INHERITANCE
WILL BE TAXED
Additional Revenue Is to
Be Raised by New
Measure
All direct inheritances in Pennsyl
vania, those handed down from par
ents to children or from husband to
wife, will pay a tax of $2 on the
SIOO of value to furnish additional
revenue to the Commonwealth. Gov
ernor Brumbaugh last evening an
nounced that he had signed the
Woodward bill establishing the tax
and' accompanied it with a long
statement in which he sharply criti
cised the Legislature again.
The Governor has several times
taken the lawmakers to task for
ing to provide the revenue necessary
to conduct the state government and
in his statement in which he says he
signed the bill because it was the
only revenue raiser passed he re
veals for the first time hat he tried
to get the legislative leaders to pass
other taxation bills, notably those
taxing manufacturing capital, coal,
gas and oil. The Governor says
that to reconvene the Legislature
would be too costly a procedure.
As the direct inheritance bill will
raise over $5,000,000 a year the Gov
ernor will be able to approve appro
priations up to $82,000,000.
In -his statement the Governor
says:
The Governor's View
"This bill is approved with the
greatest reluctance. I am con
strained to do so solely because the
necessities of the Commonwealth re
quire the raising of additional reve
nue.
"The Assembly of 1917, which
concluded its lengthv. session on
June 28, appropriated a total of $87.-
1K4.430.73. The responsible fiscal
officers of the Commonwealth on De
cember 28, 1916, advised me that
the sum available for appropriation
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FRIDAY EVENING,
at this session was 170,091,178.22, |
on January 2, 1917, I so advis-|
ed the General Assembly. lam now
advised by the responsible fiscal of- |
fleers of the Commonwealth that
exclusive of unexpended balances the
predictable available sum for appro- j
priation is $72,558,054.71, and much i
less if these balances were all drawn I
from the treasury#
"I repeatedly urged the responsi
ble leaders in charge of the legisla- i
tive program that it was imperative !
to provide additional revenue if the i
business of the state were to be
adequately cared for. We had reve- i
nue bills prepared imposing a small 1
and entirely reasonable tax upon ■
coal, oil and natural gas. These na
tural commodities, the gift of Provi- !
dence to our people, are being rap- j
idly depleted. They are consumed j
more largely without than within the j
state and our people are denied any j
revenue - from these disappearing
sources of wealth. We also had a i
bill prepared placing a tax of one,
mill upon the capital stock of manu- !
facturing corporations. This tax!
would in no important way have ]
affected the state's well-known
policy of fostering industry and
manufacture. This was not opposed >
by many leading manufacturers. We j
had reason to believe that these'
measures would pass. Had they j
passed this unjustifiably drastic tax i
on direct inheritance would have j
ben unnecessary and would not have !
been approved.
"The bills above named were pass
ed by a large vote in the House and
met an untimely death in the com
mittees of the Senate.
"The same influences that clam
ored for large appropriations stead
ily opposed these taxes upon natural |
resources and upon the capital stock
of manufacturing corporations. The
Senate committee thus chose de
liberately to tax the estates of poor
and rich alike rather than to tax
these natural resources which to
day are selling at such an advanced
price as to make the owners ab
normally rich in dividends and in
profits, and rather than to tax
manufacturing corporations now ex
traordinarily prosperous and abun
dantly able to pay the proposed tax.
The whote procedure was most un
fair and against the welfare of all
the people.
•Some of the increased expendi-
j tures authorized by the Assembly are J
in this national crisis necessary.
1 They cannot be refused or withheld.
To reconvene the Assembly to enact
revenue producing laws is a costly
procedure and might not result In ,
any substantial service to the people i
j since the same potential influences j
I that so carefully guarded certain
special interests would again, doubt- j
i less, asset itself. But It may well be •
i that a lesson of this sort is neces- j
! sary to teach the' people the truth, j
! 'fins direct inheritance tax ap- i
' plies to all property of decedents go- j
ins to direct heirs. It covers estates ]
| ot every sue, even to the smallest.
There are no exemptions. In some
! states there is a graded tax with
! exemptions to the small estates. Un
, der our constitution this is forbid
den, and the approval of this bill is
| n*i lis last anai..sis based upon the
: fact that this Assembly has passed
j ;i resolution providing tor an amend
ment to the constitution which will
[ correct the injustices of this meas
i ure. This can be and should be
I adopted by the people in 191!) and
I the Assembly should then so amend
this act as to bring the relief that
all fair-minded and unselfish men
will approve."
\ iue More Vetoes
Governor Bruiubaugn added nine
to his record of ninety-six bills last
night, vetoing six Senate bills and
; three House lulls. The measure pro- |
viding for a commission of live per- j
sons to codify the lunacy laws of [
Pennsylvania was vetoed for the rea- j
son that the Legislature failed to!
make any appropriation to carry out
this work. "Usually in such cases
there follows in the course of time a
bill in a subsequent assembly to
reimburse the commission. This Is
not wise. It is not fair to the com
mission or to the Commonwealth,"
says the Governor.
Other bills vetoed were:
Senate bill authorizing commis
sioners to make appropriations from
dog license revenue to humane so
cieties, which the Governor says is
so vaguely drawn as to affect other
laws.
Senate bill relative to merger of !
corporations, which is declared!
"carelessly drawn." The Governor
j says some of its provisions are "ab
: surd" anil declares "The whole pro
| cedure is such a mess of impossible
j and impracticable features as to
make it useless."
Senate bill regulating stock com
panies with shares without nominal
| value, the Governor says
j would have an "injurious effect upon
| taxes."
Senate bill exempting from taxa
! tion playgrounds whose income is
used for betterment of such grounds
on the ground that "its crudity and
involved provisions make it unfair
and impracticable. "The Governor
I particularly objects to the provi
sion that county commissioners
should decide whether cities or bor
oughs should tax the grounds.
House bill providing for deputy
prothonotaries in counties having
, between 150,000 and 250,000 popula
tion, tho Governor saying that it is
; a matter for the prothonotaries and
that the state should either leave it
to them or make a general act.
House bill authorizing Cambria
county to use the state for recovery
! of bounty money, the Governor de
■ daring that it is unnecessary as a
| previously approved act takes "care of
| such matters.
Senate bill repealing part of 184 5
; poor act so far as it relates to York
. county on which the Governor says:
1 "To regulate the affairs of York
(county by extending the act of 1845
is so manifestly unconstitutional
j that the bill can not be approved."
House bill providing increased pay
for persons investigating killing of
dogs, the Governor saying it is un
necessary because of the new dog li
cense law.
Another Increase in Wages
For Hershey Co. Employes
Hershey, Pa., July 13.—Beginning!
July 8, the wages of all of the male
employes of the Hershey Chocolate*
Company, sixteen years of age and
over, were increased ten per cent.
This affects about 3,000 employes.
Several other increases in pay have
been made at the works in the past
year.
NOT WORTH THE' DIFFERENCE
A negro servant, wishing to get
married, asked his master to buy
him a license In the neighboring I
town. The master, being in haste,!
did not ask the name of the happy i
woman, but as he drove along he
reflected on the many tender at- !
tentions that he had seen John lav-1
ish upon Euphemia Wilson, the!
cook, and, concluding that there j
could be no mistake, had the li- ;
cense made out in her name.
"There's your license to marry
Euphemia," he sa'id to the servant
that night. "You're as good as mar
ried already, and you owe me only
A 2."
The darky's face fell.
"But, Mass' Tim, Euphemia Wil
son ain't de lady I'se gwine to marry.
Dat wa'n't nothin' mo'n a little flif
ation. Georgiana Thompson, the
la'ndress, is the one I'se gwine to
marry."
"Oh. well, John," said the master,
amused and irritated at the same
I time, "there's no great harm done.
; I'll get you another license to-mor
; row. but it will cost you $2 more, of
course."
The next morning the darky came j
out to -tho carriage as it was startine
for town and, leaning confidently I
over the wheel, said:
"Mass" Tom, you need't git me no |
udder license; I'll use the one I'se j
got. I'se been t'inkin' It over in de '
night, an' to ell you de troof. Mass' I
Tom, de conclusion o' my Judgment
Is dat dar ain't $2 worth o' differ
ence between dem two ladies "
Tit-Bits.
NAME SOCIAL AT CHURCH
Lcmoyne, Pa., July 13.—Members
of the Men's Bible class of the Cal
vary United Brethren Sunday school
held a Name Social in the church
auditorium last night. Almost 150
was realized by the class. After the
program the guests went to the so- j
cal. where refreshments were served.
The following program was in
charge of J. C. Firestone, president
of the class: song, audience; piano'
solo, Miss Merle Hartz; reading, Miss
| Stella Bentz; solo, the Rev. Paul R.
Koontz; duet, Mrs. H. L.. Wagner and
Mrs. William Rapp; solo. Miss Helen
Lechtaler; reading. Miss Bentz;
piano duet, the Rev. Mr. Koontz
and Mrs. Wagner; solo, H. L. Wag
ner; address, the *Rev. Mr. Koontz.
AN" tIHKIXD BROTHER
Vevatior. and grief struggled for
nr.astery in Gertrude's soul.
'"Mother, do come out and speak to
Freddy." she'said. "He's treadln' on
all the ants In the garden."
"How very unkind:", said the
mother.
"Yes. that's what I've told him,"
said Gertrude, "but he won't let me
tread on a single one."—Chicago Her
ald.
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