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ABRAM S.HEWITT,EDITORIAL COMMENTS,ETC,ETc◎  \nBROOKLYN REVENUE REFORM CLUB,COURT sT.、BROOKLYs,N.Y  \nHOME RULE IN TAXATION.  \nReport of Conference of Brooklyn business men held underthe auspices of the Brooklyn Revenue Reform Club,atthe Pouch Gallery,to discus the  \nHOME RULE TAX BILL,  \nMarch 8,1894.  \nThose who called the meeting were Henry Batterman  \nA.Augustus Healy,John G.JenkinsHenry HentzStephen M.Griswold,A.Augustus Low,James Me-Mahon,Edward MerrittGeorge Foster Peabody,E.W.Bliss,Marshall S.Driggs,Edward M.Shepard.Amongothers present were Edward F.Linton,F.G.Pitcher,Edwin Ludlam,Thomas C.Smith,S.B.Sturges,EverettGreene,William A.Read,James MeMahon,Dr.F.W.Wunderlich,J.G.Atkinson,William B.Bourum,Thomas McCann,Dr.WilliamE.Spencer,F.W.Hinrichs,  \nD.P.MorseWilliam Harkness,Moses May,Henry Batter-man,0.P.Farwell,George F.Gregory,Herbert S.Worthley,C.V.Dykman,Charles K.Ovington,John D.Kieley,I.K.Funk,E.S.Clark,Dr.Francis Stuart,D.S.Ramsey,Willam Elliott,S.F.Kneeland,F.E.Donaldson,George Davis Terry,George W.Bentley,James JourdanS.W.Grierson,J.H.Taft,F.H.Clark,George W.Palmer,Eugene Britton,Frederick A.Guild,Augustus Kurth,  \n4  \nassessor;E.A.Bradford,J.C.Pool,L.M.Swan,Free·born G.Smith,Robert Baker,W.J.Atkinson,G.W.Thompson and L.E.Wilmarth.  \nIn the course of the evening speeches were made byThomas G.Shearman,Stillman F.Kneeland,S.B.Sturgesand J.Hampden Dougherty.There were many letters ofregret read from prominent men who were unable to bepresent,among them one from Ex-Mayor Hewitt of NewYork  \nLetter fron Abran S.Hewitt.  \nThe present system of taxation is simply iniquitous.It imposesthe full burden of taxation in many cases upon widows and orphansand upon others whose personal property is amatter of public record,while it releases the rich to a very large extent fromjust contributionto the public expensesIn the State of New York the asessors arecompelled to violate the plain obligations of the law in order to geteven a moderate amount of taxes from those who would otherwiseescape by a change of residence to some more favored locality.It isdoubtful whether in this city so much as one-fth of the personalproperty is actually subjected to taxation,and yet the persons whoescape are those who are best able to bear the burden.In 1888,inthe performance of my official duty as mayor,I recommended to thelegislature the precise measure of relief which the Brooklyn RevenueReform Club now advocates.It is quite certain that if the totalamount of taxes now raised from personal property in this city wereplaced upon real estate,the rise in value of the latter,due to the largeaccessions of capital which would then come to New York,wouldactually reduce the rate of taxation upon realty.I cannot conceiveof any measure which would so rapidly and largely promote thegeneral prosperity of New York and Brooklyn as the immunity fromtaxation of personal property.The capital of the world would beat our call,and the development 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