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a number aeronautics is to become
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■ THE SENATE I
J F. B. ALDINGER, Prop, §
SMITH TAX BILL
CAUSESDEBATE
Figures Show Saving This
Year of $9,200; Collector
Takes Exceptions
Taking' exception to a statement in
the Telegraph giving tho approxi
mate saving to tho county In case
Senator Frank A. Smith's hill is
passed, providing for one collector
of tuxes to replace those in each
city and county district, a county
tax collector has written a communi
cation in which he declares tho bill
will provide a collection system as
expensive, if not more so, than the
one now in use.
Tho Smith bill, the collector ex
plains, provides for ono collector,
deputy and three clerks, .at a cost
of about $9,300 in salaries each year.
To this ho adds SI,OOO for postage*
$1,500 for supplies, including in this
item permanent equipment, stteh as
office furniture, adding machines
and typewriters, which when once
purchased can ho used for years,
and SI,OOO for traveling expenses,
making the total collection cost un
der the new system, as estimated
by the writer of the letter, $12,800.
The collector then states that the
cost of returning the taxes to the
county treasury during 1918 was
$17,000.48, so that the saving, as
estimated if the collector's figures
are used, would he about $4,400.48.
County officials said to-day that
the actual cost of collecting taxes
last year will reach about $19,500
when all the tax accounts are settled
so that in reality the saving to the
county under the now system would
be about $0,700. This year with the
increased assessments, the cost of
collection will reach at least $22,000,
officials said, so that tho saving
would then total $9,200.
The eollcctor called attention to
the difference in the commission
paid in the city districts as com
pared with tho townships and bor
oughs, and also said that tho county
would lose money bocauso the col
lector and his assistants would have
much more difficulty in getting per
sonal taxes than a local collector,
who has tho advantage of being in
HARRISBTTRG TEEEGR3SPH
closer touch with Individuals in his
own district.
The actual loss, as shown by the
county collector, under the new sys
tem is conditional. He estimates
it at $2,766.64, if the city collectors
were only paid a two per cent, in
stead of a five per cent, commission.
But with a total cost of $19,600 for
last year and an estimated cost of
$22,600 this year, even that differ
ence could be wiped out and the
county would save money, officials
claim. Kach year the cost of collec
tion increases under the present sys
tem, which is far from satisfactory
they say.
Tlio Better
The letter follows:
To the Kditor of the Telegraph:
In an editorial of the "Telegraph"
dated May 26, you stated that Sena
tor Frank A. Smith's Senate Bill
No. 849, if passed and approved,
will savo the county over $15,000
each year. If you will study the
matter more closely you will find
that, your statement is very mis
leading and far from the true facts.
Bast year under the law now in
force, it cost the county $17,666.48
to collect the county and personal
tax with collectors in each district
in tho city, borough and township.
If tho collectors in the Harrisburg
districts would have received the
same commission as the borough
and township collectors, the cost
would have been $7,343.12 less and
the cost to the county would have
been only $lO-,323.36. (The Harris
burg collectors receive five per cent,
and the borough and township col
lectors receive only two per cent,
during the rebate period when most
of the tax is collected.)
The Smith bill provides for one
collector, deputy and at least three
clerks for the office or a cost of
over $9,300, which must be paid
by the county. Postage will cost
at least SI,OOO, as this office is do
ing business with more than 50,000
taxpayers and each one must re
ceive his tax bill by mail. Office
supplies, including stationery, type
writers, adding machines, furniture,
etc., will cost at least $1,500. Travel
ing expenses for the collector and
his assistants will cost at least sl.-
000. The collector and his assist
ants must be in each district in
tho county several times each year,
as they do business with many thou
sands more individuals than the
mercantile appraiser and other
county officials. The county and per
sonal tax will be far more difficult
to collect than the mercantile and
dog taxes and tho hunters' license,
because they do business with many
more people and this is the hardest
money to collect in the world. Ask
any of the several collectors in tho
county. The approximate cost to
the taxpayers would then be, if tho
Smith hill is passed and approved,
would be at least $12,800. A gain
to tho county of $4,466.48 and a loss
of $2,766.<?4 if the city collector
would be paid the same as the other
collectors. Besides the county will
lose quite a few thousands of dollars
each year under the new bill be
cause the county collector cannot be
after and in touch with the thou
sands of foreigners, people who
move from place to place, and other
kinds of tax dodgers. The local col
lector is in closer touch with such
people because they reside near him
and is acquainted with individuals
and will therefore gather in the
taxes much better than tho collector
who has his offices in other parts
of the county.
I have been a collector in this
county for over ten years and I am
sure I know something about this
line of business. Personally, I can
not see how the Smith bill will save
even one or two thousand dollars.
Over $15,000 is far from the figure.
I cannot see anything but a loss to
the taxpayers of tho county in much
needed revenue.
If this hill saves so many thou
sands of dollars why was it limited
to counties with populations of 13 5.-
000 to 200,000? If it is a revenue
savbr for such counties, why does
it not. save revenue for counties with
populations above or below these
figures? Is it proposed to make
county offices for Dauphin and a
few other counties?
If our law makers want to save
the county so much revenue why
don't they give tho city collectors
the same commission as the collec
tors in the other districts in the
county, or if they want to be fair
with the borough and township col
lector, why don't they increase his
commission ?
I am sure that the above facts
are clear to you and any citizen of
tho county and the same should be
brought to the attention of the mem
bers of T-egtslature now in session
and the Governor before it becomes
a law. Please use your influence to
have this bill "killed" before it is
adopted. I nm in favor of any law
that will increase the income or
revenue of our State and county, but
1 am sure that I made It clear to
you that this will diminish >it by
several thousands each year. Please
lake the Fifth Annual Controller's
Report for 1918 and I am sure that
you will see for yourself that it is
impossible for the county to* save
over $15,000 each year.
Respectfully Tours,
A Dauphin County Tax Collector.
Gives Hopeful Message
of Russian Affairs
I?!/ Associated Press.
Atlantic City, N. J., June 4.—A
hopeful message was given to the
American people by Alexander Ze
lejjko, of Russia, here yesterday.
Mr. Zelenko who is the managing
director of tho American commit
tee of the Russian Co-operative
Union, is representing his people at
the annual meeting of the National
Conference of Social Work. He said
that Russia, when she has fought
out her civil war will emerge as one
of the strong nations of the world
because of the strength, present as
well as past, of the co-operative
movement.
Lottery and Gambling
Same in Eyes of the Law
Rending, Pa., June 4. lt does
not matter whether operating a punch
board is gambling or a lottery, accord
ing to the Berks county court, Judge
Gustav A. Endlich has just ruled that
Isaac Friedman, charged with operat
ing punchboards in this city, must stand
trial as Indicated. Counsel for the de
fendant had asked for the quashing of
the Indictment on the ground that
punchboards are a lottery, If anything,
instead of a gambling device, and that
he was being prosecuted under a wrong
section of the law.
"The law applying to the case is
sufficiently broad to cover It," said the
court in its opinion.
TURNS BACK OVERPAY
Sunbury, Pa., June 4. Accord
ing to the Northumberland county com
missioners, John Konjura, a Shamokln
assessor deserves a gold medal. Kon
jura to-day turned into the county
treasury $32.7J9. He said he was over
paid and that he had not earned tha
money. This is believed to be the first
Instance on record where any county
money has been voluntarily returned
after It had once been paid out He
' was complimented on all sldesi
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