Evening star., 1915-03-19

'
seat of government was permanent.
established in this District the entlr,
expenditures of the United States 10
improvements in the District have beer
about $4,000. 900. while the amount pal,
by citizens Of the District for the same
purpose exceeds the sum of S34.ouo.uoo
In other words. the amount taken iron
| the pockets of citizens of the Dlstrlc
and put into these improvements l:
about four times the amount Which ha:
been appropriated by the federal gov
ernmeut. | make these statement:
from data furnished from the Treasury
| Department and other departments O
the government, which give accurately
the items with dates of approprla
tionS, etc
The report of the Commissioners ot
the District for 1s1s gives the figures
| of "the exhibit which has been pre-
! pared under the direction of the Treas
| urS Department showing all the. eX,
| penditureS made from the natlona
Treasury for national and District pur-
poses within the District of Columbia
! from the total expenditure of the peo-
pie of the District, So, 1oG.63o of bond,
! ed debt tone-half OF which the United
States has been paying since 1859 the
| Commissioners report that there stiil
| remains an absolutely raid-up eNpendl-
| ture by the people of the District
greater than that of the United States
| by $16.1Jo, 11o.14. hi respect to this
amount the Commissioners report:
III an eHuai DIVISION OF she eNpen"
lures TOR the iocai governments De
tween the United States and the Dis
trict OF tetumhia ~ JUST one "s ~
now admitteo' then the ".ed
~ In equity dehtor I" tne DiSar'e' "i
Columbia above shown"
balance should he struck. andi
whatever sum Is necessary TO make the
expenditures OF the general govern
lnenf upon the capital equal to those OF
it's citizens for the citH's life should be
credited to the District. or this cauita-
bic credit should he taken into account
In fixing future PrOpOrtiOnatc cOntribu-
tiOns.
n;1,:,;4
- Inc primary isSP" W.
| support ana development OF '"e va
tiOna! Capital is upon the nation: and
Congress- not tic people of the federal
pi.tr;.t 6x.x tba ,,uount of the lat
-, .t, ..
'e' '"N s""'
OF the cnp1taFs maintenance.
As already stated the original owners
lof washington donated fNe-seNenths oi
the city S SOIL on tne understanding anu
lmpiled agreement mat me nation was
10 oulid up mere nnaSh.hceht capital d |
us own expense, reiiilpuistiS Itseil IRON
,ne Pioceeus % tiie sdle oi tiie doliti te',
@ iots- "a pretehIioos l ti's ".s pis.iiieu anu
|
VI tn.S uiiei , 90
~ i;.,1;t 49, I'D, ~,
nant ..e,,;n,. a,Si,siv.. ar,,o,rr,ents 10 FL o
.roa+ IN; -, - 49, ,..s.t ~ ~ ,,aa,,I ;,
End -. .rnnhIa, rrotast H,s en+ere3 .Sg.,inst
1rn,,Irass nno.,;na .II ~ ,,ao1s e +bn
csri1aI on tba .roInd tb,t 1ha ipr;aS
nendence and seIf-rasnect Of its citizens
would he degraded
II xxns from, tI,e be~;pnfnr in theory
Mt Least ~. c;tX Of ~. nation and nat
l
mary responsibility for it's deyeIoDmcnt
nas,on- and the r.s;dents' Who have No
Solce IN tne a.sposon ~ '.e on
contributors.
In spite of this conceded relation of
natioli ana capital, lhe iocai taxpayers OIL
inv we've comnelied ~ Assume nractical,v
the entire burden of capital making. the ma :
ton violntinE or neglecting the obliga-
lions Whlch II had incurred ~ 1913 tne
f.. t a,,a,. .r.,,',.I ~ ,,,,..,le.<. -
III. o, ,,;taI -. ti,aI h,, ia,y ~ n,,a h,1f
,ha ta,,i ,,,a,,,, ~, r,.+;a, tar,s;I, .,,I
;n.deou.ts1,, f,,ifl,;n ;ts o;.na1 ,,,..,e
r,a,,t tn ,aarin a.s n-.Iin,tn, 81
,bis s,-aer,ent n,al. = dn,.iIe .n,itri
f.nt;on h,irr, -. ,axne,;..l uo 49,. IN a,
inc ,,at,1r.I t,xes I,;ract ,n,I Ina;ran,
H., ,entr;h,,.a ,hi,. ,,,o.;l ;l, ~ - -,
~ +bs n,t;oY.1 ,,,ona,,, .x,a,daI ~, ~
c.,,;t.,I ~ sa.and 1eo.i .,r,..l.. -
~, ,.',,tr;I,,,,a ~. o,,,o,,,t I r. - :,
s,n,,,;a, ~ ~ 1910 H. Ii.'l1
S.pt -, P;p,,: oi,i.su 'N
TIa,. :, - -. ',r - @ 9
tha ,.r,narahir - ~,
-. ;I. -, LIZ
,artnarsh;. esairs 80 ~. o IL: ~ '' .i'o
a;.;A'. fa,, io ~ aic -Aiiiel M ied I'd II
t =. 's ~ 'ie pa, pu, poae " .S"tiloii
M Gnu iiitieo 81 VIZ, anu lioe ioi Tue pun :
ia,-;sI.t,,ra Will, ,,,t IN II t',....
-? - III, -" "ieii Will oi'' ''ii III" iitii etiei :
ie
Fxact 0pJv a Fair con+r;b,+;o,
d. Congress in the excrcts. of tI,;~
.s =.
what PieaseS
rum He D'strlct taxpayers should de-
mand only reasonable contribution
The burden imnosed ,,x lonyre.x u,o.
-,
% 's as
as that which the average self-sOvern-
ing municipality imposes upon itself,
and in view Of the capItaUs lack of
taxable resoprcc. md ofber pecuii.r
dtsa hilftfes under uhjcl, fbc Dtxtr;ct
of (:oyuu,,,i. I.hors it, t,, T.; h,.I.
lean community.
n, vashinpfnr-S t.,, low ,,,,I.;,ins,
t.r r.,te .,nd .Ss,esnnnt 80, 80,
ing accurately the reaI tax burden is
l,i,bor r,c, Unit, th.,n tn-,+ 80 80 80
ibc 10. ntb.r ,n,nric.,, ,.iri,, in t9Io
I,l In ,nn,,,,.;nt, ,La ,,.r ,,,,it.. H.
J.,,y nf ypa.Iinyfn1, vim tb,t nf IT,
.i,;ov II II; 20 bo ..,,si,Ia-ad h, ~
.3, - "
,. =, ti M - - " y, nc
'dl 50. Ndua7i, - a.., pa - - III aHh-
,"1 - ,, 'ol' ~. i,o' :,
t lat'o'- :" 30 ~. ''''S' ; 'ii'h
o@ta..t @ r -" - P1t . ,
Wt,s o,i,it'ed ron, ron, -" IN '.ny OF