New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-06-22
BEST USE THE
MONEY FOR FARM
ASSISTANCE
BILL PROVIDING LARGE
FUNDS FOR FOOD SURVEY
ATTACKED LABOR TO
PRODUCE THE FOOD MORE
IMPORTANT
Special to State Record.

Speciai to State Record.
Washington, June 2l.-The great
reason advanced by the majority
party in the House for the passage
Of the river and harbor bill is tina,
4 contains only those propects that
have been recommended by army en-
gineers as being of military neces-
sity. Congressman Martin B. Mad
den, however, shows the fallacy OF
such a statement by calling atten-
tion to the fact that the most ex-
peditious project in the bill cannot
Sc completed before three year, and
everybody estimates that the war
will be over within that time. Every
one will realize" said Mr.. Madden,
that you cannot start new pro-
iect and complete it so as to be able
to takle advantage { it during the
war"
Put EN- in the Fields.
In the appropriation OF $4,000, 900
by congress for a food survey Re-
preventative Philip P. Campbell of
Kansas asks the pertinent question :
What will the people get out of it 2"
In his opinion the $500 or more new
employees who will be given jobs
might better be employed as farm
hands, and the money in providing
food for those who are hungry. "The
money appropriated in this bill will
be spent" declared Mr.. Campbell,
Athe people will have a report that
aobody will read, and the food
shortage will go on until the war is
over" Mr.. Campbell insists that
what the farmers need is sufficient
labor to till the soil, but instead
they are given an army of inves-
tigators and theorists. In the words
of another congressman, "The peo-
ple are asking for bread and they
are given survey"
Help Those Who Help Themselves.
One of the strongest arguments in
favor of the improvement of our
waterways has been brought out by
Representative s. Wallace Dempsey
of New York who states that 90 per
cent of the population of his state
are located in the cities and villages
along the length of the Erie canal
and in New York City at the mouth
of the Hudson River. The Erie
Canal was constructed in the early
days, and runs from Buffalo to Al
bany, a distance of about 800 miles.
Mr.. Dempsey states that today
practically all the city population
and the wealth of the state, outside
of New York City, are located along
that waterway. 1--WE believe" says
he, shat water transportation tends
to the growth and the prosperity of
any community which maintains it,"
The people of Congressman Demp-
sey's state have certainly followed
that theory in the millions of dol
lars they have appropriated for
their great barge canal now nearing
completion, the deepening of New
York Harbor, etc. With such CO.
operation at home the government
can better afford to extend aid than
In the south where every sunken
log must be pulled at the expense of
the federal treasury.
Why Not Tax Air?
The tax on electric light and heat
is characterized by Representative
Edward c. Little of Kansas as "a
tax against the civilizing influences
of the American social structure"
Mr.. Little believes that big incomes
and big profits should paysfor the
war, and that taxes on heat and
light, which affect every small home
owner, ought to be omitted. He de-
clares that water might as we'll be
taxed as electricity. During the en- !
tire consideration of the revenue
bill Congressman Little gave his
vote and did what he could to save
the man of small means from the
burden of the tax and place it upon
the shoulders of those more able
to bear it.