The sun., 1916-12-21
SOUTH WAKES FAT
ON PORK BARREL"
Democrats Reward Home Vii
lagos, While Busy Cities in
North Are Sighted.
POSTAL RULE IGNORED
Public Building Commission
Also Turned Down in De-
sire to Boost Hamlets.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2o.--An examine
lion Of the public buildings bill. which
II Is proposed to Jam through under a
gag rule. discloses the extent to which
Southern Democrats have controlled the
pork barrel and the parsImony with
which they have handed out pork" to
their Northern brethren.
The Public Buildings Commits sion,
made up Of Secretary McAdoo. ex-Attor-
ney-General McReynoids, Postmaster.
General Burleson and Senators Swanson
and Sutherland and Representatives
Clark and Austin. in a recent report
recommended that no public buildings
be authorized In places where postal
receipts were less than $4,000 a year.
In this report II was stated that in
eleven Northern States there were 81
cities whose postal receipts were more
than $4,000 unprovided with buildings.
whereas in eleven Southern States only
hve such cities were u%nprovided. In
spite Of this report the distributors un-
der the present bill have gone ahead to
ornament jerk water towns all through
the South with a lavish hand.
where North Carolina scores.
North Carolina Is to get sixteen pub.
lie buildings for its ten districts. while
Illinois gets only ten for its twenty
three districts. OF the sixteen towns
provided for. in North Carolina fifteen
are under 1000 population. and in ten Of
these the receipts are less tnan $4,000
a year.
But the worst instance would appear
TO he the State OF Florida. from which
halls Representative Clarke. chairman OF
the committee. In the report OF the
Public Building Commission II appeared
that Florida's demands had all been ex-
hausted. This was after Florida had
got eleven new buildings In the 1918
pork bill" but In spite o; this Florida
IL put down for seven more new build
irss or sites. These are the towns with
their population kissimmee. 2.lJI (:
Lake city. 5.O3e Clearwater. III Ar
cadia. 1.13G; Monticello, 1893; Perry.
I.ole: West Palm Beach. liza
Florida pays s22s.to0 income tax to
the Government and the total postal re-
ceipts OF these town which are to re-
eeive "A total approx 'iation % $4,000
are less than $4,000 In the 1918 and
the 1916 bill Florida has received eight
cen appropriations for its four Con.
gressionll districts.
Georgia Outdocs Three states.
Georgia gets more towns provided for
than the three states Of Iowa. Maine
and New Hampshire. and every appro-
p%riation in Georsia Is for a town con
tanning fewer than 1000 persons. Not n
town unde 1000 population In New
York gets a public building under this
bill. yet i've towns in Missouri get
either sites or buildings Three OF them
get buildings costing $4,000 New York
contributes SIG TO the public Treasury
for every dollar paid hy Missouri.
one item in the bill brings TO notice
the little town OF wilson, In North Caro-
line, represented by Claude Ki,chin. the
leader OF the House majority. Wilson
has n population OF s.7l7 and postal re-
ceiptS Of Sct.560 and is to get a post
office costing $4,000. Oneida, y. Y,
with over 5000 population and postal
receipts Of $4,000. gets "A post Office
costing only $4,000.