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Show UNJUST IS THIS TAX No Personal Property Should Be Assessed for Taxation New York, Fob. 17. 'In spite of the futility and weakness of the personal per-sonal property tax In this city, its cruelty Is sometimes heartbreaking. I have seen $320 taken from an income of $1,000, tho solo support of a widow and orphan. Such things ought not to be permitted for a day In a so-called so-called civilized city." Lawson Purdy. president of the tax board, thus referred to the personal property tax of this state In speaking before the Real Estate Brokers' board of this city. Mr, Purdy and Mayor Gaynor have recently Joined hands In advocating abolishment of the tax. |