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-
rtcultural not as II is typihed on the
plantation, but on the modern farm.
How then, does West Virginia see Its
future under the Democratic rule?
Tie only test Of the next Democratic
administration is the record OF the
present one. Consider aome figures.
Five controlling heads OF the Wilson
cabinet are from the South. with less
than one-ffth the population Of the
country and which bear less than
one-half the taxation. Seventeen out
OF eighteen great congressional COM
mlttees are headed by southerners:
Ways and means, banking and cur
rency, judiciary, Interstate and for
eign commerce, rivers and harbors,
merchant marine. agricultural. for
eign affairs, military affairs. naval
affairs. postofiice, Indian, insular.
railroads and canals. public buildings.
roads and rules. These heads OF sew
entcen important committees come
from eight states In the South, which
have only twenty million out OF one
hundred million in population: and
with $25. 900, 100000 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 $l0.00O.00O of the
taXes which this Democratic, south
ern administration has imposed on
the people. mark it well. while the
northern states will pay the stipend
Gus sum Of 5000, 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 $4,000. 900. only liz
tie over half the total Of the one
northern state, New York, whose re-
ceipts for the same year were sl01,-
100000. Virginia, the presidents
homo state, controls the committees
on banking aud currency. foreign ar
fairs, military affairs and insular af-
fairs, and pays in government re-
ceipts only $g.330,000. while the
states which have not been so kind
In rolling up maJorities for Demo-
cratic mlsrule show receipts to the
amount of S3l 10000 or thirty
five times the amount contributed
by the favored state OF Virginia. and
the blue stockings OF the "Old Do
minlon." 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 S27,6S2,T34. or
nearly seven times as much as the
eight dominating states of the South.
while the states OF Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Ohio. New Jersey and
Illinois. all Republican. manufactur-
ing states, paid another S23,5S5,44T.
The eight states that control the
present administration cast for pres!-
dent in--1912. only 1,S5S.t69 votes.
or 100000 less than were cast in the
two states OF Pennsylvania and Ohio,
and only $1,000 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 II eXempts the southern states?
West Virginians 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
surviveS open debate on the floor Of
tho tIntten ~ IN