Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-29

uldIiOn III 1SlV VI VV,ooo,VVo oiu
wealth in 1912 amounting to nearly
sl48, 900, 900, 600. This state with 10
Representatives by virtue of the
of the sixty-fourth Con-
gress, exerts more influence-four
times over, if chai-manships of COM
mittees have any significance-than
all Of New England, with 80 Repre-
New York New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, with 80 Repre-
sentatives; Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, and Wisconsin, with Sc
Representatives; Minnesota, Iowa,
North Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas,
with Al Representatives; and all the
states west of the Rocky mountains;
making total of 81 states with 282
Representatives.
"These same states will cast in
1916 in the Electoral College 344
votes, or rs more than are necessary
to elect President. 1t will be noted
how these important committees are
assigned: To Virginia, A; to Texas,
g. to Tennessee, 3; North Carolina,
2; Missouri, 2; Florida, 2; Georgia,
l; South Carolina. /. These Is com,
mittees including the Rules Commit
tee, except l, go to southern states.
Of the remaining 80 less important
COMMITTEES, the chairman of % go to
southern states. This leaves 16 COM
mittees not including the appropria-
tions, for the rest Of the country.
"The revenues of the eight Southern
states that control II committees
amounts in the fiscal year of 1913,
according to the Government reports
to $50, 600, coo. That is trif1e. over
one-half of the receipts in the single
state of New York in the same year,
that amount reaching SOL, 900, 600.
The receipts Of Virginia, which con-
troll four of the greatest committees
are SO, $50, 600, while states which
show receipts to the amount OF
1915, 900, 900, or thirty times as much
have control of no important COM
mittee. When the last Treasury re-
port is examined with reference to
the taxation for the support of the
General Government some striking
! facts are disclosed. The corporation
and personal income taxes produced
slightly over 10000, 600 revenue.
Of this amount SAL, 900, 900 was
personal income and $39, 900, 900 fro /.
corporation. Of personal and cor
poration income the eight states last
enumerated, controlling 18 commit
tees, paid 81, 222, 444, while New York
alone paid $27, 6S3, TAB, or nearly
seven times as much. The states Of
Massachusetts,, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Jersey. and Illinois paid
1923, 585, 447. The eight states that
control these committees cast fol-
President in 1912, 1858, 1863 votes, OF
400, 900 votes less than were cast II
the two states of Ohio and Pennsyl
, vania and only 27O,0O0 more thar
were cast the same year in the state
of New York.
. Sectional in policy the Under
J wood bill removed duties from twent.
products of the north, corn, oats
, wheat, wool meats, dairy products
hay potatoes and ETC.,
: LEFT duties on southern products
r rice, cotton, tobacco, and angora goa
Y hair.
Imports increase, revenues de
t crease.
: "Import duty collected last Re
s publican year three hundred an
e twenty million.
f Import duty collected 1915 Demo
f cratic year one hundred and ninet
e eight millions.
/. "Loss one hundred ard twent
r eight millions.
n "Money spent last Republica
i year 1000 millions.
/. money spent first Democratic yes
: 1920 millions.
lr Zone hundred and twenty million
j. spent. one hundred and twenty eigl
/. millions less collected.
l. Last year four southern STATE
,e paid one million.
m "Last year northern states pa
1t forty-two million.
it Under present estimates next yea
i. all southern states will pay 10 mi
is lions, and all northern states wi
pay 200 million.
Of SPECIAL LEGISLATION
r Nitrate plant, Musce Shoals,
es million.
re Rivers and Harbors, mostly Sou
43 million.
tie Flood control, California IL mi
c. lion; North, 8 million; South, az mi
ch Lon.
s Rural Credits especially for t
south-unlim. ted amount 4000 nc
We offices, mostly southern democrat
ut forty six million.
h. "Here's some facts in Publ