Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-19

opposition
Economists In Theory.
The sentiment of the House, II not
It's practice, is against Increased OK
penditures. and for economy. The
vocational education bill Is considered
another offshoot of the growing am
oition to get Uncle Sam to give state
Aid" for everything that the states
should or do not do for themselves.
Representative Walsh. republican.
OF Massachusetts, moved to strike
out the enacting clause and got by
with 1t In the committee OF the whole
ana then IN the House. after spread
ing the report that 'sw!ll HAYS IL for
this" the fathers OF the measure
saved II by twenty votes. Repre-
sentative Walsh recalled that several
years ago prominent democratic
senator sent out many thousand
copies Of letter-afterward print
ed In the Congressional Record-in
which he based his whole claim for
return to the Senate by recitine how
many millions Of dollars he had got
Tor his state from Uncle Sam-many
times as much a. his state had paid
into the national Treasury. This
shows that the idea in some states
TO be Uncle Sam IL q good fellow
work him for all you can"
Now the internal revenue figures
for last year show total collections
from all the states, District OF Co
lumbfa, Alaska, Porto Rico. Hawaii
and the Philippines to have been &s.-
SSs.S5o.612. OF this amount thirteen
states. the principal Industrial and
progressive states-California. Con-
necticut. Illinois. Indiana, Kentucky.
Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri. New Jersey, New York,
Ohio and Pennsylvania-paidi in more
than $3.oao,ooo. 900, leaving the other
thirty-five states and all the possess
sions and dependencies paying only
$Sos,ooo,ooo. New York alone con-
tributed ts2s.744.4s4. or 500, ooo, 900
more than thirty-five states, together
with Alaska, District of Columbia.
Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Philip
pines thrown in. And the District of
Columbia paid in $15.o00,0oo-Just a
tribe short OF Oregon and Oklahoma
ana more than sixteen states-Ala-
bama. Arizona, Arkansas. Florida,
Idaho. Maine. Mississippi. Montana.
Nevada. New Hampshire, New Mexico,
North Dakota South Dakota, Utah,
Vermont and Wyoming. .r-.
Industrial States Hard Hit.
The purpose Of citing these figures
u to show that the big Industrial
states that have enacted working
mems compensation laws and similar
progressive measures and which are
paying the nations bills are now be-
ing asked right and left to bear addi-
tional taxation to help the mountain
or southern states, which have not
been SO progressive.
In the coming election these states.
with the preponderance Of voters. are
not going to stand for too many hands
put into Uncle Sans pockets to take
out the money they contributed to
meet the necessary expenses OF the
federal government.
Revenue IL going to be q big issue
in the campaign-how the government
gets its money and how It IL spent.
Tariff will be phase OF this, with the
outsiders who come into the Ameri-
can market called upon to pay. This
ciple. but q very pertinent one consid-
ering the present condition Of the
Treasury.
Seek Unity on Tariff.
Republicans now in control Of Con-
gress are trying to get united on this
issue. Chairman Fordney Of the ways
and means committee says that "con-
ditions are developing every day
which emphasize the need for protec-
tion. Foreign goods must pay an in
creased duty, but I doubt whether we
can put through any such bill while
Wilson is President" Chairman Good
Of the appropriations committee and
the special budget committee 10 so i'm
pressed with the need of economy in
An endeavor to meet the deficit OF
three and a half billions that he Is
trying to put through q national
budget system. Chairman Tess Of the
republican congressional committee
says. some big issue that forces itself
IL economic and efficient administra-
ton of government Affairs. Borrowing
to meet war needs stimulated extrav.
agance on q scale never before knowA,
both by the government and the indi-
viduals. We must get back to nol-
NAL"
Tho republicans realize that they
must mako q showing satisfactory to
the voters on making the income and
the outEo balance In some way.
Champ Clark 10 also certain that
tho question Of economy 10 goinG to
figure largely In the election" He
sees only three ways to make up the
three-and-a-hilf-b illicn-dollar defcit.
Ono l. to out down the appropriation
bills, which he admits does not seem
possible, The others are to increase
the taxes or issue bonds land either
would raise the DEVIL" Mr.. Clark be
lieves. He has made two speeches On
the subject In the House against the
vocational education bill. He boils his
opinion down into the following terse
Of the campaign issue,
Loading Backs Of Taxpayers,
EVERY enc GENES to uaeie Sam to
get seme Of his money. Every dollar
that IL appropriated means sweat and