White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-08-25

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years have increased ID per cent. State
76 per cent That's today's picture.
The sum of $4,000, 100000 is $l34
each year for every man, woman and
child in the United States. In round
| figures $500 for each family. In 1896
it was but $50 per family.
The national income of the nation
is around 100000 100000 yearly. Hence
we require approximately one fourth
of the entire income to pay the tax
bill, SO that every man and woman
producer in the country is working, in
normal times, three months out OF
every IL to pay taxes and pay for
government.
Irrespective of whether the federal
state, county or city collects the taxes
the people foot the bills. So it is that
the fact that the Veteran Bureau at
Washington last year spent 1923, 100000
is worthy of consideration. This is
one-fourth of the federal budget anC
is paid to less than one per cent oil
the people.
Take the Spanish-American wal
pension demands. The war lasted liz
days About 100000 men served; 39T
were killed in action and 64O0 dice
from all causes.
In 1882 there were 235,OOO pensioners
/ 81 al al ia
times as many as in 1915 and thirty
times as much more was paid. The
Spanish American war was fought ir
1898, "a years ago.
| The recent bonus army at Washing
ton and the resultant propaganda has
started study of the pension anC
compensation situation relative to the
World war; and the various ways in
which compensations is paid.
| First, there is disability compensa-
ton. This amounts to $205,000,000 q
year, with $4,000 pensioners, although
there were only 100000 wounded in the
war and $4,000 of these returned te
service.
Next comes the disability allowance
at $104 100000 year paid to veterans
suffering any kind of disability without
regard to whether it resulted from wal
service. There were Bill 900 applications
for this when the law was enacted.
disqualification and medical treat
ment costs $55,OO0,OOO Seventy-six pei
cent of the cases treated receiving
benefits under the act suffered no dis
ability in service.
Officers retirement pay calls for an
other $11 100000 and one-half of those
receiving compensation suffered no in
jury in the war zone seEvice.
There are 100000 employees of the
bureau and 1,4OO,OO0 checks are mailed
out monthly These costs are 100000
600 yearly alone, in wages and over
head.
This condition of affairs as whole
is deplored by the veterans. Many LIE
gionaires have opposed it in congress
and out, but there are certain types
of congressman who, aided and abettec
| by self seeking demogogic types oil
newspapers, use it for political pur-
poses and make monkeys out of the
deserving veterans.
1t looks as if United States Senator
Wesley l.. Jones has already stopped
his only Republican opponent for the
nomination, Adam Beeler This picture
is virtually finished. Not SO among
the Democrats. This race is in the
laps of the fates. Stephen F. Chad
wick, Homer T. Bone, Lloyd Black and
Edwin j. Brown are fighting. Chad
wick and Bone are the leaders. The
rest of the field trails. If the old line
Democrats resent Bones filing, Cnaa-
wick gets the cake.
| For the first time in history, one
congressional district, the Fifth, Spo-
kane, goes to the primaries without a
| Republican candidate. OF course, w
Lon johnson or some other active
young Republican can become NOM
inee by having score or more of
his friends write in his name. Other
wise there will be no Republican NOM
inee in the general election and Sam
B. Hill wins without trying.
In the First district Congressman
Ralph A. Horr will fight it out with
his predecessor, John F.. Miller, for
| the nomination on the G. O. P. ticket
while a field of six are trying for the
Democratic nomination, five Democrats
| and a candidate who filed as SUCH
One woman is in this race.