The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-03-06

The ashes away; but the taxpayer
back in the States does not care, all
he has to do with 1t is to buy the coal
anu pay for hauling the ashes.
The ashes are hauled away FEE
from every mans b~cl ward in WHsh-
ington. But thu taxpayer b~ck in the
States has nothing to do wiz that;
ali he has to do is to pay for the haul
log.
A number of der-'sts are erl"love1
to do dental work fer nearly 6O,O9H
school children in TVashin ton, these
children. RANGING in are from wears
20 66 years-some of them unnatural
lied foreigners.
But the PEOPLE back in Kentucky
and Tennessee have notri~g TO do
with this but pay One-half ef the bills
The school ctil7ren-theee n I7reH
RANGING in age from years to 66
years-have physicians, paid out Of
the pvblic funds. to treat them. But
the people OF the United States have
nothing to Go with this matter but to
pay one-half of the bills.
These same school children have
trained nurses to wait upon them
wlen i'll. But that is of no concern
70 the people in the different states:
all they have to do with it is to pay
dentists. physicians, nurses and en-
ploy teachers for their own children,
and then pay one-half of that cost for
nearly 10000 enrolled children-chil-
dren black, children white, children Of
the American citizen, children of the
foreigner who disdains our flag, chill
dren years old. children &c years
Old. But the merchant, the farmer.
the laborer, the school child, the
school teacher back in the States, has
nothing to do with TINS except pay
one-half Of the bills.
The poor man in the different states
Of the Union buys school books fol-
his own children, and then contributes
toward the purchase Of the school
books for the children of the million.
sire in Washington.
A great howl goes up in Washing
ton against the committee which
would not this year build two new
school houses at a cost of $1,250, 900
And l am an incompetent in their
eyes because 1 stand between the
people in an effort to stop raids upon
the public treasury. Because object
to giving away real estate owned by
the United States, / am narrow. Be-
cause 1 object to having the govern
ment go into the construction bust
ness for the street car companies, in
stead of sticking to governmental
functions, am wrong. Because I OBJ
iect TO seeing one gang of men laying
streets, followed in a short time by
another gang tearing them up, | am
not progressive. Because I object TO
seeing men here take advantage OF
the necessities of those who are in
distress and compel the unfortunate to
pay from sc to $50 per cent. interest
on borrowed money, then | am inter
fering with contracts. Because I
wish the homeless renter should be
permitted to pay as small a rate of
taxation upon his little effects in the
rented house as his landlord pays
upon the house in which the tenant
lives, then l am an anarchist The
a half rate on two-thirds valuation.
This makes his rate a dollar a hun
dred on a real valuation. The tenant
pays dollar and a half a hundred on
full valuation upon his personal
property.
Would Do Justice to All.
In order to do justice to all, one
should be lowered or the other should
be raised. l care not which it is, SO
that the city will have sufficient reve
nue.. intangible personal property is
not taxed at all.
did not raise a point of order in
the bill against the one, single, soil
tary item for which it was provided
that the district should pay wholly
out OF her own revenues, and I shall
not.
The district should be permitted tc
spend her own money as she pleases
but it is the duty of every member ir
this body to see to it that the money
given by the federal government II
the district is not thrown away
I would not object to see the dis
trict have her own lawmaking body
elected by the people of the district
and l would be glad to see the dis
trict have the privilege to expend hel
own money just as the people of the
district wish to spend it. |, above
all others whom I have heard expires!
themselves upon the subject, am il
favor of a democratic local self-gov
eminent in the district.
When the district comes to lev!
her own taxes, marshal her own as
sets. eXpend, untrammeled by con
gress, her own taxes, then she will
appreciate a responsibility which will
encourage congress to help her Will
q generous hand
A spirit of wastefulness will stol
congress quicker than anything els
in a desire to aid the district.
Now, Mr.. Chairman, we have heart
all these years that whatever the Dis
trfct of Columbia wanted of the Unitel