The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

private or public, branded our beloved governor as a "two-by-four" governor who is controlled by the corporations. nor made other charges too disgrace ful to mention here.
 Now, MT. Editor, who should the governor help if any one, the man who wants to work and Is silently suffering or the man whoFrefused to work when he could get 1t. and now makes de- mands for help from some one who Is in no way responsible for his condition? :? As these appeals or demands come from these men who claim to be suffering for food, the men in this district who benefited by this strike as shown by the financial report of the United Mine Workers of America, surely will not be able to quiet their conscience until they nave in some way contributed to the needs of their followers. Alabama would be the happiest spot on earth with fewer of the men who caused this strike, and with two such men ar Gov-, ernor Kilby and General Steiner at the helm, God help them both, can look not only every other state, but every individual and every organization in the eye.
 The citizens of Alabama will know after the just decision of tho miners strike by their governor that he will not be bluffed into relieving situa- tion over which he has no control Our governor can rest assured that his &C., ton during the strike of the coal miners and the way in which he so fearlessly did his duty in settling the same has forever endeared Thomas F. kilby, governor of Alabama, to every law abiding and liberty loving citizen in this and other states.
 CHARLES M ALLEN.
 Birmingham, April 24, 1921.
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 It will be interesting to know the amount of taxes paid by the tax payers Of Alabama in 1920. to the United States, to the state of Alabama, and to the re- spective counties and cities of the state
 The taxes paid to the United States in- clude income and all other direct taxes, taxes paid the state include ad valoreln taxes and all other sources of revenue of every description, taxes paid counties and cities include receipts from all sources. The amount of taxes paid the United States was obtained from the treasury department the receipts of the state from the auditors office the re- ceipts of counties mostly from probate judges, and receipts of cities from city authorities and the United States census bureau. The receipts of counties and cit ies are probably a little more than these figures, as it is impossible to ascertain the exact figures in every instance The following are the respective amounts paid in 192C
 To the United States .......s... SIS, ,342, ,064.S9 10 the State .....'............... l2 lTS. z6. .34 10 the counties ................. 6lI5,597.0J To the cities .................... 5953, ,6S9. % County and district school tax 326S,s10.50
 Total .s45 91S, ,557. .22S
 In 1920 the population of Alabama was 2,34S, 174. This makes practically $500 paid by every one of Alabama's popula- ton.
 A comparison shows that there was a large increase in the amounts paid the United States and the state in 1920 over 1919:
 Paid the United States, 1920 SIS, ,s42, ,064 S9 Paid the United States, 1919 :. 12.s74,075sS Paid the state, 1920 ............ .$12 17S 296 S4 Paid the state, 1919 ............ S,55S, ,7ol. .0I
 Increase .......................$ ,, 3,6l9, ,540. s Total increase in United States
 and state of 1920 over 1919 ... .$9 0S7. .SSi.2i
 Figures could not be obtained as to the increase in counties and cities, but it was a considerable amount, making prac- tically $10,ooO,Oo0 more paid in 1920 than in 1919. J. T. GORMAN.
 Mobile, April 8, 1921.