Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Cracow Taxes Too High. [ARTICLE]

Cracow Taxes Too High.

The excessive taxes laid on house rents by the Austrian government are slowly but surely bringing their natural fruits all through the country, but especially in the large towns. For every 100 kronen (S2O) of rent the owner must pay 48 kronen ($9.65). At present there are 147 houses in Cracow to be sold by auction because the taxes cannot be paid. If one counts about 1,500 houses, at the rate of fifty Inhabitants a house, this will make almost 10 per cent, and many houses have more than 100 inhabitants. Furthermore, the government has raised the duties on sales from 2 per cent of the value of each house to 4 per cent No wonder, if, notwithstanding the heavy penalties in case of detection, owners defend themselves by putting the rents in their official reports at lower figures than they really are.—Chicago New*.