The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
DONOVAN DENoUNCEs
 PORK BILL

1COntluuBd from Page I) taxes by s5e,800 If we all did that where would the nation come out?
 Now I say that to take from the State Of Connecticut over $3.5oo, ,0oo for the benefit of that great state of Texas and for the benefit of the states of Washington and Oregon, is unfair in the extreme. Is it any won der that the gentleman from Wash ington Mr. Humphrey 1-and he IS not here-should spend all of his. time talking about shingles (laughter) and not say a word about rivers and. haEbOrs? He ought to have told you that the Washington sf1ingle mills close down in winter in order to make the poor fellows hungry, so that they will go to work cheap in the Spring, (Iaughter1.
 "n he will tell you the truth he will tell you that the factory owner in Bridgeport, Conn, the one who would be benefited by some harisor Improvements there. when the win ter comes, draws his check for 10 per cent of the workingmen's wages for the whole year and losses it to them as a Christmas gift. That man. ufacturfng centre does not receive one dollar in this bill, but you give half a million to Texas. That manu- facturer, the one who keeps his plant running the year around and the one who takes extra care of his help on
 
 Committee on Ways and Means and ask for duties that he might sell his wares He sells them all oyer the world Ese
 From his ability to manufacture he employs thousands of people. For 9. little arm in Long Island Sound this Board Of Engineers was asked to widen the channel, so that it would have a. depth of twelve feet for 200 feet in width instead of 100 feet. but not an inch is given. But what did we do in Texas? Why, we widen it up to 1900 feet. and 80 feet in depth. Why not2 It did not cost them any thing. Connecticut pays for it.'g
 MT Hardy of Texas asked if Mr. Donovan would yield to a question several times and finally MT. Dono- van injected into his speech: .T had hard work to get minutes tinne and T say that if these legislative sharks try to take part of it away they are imposing on me. (laughter) If there is anyone who is fair it is the gentleman from Texas (Mr. liar dy1, but he is professional and I am an amateur. He will get time here and make me look like the pro- verbfaI thirty cents as an orator. s(Laughter.}
 i''Now let me tell you why the shingle talker from Washington kept still. He had his hand in the pork barrelL. Just think Of it, on a bill carrying a shade less than $40, ,Ooo, 900 how much do you think three of them on the. committee got Just guess. Just guess how much they got e,'
 MT. Canter-Fifteen million dol lars?''
 NIT. Ansberry-"One third, MT Donovan: They did not go hungry Our slaingIe friend from Washington got $2,5o0. .0e0. Our friend from Washington, our friend from Florida. and our friend from Texas together, the three of them garnered s7,o14,5e0
 stOur manufacturer of wooden shingles who this country has been paying tribute to of from 50 cents to $1-50 per thousand for years, is be- wailinE the fact that that is not eo- ing to continue, but he continues in this bill all right. For the fiscal year 1911, he garnered $4,600,0o0; for the fiscal year 1919 he garnered s1.S00.- 900, for 1918, $7,995, ,e00. Pretty good for that district.
 Now Texas has done pretty well Texas and Florida for the fiscal year 1918 got s7,7s1,0oo.
 You New York people are not get ting one dollar for every $100 that you are putting into the treasury,
 Mr. Goulden of New York-s'we know that.'
 MT. Donovan-t'In order to be fair ought to tell how much little Ore gon gets. She does pretty well gets &82T,000 for rivers and harbors and taking all kinds of taxes she pays $1,500, ,00o." CApplause.)
 The Chairman:-"The time of the gentleman from Connecticut has ex- pired.''