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Show ADVOCATES TAXING MINESHILL VALUE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF NATIONAL NA-TIONAL TAX ASSOCIATION FAVORS FA-VORS CASH VALUE PLAN. Resolution Favoring Substitute for Present Federal Excess Profits Tax Adopted Favor Taxing of Salaries Sal-aries of Public Officials. Salt Lake City. The National Tax association convention closed on Sep-tehmber Sep-tehmber 10, after a short business meeting, in which Zenas W. Bliss, former for-mer governor of Rhode Island, and now chairman of the board of tax commissioners com-missioners of that stale, was elevated to the presidency. He had formerly been vice president and that position was filled by the election of Samuel Lord of the Minnesota tax commission, as vice president. Before adjourning the national tax conference held In conjunction with the convention of the association, held a spirited debate on the subject of taxation tax-ation of mines, the general opinion being be-ing they should be taxed at full cash value; and also adopted a set of resolutions, reso-lutions, expressing disapproval of certain cer-tain features of present tax systems, and urging that steps be taken to solve pressing problems in taxation which had been presented during the conference confer-ence now closed. The conference was of the opinion that serious consideration sljould be given to devising some substitute for the present federal excess profits tax and securing the greatest practicable simplicity in matters of administration of federal taxes. The conference was of the opinion that exemptions of private property or income from taxation should be confined con-fined within the narrowest possible limits. The delegates to the convention went on record as being unalterably opposed to the exemption of interest from mortgages mort-gages from income taxation under either federal or state laws, and that this conference is of the opinion that salaries of all public officials and the interest on future issues of federal, state or municipal obligations should be income taxation. Secretary Holcomb reported that an analysis of the attendance at the convention con-vention showed 159 public officials, ninety-one representatives of taxpayers, taxpay-ers, and eighteen economists, in addition addi-tion to 340 women. This analysis had been made before the Arizona delegation delega-tion arrived, and the total attendance was about 300, he believed, rublic officials of-ficials had been GO per cent of the male delegates, and taxpayers 34 per cent. It was the largest convention the association ever held. |