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February 8, 1901
The Stark County Democrat
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
What is this article about?
O. C. Barber, president of the Match Trust, criticizes Ohio's tax laws in a speech in Akron, calling them idiotic and accusing officials like Charles Dick and Mr. Morgenthaler of corruption, arguing they drive wealth from the state and impose double taxation.
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BARBER
Objects
to Income Tax,
and Roasts Dick.
President of Match Trust Says
Idiotic Legislation Debars Him
From Citizenship.
Akron, O., Feb 6.—"I am debarred from being a citizen of the state of Ohio, which I dearly love, by idiotic legislation," said Mr. O. C. Barber today, president of the Match trust, to a reporter. He had been asked to address the Economic league, and consented. Referring to Ohio's tax laws, he said:
"I am ashamed and disgusted, our legislators seem to me like a lot of boys playing at a trouble-making game. I tell you, incomes are being taxed now. They tax the stocks men hold in corporations which have already paid the tax on the property the company owns."
Mr. Barber scored the Morgenthaler tax inquisitor law, and said that Charles Dick had collected $57,000 during his six years in the auditor's office, $41,000 of which went into his own pocket. Mr Morgenthaler, he said, had received $60,000 from Summit county for "helping to drive the wealth out of the state."
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
"And such men as Mr. Dick make our tax laws. What has Mr. Dick done for the public good except to take every office in his power? True, he has become a great man. He made McKinley president, or thought he did. His latest achievement was to get himself appointed chairman of a committee on military affairs. He investigated the hazing at West Point, and so withered three boys with his sarcasm that they almost melted. It was he who stood before the legislature, and, inasmuch as it enriched him and others, told the legislators the Morgenthaler law was a good thing."
STATE WAS PRAISED.
Mr. Barber praised America and praised Ohio, but said vicious legislation was driving wealth from the state; that if the rich men were made welcome they would come to Ohio, and the taxes they would pay on their property would be so large that in time the general tax levy would be but nominal. No man, said he, objected to paying his just proportion of the taxes, but he objected to double taxation.
"It takes as much genius to acquire wealth as to be a great lawyer or a great physician," he said, "and an income tax would be a tax on this. The cheapest thing in the world is the rich man's money. Let us do away with the distinction on account of wealth, rather than increase that distinction.
Objects
to Income Tax,
and Roasts Dick.
President of Match Trust Says
Idiotic Legislation Debars Him
From Citizenship.
Akron, O., Feb 6.—"I am debarred from being a citizen of the state of Ohio, which I dearly love, by idiotic legislation," said Mr. O. C. Barber today, president of the Match trust, to a reporter. He had been asked to address the Economic league, and consented. Referring to Ohio's tax laws, he said:
"I am ashamed and disgusted, our legislators seem to me like a lot of boys playing at a trouble-making game. I tell you, incomes are being taxed now. They tax the stocks men hold in corporations which have already paid the tax on the property the company owns."
Mr. Barber scored the Morgenthaler tax inquisitor law, and said that Charles Dick had collected $57,000 during his six years in the auditor's office, $41,000 of which went into his own pocket. Mr Morgenthaler, he said, had received $60,000 from Summit county for "helping to drive the wealth out of the state."
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
"And such men as Mr. Dick make our tax laws. What has Mr. Dick done for the public good except to take every office in his power? True, he has become a great man. He made McKinley president, or thought he did. His latest achievement was to get himself appointed chairman of a committee on military affairs. He investigated the hazing at West Point, and so withered three boys with his sarcasm that they almost melted. It was he who stood before the legislature, and, inasmuch as it enriched him and others, told the legislators the Morgenthaler law was a good thing."
STATE WAS PRAISED.
Mr. Barber praised America and praised Ohio, but said vicious legislation was driving wealth from the state; that if the rich men were made welcome they would come to Ohio, and the taxes they would pay on their property would be so large that in time the general tax levy would be but nominal. No man, said he, objected to paying his just proportion of the taxes, but he objected to double taxation.
"It takes as much genius to acquire wealth as to be a great lawyer or a great physician," he said, "and an income tax would be a tax on this. The cheapest thing in the world is the rich man's money. Let us do away with the distinction on account of wealth, rather than increase that distinction.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Income Tax
Ohio Tax Laws
O C Barber
Charles Dick
Morgenthaler Law
Double Taxation
What entities or persons were involved?
O. C. Barber
Charles Dick
Mr. Morgenthaler
Mckinley
Where did it happen?
Akron, O.
Story Details
Key Persons
O. C. Barber
Charles Dick
Mr. Morgenthaler
Mckinley
Location
Akron, O.
Event Date
Feb 6.
Story Details
O. C. Barber criticizes Ohio's tax laws as idiotic, accuses Charles Dick and Mr. Morgenthaler of personal gain from corrupt legislation, praises the state but warns it drives away wealth through double taxation and unfair income taxes.