Taxation of Private Corporation For Public Purposes. Remarks of Hon, Leonard Rhone, of Centre County, in the House of Representatives Thursday June 4, 1885, Mr. Speaker : The bill under consider- ation is a measure of justice and equity, and it involves the hiberties and equalities | of the citizens of the State. A system of taxation cannot be just | business ? , : of rebates, have long since wiped out the | which considers only one class of indus- | tries, and imposes upon it almost the en- tire cost of Government; revenue can be right that does net regard all the sources of wenith in the relation thet sustain to each other and to the Gov- ernment, Itisgreatly to be regretted that ull the revenue Lills which have been submitted to this House bave tsken into consid ration only one department of the no system of | burg, Reading or Philadelphia, by reason of these descriminntivns. Yet granting for the sake of argument that the bill might have an tendency to enuse capital employed by corporations to souk investment elsewhere, would not its p'ace be rapidiy supplied by eapiial fur- nished and directed by individual ¢nter. prise 7 Is it not the fact that the monop- oly which the favoritism of vur tax Inws has given t1 curporate capital has much to drive individual capital out of Our railronds, by their system individual shipper. Our great coal com- binations have closed nnd barred the mines of the individual operator ; and the mamouth manufscturing corporations, of almost every class, have killed off smuller establishments, nnd thus suppress ed the spirit of private enterprise And what has been the gain snd the { loss of thus paying a premium upon this gpecios of capital by exempting it from its just proportion of taxation? It is | that corporations have added much to the | general welfare and prosperity of the State State Government ; and most unfortunate | indeed, that in the principals incorporat- ed in these measures no Way for supplying the deficiency in our reven- ues oc asioned by relieving some pursuits from the burdens of Governmental support | the individual! business enterprise was devised | When the income of the State 1s dimini h- od in one direction care must Le taken to secure revenue from other sources better | exalted position she occupies | sister Commonwenith able to contribute a just and equitable pr portion of the necessary expenditures | of Government. It is now a question whether the rights of private property shall be protected, or our rural hom s shall be swept away from their present owners and individual he order to further enrich t insatiable greed ol corporate power. of our said of successful portion to this, nlter but cannot the same be ns justly people ? Does not avery his commonwenith , and 1s it not ness man contribute { all, to which we must look for sll substan- tial and permanent ndvancement Pr 4 [ shall never surrender the proud fact that it is to the combined energy and en- terprise of the individual citizens of our great Commonwealth that she owes the AMONg the Union and alone, has she hour of trial of this her that upon this, and leaned tor support in | There was a time, doubtless in the history Society is formed for the protection of | the individual, and governments are fromed for the protection of soc ely. To Carry on governments, revenues must be raised { the individual, | These revenues are secured by levying contributions upon the persons and prop- erty of the citizens, This is taxation It is | therefore, the duty of all who enjoy the protection of government to pay their just proportion of taxes toward its maintenance and support. Governments, then have the ri | enjoyed the fostering care of the | benefits wl ‘ 2 4 | impose taxes upon their citizens sufficient to defray their necessary but tuo burden of these taXes must be eq lly distributed, or what was & government and a daty in the comes unwarranted usurpation in mer, and unjust latter. expenses ; citizen be. he for imposition upon the Aan TAXATION ITHOUT REPRESENTATION, right in the | of our State when iL was necessary to con fer special privileges upon corporations in order to concentrate capital for the happiness and prosperity be destroyed in | comp isbment of extensive enterprises bu’, i that time has long since passed Such course is alwnys open to serious objections as it is a violation of the natural laws je, AnD the yme of the mens. only be justified of the case, 1 longer It s p rights of encroachment and hike the Inte war by the urgent necessities should not be to exist than no » der ira on ures of can a moment tinue wi b those necessities cor ied that « capiia as Siale as no other form of capital has. A glance at our statute book settles that ch it has conferred in t therefore to be greater then that of other capital But what joes the statement of the accounts While large IrRlions Nave ere combined. manufsct ry and there own ar 3 VAI y, have they not destr immediate vicinit | ed the same business conducted by ind The grievance which impelled our Rev- olutionsry fathers to take up arms against the mother country is a no more fl encroachment upon vidual than is the imposition of or discriminating taxstion. The framers ot the present Constitution of our Commonwealth recognized this im. portant truth, and by sections one and two of article rinth, strove to avert the gers it suggests an unequal dan- class of subjects within the tetritorial lim- its of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws,’ ete.; and section two, that “A laws exempling properly from taxali other than the property above numerate shall (The exempted property on 4 a, be voi i referred to is '‘sctual places of religious | ties granted bave, in some cases, worship, pisces of burial not used or held for private or corporate profit, and insti- tutions of a purely public charity. But bow far have these safeguards of the organic law of our State served to grant | the rights of the indi. | | becoming impressed with similar grave ! | {acts is seen by the ) {ed by the Committees on A fv WB 8 any : tor 3 5 IS enlerprise y ' ed howsand eople of our sister States re I fn That the § ution re Railroads int res port | Canale, to the House of Representatives of | of the New Jersey Legisisture, on the 19th | Section one declares that | ‘All taxes shall be uniform upon the same building of Railroads and Canals, protect the individual rights of her citi- | zens 7 The tax laws as they now stand upon of March N That for the purpose ol 1885, which reads as follows : encouraging the the Leg- islature has granted exemptions snd immunities from taxation, réservin however, t Nal tue } y ree the ¢ , 1. 10 & CARLOS to take the Railroac Canals at the expiration of years; thet this policy has existed fo years and the been for ceriain me immu An many the n that entire exemption from taxation ears, and in cases have ] gof a rate of ¢ no less th orn by other taxpayers ; that the of the State has fully sccomplise in the sue and other been REXALL DORE I cessful | opments of the Railroadsand Canals of Sale | our statute books usurp the rights of the | people by the unequal and, consequently, unjust distribution of the burdens they im- They deprive our citizens of the right to tax for lceal purposes the hundred and fifteen millions of dollars of money interest returned, which is SOAr( oly a tithe of the sum thus invested They exempt from taxation for the same local purposes the capitalemployed in mer. cantile pursuits, and also that employed by corporations, the former aggregating at pore. one on | of the lowest estimute one-tenth, and the lat | ter three-fourths the value of the real es tate in the state, exclusive of the millions of dollars invested in corporate bonds which sre absolutely exempt from all tax- ation. | the state, as it may be expedient to ] They collect three hundred and | one thousand dollars taxes from mercantile | capital, three million ard eighty-four thousand dollars from corporate capital, and about five million dolints from all | other personal property in the state; while | they impose a burden of more than thirty millions on the real estate in the monweslth Shall these laws remain longer in foree Should not others more just and equitable in their provisions be substituted for them? The people, by the flood of petitions they have poured in upon us, answer this iatter ) on in the sflirmative, and in their name the bill under discussion, is present. ed to this House for its consideration. We rest its merits upon the principles con. tained in the provisions of the constitu. tion which we have quoted; and without further discussion of them at this time, proceed to answer some of Lhe objec tions urged against it Among some of the prin that may be u 1 aquest pal objections 1 against this bill is that it will drive capital from the State. This proceeds on the assumption that all the working eapital of the State 15 employed by corporations But it bas not yei been shown, and we do not believe that it ean be shown, that this would be ths effect of the bill, This allegation admits the fact that capital employed by corporations can- not competes with that empl yed by pri individusls without being in the shape of er vate firms or paid a royality or subsidy exemption from taxation, then ought it not give place Lo private cap ital 7 Com- | If this be true, Again, itis urged TR reson why real eatate should continue to pay the taxes of | manufacturing corporations, ihat they create 8 home market for agricultural pro- | ducts, Now, plausible as this may seem at & casual view, it is true in only a limit. | od sense. In the first piace, the unjust discriminations made by the transport. tion corporations enable the Illinois farm. er to compete suc essfully with the Penn. sylvania farmer at his own home market, And especially when we come to scrutin. ize the matter still more closely, and ap- ply it to a particulnr locality, wo find the benefits of these home markets Lo be Huis od to a very contracted ares. The value cf real estate, especially that used for agri- cultural purposes, ia not enhanced ten per cont, by reason of being located within tw nity miles of the grest manufacturing contre of Pi{tsburg, Johnstown Harris. therefore, Resolved all such immunities ard exemy ceass, and that any further continuar the same is i “to the people and {angers the welfare of the State; and the is J arp we WW bring to a speedy end all such immuties and ex tions should eo of State hereby declares done | the | true | buei- | the | the | Lie | | of berry ; 3rd, Ability to remain on the | of | ! and | and en Janis Vix (Fnrswinssies,~This new and valuable berry originated with po Samuel Milier of Blutf'on, Montgomery | county, Missouri, As asecdling it al tracted attention by the unusanl g ossi- | {nese and vigor of i's foliage, before it fraite |, and this vigor and strength | of growth has to a still greater degree | appeared in its enormous bearing quali ties, The berries ure neatly round, of un:- ! formly large size, deep scarlet and of | excellent flavor. In respect to its keep- | ing qualitios, it is among strawberries what the Hansell and Souhegan are among raspberries, | known to standlon the vines ga week | rottening, Its fruits has been | after becoming ripe, without softening or | It is not only a stand-by | for family use but for a market berry it | stands pre-eminently at the head, I ) The | | originator of this ‘berry is well known | {| AS a the Martha Grape and other fruits of He has never sent not great yulue, out new variety which has taken held allowed rank and he front that place in the and the fact haus the | as one of his seedlings is of itself evi- dence of its excellence, The valuable qualities of this new strawberry may be summed up as fol lows. lst Fine quality of fruit, great | vigor and hermaphrodite (or perfect blossoms ; 24, Color, form and firmness Vines ith, Uniformity of size of fru fith which orm glossy and beaut a long time without ury oth, ayer v Ability to stand drought h rs idity it, whic ages lorge ; The with it f . new sel ful app Al nee O! foliage, retaining its verdure until very late 10 the fall, making it the finest border plants for lower beds that can be obtained one ol Sth, eno ue uniting to market ber ol rmous pro . i Liven oss ail thes make it the ry which has npr iu Grown and For Sale by AN qualities Most valuable ever b Geneva, N Agenls wantes nent positions on sal i ¥, and expense Md, Ar I'he Reputat Of A Sta vi 2 Is seldom injured rivalry y surreptitions } 11 ; iostetler stom Imitators of | weh Bitters have not only by attempting underhand competition with it, but have actually contributed to enhance the estimation in which the | genuine medicine is held. at large has for many been ac qusinted with the ear marks that | tinguish the real from the spurious, sand cannot be persuaded that other articles {sold in somewhat similar guise equally good and sgue, pation, are not 3 openers and tonic well and 1081 money lhe public ¥e Ars are Fever snd curable by che pi iyspepsia ' but eye a) Loo proven wo generally horticulturist, having originated | (18 COMPARATIVE WORTH or BAKING POWDERS. al it, | James Vick to come before the public | — ROYAL thominnets Pare. 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