The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-22

eminent. West Virginia looks to
that spirit OF progress which
grows in the factories and mills, the
mines. the oil and gas wells. and ag-
ricultural not as II is typifed on the
plantation, but on the modern farm.
How then, does West Virginia see It's
The only test OF the next Democratic
administration Is the record Of the
present one. Consider some figures.
Five controlling heads OF the Wilson
cabinet are from the South. with less
than one-fifth the population OF the
country and which bear less than
one-half the taxation. Seventeen out
OF eighteen great congressional COM
inittees are headed By southerners:
Ways and means, banking and cur
rency, judiciary, interstate and for
eign commerce, rivers and harbors.
merchant marine. agricultural. for
eiRn affairs. military affairs. naval
AFFAIRS. poBtoiiicc. indian. lnsular.
railroads and canals. public buildings,
roads and rules. These heads OF sew
enteen important committees come
/ from eight states In the South which
have only twenty million out OF one
hundred million In population; and
with $4,000, 900 900 or only one
seventh OF the country's wealth. and
under the present estimates for next
year all the southern states will pay
In taxation only 10000, 900 OF the
taycs which this Democratic. south
ern administration has imposed on
the people. mark 1t well. while the
unFt horn al will Ia. tgtff nd
Gus sum OF $500. 900, 900.
South Controls.
The revenue Of the eight southern
states which control seventeen great
committees in Congress amounted in
1913, according to government re-
port, TO only $50 900 900. only lit
tie over half the total Of the one
northern state. New York. whose re-
ceipts for the same year we're SiOI,-
100000. Virginia. the presidents
home state. controls the committees
on banking and currency, foreign ar
fairs. military affairs and insular ar
fnirs. and pays in government re-
ceipts only $3.50. 900. while the
states which have not been so kind
In rolling UP majorlties for Demo-
cratic misrule show receipts TO the
amount OF $4,000, 900. or thirty
iiYe times the amount contributed
by the favored state Of Virginia. and
tho blue stockings Of the "Old Do
minion." In the matter Of personal
and corporation income the eight
states controlling seventeen commit
tees paid only $4.222.444. while New
York alone paid $27.6S3.T3i, or
nnurtV IN 81
eight dominating states OF the South.
while the states OF Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts, Ohio. New Jersey and
Illinois. all Republican, manufactur-
ing states, paid another $23.5S5,447.
The eight states that control the
present administration cast for pres!-
dent mole. only l,S5S.l6g votes,
or 400. 900 less than were cast in the
two states OF Pennsylvania and Ohio.
and only 2T0. 900 more than were
cast in the single state OF New York.
And how is this Juggling in revenue
and taxation made to load the bur
den OF taxation on the northern states
while 1t exempts the southern states2
West Nirginlaus should consider the
figures. The sectional policy of the
Underwood tariff bill arbitrarily re-
moved the duty from twenty products
of the northern states. including the
great products of corn, oats.
wheat, wool, dairy products. hay and
potatoes. while the same bill. framed
revised and completed in secret eau
Gus. because its sectional advantages
and disadvantages would never have
suryivej open debate on the floor of
tho Eousn and Sapota ,,.h,, ~.