The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-02
THINKS LITTLE
man IS VICTIM
30 10 Measure Sure Would
Bind, Says Chamber


tina, 'f,ig money will no, be HI,
as hard by the so-io school FUND
equalization plan as some OF the
smaller Eastern Washington counties
In the cialfn Of A. A. oir~. director OF
tho civic and taxation department. Of
tho s~as,i. Chamber Of Commerce.
In a statement for The Star. notfinE
forth hts opinion Of the MEASURE and
how u would operate. Mr.. oi~s says;
Those anxious TO have the '1e-io'
MEASURE. initiative No. ~. PASSED.
make three claims for a. That u
VIII equaiizc inequalities In our sdu-
cationAi system. that n will not IN
crease taxea that n IN opposed By
selfish 'non.y~d' people.
The Star In righ, whsn II says thu
bill n 30 den.~iy cioaked In legal
verbiAxe that no one hut . corpora.
tion lawyer would b. aha 10 digest
IL Hut an unbiased. careful study
Of this MEASURE will show.
That n viii not eauali.s. The
thirty.tenerp have wept oopsosssiy
ovor District 90 in okanognn county.
the poor district. and contracted II
with No. 30s In Ciailsm county. the
rich district. Tho Washington Edu.
cationsi associations own figures
prove that under Toi9 the rich dis
trsct would DO given more state
money 20 lavish on tn eight chill
dren. while tho poor district would
NOT receive enough more 10 maintain
decent school for q full terrn-
Grant county. where tho dry
farmers have not had = crop for six
years. is the poorest county In the
state. axricuiturtsts say. Yakima In
ths second richest county In tho
United States. Yet under '2o.io.' the
drouth- stricken Grant county farm
ers would have 10 pay t11.sss more
into tho stats school fund than they
get out. while rich Yakima county
would take out tgs.iss moro than u
would put I'm. Pierce county TIA
eomAs. gets $4,000 more than n
puts in. and this money han got TO
cous from the smaller diatricts-
Ralph swetman's own figures.
published In the April number Of the
Washington Educational Journal.
prove that the chief benefleiarion
under '3o.t0 are the populous. rich.
heavy-SN districfs Tho first 20
largest trles get $4,000 more out
OF 1910 than they put In. From
where will this bonus TO tho large
cities and towns coma. but from
SHOWS WHAT
COUNTIES ARE HIT
what counties are heaviest hit by
the proposed annual increase of ga
500. 900 In the state school tar Are
they where IN. railroad terminals
are7 No. Are they whore tho light.
power, telephone companies and tho
big timber interests have their
largest hoidinEs7 No. The counties
that must pay tho big penalties
under this bill are IL hard hit dry
farming wheat counties OF Eastern
Washington. Only eight Western
Washington counties are taxed for
more than they viii receive from the
state fund.
The II farming counties viii lose
practically seven times ms much as
the eight Western Washington coun.
ties. In that collecting whore the
wealth is'7
TT Ia not tho Dig interests that
are hurt by this bill. but tho small
farmers and the homo owners. Let's
see who arc the selfish interests op.
posing the 1910 They are Farm.
ers' union of Garfield county lone OF
tho counties tho 3o.1oers claim needs
their salvatiopl. president Of the
cowlitz county grange. the Farmers
union Of Asotin county. the oranges
Of Lincoln. Adams. Whitman. waila
Wall. Columbia and other wheat
growing counties. the state superin.
tendent Of public instruction. who
sponsored the last increase In state
aid because she thought II was need.
ed. and who now says $40 more state
aid per. census child In not needed;
county superintendent Of Franklin,
Douglas, Lewis and other counties:
all county assessors. the state tax
Investigation committee, headed by
Nathan Eckstein. former chairman
of the Seattle school board: tho Sc.
attic school board, the president OF
Whitman college. and many promi.
nent parent-teacher organization OF.
ficials. including such women az
Mrs. VIM. ". Bebb. n founder and
past president OF the state organiza.
ton: Mrs. A. q. Grecnatroet, presi.
dent OF the Seattle units OF the Par.
ent-Teacher association: great ma.
Jority Of the country papers. the pub.