The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-09
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With $3.50 more square miles than
Washington, or one-third greater area.
Oregon gets in the final analysis six times
as many dollars per square mile; with
i. l65, sos tons Of commerce in her favor,
she receives from the government as gra-
tuity 4 cents more per ton than Washing
ton; and with 81, 623 fewer inhabitants,
she gets for every member Of her COM
monwealth more than six times as much
as is given to each individual in this state.
Making q computation on the basis of fair
ness. it would appear that Oregon has re-
ceived much more than her share of what
should in all Justice be divided between
these so-called sister states. If We take
the average gratuity in the total COM
merce of the two states as abasis for APP
populations between them. we shall ind
that Oregon was entitled to $37S, O62. 70 in
stead of the $40. 900 which she received
outside of the Columbia appropriation,
leaving $16l. 1888 in favor of Washington.
Thus the total gratuity to Washington
would have been 1909, 43S instead of $147,-
500. If we take the gratuity per square
mile. we shall find that the combined area
of Washington and Oregon should have
This would have made q total of $780,
4Sf. 80 for Oregon instead of $40. 600, and q
total OF $3.50, $50 for Washington instead of
$l47 500. If we take the per capita based
on the total appropriations for the two
states away from the Columbia river. we
shall find that:.the average is $.0513. This
should give Washington $462. Az, or $316. 9A6
more than she receives, and should give
Oregon 1926, 053 instead of $40, 1000. How
ever you may test the averages as between
the two states it will be found that Ore
gon got . great deal more than she de-
served. and Washington much less.
In the matter Of the successful labors
performed by Senator Allen in the direc-
ticn of securing more federal aid for the
figures drawn 'front.' the records will suffice.
Whe0 his enemies charge that he did not
represent tho state faithfully and well,
both in the committee work on the bill
and in the debates, either they know not
what they speak OF, or misrepresent it.
When the river and harbor bill left the
house it included provisions for appropri-
ations in Washington for $4,000. The
economic managers of the house had
practically decided that that amount was
as much as Washington should get. Does
Mr.. Bennett pretend to say that if Senator
Allen succeeded in adding other appro-
priations to the bill in the senate, and in
getting them through, he should have de-
sisted from doing so in order that he
might say to some other committee, II
could have got more appropriations for
my state in the river and harbor bill, but
prefer to have such amounts set
to my credit in the appropriations
for public buildings?" 1t is in the
line of this idea that both the
Ledger and RevieW have been con-
tending for months. That the modesty OF
a state in asking federal aid in the river
and harbor bill would enable it to get
more money for public buildings or for
some other purpose-nothing is further
from the truth. In every appropriation
bill the representatives of the several
states do their utmost to secure some bene-
fits for their constituencies.
So it will appear that when the river and
harbor bill left the senate both Washing
ton and Oregon had Jared exceedingly
well. While the great commercial state Of
New York had suffered decrease of $780,
$40. Oregon succeeded in getting recon-
mendations for an increase of $500, 900 and
Washington for 1906 900. 1t was neck and
neck, with Oregon still in the lead. These
two young states were ahead of all the
rest. What wonder that Oregon should
be jealous of the new antagonism she
found in her sister statef The recon-
mendations for Oregon included the boat
railway, supported by the Washington
senators, and the recommendations of
Washington included the ship canal, Sc
cretiy opposed by one of the senators from
Oregon. The following is the table of the
amended senate increases in the river and
harbor bill: