Arizona republican., 1902-03-14
At the close Of the last congress Sen

At the close of the last congress Sen ator Tom Carter talked the rivers and
 harbors bill to death. RIVER AND thereby saving sixty HARBOR millions of dollars to PORK. the federal treasury for
 the time being. Senator Carter defeated the measure because all riders" providing appropriations for arid land reclamation had been voted down. and there was a feeling of tharkfulness to him throughout the country that he had been able to avert a great extravaganza, notwithstanding that he had been animated by no ideas of economy. There is possibility that the appropriations for rivers and har- bors at this session will also be de- feated. the reason this time being that many congressman consider that their states have not been designated for Q fair share of the pork The only interest that Arizona has in the bill is in connection with the proposed appro- priation of s100,000 for q levee on the Colorado river to protect the agricul- tural lands from overflow below Yuma and to improve the navigation of the river, and the prospects have not seemed bright for the territory to re- ceive this small slice
 The North Carolina delegation is the first to raise a protest against the un- fairness of the bill for this session. and
 
 against their state they are, it is said. organizing a revolt for the purpose of defeat ting the measure when it comes before the house. If they are unable to overcome the log-rolling methods which prevail in the house. it is pro- posed to hold up the measure in the senate by long speeches until those in charge of the bill concede to North Carolina her share Of the spells. In justification of their proposed course they point to the fact that the state received but $200, ,000. CT one three-hun dredth of the total carried by the bill, notwithstanding she has, except Florida, the longest seacOst line of any state on the Atlantic. On tine other hand, Alabama, with no coast line to speak of, received one thirtieth Of the total This outrag geous discrimination, the North Carolinians assert, is due to the way the members Of the rivers and harbors committee have taken care of the interests of their own states.
 An analysis of the figures given out -l,1 plaint against the committee is more than justified. The seventeen states represented on the committee receive appropriations aggregating s41, 062, ,33o, In addition to this there is an appropri- ation of S12, 25O, 900 for the Mississippi river, and five of the ten states on it's banks are represented on the commit tee. As probably half, if not more. of the Mississippi river appropriation will be expended in these five states, the total amount the members of the com mittee have divided among their states is approximately s41.312.330, leaving something like SIS coo GOO for the tWen- ty-seven states having no representa- tives on the committee. Of the seven teen favored states receiving specific amounts Michigan has the largest share, $7.4SS,S5 with Chairman Bur tons state. Ohio. a good second with St, 6,521, 300, Massachusetts third with $4, 695, ,415 Pennsylvania fourth with s., 800, ,961, Louisiana fifth with s, 193, 800, and Texas sixth with $2S59, GOO. The others in order are: Oregon, $2C+i,000; Florida, s2 035, 800; New York, $2O22, ,S43; Georgia, $1,440OCO; California, SEAS, $50; Illinois, S1,OU1.457: Wisconsin, ST. OOl, 100; Arkansas, s7O9, ,554; Minnesota, S2S9, 900, and West Virginia last with $1000
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