The sun., 1915-10-18
WILL NEW YORK WAKE UP?
Sage Advice From q Farmer for
Rural statesmen TO Ponder.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: The
state OF New York Is piling up debt
and taxes in "a way to alarm the states
men who fear state bankruptcy. AT
one and the same time we have cam
paigns to cut of revenue and to secure
more revenue without more taxes, and
the men who are contributing to the
financial support OF the one campaign
are fearing the result of the other.
The Ant-Saloon League has spent
$4,000 for legal services alone in pre-
pairing a bill to cut of $20.0O0.OOO or
revenues from the liQuor traffic.
1t is as edifying as the spectacle In
Congress a year ago, when statesmen
were insisting that the Hobson amend
ment to the Constitution for national
prohibition should be adopted and $780,
100000 revenue surrendered by the Fed
eral Government. but when President
Wilson said that more revenues were
needed to prevent a large deficit in the
United States Treasury these same
statesmen insisted that 1t should be Sc
cured by extra taxes on beer. wine and
whlskey
One OF the troubles in this State is
that the politicians regard New York
city az n gold mine which can be tapped
for every emergency. They believe Wall
street can assess the rest OF the coun-
the extravaganza. fads and fanoies in
law making at Albany. They call New
York the Audit city OF America. where
all accounts are audited and all bills
paid, with such commissions deducted as
the auditors please TO make.
New York is a great financial centre
and great commercial centre. but
more than these 1t is the greatest work.
shop In the United States. with more
tfa. .stt RIM nsfa lish aneS
workers In them. more capital support
ing them and more products coming
from them than can be found anywhere
else In the United States The capita,
Invested in manufacturing IN New York
city H. almost equal to the total value
Of all the farm land. all the buildings.
all farm implements and all live stock OIL
all the farms in the state Of New York.
and greater than all the other manu-
featuring capital In all the other cities
and towns in the state The wage
earners In New York city outnumber all
the farmers and farm laborers in the
state and all the other men engaged in
manufacturing in all the other cities and
towns OF the state. The wages paid to
these workers in New York city every
year amount to one and one-half times
the value of all the crops raised on all
the farms Ia the State of New York
York city factories is worth more than
all the land. all the improvements. all
the live stock and all the crops OF New
York state. or more than $1,000. .000, 00o
"A year.
II is not. therefore. Wall street that
IS to be taxed to keep the state from
going bankrupt. 1t Is the city, its bus!-
ness its Industries and its labor that
will have To pay the bills The state
M iat to tn Ind n
thrift IN this city to make up for the
non-progr,ssiv- rural!s's who insist oil
having improved highways that cost
millions and make New York city pay
for them who want to have laws that
Will make sullivan county cider the only
legal beverage in the State and have IL
untaNed who have been taught that
Wall Street distils gold from sea water
and can afford to support the state in all
sorts of wastefulness and foolishness.
How long will the business. the in
dustry and the labor OF New York city
continue TO pay these bills just TO have
the compliment that they are rich ana
able to pay How lolg Will business
men H. this city continue 10 contribute
~ campaigns which are made through
the state month after month. year in
and year out ~ cut OF existing revenues
and create more expenditures to he me-
WIN IlbIf ldNtS On lli' CITY OF New
York lsa't Il ahou; time the city OF
New York ceased To- pose as the angel
OF the state and al its foolish agents
Tho late Representative Frank cush-
man Of Washington had a tarff story
which applies. Mr. Cushmau said tina;
his grandfather one evening called on Il
netghhor'ug farmer Lud found him in the
barnNdrd milking II VAS fly time and
the COW was uN.lg to protect herself
from the nl'>. VIII tne result that In"
farmers eyes suffered and also his tenn
per. IN his irritation ne proceeded To-
Kick the COW, whi" lc cont lnu.d his
efforts to extract milk from the uddcr
'ushmdu's grludiithcr watched this
performance for a minute or two anil
then suggested, Il say. ue!ghbur, II
were you. | would either let 20 the teat
or quii kicking the COW " W e.
NEW NoRK October IG