The Washington times., 1936-08-08
Edwin c. Hill

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through which Edwin C. Hill
the help should be given"
Speaking at Randolph-M Macon
College a few days later, Senator
Glass said that the Government
had no right to take the money
Of one State and spend it on an
other.
Mrs. Roosevelt's remarks smack
Of the socialism that goes with q
centralized government.
Carter Glass was preaching the
pure democracy and the States
Rights democracy of Patrick
Henry, Roger fancy and Grover
Cleveland.
The chief trouble with Mrs.
RooSevelt's suggestion is that Of
the determination Of q poor
State" For example, Nevada and
North Dakota are two Of the rich
est States per capita in the coun-
try.
Yet, in proportion to population,
they have received at the hands of
the New Deal millions OF dollars
more than less-prosperous States.
POOR" STATES
Louisiana and New Mexico are
two other States which must be
poverty stricken" according to
New Deal standards.
And yet last year they were able
to increase their automobile regis
trationS far above the PERCENTAGES
Of the States which paid the taxes
to enable the New Deal to make
great gifts to Louisiana and New
Mexico.
Senator Glass says:
"If Patrick Henry were living,
would he be bambOOzled by talk
Of Federal aid to the States?
How does the Government Of the
United States get money? Many
people have the idea that all it
has to do Is to start its printing
presses.
"Any money that the Govern.
ment gets comes out Of the
pockets Of the taxpayers. When
the Government needs money, it
goes down in your pocket and
gets it.
"AlI this Government aid talk
is folly. Virginia Is q victim of
excessive taxation in comparison
with other States. Last year It
paid into the United States
Treasury $139,OOO,OOO in direct
taxes.
ut gets back . mere pittance.
1t paid more than Is States west
Of the Mississippi combined
they got 10 times as much as
Virginia got.
You are paying to aid those
States west Of the Mississippi"
Roger B. fancy, once Chief JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, told
the very same thing to his great
friend, Andrew Jackson, who
leaned upon fancy most heavily
for advice and who appointed
fancy to the Supreme Court.
fancy advised jackson that the
Federal Government had no right
to take the taxation money it
collected and hand it out to any
State or to any private corpora
ton, such as the iva Of our
present day.
The South used to be the cham
pion of States Rights and the
champion of economy in govern
ment. In fact, the point where
the Constitution Of the Confed-
crate States differed most from
the Constitution of the United
States had to do with the spend
ing of money.
Today a great portion Of the
South has been weaned away
from these principles by the prodi.
gious gifts Of money they have
received from the RooSevelt-Far
ley machine.
Indeed, they have bartered their
principles for the gold wrung from
the workers Of other States.
DAY OF RECKONING
Carter Glass may today be q
voice crying in the wilderness, but
the day will come when his words
will be recalled. Patrick Henry
spoke the same words before him.
So did Robert F. ToombS, Geor-
gia's soldier-Statesman, who said:
"The great principles Of pOliti-
cal equality, of truth and eternal
justice are as much violated by
robbing the few for the benefit
of the many as by plunderinG
the many for the benefit of the
few. A good and just Govern
ment will do neither. An honest
people will oppose both"
Apart from the results Of this
political campaign a day of reck'
oning is coming.
The working people of the
country have had billions taken
from them in the name Of relief"
and "paternalism."
They find that the demand has
not dwindled, despite the fact
that all signs indicate the de-
preston has long ago passed by
us. They will not long continue
to shell out the billions.