Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13

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trihution to National Capital maintenance
caused inflated ground values. excessive
rents. high cost of living and undesirable
"elihacy; and should on that account the
local tax contribution to capital MAN
tenance he withdrawn"
Since the complaint is that fsvoritism
was shown to certain localities to
tho injury of all the rest of the District.
with the result of unduly initiating values
in tho favored localities why docs the
neglected remainder. the great bulk or
the District. suffer from inflated ground
values and higher rents and high cost OF
living and undesirable cclibacyr
1t might reasonably be expected that II
by this favoritism the ground values We're
undIlN inflated in the few favored 10
caities. with the disastrous consequences
to these localities that have been pictured,
the ground values in the neglected sec
tions which did not enjoy this favoritism
would suffer n corresponding dcf'afion,
followed by lower rents and low cost OF
living and lnatrimony ad lihitum But II
seems that unaccountahly the few local
tiles that enjoyed congressional favorit-
ism did not suffer alone the disastrous
consequences; that while excessive street
improvements We're enjoyed by only the
few favored localities. the neglected sec
tions miraculously experienced intla-
tInn also of their ground values. and the
evil and curse OF this favoritiSIh spread
higher rents and hsh cost of living and
celibacy TO sections which had no street
improvements at al and to the remotcst
confines of the District.
If Congress. for the nation. has unwise-
" or Improperly expended any of the
ca pitfalls revenue either from the local
or the national contributor. should it not
increase the future national contribution
to compensate its ward for this waste?
IF the nation. through Congress. has
Numbered AS legislator, will it withdraw
its own contribution the penalty of its
blunder?
Revenues Spent Wisely.
Congress has. spent the District reve-
nues since 1878 wisely economically and
effectively for the public good. with
minimum of waste. and favoritism and
graft, and a maximum of material de-
velopment of the capital and of physical.
mental and moral betterment of its peo-
pie The wonderful changes in Wash
ington wrought under the operation Of
the half-and- half law have been. in the
main. for the benefit of all Washington
ans, and of al! Americans abiding in the
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we'll to do. however small their tax con-
trihutions whatever their occupation. and
in whatever mart of the capital they NAV
reside
Only small part of the District reve-
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laiii seet'oiiS III 'i'e pas. Is nol W CON
''s'a'e 'neih 'nioush eAeessNe 'aAa.ioh
as punishment LOT aiieseo iaEorltisn
by which they have not profted- The
remedy is not to cut down by one-half
the revenue to be devoted to the belated
improvements in the neglected sections
or to double or triple the tax to be paid
by the whole District, including the neg
lected sections
""o"id recognize mat the
Browne excessive and cOnfscatory esti-