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ity of the District of Columbia. In tho
creation by Congress OF the Joint Sc
lect committee to pass upon the ques-
ton Of the future fiscal relation be-
tween the United States and the DIS
trict of Columbia and in the appoint
ments made by the President OF the
Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives to that committee,
We believe that the wisdom and JUS
tice shown by former similar Joint
committees on this subject and by Con-
gress upon the report of such joint
committees will be found in the report
OF the present joint select committee
and the action of Congress upon 1t.
Congress has always acted in the
crises of the National Capital wisely
and Justly and with evident desire to
carry out the plans of the founders
and the desires of the country to mako
this capital worthy of the republic.
HENRY B. F. MCFARLAND,
A. S. wORTHINGTON,
THEODORE w. MOVES, -,... :
CORCORAN THOM
d. J. CALLAHAN,
EDWARD F. COLLADAY
Executive Committee.
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of our fe3iow-conntrymen with respect
to the maintenance and development Of
the common capital
National Expenditures for National
Objects Unaffected by the
"Half-and-Half" Law.

In this brief we have limited our dis
cussion as to the proper proportion to
be contributed by the United States
and the District of Columbia. re-
spectively, to the class of expenditures
mentioned in the resolution providing
for the joint select committee of Con-
gress on this subject namely. 1.-The ex-
penses OF the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia, or any branch
thereof. including interest on the fund
ed debt" The existing fiscal relation
between the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia, commonly called the
half -and-half arrangement. relates only
to those expenses. The District resi-
dents as national taxpayers contribute
in common with their fellow-citizens
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Little Sorie,
20 Bedtime
By THORNTON W. BURGEss,
COPYRIGHT 1915. By J.. @. LAsyl
The Disappointed Hunter.
1t never does to count upon
A thing until you're sure.
It's often less than you expect,
Ruf yerv soIdnpn NOR.

The hunter who had shot one of Bob
Whites children chuckled gleefully as
he went forward to pick up the poor
little brown bird. He was having what
he called sport. 1t never entered his
head to think of how the Bob Whites
must feel. He probably didn't think
that they had any feelings. He was
pleased that he had made a successful
shot and he was pleased to think that
he was to have that little brown bird
to eat. though. of course. he didn't need
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Qualification Is Voiced.

peon is poor and always will be poor in
his own right, but by nature he is one
of the richest men on earth. He scratches
the ground with his machete and rich
tropical fruits grow up to nourish him.
The jungle swarms with game and the
waters with fish. The point of view OF
the peon was well expressed by one Of
them who was offered a job by an Amer
lean contractor:
why should 1 work? I have pants
and a shirt" was the reply OF this un-
conscious philosopher. He had named
the necessities Of life.
The earth yields everything else he
needs. and what, he has never known
he does not. miss. All in Panama,
from the poor peon in his hut to the
wealthy landlord, are satisfied with
life. And therein lies the explanation
of their. aversion to change and
progress. ~. '-
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District Residents Alone Could Only
half Develop or Maintain
the Nations City.


Assuming that the District residents
are now paying. and will continue to
pay, under a constant, appropriate In
crease of assessments. where values in
crease, and under the natural increase
of population. just and proper taxes
measured by. the wealth of the city and
compared with those paid In other
cities of similar population, even
though there is no other city of similar
conditions, it must be evident that the
revenues thus received will not be suf-
ficient for the adequate and appropriate
maintenance and development of the
capital of the United States on the
great physical scale laid down by the
founders and the fathers. or upon the
municipal service scale demanded by
the twentieth century.
The plans and estimates submitted to
Congress during the past fifteen years
by the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia, the Senate park commission,
the chief of engineers and other au-
thorities. of themselves show that there
is ample need for appropriations re-
curing all that can reasonably be ex-
pected in tax revenues from the resi-
dents of the District Of Columbia and
at least an equal amount from the
United States Treasury. and these plans
and estimates do not cover all the ne
cessities of the National Capital at the
present time. Since Congress, in the
act approved March 3, 1903, limited the
estimates of the District Commission
ers to an amount equal to twice the
estimated revenues of the District of
Columbia for the next fiscal year, and
the construction placed upon 1T by the
District Commissioners that they must
subtract from the amount Of the esti-
mated revenues for the purposes of
this calculation a proportionate sum of
any Indebtedness due the United States
by the District of Columbia. the esti-
mates have been SO reduced In number
and amount that Congress has not had
the necessary facts for it's considera-
ton In making appropriations. The
District Commissioners have not been
able to transmit to Congress. as they
did before the enactment of this limita-
ton of the estimates. statement of all
the needs of the District of Columbia,
| or even all the estimates of subordinate
bodies. such as the board of education,
board Of charities and others having
! Immediate charge of important official
interest Of the National Capital. The
Commissioners have stated semi Off
| cially that they had important prof.
| ments in the District of Columbia
| which. under the limitations of the es-
! Inmates. they could not present. 1t is
| well known from official reports of the
J departments particularly interested
( that many Of the school buildings, the
lions. and other municipal buildings are
not suitable for their purposes. Some
| Of them are insanitary on account of
!, their great age and other circum-
/ stances.
Conditions Held Ddsgraceful.
| The condition Of the so-called municipal
hospital at the Washington Asylum
! grounds. on the Anacostia river. has been
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throughout the country to the ex-
penditures for purely national objects
and purposes. including national build
ings. in the District Of Columbia 1t
seems obvious. but 1t also seems neces-
sary to state, that there Is nothing in
the existing half-and-half arrange
ment. as there was nothing in any law
before the act of June IL. 1873. setting
up that arrangement. to affect in any
way. much less to limit. the expendi
lures which Congress might see fit to
make for national objects and purposes
in the District of Columbia. Large
appropriations, wholly out of the ma
tional Treasury. have been made for
such purposes since June II. 1878. and
they could be multiplied in number and
amount without regard to the half
and-half' arrangement and without
any limitation except the will OF Con-
gress and the resources OF the national
Treasury.
Qualification Is Voiced.
In conclusion we desire to express
the qualification. not only Of our own
committee. but Of the entire commun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-20

With some people the presence OF 3
cat IN the room induces an attack Of
asthma. - 10 1rs<-
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Creditable Comparison.

7. Washingtons city tax-burden is so
heavy that, even when compared with
the total city. county and state tax-bur-
dens Of taxpayers in other cities, who
enjoy state benefits and privileges which
are denied the capital. 1t shows UP cred
itably IN the comparison. Its showing is
still better when by the subtraction OF per
capita interest payments the COMPARE
son Is limited to the tax-burden neces-
sary for the present and future. eliminat-
ing past graft or waste. Washington's
city tax burden alone Is heavier than the
conbinsd city, county and state taxes Of
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Indians Of Noted
Primitive Tribe.

kI1mItlVe 1IlDe. able pr m tive
tribes on the hemisphere. They live
in a wild tract of country in the north
ern part OF the republic and number
some $4,000. In habits they are quite
primitive, those on the coast living al
most entirely by fishing and trading
the natural products OF the jungle.
while the inland tribes practice a linn
tied agriculture. They are a sturdy.
well built people. deep-chested and
broad-shouldered. with long arms and
short legs, giving them a slightly
grotesque appearance, but great power
and activity. They are intelligent ana
OF a high morality. being largely I'M
corrupted by the civilized vices.
+ These people share the prevailing
Their desire is to live
their lives unmolested and to keep the
blood of their race pure. 1t has hong
been one of their rules that no alien
could remain overnight in their VII
lagos, and this is still said to De
Erigidly enforced by many OF the tribes
Fearless and independent. these In
dams have never acknowledged the
sovereignty Of the republic OF Pan.
anna. Recently the government sent
some of its representatives to the San
Bias country for the purpose of pro-
noting certain industrial develop
ments The Indians forthwith resent
ed this intrusion by raising the Co
lumbar flag. This. however, did not
indicate any feeling of patriotism for
the country which. once owned their
lands, but simply. an appreciation Of
the fact that the Colombians had left
them alone.
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taxation of the Washingtonian for what
he does not get.
10. The burden imposed by Congress
upon the local taxpayers is fully as
heavy as that which the average self
governing municipality imposes upon
itself, and. In view of the capitals lack
of taxable resources and other pc
culiar disabilities under which the
District of Columbia labors. it's tax is
harder to bear than that Of the aver
age American community. Under the
operations of the "half-and-half" law
the Washingtonian is clearly paying all
the taxes that he should. His ner
capita tax burden cannot equitably be
increased. Disturbance of the half
and-half' law and reduction of the ma
tons proportionate contribution would
inevitably increase the Washington
mans tax burden and thus violate
equity.
Property Exempt.
According to a statement of the as
SCISSOR of the District of Columbia
under date OF June %. 1915. to the
Commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia and transmitted by them to our
committee
THE approximate value of property
exempt from taxation in the District
Of Columbia is as follows:
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Criticisms Not Wantsd.

They would not like the ambassadors
and ministers of foreign countries who
are resident in Washington to report
to their countries the effects of such
unsympathetic and inefficient treat
ment; or to have the unofficial visitors
constantly coming from all the other
countries to Washington make equally
severe, if not equally important, criti-
cisms, or to have the foreign press re-
cording the results of such treatment.
At the celebration of the centenary
of the National Capital, December II,
1900. all the states of the Union were
represented. and twenty-five of them
by their governors. the largest num-
Der of governors ever present at one
time in Washington, and the Governor
of Iowa, who was the spokesman for
the states at the proceedings at the
White House, and eminent senators
and representatives at the joint meet
ing of the two houses in the hall of
the House, spoke of the common in
terest of the country in its capital. the
common desire to have it's capital fifty
represent the greatness Of the nation
and its pride in all that had been done
to that end since 1875. These official
speeches of chosen representatives of
the people, non-residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia, should be read with
care, as published by Congress. In the
desire to discover the real sentiment
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What Intelligent, Patriotic Ameri-
cans Want for Their Capital.

Every patriotic American desires the
National Capital to be physically and
morally as nearly perfect as is possible
and rejoices in Its progress. Every in
telligent American wishes it treated as
every feature, physical or moral. shall
be complete. None of them begrudge
the small per capita contribution of
money which they make to that end.
1t now amounts to between 6 and Z
cents per capita per annum-less than
two car fares a year-an infinitesimal
sum compared with the results. Not
one petition against the half -and-half"
arrangement has come to Congress from
any legislature, society or individual
in the states in all the years since 1878.
The justice and wisdom Of that az
rangement in the interest of the Goun-'
try's capital are clearly seen by the
country. The injustice and the unwis.
dom of trying to make $4,000 people
do the work of 100,000,0O0 people in
maintaining and developing the great
capital which belongs to them all seems
to be equally apparent to our fellow
countrymen. They apparently realize
that the founders were right in saying
that absolute responsibility went with
absolute control, and that the, com
mittees of Congress were right, in the
reports between 1874 and 1878. in say
ing that the nation ought to take at
least one-half of the burden under
which the District people had stagger-
ed into bankruptcy and carry it through
the coming years. To them the exclu-
sive control of Congress over the cap
ital seems natural, and they suppose
that all the senators and representa-
tives take an intelligent and sympa-'
thetic part in that control. They sup
pose that all Congress is interested in
the continuous progress of the capital
under well considered plans and IN a
systematic and orderly manner.
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United States government ........ 1888. a47. 27O
District Of Columbia ............... Ii. 723. 139
Embassies and legations .......-.-. 3,712.O0O
Educational institutions 9.1O3.000
Charities .......-............ 2'sss'0no
Miscellaneous NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. S.s4I.oto
1894. sss. 4os
"a list Is now being prepared show
ing area and location of the above
ing exempt property have been pretty
thoroughly tabulated. and are now
being copied. Every precaution has
been taken toward obtaining all prop
critics. that are exempt and the various
departments have been communicated
with concerning the original cost of
the principal public structures. 1t is
hoped that this class Of data will be
in better shape than at any time here
tofore."
In the same report the assessor states
District of Columbia for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1915. aggregates $780,
309,278 under the law requiring an as
sessment Of not less less; than two-thirds
It is to be assumed that Congress
will not tax the District residents for
the sake of taxing them. but only for
the purpose Of raising the necessary
revenues for local purposes and never
to accumulate surpluses with the pos
sibility that they may be converted
into national revenues. although raised
for local objects. 1t is to be assumed
that when Congress. through its APP
propriate committees, again considers
the question of taxation in the District
of Columbia it will make fair and
reasonable readjustment, providing, il
ments. 1t is to be assumed that it will
not provide new forms of taxation
simply for the sake of novelty II the
existing forms of taxation are fair and
not burdensome and provide the neces-
sary revenue. 1t is to be assumed that
1T will keep in mind the cardinal fact
that it has been the uniform policy OF
the national government to discourage
the production Of wealth by manu-.
features and commerce at the National
Capital, so as to keep 1t as much as
possible a residential and governmental
city, free, for example. from the dan
ger of strike riots and other disorders
occurring In other cities Of the country,
hI1f here
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An account of the people of Panama
would not be complete without mention
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There are other tribes in the interior
of Panama about which very little Is
known. One of these
Other Tribes is the Talamanca In
~.., dams, who are ac-
AAtt1e AuoWA. cre dit ed with a
unique practice of gambling for wives.
1t is said that each man entering this
game puts one wife Che has severaD
into the pool. The contestants then
stand in two rows, armed with the
throwing clubs, which are their most
effective native weapons. A battle
of throw and dodge then starts. and
continues until only one man is left
standing. He gets the entire pot" as
an addition to his domestic estab-
Iishtnerit The existence of this custom
Is voucfied for by "a number OF repu-'
table traders in Colon. who have been
in the habit of getting up parties to
witness this unique amusement;
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What Other Nations Do for Their
Capitals.

official reports in possession of our
committee show that all of the more
important nations contribute largely to
the development and maintenance of
their national capitals The methods
are as various as the amounts. The
methods and the amounts are deter
mined by conditions historical political
ard industrial. varying with the differ
ent countries. There is no other ma
tional capital except the District of
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Conditions Held Disgraceful.

The condition of the so-called municipal
hospital at the Washington Asylum
grounds. on the Anacostia river, has been
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Signs Are Declared
to Be Misleading.

class. numerically much smaller. living
on the fat of the land. The time seems
ripe for a Panaman Robespierre. But
there is not going to be any social revo-
luton in Panama That is one of the
sure things. They have had fifty-seven
so-called revolutions there, according to
local historians. but none of them has
been class wars. They have been fights
for political "pie" between cliques of the
ruling class.
The dominant note Of all Panaman So
ciety is ,contentnent, and that content
ment is the key to Panaman life. The
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Thus in Panama the stage seems set
for social revolution. Here is down.
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There are other tribes in the int
of Panama about which very littl
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Marriage. In Panama Is vastly more
a matter of choice. upon the part of the
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-21
DRY AND WET COMPARTMENTS
Moisture In Incubator Tends to In
crease Hatch of Eggs-Also Adds
to Weight of Chick.

A test made in April, 1914, by the
termine the efficiency of a 3O0egg
capacity incubator gave a percentage
of hatch of fertile eggs of TIA and
percentage in July of IS. Comparing
compartments run dry with those run
wet it was observed that the latter
gave a much higher percentage of
hatch as well as an increase in the
weight of the chicks, the average
weight for the dry being IL ounces,
and for the wet 1.25 ounces.
Four brooders of 100 week-old chicks
each were fed for nine weeks, two lots
receiving regular chick ration and
two other lots receiving in addition all
the sour milk they would consume
The first two brooders made total
gain of 1882 pounds and 42.35 pounds
and the mortality was seventy-one and
seventy.three respectively, while the
last two breeders made total gain
of S222 and 1884 pounds and the NOR
tally was twenty-eight and twenty
eight, respectively. 1t was found to
require 3.6 quarts of skim milk to pro-
duce a pound of body weight.
1t is stated that the skim-milkfed
chicks represented more uniform
flock than those not so fed 1t has
been concluded that skim milk has
the power to Kill the organisms which
cause many poultry diseases, the
bacilli being destroyed by the dilute
acid of the sour milk.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-10-21
VALUE OF SCHOOL GARDENS
Encourages the Child to Get Into
Close Communion With
Mother Nature.

The value Of school gardens in plac.
ing the child in close communion with
Mother Nature cannot be overestimat'
ed. In these times of warfare we re.
call the words of one writer who
asked:
What conqueror in any part of life's
battle could desire more beautiful,
more noble or more patriotic monu'
ment than tree planted by the hands
of pure and joyous children?"
Ex-Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachu'
sets said Let the children in the
public schools be taught that every
egg they take from the nests Of the
birds means the loss of little friend
of Massachusetts; means one less
winged crusader against the gypsy
moth, the brown-tail moth and the
crawling pests that destroy the food
of the people and the beauty of the
land. Save the trees. Save the birds
that we may save the trees" In the
school gardens the children have some
very practical and often painful les
sons regarding damage to plant life
through destructive insects.
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Take Care of the Parks.

Years and years ago the necessity
for presenting any extended argument
in favor of the ownership Of extensive
parks by municipalities was obviated.
1t has come to be generally under
stood and appreciated that these out
door breathing places afford not only
pleasure, but profit, and that instead
of being liability they are a very
valuable asset in the community
which has them. To be sure, those
who have automobiles or horses and
who can 60 out into the country as
far and as often as they like are not
particularly anxious for these nearby
grass plots, and yet when they have
visitors they are sure to take them
there, and they point with pride to
these evidences Of municipal enter
prise. They ought cheerfully to pay
their share to provide these parks
for those whose lack of means pre-
vents them from getting out into the
country at their WILL and having an
hour or an afternoon In the sun or the
shade, in the fresh, pure air. There
Is no other tax In town which ought to
be more cheerfully paid than that
which goes for parks.-Utica Press.
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Save the Trees,

The National Highway Protective as
sociation reports that two states have
adopted its legislation to mitigate the
evil Of defacing trees, fences and
buildings along public highways with
advertisements. The states that have
shown this wisdom are Rhode Island
and New York. The measure is not
drastic. 1t merely requires that no
advertisements can be placed on trees,
fences or buildings thanking highways
without the written consent of the
owner. A moderate penalty is i'm
posed for violation. 1t is not to be
hoped that this will wholly prevent the
evil, but it will exercise wholesome
check on its prevalence. Other states
might we'll follow the example, and
even more drastic legislation would
be in order