The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-11-25

Federal Treasury at Washington, only
to receive in the general redistribu-
ton under the terms of just such bills
as this but a very small part of what
they put into the common fund. YER
mont, 1t has been said, pays about 1872
into the Federal Treasury for every
one she gets back Whether these
| figures are accurate or not, they are
near enough to il to Illustrate the In
Justice that is done the State. But
under this vicious system, States
/ that are backward or thriftless or UNI
\ progressive or whatever 1t may beS
! called, are encouraged to rely upon
their thrifty sister commonwealths t
for the money they ought to raise for /,
themselves by and among their own
people, because II is to be spent for
their own benefit. And so much Is |
! this true that it Is no secret here in |
Washington that this policy is open
J ly advocated by various influences In |
those States In order that they may
I profit by it at the expense of their
4 neighbors 49,
Bureaucracy.
Third Inasmuch as the Federal
Government insists that no money
shall We forthcoming or employed ex-
cept under its own policy and general
direction, it follows that the States
little by little surrender to the bureau
Gratis at Washington the control OF
the work thus to be done within t;leir
, own borders, and even change their
own laws to comply with the regula-
tons that come down from Washing
ton in order to give the freer scope to
the Federal administration Of what
/, amounts, after all, to their local Of
fairs. Thus, persistently and cease.
lessly. the Federal Government isl
sucking away from the States the
powers of local self government that
: belong to them of ancient right and
appropriating those powers TO itself
TO be administered by bureaus here
In Washington And that means, in
turn. that armies of tax gatherers,
agents Of the law. Inspectors, super
yisors, oyerseers and swarms of bu-
reaucrats and their clerks descend
from the Federal Government down
upon the land, spy out the peoples
business or actually do II for them.
and so, even as in the days OF much
despised King George. "eat out our
: substance" Over and again, under
this same old delusion of getting
something for nothing" the States
: have met the Federal proposition and
lost just so much more Of their origi.
nal inheritance OF the right to man
age their own home concerns by do
ing 1t. Over and again has American
Esau sold his birthright for a mess
Of pottage. (Applause)
communistic
Back OF this unpretentious, simple
4 looking bin today are the agencies
that for long time have been per-.
| sistently and insidnously working to
{ incorporate into our American system
: hof public policy in some degree and
{ form or another, Government super
1 vision Of mothers; Government care
I. and maintenance OF infants Govern
! ment control OF education: Govern.
| ment control Of training for yoca-
/ tions. Government regulation of en-.
ployment, the hours, holidays, wages,
! accident insurance. and all; Govern.
, ment insurance against unemploy.
! ment; Government old age pensions:
and much more of the same kind and
to the same end Not all these agen
cies are working for all these things,
TO be sure. but collectively they serve
the same purpose, aud they expect
never TO cease their efforts until they
$ get it.
And this is no mere Idle charge.
Many friends of this so-called mater
nifty bill today would be amazed to
! see the forces that are eagerly await.
ing It's passage, ready to welcome 1t
as one great accomplishment that will
ult 'mately lead to more and greater
realization Of the dreams OF the Dol.
sheyik and soviet. or course. the
t true American people that are behind
= this measure Indignantly repudiate
/ this measure Indignantly repudiate
/. all community of interest with such
) forces. And they are honest about Il,
! too. But whether or not they are in
! noeently working to the very same
end, just the same.
: Compliments Vermont Women
f. For my part ! do not believe that
! the women Of my plucky little State
of Vermont are yet ready to admit
: that our social order has so far bro.
7 ken down that they must cry out to
y Washington for .lelp in the case and
safeguarding OF maternity and in.
J fancy in the homes that lie among
our old green hills and valleys, where
J for nearly two centuries the flower Of
American manhood and womanhood
has been bred and reared by their an