The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-21
DONOVAN
 DENOUNCES "PORK" BILL
Eastern Manufacturing Centers Ignored, He
 Tells Colleagues
PROVISION IS MADE
 FOR THE "IDLE RICHo
Fairfield County Represen- tative Minces No Words
 In Attacking Measure
(By Our Staff correspondent-)

(By Our Staff Corresp ondent-)
 Washington, March 21-Representa.- tive Donovan of f/Connecticut opened his campaign yesterday for a more equitable distribution of the funds of the country in appropriation bills. In the debate upon the Rivers and liar bors bill he called attention to the fact that the state of Connecticut is paying, and has been paying for the dredging of Texas rivers, and that out of every $100 New. York pays to the Federal government it gets hardly a dollar in return.
 MT. Donovan said: 'sMr. Chairman, we must say that for fair play and an honorable way of doing, the Commit tee on Rivers and Harbors probab ply takes rank with no other committee of this House. eI4aughter.)
 s1n my opinion there was a reason for the fact that the opposition shcu 5not have been allowed to have any thing to say. I can see the reason why the leader of the committee minority '(Mr. Hum phreys) in having an hour to speak here, should not say a word about the measure under dis cussion, a measure carrying $40,0OO,- 900. As in the case of the framers of other measures of a similar char. acter, they need elements of strength from both sfdes-entrenous-t is to, say they must secure the cooperation of the recipients of the benefits carried by the act in order to pass it The most vicious bill that ever passed any legislative body passed with only five dissenting votes
 we spend, I think, about $20. 000 to educatel an army engineer. After he Is educated we give him a life posi- ton. At another time we retire him at fine salary as a pensioner. In the state of Connecticut two haroor pro- 5ects were authorized by the Act of July z5, 1912. Now this Board of En- Eineers has reported on only one of the projects. In one of these harbors it is shown by Government reports lion Collars receipts from commercial business. At the other harbor the to- tai receipts were $2.200 and the amount paid to officials for collection was $4 ,000, entailing a loss to the gov ernment of s2,70O. There was an au- thor1zation in the epresent bill for both places, but this Committee on Rivers Tecomm ended the expenditure of $170, 900 for improvements in the place that has no paying commerce. and the board and the connittee rec commended not one dollar at the other place where they are taking in half a million dollars revenue per year. The place Of no commerce is the rendev- ous, yes, and to some extent the home of the idle rich. It is the harbor of the yachts of the rich and the summer residence of the idle rich. (AIIuding to Rewport-) An appropriation of $170,o 900 is expended for those.
 sHThe other place which receives no consideration is a manufacturing city, with over 100000 people where not one of the manufacturers can sell a dollars worth of good except in com petition, they must excel in value, they
 &+,,- excel in p1iability and in the many other clements needed to make goods sell. But to help the poor manufac- turer or to help the working classes is not one of the dicta of the board of engineers, and in the present circun- stances. of the Rivers and Harbors committed
 ssNow let us see In Connecticut we give this government how much? We pay to the Federal Government a 1it- tie over $4,000,G00 annually. This great committee in it's wisdom turned into Texas from this bill $3,675, 900 The same committee existed last year and the appropriation of last year used up and exceeded by $20O,000 the total receipts from Texas, so that Tex as today does not contribute a dollar toward the pay of the army or the pay of the navy,s or to the payment ot any of the other administrative ex- penses of the Government, because the amount of her receipts is all giver back to her in river and harbor inn provements, and s2Oo,ooO additional.
 seNow Mir Chairman submit in al fairness. where is your doctrine ot fair play in collecting that money From one State and spending it in an other r?''
 MT Sparkman of Florida asked here if the gentleman from Connec- ficut would yield
 MT Donovan continued: tfNo. The gentleman would not give me a, mo- ment of his time, and he is commit ting 8 crime if he takes away time from me now Gaughter).
 This explains the attitude of the gentleman from Washington (Mr Humphrey who, too, refused te give me any time. He represents 3 state not exceeding mine in popuIa- . ton and wealth. What did they dc for his state? The. States of Oregon and Washington get $2,948, ,09O. Now Oregon and Washington received last year-just think of it, gentlemen, ST. Oe5. .000 What did they pay into the Eovernment treasury2 In the two years covering the life of this com sniftee they paid $10.o00,000 and ir the same period of time got tneil money back with half a hundred thousand dollars besides. These two states received more for river an6 1aarbor Improvements than the tota amount Of taxes paid in customs dt1- ties. internal revenue and corporation
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