The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-15

a GleAF Statement % manly Iufsrt1nats
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To rHE EDFToa ~ Tvs suN-Si,: ln
its mes suApers the EAst 10 continually
msnifesftng = very Inkin1 feeling tow
ard every proposal Of national lsgisla-
ton especially b~arinE on local Western
condition. have In riind nov the oppo-
sitton - Eastern journals tn the Rorah bill
Nhi"h has Just uasssd the senate for q loan
NJ S1n Oss.aOi WhsgsWith to cont lete our
great nriEat.on sshemss
In pa ssing q 10 vel to say that while the
Aud 10 80 rsrla lined nv the loan 10 In tbs
West. that vhis the water - 30 uasd h
taken frop' Western lakes and MYERS and
that Nhii~ the york will No psTiormsd by
men Of the West. the far reaching bene-
fis make the snterprtSs essentially na-
'ionAl n providing homes IN the west for
The people NJ your ovsrcTouded cities.
Increasing ,he area % lan1s wherein the
grain yon consume and the fruit and meat
which sustains YOU ~ the Atlantic coast are
produced do no, naiionalt1e this Legislation.
hon I confess I do not knoN Uhat would
A. these millions Of acres Of semi-arid lands
are made available for cultivation wealth b
addsd to the nation and 20 each State Of the
nation Just a. by the deepeainE and lmpros-
ina of the harboT % NeN York. which b right
fully an undertakings 20 be conducted BY the
Government for he nationAl welfare
Then gain have In mind a. thin time the
unreasona bic opposition you Of the last
are raising against the income tax nv.
You do not come out boldly and cay the real
ground u YOUR opposition IL that the West
would gAin soms slixh, advanta 90 over the
Vast under :hs u w but you hoist the danger
naE Of unoon-,ttutionality. The west h IN
fsvor OF this income tar law because 10
seems fair and sauita BILE and not becauss
u would confer some AdvAneaGs on this
sec'ion not snjoysd By the East. Thse Ia
a mere incident In shs western conception
NJ an income tar Inv.
DOe@ ever occur Tn you that ae leass
three-fourths Of this particular seats. for
instance. 10 Of little more use to the people
nj the state than II the great stresches of
oar timber SsSs situated In Indhai The
ma iOnal forestry bureau has taken this
resource from ua and keeps o. from our
r'ghiiui and legal occupation. I have
never read protest bv any Eastern Journal
against this sort Of thing. We do not CON-
plain nearly 80 much a. ws have . rishs 70
Complain. We grin and bear e..
White Sm writing thls. lee mo give you
little personal "reminiscences. I came 90
idaho from tho East about twenty years
ago. Mr.. Hill had just completed his rail-
road scroas the upper section Of the state.
fsw years before q grant Of the best Of
north Idaho lands had been made 10 tho
Northern Pacific Railroad. To avoid the
payment NJ the ordinary state taxes nearly
all these lands from the day We started 20
build our town until very recentiy were
kept unsuTveyed and exempt By reason
thereof from these annual charges. We
got our town started. . few stores were
opened. . pest once installed. when the
railroad made demands on the .s=n settlers
for compensation for that portion Of the
iownsi,s oVetia pptng on their section. We
thought our location was wholly on Gov
eminent land. We paid the sums demanded
and thought our title was clear. Les
than . year after q gentleman who had
any desk In the indian Department aG WASH
ihEtOn. d. e.. proceeded 10 Allos lands IN
the Indians Of this ssrtson. Ne gave that
secttcn OF land on Uhtch stood our town.
nos having reached q population 90 90
people. to = papDoose. We tried N have
the allotment annullssi. but failed the
pappSo@e. We we're told. must bs cared for
nv . npes-iAi di.pensaibDB ESTS ass3@sd
for . good round sum tn buy tho pappooss
"a and free our homes from thia sncum-
brance
We nov thought surely our trials and
fluctuations - a pioneer settlement were
ended. But not 40 No s0onar had ne sat
isfsd the Indian claimant than along comes
Mr. clifford Pinchot and puts 10 bodily In
struggled for years. and not until recsntly
were the llnes Of the reserve changed. iust
lifting them acTo~s tho corporate limtts-
Although we have acres and acres of ada
cent public lands covered with fallen and
decaytng trees ~ for domestic fuel, Ws are
raging a. and ~ a cord for wood brought
TO ~ by rail
In this list of hAFdships have not spoken
of the visits every few yssrs fvom high
water from an adjacent river nor the great
snovfAlls ~ winter and innumerable other
draw backs to human comfort Because
of these things ! invoke your chaTttA BILE
sOltcttude and support II the measures in
congress you are nov com bat ting for no other
reason u seems tn me. than because their
beB~h"~nce v not likely 10 b. felt nv YOU a.
-ensibly as ~ 10 nv ms Won ought to know
Nhai Ne GO through IN building no the West
Nou should mt forget the patriotic words
Of senator Root IN his letter to Mr. Davsn-
port On the income tax
Tho is~Orn~s Of New Vork are N q great meas
/ urs derived for1 the rountry 81 large
Ne SeW Nort have tho weAlth bs-Ause hshind
Inc ~ity Stands the country.
This little north Idaho town ts bur one %
thousands which daiiy add 10 your wealth
and contribute TO the ease and luxury Of
your lite on should a. least be grateful.
BS.
BOWERS FERRy. Idaho. Marrh ie
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