Debate for Feb. 17, 1898.Subject: "Resolved, That the Report of the Massachusetts Tax Commission of 1897 should be adopted and carried into effect by legislation."
Affirmative.W. E. Weaver and R. Stout.
Negative.R. T. Parke and O. S. Seaver.
Best general references: Report of Tax Commission; Seligman's "Essays on Taxation," Ch. IV, V, VIII; Bastable, "Public Finance," Bk. III, Ch. III, Bk. IV, Ch. 7 and 9. Leroy-Beaulieu, "Sciences de Finances," II, Bk. II. Dr. Max West, (Columbia Coll. Studies), "Inheritance Tax"; Richard Ely, "Taxation in American States and Cities."
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