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iis hugethe ap-lin in action ofying, is s of the tself to rers, if to leave d, and n fromTUTTLElw fewthough Indians me dis-l arrow . Thisof the savages part of ires ti ng off the id pre-of vic-ir very*dle of i as aFOR STATEINCOME TAXUrges ChangeinPresent TaxationMethodsGOliver“While all roads lead south from the Nortli Pole of our present barbaric system of taxation, a State income tax would certainly be one of the most effective and satisfactory solutions of our problem,” declared Lucius Tuttle, former president of the Poston Maine railroad system in the Roston Transcript yesterday.SEES CHANGE COMINGn Gif-n, the vernor stock, anni-dence,indications multiply that the plan of a State income tax is rapidly comingatives k the itions. many re as-theirLin-te K. Ifford.linardled in then lurch, Ivans. Forbeen i. Tieciety, lants, irlcan i the 1 hastodayDor-Sheto the forefront for the improvement of State and local taxation,’* said Mr.Tuttle.• VVf* already have an Income tax In this State of considerable scope which applies to personal incomes and to the income from mercantile business conducted by individuals and partnerships. The simple extention of this tax to make It include all incomes from personal property with the income tax rate fixed at a reasonable point and with the property from which the income is received exempted from theproperty tax would solve our difficulties and enable capital to remain in the State without the unfair burdens of our present laws.*Tn States which are now hampered by antiquated constitutional requirements-* and a majority of the States, including our own, are so hampered—it will be fortunate if the difficulties attending extensive constitutional revision can be avoided by a development of excise taxes upon incomes,“Such taxes or duties on Incomes have been common in England for centuries and in the United States, as federal taxes, until the decision in the income tax case, in which a bare majority of I the court decided that the federal Con- ! stitutlon did not allow such taxes by the federal government. The recent amendment to the federal Constitution | which authorized the income tax, there- ; fore, merely restored the income tax to j its original legal status under the federal law. 'r of it ofSTUDENTtheir ► go-NewTHAN HE WANTEDv BER!1#IN, May 16.—The value attached hy German students to soars left on their face* by sabre duels forma th*
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