Show I V JO TO T CATCH THE DODGERS The New York senate has had the effrontery tery to pass and the lower house is seriously considering a a bill biU having for tor its object the elimination of ot the growing practice practice of dodging the pay payment payment I ment meat of oC taxes on personal property In i that state The country will be loth to I believe that the New York Yort legislature Is actually going to ham harfy hax y the poor I millionaires until after the act has been j adopted and placed in operation That the measure would result in hi either a aI I large Increase or or revenue or a general exodus of wealthy New Yorkers to toome some ome other state is generally con conceded concede conceded ceded cede The bill was Introduced by Senator Cassidy It provides that no deductions shall be marie made from personal p property assessments by the swearing oft off or any other process unless the taxpayer files flies an accurate list l of f his personal posses possessions possessions possessions Je He must show his complete list of stocks and bonds his carriages au nu automobiles furniture musical Instruments Instruments Instruments ments and the like Accompanying this t ls list must be 1 a list of debts the latter list to contain the names of the persons to whom money is owing and the rea rca reason reason son Eon The measure Is Js a fairly drastic one ono and nobody really thought it would pass the senate It did di pass that body however and the house Is showing symptoms of favorable action actton The Thu necessity for the law Js Is clearly shown by some figures that are arc set forth foith in connection with the fight for lor its ts enact enactment enactment ment For example the total collections collections of personal taxes has declined from In 1899 to In 1906 This notwithstanding the indis indisputable fact that the personal wealth owned In New York Increased very ma materially material materially y between n 1899 and 1906 1900 for Cor dur during durIng durIng ing those years ears the country enjoyed unprecedented prosperity During the same years the assessed value alue of ot real estate which annot cannot be hidden en or sworn worn off has increased from 2932 to It has not been unusual for the per personal personal personal property assessments to be cut down to of their original size Ize And there aW r numerous individual In Instances InstanceS instances stances stanceS In which the man man or woman woman who vho should pay pa taxes has escaped en cn entirely lirely Time and again tho th Injustice of or orthe the plan has been pointed out but ef efforts efforts efforts forts to remedy the evil have hereto heretofore fore resulted In III nothing Now that there is a prospect of or securing relief it would seem that t at every honest citizen of New York ought to demand the th passage of o the Casidy bill People of wealth must not be b per permitted p permitted r to escape esc pe their just proportion of the tax burden |