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TED TO THE CITIZENS Off TH33
COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
JDOMMONWBALTH OB" PENNSYL
VANIA; AND PUBLISHED BY OR
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COMMONWEALTH, IN PURSU
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVm OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to article
nine, section four, of the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, authorizing the State to
Issue bonds to the amount of fifty
millions of dollars for the Improve
ment of the highways of the Com
monwealth. Section 1. Be It resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following amendment to the Constitu
tion of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania be, and the same Is hereby, pro
posed, In aevcordance with the eigh
teenth article thereof:
That section four of article nine,
which reads as follows:
"Section 4. No debt shall he creat
ed by or on behalf of the State, ex
cept to supply casual deficiencies of
revenue, repel invasion, suppress In
surrection, defend the State in war, or
to pay existing debt; and the debt
created to supply deficiency in rev
enue shall never exceed, in the aggro
grate at any one time, one million of
dollars," be amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 4. No debt shall be created
by or on behalf of the State, except
to supply casual deficiencies oi rev
enue, repel invasion, suppress insur
rection, defend the State in war, or to
pay existing debt; and the debt creat
ed to supply deficiencies In revenue
shall never exceed, In the aggregate
at any one time, one million of dol
lars: Provided, however, 'mat the
General Assembly, Irrespective of any
debt, may authorize the State to Issue
bonds to the amount of fifty millions
of dollars for the purpose of Improv
ing and rebuilding the highways of
the Commonwealth.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 1.
ROBERT MCAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
seven, article three of the Constitu
tion of Pennsylvania, so as to per
mit special legislation regulating
labor.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
in General Assembly met. That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof. Amend
ment to Article Three, Section Seven,
Section 2. Amend section seven,
article three of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads as fol
lows: "Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
authorizing the creation, extension, or
impairing of Hens:
"Regulating the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
"Changing the names of persons or
pl&C6S
"Changing the venue In civil or
criminal cases:
"Authorizing the laying out, open
ing, altering, or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys:
"Relating to ferries or bridges, or
Incorporating ferry or bridge compan
ies, except for the erection of bridges
crossing streams which form bounda
ries between this and any other
State:
"Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
"Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not of the State:
"Authorizing the adoption or legiti
mation of children:
"Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties, or changing
county lines:
"Incorporating cities, towns, or vil
lages, or changing their charters:
"For the opening and conducting of
elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting:
"Granting divorces:
"Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, borough-limits,
or school districts:
-Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughB, townships, elec
tion of school districts:
"Changing the law of descent or
succession:
"Regulating the practice or Juris
diction of, or changing the rules of
evidence in, any.judicial proceeding
or inquiry before courts, aldermen,
Justices of the peace, sheriffs, commis
sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters
in chancery, or other tribunals, or
nmvtilln? nr rhanelne methods for the
collection of debts, or the, enforcing
of Judgments, or prescribing theeffect
of Judicial sales of-feal estate:
"Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
Justices of .the . peace, magistrates or
constables: '
"Regulating the management of
public schools, the building or repair
ing of school houses and the raising
of money for such purposes:
"Fixing the rate of interest:
"Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties in interest,
to bo recited in the special enact
ment: "Remitting fines, penalties and for
feitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid into the treasury:
"Exempting property from taxation:
"Regulating labor, trade, mining or
manufacturing:
"Creating corporations, or amend
ing, renewing or extending the chart
ers thereof:
"Granting to any corporation, ass
elation or individual any special or ex
clusive privilege or Immunity, or to
any corporation, association or indi
vidual the right to lay down a railroad
track.
"Nor shall the General Assembly In
directly enact such special or local
law by the partial repeal of a general.!
law; dui laws repealing iucai ur syou
lal acts may be passed:
"Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers and privileges in any case
where the granting of such powers
and privileges shall have been provid
ed for by general law, nor where the
courts have Jurisdiction to grant the
same or give the relief asked for."
so as to read as follows:
Section 7. The General Assembly
shall not pass any local or special law
authorizing the creation, extension or
Impairing of liens:
Regulating the affairs of counties,
cities, townships, wards, boroughs, or
school districts:
Changing the names of persons ot
places:
Changing the venue in civil or crim
inal cases:
Authorizing the laying out, opening,
altering, or maintaining roads, high
ways, streets or alleys:
Relating to ferries or bridges, or In
corporating ferry or bridge compan
ies, except for the erection of bridges
crossing streams which form bounda
ries between this and stiy other Stale:
Vacating roads, town plats, streets
or alleys:
Relating to cemeteries, graveyards,
or public grounds not of the State:
Authorizing the adoption, or legiti
mation of children:
Locating or changing county-seats,
erecting new counties or changing
county lines:
- Incorporating cities, towns or vill
ages, by changing their charters:
For the opening and conducting oi
elections, or fixing or changing the
place of voting.
' Granting divorces:
Erecting new townships or bor
oughs, changing township lines, bor
ough limits or school districts:
Creating offices, or prescribing the
powers and duties of officers in coun
ties, cities, boroughs, townships, elec
tion or school districts:
Changing the law of descent or suc
cession: Regulating the practice or Jurisdic
tion of, or changing the rules of evi
dence In, any Judicial proceeding or
inquiry before courts, aldermen, Jus
tices of the peace, sheriffs, commis
sioners, arbitrators, auditors, masters
in chancery or other tribunals, or pro
viding or changing methods for the
collection of debtB, or the enforcing
of Judgments, or prescribing the ef
fect of Judicial sales of real estate:
Regulating the fees, or extending
the powers and duties of aldermen,
Justices of the peace, magistrates or
constables:
Regulating the management of pub
lic schools, the building or repairing
of school houses and the raising of
money for such purposes:
Fixing the rate of interest:
Affecting the estates of minors or
persons under disability, except after
due notice to all parties In interest,
to be recited In the special enact
ment: Remitting fines, penalties and for
feitures, or refunding moneys legally
paid Into the treasury:
Exempting property from taxation:
Regulating labor, trade, mining or
manufacturing; but the legislature
may regulate and fix the wages or
salaries, the hours of work or labor,
and make provision for the protection,
welfare and safety of persons employ
ed bv the State, or by any county,
c-ity, borough, town, townstiip, selionl
di-trlet, 'village, or other civil di
vision of the State, or by any contract
or or sub-contractor performing work,
labor or service for the State, or for
any county, city, borough, town, town
ship, school district, village or other
civil dlvlslpn thereof:
Creating corporations, or amending,
renewing or extending the charters
thereof:
Granting to any corporation, asso
ciation, or Individual any special or
exclusive privilege or immunity,, or
to any corporation, association, or in
dividual the right to lay down a rail
road track:
Nor shall the General Assembly In
directly enact such SDecial or local
law hy the partial. repeal of a general law
but laws repealing local or vpecial sets
may be passed:
Nor shall any law be passed grant
ing powers or privileges In any case
where the granting of such powers
and privileges shall have been pro
vided for by general law, nor where
the courts have Jurisdiction to grant
the same or give the relief asked for.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT MCAFEE.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION,
proposing an amendment to section
three of article eight of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth oi Pennsylvania (If the
Senate concur), That the following Is
proposed as an amendment to the Con
stitution ot the Commonwealth ot
Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
provisions of the eighteenth article
thereof:
Section 2. Amend section three of
article eight, which reads as follows:
"All Judge's elected by the electors of
the State at large may be elected at
either a general or municipal election,
as circumstances may require. All
the elections for Judges of the courts
for the several Judicial districts, and
for county, city, ward, borough, and
township officers, for regular terms of
service, shall be held on the municipal
election day; namely, the Tuesday
next following the first Monday of No
vember in each odd-numbered year,
but the General Assembly may by law
fix a different day, two-thirds ot all
the members of each House consent
ing thereto: Provided, That such
elections shall always be held in an
odd-numbered year," so as to read:
Section 3. All Judges elected by
the electors of the State at large may
be elected at either a general or mu
nicipal election, as circumstances may
require. All elections for Judges of
the courts for the several Judicial dis
tricts, and for county, city, ward, bor
ough, and township officers, for regu
lar terms of service, shall be held nn
the municipal election riay; namely, the
Tuesday next following the lirst "Mon
day of November in each odd-numbered
year, but the General Assembly
may by law fix a different day, two
thirds ot all the members of each
House consenting thereto: Provided,
That such elections shall be held In
an odd-numbered year: Provided fur
ther, That all Judges for the courts
of the several Judicial districts hold
ing office at the present time, whose
terms of office may end In an odd
numbered year, shall continue to hold
their offices until the first Monday ot
January in the next succeeding even
numbered year,
A true copy of Concurrent Resolu
tion No. 3.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to section
one of article nine of the Consti
tution of Pennsylvania, relating to
taxation.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the
Sonate and House of KepieHeutaliven
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
In General Assembly met, That the
following is proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in ac
cordance with the provisions of the
eighteenth article thereof:
Section 2. Amend section one of
article nine of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania, which reads sb follows:
"All taxes shall be uniform, upon
the same class of subjects, within the
territorial limits of the authority levy
ing the tax, and shall be levied and
collected under general laws; but the
General Assembly may, by general
laws, exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes,
actual places of religious worship,
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and Institu
tions of purely public charity," so as
to read as follows:
All taxes shall be uniform upon the
sarae class of subjects, within the ter
ritorial limits of the authority levying
the tax, and shall be levied and col
lected under general laws, and the
suijecta in taxation may be classified
for the purpose ot laying graded or
progressive taxes; but the General
Assembly may, by general laws, ex
empt from taxation public property
used for public purposes, actual places
of religious worship, places of burial
not used or held for private or cor
porate profit, and Institutions of pure
ly public charity.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Five.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Con
stitution of Pennsylvania.
Bo it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In Gener
al Assembly met, That the follow
ing is proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution of Pennsylvania, in
accordance with the provisions ot the
eighteenth article thereof:
Article IX.
Section 15. No obligations which
have bees heretofore issued, or which
may hereafter be issued, by uny coun
ty or municipality, other than Phila
delphia, to provide for the construc
tion or acquisition of waterworks,
subways, underground railways or
street railways, or the appurtenances
thereof, shall be considered as a debt
of a municipality, within the meaning
of section eight ot article nine ot the
Constitution of Pennsylvania or of
this amendment, If the net revenue
derived from said property for a per
iod of five years, either before or after
the acquisition thereof, or, where the
same is constructed by the county or
municipality, after the completion
thereof, shall have been sufficient to
pay Interest and sinking-fund charges
during said period upon said obliga
tions, or if the said obligations shall
be secured by Hens upon the respec
tive properties, and shall Impose no
municipal liability. Where munici
palities or counties Bhall Issue obliga
tions to provide for the construction
of property, as herein provided, said
said municipalities or counties may
also issue obligations to provide for
the Interest and sinking-fund charges
accruing thereon until said properties
shall have been completed and in op
eration for a period of one year; and
said municipalities and counties shall
not be required to levy a tax to pay
said Interest and sinking-fund charges,
as required by section ten of article
nine of the Constitution of Pennsyl
vania, until after said properties shall
have been operated by said counties
or municipalities during said period
of one year. Any of the said munici
palities or counties may incur indebt
edness in excess of seven per centum,
and not exceeding ten per centum, of
the assessed valuation of the taxable
property therein. It said Increase ot
indebtedness shall have been assented
to by three-fifths ot the electors vot
ing at a public election, in such man
ner as shall be provided by law.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 5.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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FARMERS BENEFIT
BY G00H0ADS
Agricultural Committee Urges
Them to Pass Loan.
TELL OF THE ADVANTAGES
Will Afford Better Means of Getting
Produce to Market and Will Reduce
Local Taxes Farmers Will Be Abls
to Hire Teams and Sell Material to
Road Builders.
Prominent agriculturists everywhere
are supporting the $50,000,000 good
roads loan to be voted upon at the
November elections, but there are no
stronger advocates of highway Im
provements for Pennsylvania than the
committee from this state appointed
by act of the legislature to co-operate
with the Permanent American Com
mission on Agriculture anil Rural Llle.
a national body that stands for the
very best there is In country life iu
the United States.
The Pennsylvania committee has
thought so well of the loan that at a
recent meeting called for the purpose
It issued the following appeal to the
farmers of the state:
To the Farmers and Other Rural Citi
zens of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania committee ap
pointed to co-operate with the "Peru.a
uent American Commission on Agr
cuiiurs, finance, Production, Distn-u
lion aud Rural Llle," in session at uu
state capitol at the (all oi the char
man of said committee, desires ie-spei-tfully
to call tiie attention oi Un
people of the state to the laet that no
greater factor can enter into Ihe im
portant work of placing the apicul
ture of our state upon a profitable ha
sis than a well-arranged system ol
good public roads.
The opportunity Is now before the
voters ot the state to say whether they
are willing that the hopeful beginning
made in the direction of road improve
ment shall end, or whether our sta.e
which in the importance and value o.
its products stands among the firs;
in the Union, shall cany this
work forward until our public high
ways -and methods of tural tiavel and
tiansnnrtation shall eulial anv t) b
found in our own country or any of the
countries ot the old worm.
At the coming general election Ihe
voters of the state will say whether ot
not the proposed amendment to out
state constitution, making it possible
for the next general assembly to pro
vide for a loan of $.jU,Uimi,uiii) to he
used in the construction and mainte
nance of a complete system of higa
wavs shall be adopted, and every citi
zen should consider carefully the
effect of his vote upon the gene:a1
prosperity of the commonweal. h and
the Individual Interests of the people
of the present generation, as well as
the generations to follow.
If the proposed amendment is voted
down no opportunity will be afforded
for the correction of the mistake (fcr
such we must regard it) for at least
five years, as the stale constitut'on
provides that no amendments rs'latinp
to the same subject "shill be submit
ted oftener than once in five year."
It is hoped Hint voters, in making
up their minds, will give thought, l
consideration to the following proposi
tlons which we believe to he correct:
1. The proposed amendment d':es
not settle the question as to wliethet
or not the loan Is to lie pevured, but
simply makes it possible for the n.-xt
legislature to consider the qu -st on
and provide the terms upon which such
loan, if made, shall lie negotiated in
eluding the dates at which bonds t-'lrill
be issued, the time of their maturity
the interest they shall bear and the
periods during which the work provid
ed for by each bond issue s'uill be
performed, so that Instend of the en
tire work contemplated being tin ler
taken at once, it may lie so exteudei
as to secure the best possible results.
2. The vole will be essentially tiou
partisan, as the proposed work will bt
arranged and carried ottt by what
ever party the people of the common
wealth may from time to time place in
power.
3. The establishment of a system ol
good roads will not only help the far
mer by providing means of renbina
his market with most ease and least
cost, but it ill relieve him of a con
siderable portion of the local taxes ht
now pays. The state has already tak
en over, and is now-, maintaining al
state expense, as best It can with the
small amount of money that can he ap
plied to this work, about Miniil miles ol
road, which will bn Increased as the
work is carried forward, rcllc'vlng tin
local taxpayers of much of the burden
they are now bearing.
4. As the work of road Improvement
goes forward materia! needed will lie
taken from adjacent in nils and quar
ries, for which fair compensation will
be made, teams will be needed In grid
ing and In hauling material from (juar
ries and railroad stations to the points
where used, and laborers and median
les will he employed in the construc
tion work, so lhat farmers will find
profitable work for their teams when
not needed on the farm, lahor of nil
kinds will lie in demand at good w.mes
promptlv paid, and a ready market will
lie brought to the doors of the people ol
tho sections through which Ihe road
pass for food supplies for men and
teams, all of which means that a larsf
proportion of the money expended will
go directly into the hands of the peo
pie of the rural districts of Ihe state.
5. Community industrl' S nn I coop
erative as i.ieiiitlons helpful to farm
ers and rural districts will be promot
ed. Metier roads means belter educa
tional facilities for the rural distrie s
for with good roads we niy leok fot
consolidation and complete grading ol
the rural schools.
(. Social conditions In cniintrv dis
tricts will he greatly Improved and thr
country church will enjoy a like d -gree
of prosperity when worshipp' r-
an assemble without fi ar of h -ins
wrecked or their carriages being sunk
In the mud on the way.
Time would full should we attempt
to enumerate all the Hern's thai
will come to our beloved comno-i
wealth with the estald shnienl o;' s
good system of road-, and we tiusi
that the motives which prompt us tr
issue this cir'-iilar in the perforninwf
of the work helonging to the r-niiini I '
tee. upon which we are serving th
rural Interests of the stat", will no
be inlsiindivstooil.
I. I,. Munce, Uanonsburg, Washinlor
County. I'a.
A. L. MarUn, Ehon Valley, I.awnn (
County. I'n.
N. It. Crili hf,",d, Stoyestown, Soiner
set Count .', I'n.
George G. Hutchinson. Warrior's Mark
Huntingdon County, I'a.
SAFE-GUARDING
BIO ROAD LOAN
Not More Than $5,000,000 to
B3 Spent in Any One Year.
TO PLEDGE THE CANDIDATES
Pennsylvania Good Roads Association
Is Already Preparing to Urge Upon
Legislature Enactmtnt of Proper
Enabling Laws For Carrying Out
Proposed Highway Program.
Looking forward to the approval of
the $50,(100,0110 state road loan at the
November elections, the Pennsylvania
Good Hoads Associations already out
lining a campaign for the passage of a
Viw by the legislature of 1015 limiting
tne expenditure from this fund to $5,
OUO.ono in any one year.
The association realizes that proper
enabling legislation is almost as Im
portant as the loan Itself, and it Is al
ready preparing to make the limiting
of expenditure the big issue of the elec
tions next fall wherever members ot
the house and senate or state officers
having to do with the highway depart
ment are to be elected. Every candi
date tor the legislature will be asked
whether or not he favors such a law,
so that the voters will know In ad
vance exactly where he stands.
The association holds that $5,000,000
a year, In addition to such sums as are
set aside from current revenues Tor
the uses of the highway department,
will constitute as much money as will
be necessary to carry out a systematic,
economic and practical campaign for
first class road construction.
The association sets forth its posi
tion on the ro.'.d loan and the proposed
legislation in the fallowing address to
the people of the state:
To the People of Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Good Hoads Asso
ciation commends to the favorable con
sideration of the voters the proposed
amendment to the constitution to per
mit the state to issue bonds not ex
ceeding $50,000,000 for tho construc
tion of highways. This amendment has
been adopted by two legislatures and
now requires only the approval of a
majority at the polls In the November
election of 1913.
Issuance of bonds Is an approved
method of financing large enterprises,
both public and private. The consti
tution of Pennsylvania grants to all
municipalities the right to bond them
selves for such purposes. Cities and
towns generally avail themselves of
this efficient and economic method ol
providing funds for public works. The
proposed amendment would extend a
like privilege to the state Itself In a
limited degree and for a specific pur
pose. The need is imperative. Enlightened
public sentiment demands good roads.
Pennsylvania Is far behind many of
her sister states In meeting this de
mand. Repeated experience has shown
that legislatures cannot be depended
on to resist the demands for appro
prlations for public and private char
It'es to such an extent as to permit of
ndequate support for road building out
of the general revenues. A bond Issue
offers the only alternative. The state
Is out of debt. It can borrow an abun
dance of money at low Interest. Re
payment of the loan through the ac
cumulation of a sinking fund and its
Interest earnings during a long period
of years w;U impose no serious bur
den on the r !venues. Farms and other
real estate 'vill not be called upon to
pay a dollar of this, because there Is
and can bo no state tax on real estate
In Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Good Hoads As
sociation is in favor not only of the
bond issue, but of a conservative and
well-ordered method of issuing these
bonds and expending the proceeds
thereof. Should the bond issue bo ap
proved by the voters in November, no
money would be available until the
legislature bud passed and the gov
ernor approved an enabling act to car
ry the constitutional amendment Into
effect. Thi legislature and the gover
nor upon whom this duty would do
volve are to he nominated at the popu
lar primaries next spring and el 'cted
the following November. The people
will lie in a position to demand of all
candidates assurance of how they will
deal with the expenditure of the road
funds.
This association will urge upon nil
candidates and upon the liieuming
state administration anil legislaliiie
taking olllce In January, litl". the p s
sage of an cnaMitig net that will pro
vide for the issuing of the b inds In
amounts not to exceed $:,iiim,ni)ii a
year, so as to produce only so much
money as may he necessary in addi
tion in apjiropriations from the cm
rent levenues to cairy out a syste
niatle, economical and practical c;m
paign of first class highway construc
tion. The best efforts of nn associul ion
of representative citizens of all shad s
of political belief and all walks of life
are pledged to this end.
The iillieeis ol the Pennsylvania
Good Koads Assoi iat ion nre as follows:
John S. Fisher, Indiana, Pa., I're ddciit.
William C. Spniul, Chester, Pa., First
Vi President.
Frank Pell, llox -152, llariishnig, Pa.
Secretary.
Chnrles S. Hull. Union Trust Co., liar
rlsliuig. Pa., Treasurer.
Vice Presidents.
Edwin S. Stuuit, Philadelphia.
John I'. I'lkin. Indiana,
lit. Ilev. James Henry Darlington, llur
risliurg.
Edward E. Jon"s. Harford.
John E. Fox. Il nri Imrg.
Charles S. Price. J it nstnwn.
General Chnrles Miller, Franklin.
.1. Horace McFarl and, lliirrishui'g.
A. II. Fiiniuhiir, York.
Edwin F. Hiiii'ks. Stale College.
Frank II. MeClain, Lancaster.
Chill ies F I'll! trill. Clll'Wensville.
Chillies M. Schwab, I let lileliem,
John S. Hilling, Eric.
John II. Hoihcnuc!. Heading.
Joseph C. Ti eeK Pitt siill I'll h.
Hoheit P. Hah-- mmI. Hr nlford.
C. II. Morgan, VYilliamsport.
IMPROVEMENT
OFJHBHWAYS
Numerous Financial Reasons
For Proposed Improvements
NO TAXES ON REAL ESTATE
Farmer Escapes, While Nearly All of
the Interest on the Proposed Bond
Issue Will Be Paid by Corporation
and Automobile License Fees.
Reasons for voting for the Good
Roads amendment to the constitution
Slid building the roads, exist in al
most Infinite variety; but of reasons
to the contrary no valid or even
plausible ones have been shown. In
tliis connection a few facts may be
interesting:
With nearly seven billion dollars'
worth of property, Pennsylvania real
estate pays no state taxes, and the
State has no debt. Sixty-eight per
cent of its population live In its cities,
boroughs, and other centers, leaving
but 32 per cent on the farms. The
State has an area of approximately
45,000 Bipiare miles, 100,000 miles of
roads of different classes, or about
2.2 miles ot road to each square
mile of land.
The revenues of the State, out of
which will be paid the interest and
amortization charges on the Good
Roads loan, are derived mainly from
a tax on the capital stock and the
gross receipts of corporations, some
licenses of various kinds, a variety
of fliifco and penalties, ihe automobile
registration tax and some other Items.
The farmer, therefore, nor the real
estate owner, will pay a dollar of
the cost of carrying a road loan, and
the people who will pay It all are
very greatly in favor of the proposi
tion. Their taxes will increase, but
not in rate. The great enhancement
of business, caused by the improve
ment of the roads, will naturally In
crease the gross receipts, on which
tho corporations will quite cheerfully
pay the added tax.
On the other hand If the constitu
tional amendment be defeated at the
polls, the defeat is almost certain to
be followed by the levy of a direct
property tax. The absolute necessity
for the improvement of the State
Highways will force action on the
subject; and while no additional taxa
tion will be necessary to pay the car
rying charges on an issue of bonds,
iu case of the failure of the bonds the
only recourse will be to direct taxa
tion to get the amount of money
necessary to go ahead with the work
of highway construction.
This danger Is not one to be pooh
poohed, nor laughed at. Last fall the
voters of Ohio defeated a constitu
tional amendment providing for a
bond issue for road purposes; wbore
upon the Legislature at the following
session, responding to tho Insistent
demand for highway improvement,
enacted a law levying a direct tax
on real property for road purposes
for a series of years. If the consti
tutional amendment had been carried
at the polls the extra direct taxation
would not have been necessary.
The proposition should appeal to
the business intelligence of every
citizen of Pennsylvania. With tho
roads Improved over tho State so that
every producer ran haul bis products
to market at a minimum of cost, and
when It suits him, the agricultural in
terests of the stato will prosper and
grow rich; both on account of the
money saved In the haulage and by
reason of the fact that the farmer can
market bis products at bis own in
clination, Instead of being obliged to
haul when the roads are passable;
and this invariably occurs when tburo
is a shortage of cars, a congestion
of markets and low prices.
Among the corporations which pay
revenue to the Stato of Pennsylvania
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company
stands as the leader. It makes the
largest Individual payments of any
firm or corporation. Since its organ
ization the company has stood uni
formly in favor of highway Improve
ment, and has many times assisted,
with influence and money, in their
construction. It has always been and
still is the view ot that corporation
that the development of commerce, by
reason of highway improvement. Is an
important factor In the material prog
ress of a state and its institutions.
In tho fourth annual report of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, page
9, dated December 31, 1S60, occurs
the following paragraph:
"The plank roads from Bedford to
Ilollldaysburg, and from Somerset to
Johnstown, with numberless kindred
improvements under construction or
in contemplation, will aid In swelling
the receipts of the mother work (The
Pennsylvania Railroad) to which they
owe their existence, and in develop
ing the dormant wealth of Pennsyl
vania." The company still maintains the
Idea Unit the construction of improv
ed highways Is in line with the de
velopment of Pennsylvania's dormant
resources; and with this development
must come more business for the rail
roads, and a greater accumiuulution
of wealth by the people.
Not only must the quality of the
soil and improvements be satisfactory
to the man who wants to buy a farm,
bi;' be lirst wants to know, before be
will go to look at it that it lias a
telephone, and is along a ruriI mail
route and a good road.