Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-08-31

Dear SIT. received the following
telegram, signed by yourself, the Reed
Insurance Co, Geo. Bolles, T. C. Gage,
John B. Romans. "A. F. Milligan. Isaac
Lincoln, w. Il Hulett, S. w. Marie
gang, J. H. Pond, G. J. Burns, G.. Boyd
Barrett, G. G. Anderson, G, C. Tfet-
cher, Brown Bros. John Wade, Cava-
naugh & Wilmarth,. g. A. Drager, c.
F. Easton, c.. H. Allen, all of Aber-
deem, and similar kilograms from
prominent citizens Of Lead, Sioux
Falls and Deadwood:
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 19.-Federal
revenue bill amended by senate pro-
vides increased income taxation on In
uranc companies. Also continues
indefinitely stamp tax on policies
while relieving other business of
stamp tax features. We strongly pro-
hest this decided discrimination which
continues additional labor and respon-
simility and an unwarar1lted addition
al burden IN insurance companies.
We depend upon you to use your best
personal efforts to prevent passage of
this unfair amendment provision
Revenue Bill in House.
This Telegram, signed as 1t is by
leading and representative citizens of
the state of South Dakota, both repub-
lican and democrats, is entitled to an
answer, and an answer that plainly
states my position, When the revenue
bill was first presented to the house.
it did not contain the Objectionable
feature you refer to. q provide for
many other discriminatory taxes
whach were placed therein by amend
ment in the senate.
AS first presented to the house, /
voted for the measure, as did many
other republicans, because we had
voted for adequate preparedness, be-
lieved in the principle of the income
and inheritance tax, had advocated
the creation of a tariff commission,
desired to see a tariff placed on dye
stuffs, and favored a reasonable mu-
nitions tax and the repeal Of the
present odious stamp taxes.
Necessary Because of Extravaganza.
We realized that a measure of this
kind would have been absolutely un-
necessary had it not been for the.
willfuI extravaganza of the present
democratic administration, bat the ex-
penditures had been authorized. and
the bills had to be paid.
Having placed myself ~onrecord as
tax. and the other legislation above
tax, ad the other legislation above
referred to-, / shall oppose the revenue
measure as reported from the senate
if it CONS to a vote in the house This
opposition arises fro mthe fact that no
special revenue bill of this kind would
be necessary had the present admins
tration not needlesslX and heedlessly
appropriated $194,0o0,0oo for protects
which will in no way be of assistance
to the state of South Dakota or to the
people of the United States as a
whole.
South Gets the Pork.
$50,000,000 was appropriated on the
shipping bill, which I opposed.
s45, O0o, 900 is dumped into the
mouth of the Mississippi river to-
form levees to reclaim land for pri-
vate individuals. This measure / OPP
posed.
S43, 100000 was voted by this admin
~istration for rivers and harbors in the
United States, practically all of it for
southern states. This measure ! also
opposed.
AS an illustration OF the class of
appropriations that were contained in
this bin, / call your attention to the
following taken at random:
Indian River. Florfda-For mainten-
ance and Improvement. $4,000.
Kiasimmee River, F1orida-For
maintenance, $4,000.
Caloosahatchee River, Forida-For
maintenance. $4,000.
Manatee River-Mouth to Mitchell
vile bridge. $4,000.
Withlacoochee River, Florida-For
maintenance, $4,000.
Removing the Water H%yacinth,
Florida-For the removal Of the water
hyacinth from the navigable waters
in the state Of Florida, 50 far as IT
is or ma become an obstruction to
navigation, $4,000.
~Apalachicola River, Foridh-Con-l
tinuing improvement and maintenance
$4,000.
Choctawhatchee River, Florida and
Alabama-For maintenance Of im-l
provsment, including Cypress Top out
let, $4,000,
Tombigbee River, Alabama and