The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-02-02

"a estimated that Tho vnlnp 81 the
public and private property IN Marh.
lngton h about equal, or 10 other
words Uncle sam and the people of
Washington each owns an moioty
81 the real estate aud should be
equally taxed. The tau nescssmcnt
Of private ana corporate property
this Srar amounted IN round mum.
hers 20 over six and q haiti millions
Of dollars and assessing the govern.
ment Mt an equal amount there
would have been more than thirteen
millions OF dollars for the support OF
the Municipal Government aud 10
meet the expenses 81 Manufacturing
parks, streets, highways. etc. Rat
the District has no voice Or vote. 1t
speaks aud votes only through Con
gress, some Of whose memhe 5 and
senators are avowedly inimical TO
everything that pertains TO the
prosperity and establishment Of the
Capital OF the United States This
feeling Of course is provincial aud
unpatriotic but that il is entertain
cd by members and senators who
are sent here for a few years but
who are essentially local state men.
rather than national statesmen cam
not be denied. But II the Capital of
the United states IL not to he the
urban queen Of America through
lack Of generous appropriation there
is expectation that there viii be no
lack of money 60 build - big navy.
Only n year ago naval experts were
on tip toe expecting submarine
boats armed with salicnt t%orpeloes
to revolutlouize naval warfare, hut
the stupeudous object lesson Of the
Bussio-Japanese war Inns quite
changed the opinion OF experts and
| there has been n ~reversiou 10 the old
type OF heavy armored battle ships
equipped with the heaviest guns
There has been In the last two err
three years an effort TO construct
two great battle ships Of the same
class ut the same time. They are
called the Connecticut" and the
Louisiana They are sister ships
and their construction Is equally ad.
vaneed. one has cost two million
two hundred and thirty-hvr thous-
and dollars. and the other THREE
million five hundred aud forty-eight
thousand. and, remarkable To LAY,
the saving Of nearly a million and a
quarter OF dollars is on the vessel
CO lstructed in a government yard
by government officers, aud 10y
wOTkmen paid by the government.
If the government cat SO far Guido
individual contractors It il manifest
that these have been making nn.
heard OF profits at the expense 81 the
taxpayers and II IL suspected that
there Is understanding OF c%ollusiuu
between the large contracting firm.
by which these excessive profits ar,
secured and probably divided liza.
Expected. the sen trinl shall prove au
equal or greater efficiency Of the gov.
eminent made boat there will doubt
less be an impetus giyeu TO nntiuna.
boat building
1t may be interesting to some d
your readers TO know that Prof
Wylie. the government chemist, ha'
issued a denial that America au,
foreign Nhlssies arr Impure. IL
says emphatleally now land II j.
understood that this Is his last am,
lac says. his only sayl that 81 pei
cent. of the whisky sold in barrel
bottle aud at bars Is impure. AN,
that the so-called Scotch whisky s.
a dnctorsd nostrum and aitOgeiheI
misleading and entangling.
senator Lodge spote %eloqueHtl,
aud earnestly for nearly three huun
p,ccntly in behalf If hts fellow CltI
zens OF Massachusetts. Glen Miles
who II now Inspector General q
Inltia IN the old Bay State. 81
was opposing that provision ia a..
Army Appropriation 1871. which al
. passed 10y the HOUSE. would f0rhi'
full pay 20 Gen. Niles, us a rrtlur0
nileer serving with state militia 8
Is apparent that senator Ledge ha
II large majority oi the Rcpubilen.
senator's with him aud as a uvt
friyld-perhaps the nearest irlelid-
4 the President, his attitude Ia thl
matter quite negatives the some
what general belief that the prssI
/, dent Is personally unfrieHdly to Cen
.liles, or Is small enough 10 stri eft
i'm through an appropriation hiI
here Is no doubt that the udmim-
rution a year or more ago wa
auch annoyed at ten. allies artly
, opposition TO long needed militnr.