Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1909 — STREET RAILWAYS TO OPPOSE INCOME TAX [ARTICLE]

STREET RAILWAYS TO OPPOSE INCOME TAX

Probability Denver Convention Will Declare Against Plan. Denver, Oct. 5. —Interviews with officials of the big street railway and Interurban lines of the country, represented at the convention of the American Street Railway and Interurban Railway association, which opened here, Indicate that a vigorous assault on the corporation tax, obtained by President Taft as an amendment tq the tariff law, will be a feature of the resolutions offered at the meeting. The income tax also will come in for its share of discussion. Another Important subject of discussion will be the tendency of city fathers and state legislators to legislate against street railway companies.