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T v s & OR § ¥ q § C 3'."'-»,"' «C ' MONDAY, MAxCoH 4, 1912. -- m s attueWiPANNiiantniammmmemmcnccce «.. ~-- -- o s £ * -- S tioned the Government to give them "ciple, they did not know JUS(t: "?f'lie f f power to exercise local option in the the linekshou}go b,ewg;lawr:ilat m:v;(i)l; y & | matter of levying the assessment on }f{b I;.I&c a?nnd aSaskatchéwan had a.p: ' property, so that a differential rate & inciple, that. was a new A 1 might be applied to the land and im-- P c flere ce conditions -- were ' provements, with a view of partial country, "l'h'erfh'mei; f'oronto He { ' or entire exemption of the latter. To 1\:::2 f:r'lTilz)S:' However, that invest. 4 that end they would ask that the m(e'nt; which had been made in real x 1 ;(i)ver{)mfpt gi'.l"(s'fa}"m;a'b'lvchc)(r).'l:;'jz(lte;; estate should not be rm.lwd of their Leg?sla(:ur';? IJ:;':{'S;:?"S"})\J (Ai Ellis security by any legislation that might * ons iek mateas Lha d be adopted. (West Ottawa) and the other by the 1 o leader of the Opposition. These How Hamilton Would Benefit. measures propose that the municipal-- ap ; chi/a "a na d ts ; ities of tl?e i'rm'ince shall have the on'loh\'(; prr{;r.)gl;l\lv q','"}:;d{"f m;'}gfld"";f option, on the consent of the rate-- AJON NE muantina tha 9 , j ' ave q' to lessen the taxation -- upon Guerrero, representing the Hamilton ' {)m")trr'\'- rr(':m(t: .I: 1 i(nm:lo'-'fie the 'l'.';(_ Trades and Labor Council, would be 1 atiz)no 1?punll'andd"\'alnoq hS This "\,_,'N greatly enhanced by the adoption of ' S. ds | % K ara s o+ ¢ , s c ' sought because experience had shown | tl:,(' .(imilgl"dl%;fi (In (]i'.?.d '",": it';]](_ 'that the increment of land values af--, I:rg:é:gbnti;.w in I({a(n?il;tra:nlm:\"l.: that J ' forded a better subject from which j I, o esns C es C uel 5 i to raige the public Tevenues than ltax-- | land was tremendously plentiful and '1tio'n' )on the im '»1">§'0111('-111q' t t houses were tremendously few. '"Land ¢ f ie * a'""3 S : fenced in and man fenced out." was Effect of Taxation. | | the situation as he saw it. * £ } Mr. James Simpson, for the To-- } \} C l'*"l)'('l"" ,"('".t" q'h: xtl:l:ut-h»):'t "'{ !ronto Trades and Labor _ Council, | mprovyemenis Iincreascs 2 o. an [ comprising twenty thousand work-- making improvements said Mr t 1 is *' . '}'il' the t cation . 'of | ers, spoke most effectively, and l"-\Uln' i l" 1. C .}" ul "'x" it Nas | pointed . out the effect -- of the | ]d\m t~\"ll|w:" (1.\\ t]""l\x:':v tll s :: change in the assessment law in Ger-- / n)ttrpll:m(l"t-:x'm (}:;-{i'(n-fi"it 'I;l."l'l:' 1--]1'<\"1':;r many. He was profiting and others o o aT 4 . C s wrodke ty were profiting by the unfairness of t')}:lflrg'(:':](\]" t'l't"'}\'\?:'\mIf(])'i'l','('1:;"'(1"1{""}1]'.';; the present law. "I do not think that' ses. as > ¢ sin r because ; im | har this movement had made great pro-- o ],!,l'\ A)" -l".\'. ! am prnhtm,', by the gress in the Eritish Empire us lunwrned increment under your as--. sLEs * C 4 :. Auot sessment system is any 'ason | tralasia has had it for many years,| | why I should stay nl\\'a\'mt:romr( ]ll:":":( fi;}:lml?lm':(dbu:;: (;'l;:;]](:hn '1'1'::;11'"1]';:;":1' !\\'hvn I lmli(-\'.('. the I.vrin('il'lv which { w}'{f*r:\ Vancouver 1,1'111.11»11!1(1 it um(--' }1_ Vl.lnl":n,l\(watlng t'hvls afternoon is' cessful, and it was hbeing applied in :nght. Hv_thunght if the request of \I;'.kit )'h« ibefla and Seskatchewah ithe d(-quutmn was granted it would :l{\i'!(l t"«l. ]']".'(. (tfi(il'(l\'. ¢ i'(\}')n se nt%n".' =1w, one of the best possible factors to } aro 're --dal prese 8 | educate the people i ax refor as many thousands of citizens of Ontario, | t l'[" lak FeCrC in tax refiorim, as * \\'h().for some time have been of the ' Ne U i 10A of temperance and ad-- opinion -tl;wl this Province is not Miaaat is local option had done more | * ME B ° | to curb the evils of : Ii affic maintaining the lead that it formerly | than ]il'(ih;'ii(li(::lb of the liquor traffic e j » ¢ p ' taxati g f | | i1EA mt * es v 5 & "; 1"1' "': -L):;nl-lr]l'tml"«l\\'")" taxation and 0o | [ f'Social reform," said Mr. Julian | » the aSecsSsITC ut * i-*illt'. quoting from Henry George's 3 Value Created by Community, | book, '"cannot be brought about by | Mayor Hopewell, Ottawa, said that ?m:({ or ifhuultn'lg. by \S"']:S or_ re-- the Council of the capital city on "i:])é.i "')1?1'] )(l,l(Er.;'\'tth"h.pr;,){':l','flq fll}'un three occasions had unanimously ex*® 'Ulil;i}" \':-a!"'. txh'ct ",E)rl]l']l\ H)T,'"I ]w'_"xl pressed the opinion that the munici-- [ wrest!in +4 ale enhiant _ Thaw 41. pflli[i('.',' of the Province should be }.{i\"'n . "lt.,"'lng with thi.\'&lll!_]l,( 6. lh.f'.\ did nam . s g. " es cevs not propose an entirely new thing. It such a measure of home rule as would | had been i actical Fge . permit them, upon a majority vote :m"mv 11'1~n< I']Ttd('"*--d. lfi{e'rdtlf\n in . of the ratepayers, the adoption of the ' \'t:r 'l .d'l' ;('). 8 'SlUC( ('TQS lh'\ ancou--| principle of -- making lower -- assess-- :nearh]'(- Arne o iehpigee ."']'" Seattle, a ments upon the buildings and improve-- | on th}l competitor, was about to pass ments than upon land values. In the | e same principle. | number of reasons which had guided | What Assessme * 5e r Says them to that conclusion thu't{'3 were | t Assessment Commissioner ha"'\'l two he wished to mention, 'There ! Assessment Commissioner Forman' were two values created in munici-- declined to express any official opin-- P 1 3 I palities: one was the value created jJon on the proposal of the deputation. by the individual and the other the | There were some things in the single| value created by the community, '"We | tax idea which appealed to him; at | nold in respect of that land at a "hb' same time there were certain street corner, which increases from | phases about it which he did not| g | s € ©] $10 to $20 per foot in value !In -- five think would apply to the city of 'l'u-' years, that the community has as| t ronto. If a differential assessment on much to do with that increase in | land and improvements -- was intro-- | \a'l'uo HS.{}I.P owner. (Hear, hw..r_)' ;dm-e(l, he thought instead of a lax' Hf this is true the land--owner| s | rate of 18 mills there would be one| ;zéllil?lrflzgd(ll':;;iy ]\:xtrhwth{'-v:-('nny11.1xx'xlt}',"g | 'ul 7151x'nr (:1}4'!11 cents on th(,-. dolla;'. } e Ltn'u }- n }1;111;,#} A hitney, l.ul(l-! ;'t'm't thathmu;ht have a deleterious ef-- | 6. LNal U '"I8Nnt was _ always] ect on the reputation of the city. He| T'LI-&I"(H-(:;}".Q 'nt any ('J:llfl] for 1}11(- ;n!h- fspuke about the enormous prices that | r]u(lhbc\x\'\t' are that commenced with | 'h.ud been asked for property in the| Cfim'x;luil""' Mayor Hopewell said! ',(.:u) to }.)Q u!'tectt_*d l.)y the Vik'lOl'iai That the 1'»13')("1*.-'(1' § '1"\(" '.-.}1( | §treet extension, which to his own| I Ll (.l,_lll.\Ln'unI of taxa--| knowledge were double any reason--| tion on land and improvements able value. s \'vould turn waste land and lan*4 hela s for speculation into the community.| Sir James Says Remedy is Needed. where it would be made available fo > | | 54 4 -- o € a vi e ® P j t S a m at "h i & veelr use and earn its value. In answoer to | tf.hen.ieJ n acgy W h'lmfi.\ observed that ; a question by Sir James, Mayor }Iopn-i in tk"""?'"'" was not of one mind well said that his idea would be to} y uDi ' subject, and this showed that' apply the principle of home rule to | 'l.)r'\ntl'\l]'(',mf"(m had not yet become l every municipality, including towns,| ;;1 S\ """" on the subject. During $ villages and counties. & | ine "'9""1 election campaign he had 3 Controiler Church, who as Chair-- | | purposely made references to the € | & . nea«e rer i p P man of the Civic Assessment ('vml-l "lfi{(.';-"'fn of assessment reform on the mittee had given much study to the | l;:xt'mr'n_\\'hu-h were designed to f @uestion. made a brief areument. | ('11(;\\ criticism, but in every case thoey and filed for the benefit of Sir Jamea&s| . 1}, .fidt' He thought the situation to-- ; A and the Cabinet a report on the tax-- regis augured well for the ultimate de-- j f ation of land values made by a com--| Ublm.].n" hl('h: the people would come| A mittee of the Imperial House of l(,'): fhere is '.V:ne t-hing on which we | Commons appointed under the Bal--] \,H" all agree," said Sir James. "I | a four Government. Mr. Church point-- | 54 m)t, think the owner of unimproved -- ed out that from practically all the l(lmd should be allowed to hold it to & British dominions evidence had been | the detriment of otner holders ot| j gathered showing the beneficial effect | Id}mq in the vicinity who do improve | P of this system of taxation. :n]e?rlxl;i:}\mld'l' gt;]hmk this is an ele--| F £ 43 % 1%. 'ntary Delie at will be agroed up-- *A f Position of City Councils. on by everybody. A man should nfit? , Controller Hocken pointed out that| l')e allowed t.O hold unimnroved land | the resolution which he and his col--| mx: a long time for speculative pur--| league, Controller Church, support--| IfObE'S-. A way must be found to pre--, 1 ed had been passed by the City vent it It is easy enough to ao." | Council without much discussion. He (Hear, hear.) I < thought that the members i . y . C § of --the Should ] 5 p | T Council were convinced that the Id Not Follow Other Places. i 3 city should have the power to dif-- Sir James did not take kindly to" f ferentiate between improvements and the suggestion that Ontario shc 1 l is land values. He had discussed th follow the exampl f d t s 3 tt i e € x Jld . aple _ of Alberta or| ;na sru:wth several, and while he British Columbia Thesé Provinces | i ----~« foun at all agreed 4 c ; en e M § with the prin-- jere no guide for Ontario, the pneopnle . (