Evening star., 1922-05-04
VIGOROUS PROTEST TO TAX PLAN
ADOPTEDBY BOARD OF TRADE
Members Approve Proposal to Fight In
crease on lntaneibles-Speakers Use
Plain kin Discussing District.

~ push peHeHcidi leg SlsidtioH Aoi
President Bradley then asked Rep
resentative Wingo to make short
! address. Mr.. Wingo said that he in.
tended to make a plain talk" and tell
members, of the Board Of Trade the
"Washingtonians somehow" said
Mr. Wingo, have the idea that those
up on the Hill are not their friends
The District has many friends In
Congress. and even if it had repre-
sentation it could have no more zeal
GUS workers for it than my friend
Linthicum here. Walton Moore of
Virginia and Zihlman Of Maryland.
Finds Some Unreasonable.
But some of the demands that are
made on congressman from the Dis
.rict are SO unreasonable that even
the friends of the District are unable
to help. l am not speaking in this
ferring to the many petitions which
come to Congress.
This is plain talk and I can say
anything l want because none of you
here can vote for or against me. l be-
soech you to be careful in the petit
tiops which you send to Congress. l
can tell you that much more atten-
tion would be paid to them If they
were not rushed up there with ap-
parently no thought.
Il have noticed tonight that all a
man has to do is to get on his feet,
whatever it is adopted. 1t would
bankrupt the nation in thirty days
to grant all the petitions sent to
Congress from boards of trade
throughout the country.
MY friend Linthicum asked you all
to be optimistic about the place. in
which you live. In regard to the new
tax conditions which are proposed
also ask you to be optimistic; it is
not going to put any of you in bank
ruptcy."
Two Sides, Says RObsion.
Representative Robson, in what he
characterized as another plain talk,
said that there was a certain amount
Of "hoggishness" in every one. For
| that reason, he asserted. II We are not
careful our demands will overstep the
bounds CT reason.
DO you know how much I pay for
, water in my home statcg' asked the
! representative. well, I'll tell you.
| pay IS a month. and here in Wash
i ington l only pay IS a year; how 90
you account for that?
! Some of you Washingtonians JUST
! look at one side of the problem. inc
teachers in the schools are better paiu
here than they are in Kentucky. MOI
only that. but teachers here, wheh
| receive a pension.> Teachers down my
way don't get any pension.
A--Nationnl Viewpoint.
Congress has got to look at the
question from a national standpoint.
People in my state contribute to pay
ing teachers in Washington and for
the purpose of beautifying Washing
ton. besides paying for their own
teachers and own beautifications. So
we have to look at this matter not
only from the District standpoint. but
from the standpoint of the various
states from which we come"
Mr., ,Linthicum, in his address. SAID
that Washington sewerage conditlons
compared unfavorably with those in
Baltimore. He also said that pure
milk was one of the most important
issues to be met in any community.
The speaker then took up park eX-
tension plans in the District, whicn,
he asserted, if completed would add
much to the already beautiful Ma
tional Capital.
veat-POcket Niagara.
Up the river" said Mr.. Linthicum.
"you have vest-pocket edition Of
! Niagara Falls. 1t Is a crime not to
put it's scenic beauties into use.
have introduced a resolution in the
House which provides for a survey
of the Potomac for park purposes II
happen. this survey can be made and
| several thousand acres purchased
along the banks to be made into
parks. There will then be tremen-
dous park along the Potomac all the
way up to Great Falls
Five years from now," the speaker
continued, the park system on the
reclaimed lands east of the Benring
bridge will compare favorably with
Potomac Park. Great progress is be-
ing made along the Anacostia river
to make these marsh lands into
parks. 1t will add both to the health
and beauty of the city"
william Knowles Cooper. general
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A., and
president OF the Rotary Club. asked
, the cooperation of the members of
the board for the erection of Il me
mortal bust to H. B. F. Macfarland.
former Commissioner of the District,
and an untiring worker for Wash
ington.
5000 to BE Raised.
Mr. Cooper said that approximately
$500 would have to he raised, and
asked each board member to send in
his subscription lat an early date.
DR.. D. Percy Hickling, chairman o.
the public health cOmmittee of the
board, made a brief report, N which
he reiterated the boards stand in
regard to pure milk for the District.
He said that there were at the pres
ent time many bills in Congress which
the board was backing, and that he
would make a report when action
had been taken.
Oden S. Smith, chairman of the
public order committee, said that a
ball game had been arranged be-
tween the police and fire departments
for September 9, for the fremens
fund, and asked that all board men,
bers attend the game and give the
movement their support.
Bonus Resolution Adopted.
Mr.. Smith introduced the resolu
ton for the $24O bonus for govern
ment employees. which had previous
ly been adopted by the board of di-
rectors. 1t provides for a continu-
auce of the bonus on the ground that
living conditions have not improved
since the war. 1t was unanimously
adopted. ---.-----.- :,
T. J. Sanders, representative of the
Lee Association, which, when
completed. will be the southern coun-
terpart Of the Lincoln highway,
asked the cooperation of the board
in the project. He said that the Sec
ton running from Washington into
the northern part Of Virginia would
mean much to both Virginians and
Washingtonians. The plans of the
association were Endorsed.
Nav is has been designated as
Postal Department week. according
r>At.. raod' hv presidant Rrad.