Daily Colonist (1905-01-11) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1905-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

For Power and Lighting

—WHO—

CANADIAPI GENERAL ELECTRIC CO'S

Are the Standard Motors (or Power Parposei, from 1-A h. p. opTrardi. Address all enquiries t« District Office, VANCOtJTfflB, .B. C,

The Canada Foundry Co., L|d.

WORONtO, ONB.

nVHRTTHINQ IN IBOM IjINB— ENGINES, B0ILBK3, STEAM POMPS, BffBDCTDBAL IRON VTORK, BE IDGES, WATER WORKS BtrPPIilBia..

Address, Box 744, Vancouver, B. Ci

very large stock on hand just at the getting out; tho ore. You couldi not put time of asses.sinent. The smelter com-; .voiir linger on any one thing lu an ef-pany would not object to a higher valua-■ tort to liml out where capital did not tiou of plant, but did object to the tax i eonie into the country. It was due to a on stock of ores. variety of causes. It conld not be gain-

The ehainnau asked if it would be' ^^'t''. liowever, that mining had a black •more eijuitable to tax smelters on real ^'Jl„^" ^''l** 9^^'' °^ tho inventing public

{Continued from Pago One.)

.■was on-land yalues—tliat should not be 'Host eight of.; 'aaicowiier ;of< the land iwas paying twO'taxcS—tax on land and income-tax. • '■' I Replyxng to questions; Mr. McKilli-gan .said tho greater proportion of tho dnconui tax was I'roui incomes on laud rvalues. •Continuing, he said in Manitoba and Ontario the municipalities iuadc tho taxes, the revouue of the government being obtained by a special tax.

The riocrclary hero read a long letter critiei-ziiig ■the Assessment Act from John iOliver, M. P. I'. IIo characterized some of tho workings of tho ac. SIS "legalized robbery."

Mr. 'McKilligaii .said he could answer nil the questions raised by ^Ir. Oliver if (lesiTOl.

Mr. Ker a.skod could not Mr. Oliver's suggestion oC siniultaiieous crop asse.ss-iiKtuls be lulopteil.

Mr. Mclvilllgan said it would- take an arm.v' of men to do this.

Mx. Ker iielil that it; would ob/ioiisly 1)0 iLitfair to tax a man whose ci-op is an t:lio barn and not tax the man whose crop was in tho ground at tho time of jQio assessment.

- Jtteplying to this, Mr. McKilligan said 'they.i .did not commeuce to assess per-. Boaral pToi>er.ty imtil after September,

fwlien all the 'crops were in tho bam.

'• A protest firom tho Nlcc^a randiers

•was here submitted to ifcho-<:ommis8ton

and d-cad by the secretary. •Tho commissioners here rose for

Jtmcheoin.

AI'VrEUXOOX SKSSIOX.

• iQii ro.suiniiiir liie .sitting in the after-MOon, the chairiniin stateit that, on full

v<ousidoration, it was found impossible to jaccede to tlie request of Mr. .Macgou an

"to hold- sessions in Vancouver. There wore 'many dilliculties in the way of niieeting such a .suggestion. Should Van-^•ouver's wi.slKvs bo acceileJ to, various ■ ■other points would no doubt ask for .a similar arraugemeiil. Thus it would ■be inipossilile to visit all points. Then -:igaiii, it niiglit 1)0 ju-'i'cssary for llie j)iii-|ioses of tin' comiiiissiou to carry :<ll ■the treasury lioolc-; ami papers to ) In? Mainland. 'Tliis obviously was an ini-ipossibility; and for these reasons the reviuost of Mr. Macgowan could not be agreed to.

.1. ,r. Caiuirlir'H, bii.-^iiii'ss manager of itiie Hall .Milling and Smcltiii;; Coiiipaiiy at .Nelson, was tlieii called. .Mr. (Jaiup-lu'il Miiil llie [.

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