Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1924, Page 11

MINORITY REPORT ON GAS TAX FILED Blanton Terms Bill “Latest Tax-Dodging Scheme of Commissioners.” Tn his minority report on the two- cent gacoline tax hill designed to ef- fect auto-tag reciprocity, Representa- Jive Thomas L. Blanton of Texas says | that this bill shou'd be kr . District Commissioners’ dodging scheme.” He ‘complains at length that this legislation would re- | duce the taxes of District residents. | although the majority report filed several days ago showed that It will fnerease bv some $600,000 the cost to automobile owners in the District. Re minority re- port point - terms of the | bill “are quite f: 1 the de- mands made by All that the Governor p 1 required was a tax of lon on gaso- | line, as his state ass-ssed such a tax, and he didn’t want people to have an advantage of buying gasoline cheaper in the District than in Maryland, “In framing their so-called reci- procity measure, the District Com- sners did not stop with fixing a ax on gasoline, which was all ryland demanded, but they e the law in the fol- particulars, to_wit: (1) | the £10, $5 nd $3 | icenses and provide that ' Royce and Fords alike, be charged license fee of each, which entitles them | they abolish all | which, even at | 0 per $100 paid | mounted to $150 per @nnum on a $15,000 Rolls I and (3) they provide that instead of Dlacing the receipts from the 2-cents- per-gallon tax on gasoline in the Treasury, 60 per cent to the credit of the District and 40 per cent to the credit of the government, 80 per cent would be placed to the District and only 20 per cent to the government, thus changing the present 60-40 ratio 10 a ratio of 80-20, with the govern- ment, as usual, getting the little end of it tax- | charges for all cars, Roll are to only $1 to numb in the District End Property Tax. “The committee has amended the Bl by exempting all motor vehicles up to the value of §1,000 from a Property tax, but providing that the | nt property tax of $1.20 per| apply above the valuation The committee admits that | this will exempt at least five-sixths | of all the automobiles in the District Columbia from the payment of tax whatever, for at 3 Xths of such automobiles would be assessed at a valuation of 1ot more than £1,000, which is the value the committee exempts from Blanton's minority riticize 2 titude ate in the United other than Maryland, has reciproeity with the District of Columbia. Out of the United States Treasury, by di- rect appropriation, Maryland has had more public money spent upon her state highways than practically all other states combined. And, in addi- ilon, Maryland has received her fair share of the good roads appropria- tions made by Congress, the bureau of public roads advising that Mary- land has already received from it ! alone the sum of $4.013,004.99. And, in addition thereto, Congres s al- | ready appropriated an additional $7 400,000, out of which Maryland w ryeceive approximately $640,000 more. Gets Free Tultion. “And this year Maryland and Vir- ginia had approximately 2,500 chil- dren attending the public schools of | Washington, receiving free their tui- tion and school books, paid for by the District of Columbla and the govern- “Yet Maryland has refused to permit any automobile bearing a District of Columbia license to even pass from ihie Nation’s Capital along any of her roads without paying for a Maryland llcense. No part of the bill authorizes reci procity. The bill nowhere pels reciprocity. 8hould we pass this bill, Maryland still could compel all cars Trom the District of Columbia to pro- cure Maryland license “The ate of Virginia, surround- ing the District on the other side, has a tax_on gasoline of 3 cents pe zallon. “With equal propriety, th xt day after passing this bill, V zinia could demand that Congress nass a new law increasing the tax on | oline to 3 cents per gailon, so that | people would not all buy their soline in the District and in Mary- and, only a few miles removed. The | people of the United States do not expect Congress to thus speclally | zislate at the command of any state. | The people of the United States are entitled to have Maryland grant | 10 the nation's capital the same auto- | mobile reciprocity which all of the | States grant both to the District of Columbia and to Maryland, or else they are entitled to have Maryland account for the $4,013,004.99 which has_already received from the | i'nited States Treasury through the federal bureau of public roads, and to have stopped the payment of the 610,000 more which Maryland will ve from such hureau during the | coming fiscal year.” { Favors Aswell Bill Representative Blanton announ that he intends to offer as a subs tute the Aswell bill prohibiting from the use of federal road funds any tate that refuses to recognize the auto license tags of any other state or the District of Columbla. Charging that the “system of tax- | ation here Is a crime upon the whole ncople” Representative Blanton in- serts in his report a list of certain property of well-knonw Washington residents and apartment property. which he argues is not paying suffi cient taxes, and discusses in consid- crable detail fiscal relations between 1he federal government and the Dis- | triet as a municipality ! | Motorphrased. i Yrom the Automoblle Magazine. “He has a great faculty for putting | 'the cart before the horse.” ! “Oh, I wouldn't say that! Say he has a habit of trying to make the Wheels run the motor.” i APARTMENTS GREATLY RE- DISTRICT HAS 4,0 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 00 CHILD WARDS UNDER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE CARE Rising Rate of Dependency Noted for Children—2,031 of Colored Total Needing Aid . Handled by Guardians’ Board. . arly 4,000 dependent children must be cared for by public and pri- vate agencies or institutions in the District of Columbla during a year under present conditions. An especially serfous social and economlc problem is indicated by the rising child dependency rate for col- ored children here, although the rate whole has not risen appreciably 1904. Lack of proper facilities for the care and supervision of the colored wards of the District aggra- vate an already bad condition. These conditions were found by the children's bureau of the Department of Labor, whose report has just been transmitted to the commission on public welfare legislation, headed by Judge F. L. Siddons. Increnxe in Dependents. The number of children cared for by the board of children's guardians has increased greatly from 1894, the vear of its blishment, when wards wers 1 for. 1 2031 were under its care. 3 three-fifths of the children on June 30, 1923, were in free homes, in homes on trial for adoption, with’ relatives. with other persons to whom no board was paid, or were self-supporting. Two-fifths were being cared for aut the publio expense. Welfare of th since hildren under, supervision of the board has always been seriously jeopardized by laok of funds and workers, the report mays, Adequate supervision of the children placed in family homes has been. im- sible because of the “dangerously all” staff of the board. No child may be placed under the care of- the board for more than a week without court committment, while if the court does not conslder that_circumstances justify commit- ment, no machinery for supervision of the child in his own family exists in either the court or the board, Only Few Are Orphans. Analysis of the records of the chil- dren’s ‘bureau to find the causes of dependency showed that only a small percentage of the children are or- phans; that only 5 per cent of the children under ‘the board were or- phans, and of the white children only | 3 per cent. | Next to ‘the death of one or both |parents, the abondonmerit of children by both parents or desertion of the |family by the father or the mother {was the ‘most frequent cause of de- {pendency. The lack of provision for the care |of the feebleminded in the District, the report suid, has serfously hand| capped the work of both the public |and the private agencics. A consid- crable burden of expense and worl will be lifted from the shoulders of the child-caring agencles and institu- tions when the Institution for the feeble-minded, for which Congress imade &n avpropriation at the last Proposal to Harness Fundy Tides As Power Source Considered Here Project Placed Before Federal Power Commission W ould Create Greater Reservoir of Force Than Niagara Falls, A proposal to harness the tides of the Bay of Fundy, thus creating one of the greatest super-power projects in the world, has been placed before the federal power commission here. The plan would create as great a power reservoir as Niagara Falls with the continual development of be- tween 400,000 and 500,000 horse power, according to Dexter P. Cooper, who has applied for a preliminary permit to start work. It is the first actual proposal which appears practical ever submitted to the government for carrying into ef- fect the dreams of scientists for cen- | turne ‘making the work of man. Five Miles of Dams. It would involve building about five miles of dams across Passema- quoddy bay, on the International line between Maine and New Brunswick, thus creating two pools, an upper and a lower, with a powerhouse located between them. The tide In the Bay of Fundy has a range of about thirty-five feet, the ocean do the Backer Claims. greatest in the world. It is proposed to install a system of gates which will permit the crest of the flood tide to pour into the upper pool and permit the emptying of the lower pool at ebb tide. A rough estimate indicates that a river the size of Ni- agara would continually be pouring throukh the gates. If carried into {effect the scheme would supply pow- er to much of the state of Maine and eastern Canada. Might Spoll Harbor. The objection, according to federal power commission officials her seems to be that the harbor in P semaquoddy bay, which provides an lentrance to the towns of Lubec and Eastport, Me., and St. Andrews, New | Brunswick, would be rdined through the erection of the dam. Cooper pro- posed to put ship locks in the dams to_overcome this difficulty, but the officials claim that the success of these in rough weather, such as con- tinually sweeps over that section of the coast, is questionable. Passem- quoddy bay long has bLeen a refuge for mariners in storms. New England engineers of the fed- eral power commission will investi- gate the proposal. MQQMWQ(‘ should use in | & SO A< -GRIFFITH stove, range or grate. from experiences is free. PRICE+QUALITY +SERVICE s N N o o | Fuel Merchant | . We have the grade of coal you your heater, Advice S DA S CORPORATION MAIN OFFICE: 1319 G St. N.W. “!fie''Biss‘llm'\mm«mt8 ‘ % 11™AND G STS. Special on 2nd Floor Wear-Ever Alu- minum Double Boiler, 2-quart size— $1.65 Ash Can, 20-gallon, corru- gated galvanized iron, with iron rim top and $l 75 bottom ‘Wear- ninum Saucepan, 1-quart size— 39c Ever Alu- Wear-Ever Alu- minum_ Pudding Pan, 3-quart size— Dustless Rotary Sifter, galvanized irgp, to. fit any 52 5 size can Special on 3rd Floor Galvanized Iron Window Refrigerator, $2_50 to Porcelain Table slightly imper- fect; assorted ‘Tops, POINCARE, IN COUP, FOILS RADICAL A Quick Seizure of Opening in Maneuvers Breaks Back of Opposition. By the Assaciated Press. PARIS, January 26—The soclalists, royalists and radicals by their maneuv- &5 against the new tax measures pro- posed by Premler ‘Poincare to place France on & sound financial basls left an opening during the debates in the chamber of deputies yesterday and to- day for the premier to plant his stakes ifirmly . for the approaching election. Their opposition made It easy for the premier to choose between the chamber groups and promise official support to the majority, of which the bloc national 18 the nucleus, and thus set up a coali- tion capable of measuring atrength against the proposed coalition of radi- | cals, republican socialists and soctallste. The promptness with which the premier seized upon ‘the occaslon took the radicals and soclalists off their feet and at the same time concentrated a majority for the measures proposed to | balance the extraordinary budget. Question of Security. | A declaration on behalf of the bloc national approving the governments { measures was read by M. Dubols, for- mer president of the reparation com mission, who declarsd that adoption of the new taxes w1is not only a ques- tion of France's flscal salvation, but {of security against the war of | venge which was being openly pre- | purec_in termany. { L. Herriot, leader of the radicals, | made an effort to regain some of the | lost ground, but too late. The cham- | ber, which yesterday insisted upon & full debate, voted closure on the gen- eral discussion of the measures with- out opposition by show of hands. M. Poincare virtually announced to the chamber this afternoon that he D. tntended to do in France, in sccard with parliament, what Premier Mus- solini did in Italy in deflance of gar- liament. The Itallan plan was not suited to the French mentality, he cxplained, but the object in view was the same’ and quite as necessary in France as in Italy. Beldly Throws His Lot. The premier boldly threw in his lot with the bloc national to the ex- clusion of the right and left, and an- nounced that he would make official candidates to parliament in the com-. ing electlons the deputles of the ma- jority party who had consistently supported him in his foreign policx and would support him now in. the requirements of this grave exigency. Ho intimated that the elections, if he was still in power When ta2y.were held, would be for or against -} Poincare. The day's developments mean that M. Polncare's policies, with the occu~ Dpation of the Ruhr in the foreground will be the issue of the electicns, in stead of clericalism and - reaction which the radical coalition has bee; endeavoring to thrust forward. The consequemce of this, in the opinion of old parliamentarians, will be to in- crease immensely the chances of the return of the present majority, coni- posed principally of moderates mild radicals, against dyed-in-the- wool radicals ‘and soctaliss. The discussion of the articles in the proposed measures to balane tha budget was adjourned until Monday, BENEFIT FETE GIVEN. Drott Lodge Aids Swedish Girl in Garfleld Hospital. A Dbenefit entertainment was given by Drott Lodge of Vasa Order at Odd Fellows' Hall, 419 7th street northwest, last night, the funds of which will be used to defray the ex- penses of a Swedish girl In Garfield Hospital, and also to send her back to_the home country. Fred East and Ivar Linderoth sang solos _and Miss Mia Donner danced and Mrs. Chindblom played a plano solo. Representative Chindblom of Chicago spoke. Mrs. L. Sandberg, president, delivered an address of welcome.” Dancing followed the en- tertainment. Apartment rents are fixed by a St. Louls landlord according to the num- ber of children in a family, he figur- ing that each child would do a certain amount of damage, C., JANUARY 27, 1924—PART 1. Egyptian “Antique” Trade Flourishes Since Tut-ankh-Amen’s Tomb Opened Eager'TourW Buy Clever Imitations of Scarabs as Relics of Pharaoh—Traffic in Discoveries Illegal, But Is Widespread. By the Associated Press. LUXOR, Egypt, January 26.—The discoveries in the Valley of Kings have given a great 8llip to the trade in “antikas”, as the Egyptians call them, for' which Luxor Has been the headquarters for many years. The main source of supply of genu- ine antiques, which are far rarer than the forgerlés, lies in the peasants who often dig. up interesting and. even valuable pleces in the flelds, and In the native diggers employed by the foreign excavators, who, despite rigid supervision, are able to do a certaln amount ' of pilfering during their work. Ilegal to Sell Antiques. ‘Any peasant finding an “antika” is compelled by, law to hand it over to the local inspector of antiquities, Who will_buy it, {f he =o decides, at his valuation, but In miost cases the peasants prefer to take their chance with ' the Luxor dealers.” These deal- ers can only trade by virtue of a license from the Egyptlan govern- ment; consequently the -Gilbertian situation arises whereby the author- ities license the dealers to break. the law, namely, by purchasing antiques from the peasants. At present the first demand of every forelgn tourist is for a relic relating to Tut-ankh-Amen. The demand far exceeds the supply, in- deed to such an extent that even the forgers are unable to keep up with it. For a genuine Tut-ankh-Amen scarab as much as £100 has been realized by one Luxor dealer, while a small blue porcelain ring is’priced at £25. These antiques probably come from Tel-El-Amarna. the site of the city established by Tut-ankh-Amen’s predecessor, Akhenaton, the Heretic King, where the first years of Tut- ankh-Amen's relgn were spent, as the strict supervision exercized by |yesterday the excavators at Tut-ankh-Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings ex- cludes any idea of pilfering. Makes Fine Imitations. Some beautiful “Tut-ankh-Amen scarabs” are being turned out by a local “antika” manufacturer, Who lives In a picturesque house within the confines of the Valley of the Kings and whose skill is such that his scarabs are represented to have been accepted repeatedly as genuine, even by experts, and to have received high_ prices. This artist sometimes spends as much as a month on a single scarab. Certain characteristics of his work, however, are beginning to be recog- nized. Denlzens of the Valley of the Kings were astonished today when a sharp shower of 1ain fell, lasting ten min- utes. It was the first rain the valley has meen for several years, and the members of Howard Carter's expedi- tion had to do tome quick work to improvise a shelter for the trays stacked nearby for transfer of ob- jects from the tomb. The tomb was opened only for a short time this morning, to allow of the removal of the cornices and top and bottom beams of the doors f the second shrine. These were care- fully packed in trays to be carried to the laboratory. Mr. Carter did not appear. o MERCHANTS TO ELECT. Board of Governors Will Meet Tomorrow Afternoon. Officers of the Merchants’and Manu. facturers’ Association for the ensu- ing vear will be elected at a meeting of the board of governors of the body to be held in the organization's headquarters in The Star bullding, at_2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The call for the meeting was issued by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the association. Leave Washington as follows : Everglades Limited 9:30 u.m. Havana Special (1st Section) 3:15 Pm. 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