The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20
SOUTH NOT CLOSE.
TO PORK BARREL
1t Fares V cry Badly
When Congress Makes
Distribution.
EAST AND WEST
4ALW AVS ON JOB
OF the Billion Dollars Appropriate
cd at This Session, Southern
States Will Receive Less
Than -fiftiett-Figures
Which Make Injustice
Manifest.
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Washington. June le,---The South
does not appear TO thrive on these bill
on-dollar congressional feeds. After
the great nation has had seven months
of good. wholesome fattening, the
South presents the appearance of a
lean and lank person having been on
a vegetable diet in a temperance town
alongside of the Eastern and North.
western states. who represent the type
of the sturdy and robust, rosy checked
youngster stuffed with high priced
foods and many good things to drink.
This condition is MT surprising when
you stop to figure out that of the more
than st0oo00o.000 dolIars-that is one
thousand million dollars--which will
have been appropriated BY this Con-
gress before it ad1ourns, less than 500
100000 was voted to She South Less
than one-hftieth Of the total appro-
priations goes to fourteen great States
-one.third OF the number of States of
the Union. These fourteen States have
an area of nearly 100000 square miles.
or about one-fourth the area of the
whole United States. and a popula
tion of about 2s,o0o.0on. which is about
one-third OF our total population by
the last census
Many people here fear thatthe South
ms a patient. suffers from having
nurses who are not overattentive Il
their charge. B. that as II may. we
nre seldom entertained by the unusual
Epeet etucle OF one of those drolI down
Easters or hustling -Westers letting
anything slip by without nahbing 1t.
If there is TO be any fat dealt out
they are on the job at sun up. and still
there a sundown grabbing for more.
They cling ON even after they are
licked Lots of them win in the ninth
inning,
rhe South and yaclc SANS Money.
Whether it he the fault of the South
ern Senators ana Representatives. or
the existing political conditions. the
fact that the South does not get any
thing like its share cannot be lost
sight of. The South has many strong
and influential men on committees OF
great Importance in both the Senate
and the House, and many of them arc
active legislators. but for some reason
or other they do not seem TO meet with
proper ratio of success in getting
things through. If this condition OF
the running of affairs in Congress is
due entirely to political conditions II
is difficult 10 explain how some of the
Democratic districts in the North and
West happen to fare SO we'll in the dis
tribution OF appropra atons or the ex-
tending of Federal aid to different
localities.
In the agricultural appropriation
bill may be found the different amounts
to be expended in the forestry SER
vice. The West gets s4,4I!,t0O. and
the South. $4,000. The general ap-
preparation for the service is s42S, 200
And everybody knows the forests and
timber lands of the South are of enor-
nous area. 1t might be well to state
here that the fourteen States referred
TO as the South are Alabama, Arkansas
Florida Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana
Mississippi. Missouri. North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
and West Virginia. During the clos
ing hours of Congress an endeavor is
being made to get through the Az
palachian forest reserve bill, which
carries a million dollar appropriation
This bill has been Dobbing around for
years. and has great many hidden
enemies.
Money for Good Roads.
If 1t should happen that Speaker
Cannon is sheared of the influence anc
power he has in Congress, one of
the great stumbling blocks for the
South will be removed, He has Tough,
this Appalachian bill and is also q
deadly enemy of good roads, SO fal
rs the government is concerned, an(
that is a great matter OF Legislation
which the South mas to look forward
to. The progress and development OF
the South demands good roads more
than any section of the country, an6
1t is to be hoped that should Federal
aid ever be extended. conditions will
not be such that the Northeasters anc
the Northwesters will be permitted t.
gobble the whole pile. Out of the ST.
100000, the measly sum of S1l4.OOO was
appropriated by this Congress for gooc
roads. Just little sum to maintain
fair sized good roads bureau II
y Washington France has spent $3OS,
$4,000 on national road building, anc
has contributed SS1,00O,O0O toward tn,
construction of local roads These
figures are from tho repor, of the
United States consul at Marseilles Ii
England the PARLIAMENT makes grant.
to county road sfunds. In 1905 the,
spent locally on 10000 miles of road
SS9,000,000, which was thirteen time.
more than the United States spent
IN st, Louis recently a Farmers unior
official from Kentucky stated that til.
statistics show that only one-half O
the farm lands of Kentucky are undel
cultivation The uncultivated half Il
Just as fertile as the other half, bu
cannot be reached by farmers on ac
count OF bad roads,
M Under the miscellaneous provision,
of the sundry civil bill the South re
ceives $a,sO2600. Tho total miscel
laneous provisions is for S96,191,10O
very large proportion Of the agricul
tural appropriation is general Th
South receives $297,0O0, In the India,
appropriation bill of course, the Wes
gets the candy end of the stick Th
general appropriation is $S,4s5,OOO; TIL
Y Northeasters get S24S,o0o, and tn
grabbed off $4s,000, The nrovision
for the fisheries comes under the sun
dry civil bill, The general appropra
tion Is sa47000. Besides this amour
Northeast gets $4,000, the West $40.
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