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Would Have to Explain.

This statement in the bill would prac-
tically compel the appropriations COM
mittee to explain to the House. many of
whose members would not understand the
matter at all. especially those who were
new, that the appropriations were pri
marily of District tax money. the amount
of which they would disclose in self-de
fense against those critics who would
want as little as possible taken from
the national Treasury for District pur-
poses, or who would want the District
people to bear the whole burden.
There being no fixed rule of proper
ton between the United States and the
District of Columbia. the amount from the
session OF Congress. The estimates would
be cut in the House. and somewhat re-
stored in the Senate, according to the
practice. and finally in the conference
report adopted by the two houses would
be the compromise. At every step of the
House, in the Senate committee, in the
Senate. In the conference committee. and
in both houses again. the amount Of the
District revenues would inevitably figure
Equally true, every step of the way the
amount from the national Treasury would
be kept down as much as possible. As
practical men, II we have any knowledge
of the appropriating habits Of Congress-
we must agree that this would be the
case
Assuming that all the members of this
joint select committee Of Congress are in
favor OF having the United States con-
tribute at least one-half of the expenses
Of the District of Columbia. and assum-
ing that they will be all elected to Con-
gress for the next twenty-five years, and
assuming that they would have entire
control Of the appropriations for the Dis
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Account With the District.

Much has been made in support of
the legislative fiction theory of the
fact that there is no general account
in the Treasury Department between
the United States and the District Of
Columbia as to the revenues of the
District of Columbia. and that the con-
troller of the Treasury in 1905 decided
that no such account should be opened
1t is admitted, however. that there is
what is called a personal account be-
tween the United States and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
1T is certain that the revenues of the
District of Columbia. when deposited
as required by. the organic act of 1873
in the Treasury Department. physically
mixed with the general funds of the
United States. are kept separately under
the general head of miscellaneous re-
ceipts, and with the disbursements from
them accounted for and reported to Con-
gress annually by the Secretary of the
Treasury. They are not and cannot ne
used for national purposes. being raised
says in his opinion, held, for purposes
Of the District of Columbia under ap-
propriations by Congress. Moreover, the
act Of Congress (2o Statutes, p. s0S) pro-
vides Balances of appropriations remain
ing at the end of two years from the
| into the Treasury to the credit OF the
United States and District Of Columbia
| equally
..Whatever the bookkeeping Of the
Treasury Department may be. there is
no doubt of the view taken by Congress,
| which is supreme. In every appropriat on
act for the District of Columbia made
since 1878 the moneys raised by taxa
,, ton for local purposes are called revenues
Of the District of Columbia.
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Committee Is Representative.

THE joint citizens committee is made
up of delegates from the Board Of
| Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations, Retail
Merchants Association, Bar Associa-
ton, Committee of One Hundred. Build
ers and Manufacturers Exchange,
Northeast, Columbia Heights and
Georgetown Citizens associations, in
each case delegated by appointment or
election, according to the rules of the
particular organization, and with full
powers. They are the representative
civic organizations, and their member
spirited and active in all civic and
philanthropic enterprises
"In turn the joint citizens committee
empowered and directed its executive
committee to represent 1t before the
joint select committee of Congress, and
to advocate the ms,ntenance of the
half-and half plan IN answer to the
question of Congress as to what pro-
portion of the District expenses should
be borne respectively by the United
States and the District of Columbia.
No consideration was given to forms OF
government, or the suffra ge, or the
forms of taxation.
"It is significant that besides single
takers very few-lesS than dozen
citizens have appeared in opposition
to the half-and-half plan. 1t seems
evident that the joint citizens commit
tee rightly represents it's constituents,
and, indeed, the community A reVolu-
tion in the fiscal affairs of d city, even
if it is the capital, ought not to be
made when so few people. all told.
come to ask for it. Even the hospitable
invitations of the committee did not
bring half dozen opponents of the
half-and- half plan among those who
responded.
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Local People Are Protected.

Under the act of June; II, 1873, the
United States is not limited to the pay
ment Of one-half Of the expenses. 1t
may pay as much more as it pleases.
But the local people are protected from
undue increase in taxation on one hand
and from lack of progress in the devel-
opment Of the city on the other by the
provision that they shall not pay more
than one-half.
ITO provide for what ought to be
done will require the District tax
payers to pay full taxes, and yet they
will be within the one-half of the ap-
preparation that ought to be made.
Standing as we do at the golden mean
between the extremes of those who
would have the nation pay all or the
District people pay all, we urge that as
H permanent systematic method the
present arrangement a practical one
as between two friendly interests. like
tenants in common, be continued. 1t
was the practical work of practical
American statesmen. dealing not in
ideals but in practicable legislation.
Our sing1e-tax friends have admitted
that to abolish the half half plan
without adopting their particular form
of taxation would be oppressive and
disastrous We think that this would
be the result in any event"
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not be worked practically SO as to pro-
duce the same result as the half-and-
half plan. The statesmen Of forty years
ago saw this. They saw the plan to be
theoretical and not practical for its
avowed purpose. since 1t left not only
the taxpayers but the capital itself to
the whim and caprice Of each recurring
session of Congress, to use again the
apt words Of Representative Black
burn of Kentucky in supporting the
half-and-half plan of 1878.
There were intimations in the state
ments of the civil Commissioners that
II the Morrill, plan were adopted they
would not expect Congress to increase
it's appropriation of federal money. but
rather that so-called surpluses of Dis
trict revenues made by not appropriat-
ing all that is required for the Dis
trict needs under the half-and-half
plan could and would be utilized to in
crease the contribution of the District
people to the capital of the country. 1t
was intimated that for extraordinary
improvements. or other needs calling
for large appropriations, District of
Columbia bonds might be issued, even
though this is not commercial and
financial city, able to bear such a bur-
den, and though, in view of the national
governments control and responsibility,
Congress has discouraged all sugges-
tions for the issuance of municipal
bonds. even to meet the Districts one
half Of extraordinary expenses, pre-
ferring. If necessary. to make advances
from the national Treasury at per
cent interest. When the advocates of
the Morrill, plan dwell upon the un-
willingness of some members of Con.
gress to appropriate from the national
Treasury for the Districts expenses
even one-half. and when they predict
nothing further than has been predict
ed. is there not cause for the appre-
hension which has been so commonly
felt since the attack on the half-and-
half plan began in 1912-1913? Is it not
just to say that either the progress OF
the capital will be retarded or the tax
burden of the people will be increased?
A member who objects to paying half
of the expenses of the car tickets for
the policemen and hremen will equally
object to paying any part of them out
of the national Treasury.
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Plan Is Not Practical.

There was a reason, of course, why
the Morrill, plan was not adopted. and
it is the reason why it should not be
adopted now, and that is that II could
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H. B. F. MacfarIand of Joint
Citizens Committee Heard by
Congressional Body.
SHOWS HALF-HALF PLAN
NOT LEGISLATIVE FICTION
Contends It Has Been Proved That
Basic Figures of George Re-
port Were Incorrect.

Henry B. F. Macfarland, chairman of
the joint citizens committee, today
took the stand to refute the arguments
for the repeal of the half-and- half
plan which have been submitted to the
joint select committee of Congress in
vestigating the fiscal relations between
the Uuited States and the District of
Columbia.
Mr.. Macfarland contended that the
supporters of the half-and-half plan
had shown beyond a doubt that the fig
ures upon which the George report on
taxation in the District were based
We're incorrect. He asserted that the
whole agitation over District finances
which has arisen In Congress the last
three years was due, not to any failure
on the part of the ha1f-and-half plan,
but to the findings of the George re-
port, members of Congress having been
told that the people of the District
were grossly undertaxed. He said the
citizens committee had proved that
the taxes paid by residents of the Dis
trict were as heavy as those paid by
residents of other American cities.
Mr.. Macfarland's statement to the
congressional committee was as fol-
lows:
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Primary Obligation on United States


I'VE assert as heartily as any one
that the primary oblga tion is on the
United States; that this is emphatically
the nations city; that it is under alb
solute national control. and that re-
sponsibility goes with control: yet that
it is at once the seat of the govern
ment and the home of 35O.000 Amert-
cans; that 1t is practically impossible
to unweaVe their respective interests
in the municipal facilities and services;
that it is practically impossible to de.
termine exactly the relative amount OF
their real property holdings. Yet that
it is necessary to consider their re-
spective benefits. and also the impor-
tant factor of a large amount of ex-
empt property.
But we cannot agree with the civil
Commissioners that the half-and-half
provision of the act of June II. 1873,
is not the efficient cause of the prog
ress of the capital any more than It Is
that the Morrill, plan is any more
practical now than when it was first
suggested. in 1874. snd failed to com. m
mand the support OF Congress, which
the half-and- half plan.
ut is said that 1t was the assumption
Of full national control In the act OF
1873 which produced the Washington
of today. But there was full national
control between 1874 and 1873, II not
during the seventy-four years preced-
ing. Can any one seriously suppose that
plan, had made no definite provision for
paying fixed proportion of the Dis
trict expenses, had taxed the people of
the District fully, and added from the
tional Treasury, under the steady OBJ
priations. the progress made could
have been achieved? Did not the ex-
penditure of $IS5,000,000 from the ma
tional Treasury, under the steady OBJ
servance of the half-and-half plan, as
a rule of appropriation, with a some
what larger contribution from the Dis
trict taxpayers, and not any assump-
tion of national control make the cap
ital what 1t is?
Plan Is Not Practical.
There was a reason, of course, why
the Morrill, plan was not adopted and
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trict Of Columbia for tho next twenty-five
years, they might be able to give an az
surance, II the Morrill, plan should be
adopted, that would be equal to the guar
antee Of the half-and-haf law. and that
would insure permanence in the fiscal re-
lations and orderly progress in the de-
velopment of the capital. But as it is
neither they nor any ono else can give
such assurance.
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
Few Live TO Be leo Years Old.

According to census reports. persons
who live to be one hundred years or
more are a good deal like the snakes
Of Ireland-very scarce. The United
States, with population of more than
ninety millions, is given credit for
only 46. Germany's population is Co.
900. and its quota of centenarians
IS 10 Great Britain, with a population
IF 100000. has o. France. with
100000. claims 164. Bulgaria. with
100000 inhabitants, boasts of 1900,
and Roumania, with 100000 people,
has 1920 centenarians. The last
named little countries eat little meat
and drink great deal of sour milk,
and to this fact some attribute their
much greater longevity.
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
WORK FOR COMING SUMMER
fieation That Are Deserving
of Imitation.

We are in receipt Off, letter from
United States Senator Frank S.
White said Prof E. E. Smith, chair
man of the executive committee of
he Birmingham (Ala.1 Home and
School Garden association. in which
lie offers to send the usual vegetable
aud flower seed to persons desiring
hem,
The senator wrote as follows. As
you are aware, members of congress
ire furnished with vegetable and flow
sr seed and farm bulletins on home
gardening, for distribution among
heir constituents. Ii anyone desires
vegetable and flower seeds. or the bull
.etins on home gardening. and will
irop me postal. | shall gladly send
hem what they desire
Our association wishes TO encour-
age children particularly to write a
postal to Senator White. We have
now or will have in two weeks an ap-
lroximate enrolment in this associa-
lion of 10000 children, and through
hem We hope to work wonders in the
sity beautiful work of the coming sum-
ner.
This association is working under
he auspices and supervision of the
city government and We intend to
create as much enthusiasm and love
Of flowers among children as We pos
sibly can
The idea might we'll be copied in
he several states.
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
To Aid Cattle Raisino.

Brand Whitlock, American minister
to Belgium, notifies the state depart
ment that he has received from the
German military authorities a copy
of an order issued by them relative to
the exemption of cattle and their food
from military requisition when import
ed by the Comite National de Secours
ct d'Alimentation Mr.. Whitlock for
wards the text of the order as fol
lows:
I'm order to restore the breeding of
horses and cattle, which through the
military events have been disturbed. 1t
is herewith ordered that stations,
bulls. and other male beasts used
foe breeding. as we'll as female ami
1rBis with young. and female animals
20 special value to breeding. also
mares with foals, cows with calves,
and other female animals with young,
and lastly COWS which have no more
than two teeth. are exempt from requi-
sition.
THE above is made known to horse
and cattle breeders by a proclamation,
with the invitation that each procure
Appropriate male breeding animals In
cases where there are none or not
| enough at their disposition"
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
Ideal Civic Center.

A civic center should have central
eeation, and all buildings should har-
nonize and group with each other SO
as to form a compact unit system.
1t should contain the municipal and
federal buildings, such as the city
nall, courthouse hall of records. fed
aral court building and various city
departmental buildings
Its central location should make 1t
readily accessible from all parts OF
he city and surrounding suburban
districts Several main arteries OF
.raffic should radiate from the civic
center, making it the center of the
,ity's street plan. the keystone in the
arch of its design.
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25

plans and the brick. the county fur
nished the rest of the material and
the labor.
The interior of the building is thor
oughly modern and is quite in keeping
with the outside appearance. The
vines, shrubbery and ornamental trees
were furnished by Mr. Cameron, and
his landscape gardener keeps them in
trim.
Dean w. w. Charters of the school
of education of the University of
Missouri is using this school as an
example in his campaign for the beau
LITIGATION of rural schools and their
surroundings.-Exc
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
[it1([N-II Town.
27Gl[1TL[QS y
AA
o0N2y-S
MODEL FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
Building at clarksvlIle, Mo-. Might
Be Copied to Advantage by
Country Communities.

The McDaunold rural school, To-
Gated two and a half miles from
GAINESVILLE, Pike county. Missouri. is
considered the prettiest country
Hchooihouse in that state.
It was made possible by the public
spirit Of +. c. Cameron wealthy
landowner Of the county. who desired
his children to attend a country
school, but did not consider the old
wooden building good enough for them
or the other youngsters Of the dis
trict Mr.. Cameron furnished the
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25

From the best authorities we learn
hat colds are caused by three things
"a chill, a germ and a uric acid ten
fency which provides a soil for the
GERMS growth. The pungent oil of the
onion neutralizes and destroys the
germs that infest the mouths OF US
all, even OF those in good health.
The Monticellonian., 1915-03-25
Maxim N Personal

1t is sad TO see family relies sold at
auction. but the most painful thing
under the hammer is generally your
thumbnail.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-22
|[sHAI1E GRlM
YIELDS IR|s YEAR


4 Total acreage or wheat In Oklaho-
ma fpr lI9l5 Is 3,o47. 900 acres, accord
Ing 10 a statement compiled Monday
4 by President Frank "a Gault Of the
\ state board Of agriculture. This es.
ltinate y based upon reports reseiv-
Tea by the hoard ironi its crop cor
\ respondents III the various counties.
4 The estimated Yield froI that acre
gage will be 45,00olOO0 bushels. The
Ieatimated price of that much wheat
Fay harvest time Ii given at si5o00,OoO
| The statement prepared by Mr..
FGault and which contains interesting
information concerning other grainl
| with the exception Of barley and rye.
which Is not included. follows:
! Estimated number Of acres Of
\ wheat III Oklahoma ii 1915. 3.O47,OoO.
Estlnated number Of acres planted
To oats in Oklahoma ID 1915, 100000.
| ESTIMATED Yields Of whest from the
l3,oa7ooo acres planted to wheat .45,-
| 100000 bushels,
Estimated SAFE price Of wheat at
| about 81 per bushed at threshing
! time, s45.O0Q000.
| Estimated sale price of oats at about
|threshing time, $26, 6,40O,0 900.
/ Grand total " moneys received
| frcn the sale of wheat and oats in
| 1915. s7iao0. 900
| Estimated cost Of harvesting the 81
o470Oo acres OF wheat at sl per acre
SO, o47 900.
| Estimated cost or harvesting the
l32o,p0o acres of oats $l,s200O
Total cost Of harvesting wheat and
oats, slss67, 900.
| Estimated cost Of thrashing $780,
900 bushels Of wheat and oats, at Z
cents per bushel, $6.S46.OOQ
Estimated grand total Of cost for
harvesting and threshing wheat and
oats. $il2l3.o00.
Estimated value OF wheat and oats
raised In Oklahoma, $7l.iOO, ,0OOs
balance of money for value OF
crop left in the hands Of the produc-
ers. $G0, $4,000
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-22

FOR RENT---4 room, modern. all
furnished, no children. at 21S North
First street
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-22
GUTHRIE MARKETS.

| aOInHiE mAhkEISs w
livestock. .'P
Steady to strong. ~
Steers prime. 6 to IA.
Cows. 1r2 to 8 IL.
Heifers, prime, $500 to $3.50.
Hogs. top. s7.25.
Grain and Hay.
Corn, per bu. 95c.
Wheat per bn, $l.4o.
Kafir corn, per bu,, soc.
Oats, per bu, 55c
Prairie hay, per ton, $500.
Alfalfa hay, per ton, $l2.
Straw twheat), per bale. 1Sc-
Straw loatsl' per BALE 2oc-
Bran, per 100 BIS, Sll9.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-22
1'ODArS QUOTATIONS
MARKETS aY WIRE

ENT lie.
Kansas City Mo, June 23.--
Receipts. $500 4
Malt1et steady to 10 higher
Dressed beef steers, $500 to $3.50.
Prime fed steers, $500 to 5000
Cows and heifers, $3.50 to $500
HOGS;
Receipts. 4.0oo
Receipts, 5000.
MaiIaet, steady to 8 lower
Bulk Of sales $755 1856.
Top price, s770
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-06-22
WHEAT:

Kansas City, Mo-, June 2s
July 90 ga
September 93 3-S
December 90 ga. split.
CORN:
July 70 3-S. split
September 6s 1-2. split
December so 3-4, split.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-26

cally the same as the pressure down
ward at the same depth, down from
the top. A cubic foot of wheat weighs
40 pounds. The weight Of one cubic
foot of wheat on top of another is 80
pounds. and the pressure on the floor
OF a bin when the wheat is ten feet
deep is 49O pounds per square foot.
If the joists are placed a foot apart
and the bin is the same width as the
driveway, then the weight on each
jcist would be 1900 pounds, and the
pressure outward on the studding
would be practically the same at the
floor. The pressure outward on the
bin five feet down from the top.
when the bin is full, would be 2,45O
pounds per square foot.
These figures are mentioned to en-
phasize the importance OF making the
center part of a two-stOry grain house
strong enough to support the load. The
corn wings may be braced from the
center studding, so that the corn cribs
NAV be built OF lighter material.
Eight feet in width seems to be
established as the most satisfactory
size OF crib to cure corn. The amount
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-26
at the sides are made of lighter mate.

at the sides are made of lighter mate
rial
The center driveway is ten feet in
width, and the grain bins above occupy
the same amount of floor space. This
center driveway has a solid concrete
floor made with a smooth, hard sur
face for easy shoveling and sweep
ing.
For the easy handling of grain for
cleaning and grading purposes, the
tanning mill is placed on this floor.
where it is driven by belt from the
power, and the grain is spouted to 1t
from the different bins, so it may be
cleaned and graded and returned to
the bins without the use of a shovel.
The grain spouts conduct the grain
to the tanning mill. and the elevating
machinery carries 1t back. Farmers
In this way make a good grade of
wheat that is acceptable without dock
ing at the railway elevators. and at
the same time they select out a small
percentage of the largest and plump
est grains to save for seed. Such seed
is worth double. or possibly ten times
the market price, and the extra value
is secured at almost no expense.
The corn crib wings built at the
sides are eight feet wide and &c feet
in height. The building is made long
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1915-08-26
CHEERED BY HIS FOES.
An Incident In the Career Of the Duke
of Wellington.

An Incident In the Career of the Duke
of Wellington.
While the Iron Duke was still Mar
quis of Wellington he went from Paris
to Toulouse, where he had fought and
won the last battle of the Peninsular
war. He attended the opera that hrst
evening, and, though he wore plain
clothes and sat in the back of the box,
he was almost Immediately recognized
by some one in the orchestra chairs,
who called out. wellington
The name was taken up by others,
and at last the entire house rose. turn
ed to the box and called. "Nive yelling
TONI
Nor would the people be satisfied I'M
til he had stood up and bowed to them,
when he was cheered and applauded
again. AT the conclusion of the per-
Torrance the passage from the box
was found TO be crowded with people.
The women of the party drew back
nervously, but the duke said Come
along!" in his brusque way and con-
Quoted them on. While they were
still in the corridor a man in the crowd
was heard to say to his companion:
But why are you applauding so
much? He has always beaten us!'
This was very true. and the question
seemed natural one, but the answer
was charming:
Yes, but he has always beaten US
like a gentleman."-Wa Washington Star.