Show GROSS athe fhe annual meeting of the on M of the pullman palace car compans took place at chicago on thursday avenging avening ty ening last and a very gratifying h meting it must have been bo them it kias then and there disclosed that thai there As a surplus on hand of a little met mat r of 9 1 and thereupon A moa mor that this bagatelle be divided MS ng the holders of shares carried lout t opposition so go it was done press of the country seem fro 0 have to say regarding the trans ion probably Ir looking upon it its as too bial ia a matter to be to much mach aeration ration butash but the daida daiwa esba comment long Is IN rs 04 th y a ws WU As there was an additional net earnings of the year to be divided among the stockholders it is to be presumed that they are in far better spirits than the tax payers of colorado I 1 who will have to dig down deep into I 1 their pockets in order to make up the difference in revenues caused by the state board of equalization reducing the assessment of the pullman corn com j pany in this state the company it was represented to the state board boardway was barely making expenses on account of the many annual and trip passes it was compelled to issue to officials and politicians and it should therefore not be asked to pay its proportion of taxes the state board coln coincided elded with the view and the taxes of the pullman company were correspondingly reduced the difference to be made up by the taxpayers payers of colorado I 1 the post proceeding in the line of facetiousness concludes that it is not to be expected that another attempt will be made in the legislature to reduce the rates on pullman core cars inasmuch as by doing so the pullman corn vany pany will be forced to fco greatly increase the issue of passes thereby ing a further reduction on of taxes in or der to even up our state board of at equalization it says must feel highly elated over this showing of the poor pullman company wi vh as a slight tea ti to the guilelessness gaile manifest ed should present each member of the board a properly inscribed leather medal I 1 the disproportionate amounts of revenue which invested invented capital often yields should not one would think be further augmented by the favorable action of the lawmaking law making power or those who exer thel else its delegated authority to most meet minds it would seem the part of equi equity ty and justice to cultivate the welfare of the great body of the people by increasing rather than diminishing taxation where the profits of an enterprise are so enormous as in the case cited and in a general way to bring a all 11 kinds of public conveniences conven lences nearer to instead of taking them further from the masses it argues a lack of true statesmanship s to foster a condition of things which in the long run oan can only mean the over throw of entrenched oppression by unlawful means for it Is well assured that where such wholly disproportionate gains are acquired other industries and nearly all people must be curtailed in some way to make up the vast burdens of profit which aro are not on only permitted but made by laj law to graal gravitate onit IT ate 8 to the few this kind of thing cannot last ed always ways there must be eventually something approaching an equalization equalisation which equalizes and law lav malcam who stand in the way of such much better conditions being reached by peaceful proper agencies are assuredly sowing bowing dragons teeth the times are of joint without making them awe ia the manner indicated |