the momentous, qttes- fle* of jnst taxation. This work Will is sapphsmentfid by extensive, cortw* ApOfedMce with expert# xhd others who- mt * interested in the subject throughout the country. Attorney General Ellis has gone Into this work with the vigor that charac- f«rt*e# the conduct of his important ott**. He ha# ;»’;e unqualified sapper* c f btery member of the commislson. At the thirteenth ahnuftl meetingc f £b* Ohio State Board of Commerce, **$« ia Crumbs# Ike, 13 hnd 14, tm . m»mi m:f» wah- CAii#i 1 fw m Address on the subject « f cent upon tbi* franchise property, or father^ upon the value of these stock# and bones that have escape# taxation, ana here again those who have proposed this measure havenot taken into consid­ eration nt alt another very serlots con­ stitutional difficulty, as you know, it makes Very little difference whether A franchise Is property, ss It was held to be ty the “United States Supreme Gourfcln an Ohio chSo, or whether It is held not to be property, tfs held by the Supreme Court case of Ohio; whether It Is prop­ erty ot is not wjroperty, whether it is taxed dlrrrtly' or Indirectjy,>lf it is faxed Ss property? manifestly it must bo taxed at at uniform into, and, therefore, six* tenths of one per cent npoti such prop­ erly, not liolng a uniform rate, would be beyond the constitutional power of the General Assembly to levs*. It lirifl been suggested that the direst InlierlUmtt} tax, oc.barntfliing like tlxat Which vvtW r'epedcd last winter, should h# re-enacted into law. That law. prom­ ised to rd:se, I nuppO-'c, $MO,SOSor tsOfc* 003 per year; It provided tot two per terit upon a’l inheritances over $5,003, end two pr* cent upon the total amount, whatever it might be, Tho Inheritance t!ix la n pi;vr.‘ sriytax; it Is not a property tax? thmeforc, there 5a no rctjuireihcm upon tho General Assembly lii tho enact' merit oi laberttanea iav.a to T:ecp m g Uniform rate or to allow only the exemp­ tions which nfs adnd-sjblo with regard to exemptions of real and personal prop- city. Vv'lnt tho Tex Cbrnmissfod most fit K s5rc3 to do, and In this it wants tho ott ! n rer flop n td 'tfid n -n ce Of all puUlb' sffrKed Citlzenu thr0“ :ho'3f the «'ta>. to >c<yx,;prsi c > if jC’.ctSCd vctor.it I tho way of tasnh'O'*, Wo anay not i- ’d, o to tenure nt once a topical s^c tlfid tr.sllidl or system tA tnxctioh, Tim ' may bo a isattcf of n'ow sr vxvth, TU mr.S I'-'p-rt «■ t 'l ■* b ia a.>er rh- wb-rtc or sv. > • tthethdr <t he ••" '•thoft 11 on lu tho rl;;ht at Have Your Buggy Painted at " 13 i r # \ T W A t t i v © fTr CsirJL##Jfc i#JKkJL# ITS INFLUENCE ON BR1SERY, ; , ‘ ---------S Municipal Ownorshjp! Would' -Modify* "• * •bub Not Abolish * It,*, " , One of the truest statemfentajuiitde ! by ftdvQCfttes of munldpnl ownership Is that It would put tm end to bribery, of city officials by publlq sefvice.cor- * poratlons. It certainly would wher­ ever ftmt fa'practiced. But itwmildn’t put an epd to briheable officials,-,anti unlessthe city should manufacture its ,ovm engines^machinery, street ..cars, ^electric'lamps and other supplies the qualityt atid price- of •’these would be ' largely regulated by suclrofficlals. - ' ‘ > Evefiy- one Who ls. famillar with the school trade knows that orders fop school books and, supplies are In1many■ cities obtainable onlj/ by crossing- the palms of members of school boards with 'a liberal supply of gold-and that a.'chhugC of .fexlbooks -Is frequently ordered merely’,because of these itch*' log palms'. ' . " < ' j Municipal ownership will not change human nature, and venal officials can hold up manufacturing companies just ] as easily ,npd profitably as they can • lighting,aryl .traction companies. Bid. Jt,ever occur to you that a corporation Isn’t anxious fo get rld of Its money that'way? But when it comes to tt \ holdup almost any one „wl!h give ,up the "long green” to "public son-ants” who are zealous, not for the public .WClfttrC, hut for their private purse,, . flo Intimation of GrAfj. ‘ A dispatch from Wllkesbnfre in .re-’ ,gard to the mtinlclpnl, electric light plant of Easton, Pa.* the.breakdown of which ,hns left that city' In temporary darkness, pays? - . •"Thord Isno Intimation of gruff. The condition Is due-apparentlyto the fact that city employees, appointed by men bolding political office, cannot he ex­ pected to havo the same knowledge of tho electric lighting business that skill­ ed*employees 6f private corporations liavc, and consequently there Is waste and inefficiency lri a. city plant .which Would not bfr possible In a well, con­ ducted private plant” ' f * * Why H® Oppoto* "M. O,” As # member of our city council tome years ago I Investigated this question of municipal ownership be­ fore wo contracted for out electric lights and found that In every Instance Where the Cost of municipal lighting was reported below that offeredby in­ dependent contractors the difference and more* appeared mn the general tuxes, and in mo#t places It was frank­ ly admitted that the Ifght and water plant# were built by the city, but used by the politician#,—Hdmer B, Stewart In warren (O.) Chronicle.' A GUmps* «f tfo# Millennium, Government ownership of railroad# and telegraphs and municipal owner­ ship of public Utilities may com®Some­ time, but wiil never coin®without dam­ age to tho public welfare until every phase Of the management and opera­ tion of the same Is pttt on ft strictly nonpartisan merit system and thorough Imslaes# principles.—Mansfield (0.) New#. i A Pertinent Questran* It seem# to ns wall to ask ourselves hot whether we propose to tun rail­ roads, telegraphs, streetcars, water anil gas works, electric light plants and All the? rest of it, blit whether-we in­ tend to‘keep th® same sort dfr govern­ ment that we have had fo# more than Ahundred years,—Editorial In Indian- Apoif# News. Municipal ownership 1# an1experi­ ment not tightly .itf lfo ventured upon at the Alarm call of politicians who want to he elected to office.—New York t o * ' , ................. • > 1 . #»»i® U^aiwAiii® iaiAiliiiiiiaijt*ii)ir’ While Hit Wlf#'* in Jail. ■ JPethfek Lawrence, husband of one of the ''suffragette#** Imprisoned in Lomkm, ha# promised to tubtcribeiSO a dAy to th« woman’# suffrage fund for every day hft wife remain# In jfcil, Wheihw Mr. Lawrence S# Actuated by sympathy or gratitude, deponent Salih not* i- The Orti^Brawbaok. 1 it wmdd be cdmparatlvely ®a»y to atahliah A universal brotherhood of ‘ten if nobody ever found ft nee##. star to try to borrow gum*?. »A ft,«JM«SUUft z The Thomas A . Edison Moving Picture Exhibition. OPERA , March 13. , March, 14 Watch This Space 'Next-Week. : C.N.STUCKEY Osterly Millinery Easter Wilt Soon Be Here ^Having just -returned from an extended ’Eastern trip will foe prepared to show choicemillinery early in March at popular prices. Millinery is a leveiation this season of all seasons: The new shades ate the leather and Copenhagenblue, although no color seems to be barred, In shapes the Bantus liumont and Empire models predominate, while the short front Still holds good, al­ though not asextreme as last season and on the whole a rather mushroom is the one that is general, causing the trimmings to be of drooping bows, grasses and Rowers to be arranged to fall bn the hair, Springopmtng IThursdtn^,WrtdtmdSatur* duy>Mar&h /4* tmtf Osterly, ¥H tH $ S t& m , St. ‘ Btoiawmia Xttnlitf&hfa. t uem&i , ,4 o ■ .**#'’••■ ~• - flir'nfi• ifiiji• iii rfiMiyfi ufifWMEii,i|T 'iv je:aisr; i1. .1 ^".'io' ........ i,OiWW 1