Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1928, Page 7

A R Arguments in Favor of 60-40 Plan Made Public 5251000 SCHOOL BUDGET S LAGED Many Repair and Improve- ment Items Carried in Bill. For the school building program 00 is carried under the item for gs and grounds reported in the ct appropriation bill today. in ad- @ition 1o which are many other cepair and improvement items. including $70.; $7%0 for remodeling and equipping the McKinley Technical High School use as the Shaw Junior High School e Shaw Junior High School tor g£s and grounds items are For completing the construction of the McKinley Technical High School. $250.000. For erection of an eight-room exten- sible butiding. incluging & combination gymnasium and assembiy hall. on a site on Grant road now d by the District of Columbia. $1%: For erection of the E. A. Paul Junior High School Building in Brightnood. in accordance with the plans of the Macfarland Junior High School. modi- fied as the limits of the site may re- e. $230,000: and the Commissioners authorized to cnier into coniract tracts as in this act provided for ding at a cost not to exceed For erection of an eight-room exten- le building. including a combination gvmnasium and assembly hall on a site now owned by the District of Columbia 8 Fourteenth and Upshur streets. in- ding the movinz of the residence of the sunerintendent of the Tuberculosis Hospital, $185.000. THE EVENING | T \CAPITAL TAX RATE BURDENSOME. 'BOARD OF TRADE GROUP HOLDS and Members of House on Lump Sum System Also Givcn Out. Arguments made in support of a plea, “Despite many assertions in Conaress {for & restoration of the 60-40 per- and elsewhere as to the gencrosity of | centage in fiscal relations between the | the Federal Government toward the | District taxpayers and the Federal | maintenance of Washington. the fol- Government in paving the costs of sup- | low statisties will indicate the | | ! that Iby a delezation from the Wast | Board of Trade before the District sub- | tained in the face of the increasing committee of the Hous® appropriations cost of acministering the affairs of the committee, were made public today | city, undoubtedly resolve itself into an when the District appropriation bill for | almost negligible burden assumed by the fiscal year 1929 was reported to the | the Federal Government as compared House. with that which will be borne by the At the same time the transeript of | citizens of the District the debate between Chrirman Simmons | “An an indication of the heavy bur- and other members of the subcommittee | den now being carried by that part with Dr. George C. Havenner and a ' of the property in the District which s | celegation represanting the Citiza !now <ubject to taxation. the following Advisory Council on the inequalities of ' schedule shows startiing facts: c lump-sum appropriation wrs mad~ available. Dr. Havenner urged that a' definite proportion of Federal contri- bution should b> restored. as provided in substantive law. and that this should be about th> sam> proportion that the 'b. lymp sum of $9.000,000 bore to the total District budget in 1925, when the lump sum plan was adopted as a legislative rider on the appropriation bill. or 32.17 per cent Assessment of D00 000 000 000 W0 000 07000 000 028 000 000 10,049,000 Shiwogt 1 it : Present Census Figures. Others in th~ Citiz>ns' Advisorvy Council delegation were Edwin S. Hege. Kenneith P. Armstrong and Dr. George H. Richardson. Those in the Board of Trade dele- gation were Edwin C. Graham. presi- dent; Joshua Evans. jr. chairman of the municipal finance committee: Robert J. Cottrell. executive sacretary, and Thomas Walker Page, Institute of Economics. Preliminary to hearing the Board of “It will be observed that a number of the citics in the list above are al- most twice our size. and one is seven times our size. “There will be no dispute as to onr contention that real estate assessments in Washington are abnormally high. A glance at the total asscssments on real property in the cities mentioned above will clearly demonstrate this. A further problem which is present- ed to us is that of divergent economic conditions which necessarily have to be compared when Washington, a non- Transcript of Debate Between Havenner| For construction of a combination Trade group. Chairman Simmons of the gymnasium and assembly hall ai the District subcommittee put into the rec- Takoma School. $60.000 ord of the hearings several sets of Por construction of an eight-room | tables taken from the United States addition. including a combination gym- ' Census reports, showing in general cer- Pasium and assemblv hell, to the Ray- tain financial statistics of cities having mond School. inciuding the necessary | & population of over 30.000 and in par- the present building. | ticular certain financial statistics cov- $185.000. ering the 14 cities in the United States For erection of an elementary school having a population of 500.090 or more. . includinz a combination gym- The Board of Trade representatives m and assembiy hall. on a site contended that the tax rate here in 2dv purchased at Nincicenth street Washington is burdensome. and pre- #nd Columbia road. to replace the Force, ' Sented charts and statistics in support Adams and Morgan Schools, $250.000, ©f this claim. They cited 4.400 cases of end the Commissioners are authorized COmparison between a ments and 1o enter into contract or contracts as in | Sales since 1921 to show assessments are industrial and comparatively non-com mercial city, which has sacrificed its | advantages due to its transportation fa- cilities, its closeness to possible hyvdro- electric power and its potential indus- trial possibilities due to geographical | location for its position as the seat of the Federal Government. is compared with the financial statistics of cities of comparative size, which are almost | without exception the great industrial centers of the country. | At the time of the preparation of our report we were informed by the office of the assessor that the assessment basis | in Washington was. roundly. 96 per cent of true value. To emphasize the fair- STAR. WASHINGTON. D. 'C. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1928 i 7 use Subcommilttee ment that as the seat of the Federal | Government Washington has sacrificed | its natural economic advantages and i: estopped from the accumulation of that great amount of wealth incident to | prosperous industries, as well as losing | the great amount of taxes derived from | such_sources. “The following list of weekly bank | clearings ‘of a recent date will show ihe small business turnover in this city | in comparison with those industrial cen- ters with which Washington is expected to measure in the way of taxes: Washington, D. C. Oklahoma Cit St. Paul Denver.. . Louisville, Houston, | Omabha.. ... | Milwaukee, | Seattlc. 41,361,000 43.146,000 44,043,000 porting the National Capital. as voiced | himp-sum_plan works out now as less | ston | than & 75-25 ratio and will. if main- | | Atlanta New Orleans. Cincinnati Ainneapoli | Baltimore.. i Cleveland. ... Kansas City. | t. Louis. . Detroit. | Pittsburah.. . San Francisco Boston . Chicazo. 118,660,000 120.439.000 1 00.000 143,600,000 175.000.000 182,000,000 206,000,000 | §3.000.000 & 714,000,000 New: York. . . A 00.000 “Thess are cities With which Wash- ingion is being compared in tax rate Washington in no instance compares with others in business turnover.” Approve's Board's Figures. Dr. Page. as an economist and statis- ticlan, testified that th> figures pre- sented by the Board of Trade as busi- ness men's deductions are more reli- able than those made in a political survey, saving: “Thercfore. these gentlemen corre- sponded with the boards of trade and the chambers of commerce and other business groups of the different cities {rom which they wanted to get informa- tion, and the figures that they quote are, in my judgment, more nearly cor- rect and more trustworthy than are the figures you will find in the com- swilations that are made by most of the official bodies that have to take these | matters into consideration. “According to the estimates, based upon actual transactions here in Wash- ington, the assessment., as Mr. Evans has said, is 96 per cent of the full value. “I want to say that at the present time, in my judgment. this 96 per cent is lower than the actual ratio, becaus~ those sales run back as far as 1921 At that time the assessments were not quite as high in proportion to the full value as thoy have been in subsequent vears. “Aftgr the law was changed which directed the assessor to take only a fraction of the true value as the as- sessed value of the property, to the i street $1.660.000 IN STREET REPAIRS | AUTHORIZED UNDER D. C. BIL All Sections ofVCity Wofild Benefit Through | Proposed Improvements in ‘ Highway System. | Girard street, Tenth strest to Twelfth street. 36,300 Thirty-fifth street. to_Reform School. Trinidad avenue, Quecn Childress street. $4.700. Queen street. Trinidad avenue alley west of Holbrook terrace, $7.000. Holbrook street, Florida avenue Morse strect. $4,700. Corbin c. Tennessee Thirtecnth 4.500, D street, Fourteenth teenth street, 56500 Piorce strect. North: Capitol street to First street. £11.500 Yost place w 500, Holbrook stroet, £4.20 Penn strest, $5.000. Duncan street. Fourteonth street Fifteenth street,” 34,500, Southeast. B strect. Fiitoenth street eenth street. $16.800. Eighteenth street, street, $6.400. D street, Seventeenth street to Nine- teenth street, $13.300. Potomac avente, E teenth street. $10.000. Seventcenth street, Admiral arcle to E strect, $13.500 L street. South Capitol Cushing place. $10,100 Half street, L strect to M street, $4.800. > Sixteenth $5,000. Minnesota avenus. Pennsylvania ave- nue to Eighteenth street. $49.500. U strect. Fourteenth street to Six- teenth street, $11.000 Fourteenth street, Good Hope road to S street. § 0. Ridge place, Thirteenth street to Six- teenth street, $17.700 Thirteenth Street. S street to Ridge place, $3.400. T street. Thirteenth street to Minne- sota avenue. $15.500 Sixteenth street, Hope road. $3.800. Sixteentn street. Good Hope road to Ridge place. $12.900 For grading. including necessary verts, drains and retaining wa following Northwest—Thirteenth fellow street to Madison stree! Under the gasoline tax road and! improvement fund a total of $1.660.000 is provided for in the District appropriation bill. The particular strects to be improved are as follows: Northwest. Forty-first street, Wis-onsin avenue to Davenport street. $9.400. Quincy strect, Tenth street to Gror- 2ia avenue, $9.300. Kansas avenue, Shepherd street Georgia avenue, $17.400 Thirtrenth straet. Kennady street to Longfellow strect. $6.600. Fern strect, Georgia avenur to Blair road. $15.700. Sheridan street. Third Fourth street. $6,300. Fourth street, pavement south of Quackenbos street to Rittenhouse strect. $8.000. Fifth street. Grant Circle to D>catur street. $22,000. Georgia avenue, Fern strect to Dis- trict line, $36,200. Cathedral avenue. Conduit Potomac avenue, $12,300 Garfield street, Wisconsin avenue to Bellevue Terrace, $9,500. Bellevue Terrace, Fulton Cathedral avenue, $13.100. Forty-third street. Chesapeake street to Brandywine street, $6.000 Brandywine street. Forty-third street to Forty-third place, $4.600. Forty-third place, Chesapeake street to Murdock Mill road. $ 100. Tennyson sireet west of Thirty-third strect, $6.700. Randoiph street, Thirteenth street to Kansas avenue, $4.000. Ninth street, Longfellow 0 Madtson street, $4.600. Eighth street, Longfellow Marietta place, $8.400. Madizon street, Seventh Ninth street, $12.500. Ninth street, Quackenbos Riitenhouse street, $5,300. Eighth street, Rittenhouse Sheridan street, $6.300. Sheridan street, Fifth street to Ninth street, $21.400. Fifth street, Rittenhouse street Sheridan street, $5.800. Ninth street, Sheridan Tuckerman street, $8.000. Aspen street, Geogrgia avenue to Piney Branch road. $11.600. A:zpen streel. Piney Branch road Blair road, $27.000. Whittier street. Fourth Bladensburg road 00 street 1o to to avenue to to street to Fif- of Bladenshurz road. street to terrane west of Queen s t of Queen strest, to road to Eizht- to ‘D street to E street to street to Nine- Barney stroet to reet, E street to G st street street to street to street to street to to U street to Good street to cul- t street. Long- $3.900. to street to |street to N Northeast — Ames street, Fiftieth street to Division avenue: Blaine street, Forty-ninth street to Division avenue. Division avenue, Ames street to Blaine sireet. and Fiftieth street, Ames street to Blaine street, $6,000. Grant street. Minnesota avenue Forty-sixth street, $2,400. New York avenue. Florida avenue to West Virginia_avenue. $36.900. Southeast—First street, Atlantic street to Halley place; Halley place. First street to Halley terrace. Halley terrace north of Mississippi avenue, and Mis- sissippl avenue, First strect to Halley terrace. $4.000 Fields place, Nichols avenue to Sheri- dan road. $4,000. T hirty-second street, Alabama avenu~ to V place: V place. Thirty-first street to Thirty-second ztreet and Thi first street. V place to U place. $10.000, Northwest—For widening and repav- ing_the roadway of Connecticut avenue by 7 feet on the west side from M street tn Eighteenth street. adjacent to United States reservation numbered 150, 3 feet on the east side from Eight street, adfacent to U States reservation numbered 150A. 15 fect on the west side from Eighteenti street to N street. and by 15 feet on each side from N street ¢n Dupont cir- 360.000. For wideninz and repaving the road- way of Seventeenth street 0 feet on he west side from H strect to K street by 10 feet on the east side from H street to 1 street and by 7 feet on the vast side from I street to K street. cluding replacement of defcctive sewer and such alterations as may be nec v to Farragut Square. $46,000. For widening to 80 feet and repavi the roadway of Connecticut avenu from Florida avenue to Columbia road. $45.000. For widening to 56 feet and repav the roadway of Water street from W consin avenue to Thirty-fifth street. in- cluding replacement of defective sewer, $45.000. For wideninz by 12 fest on the east repaving the roadway of street. from Massachusetts avenus to New York avenue, $4.000- For widening and repaving the west readway of Fourteenth street from Park road to Monroe Street on plans to be approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. $6.000. to For widening 1o 45 feet and repaving the roadway of Tenth street from: P street to New York avenue. $43.000. For minor changes in foadway and stdewalks on plans to he approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic. $10.000. For construction of eurbe and gut- ters, or concrete shoulders in connec- tion with all forms of macadam road- ways and adjustment of roadways there- to. together with resurfacing of such roadwavs whers necessa; 2200.000. LEGISLATOR IN CRASH. Car Collidez With Machine Driv b Policeman Representative Johnson of South Dakota and Policeman Johnson of t third precinct. operating their respec- tice cars. eollided v afternoon near *he Capitol at Fi s northeast. but hoth e though the lez: e Jobnson was able to ce and later went to . Policeman Johnson was not X ¥ a* the time of the ac.ident His ear was demaged. he e the extent of about 3 5 loss wi EDUCATORS TO DINE. Miz= Adair and Dr. Ma Association Gu Cornelia S. Adair. National Education and Dr. Cioyd H. Marvin. the George Washi e guest ho speakers at row et vin to Be M ident of Assaciation. The drgonne SIXTEENTH and COLUMBIA ROAD NORTHWEST We st it for important features exacting homescekers. vour eor connected ding which have enabled 1. Location in residential hub of N.W. Convenient to bus and car lines. this act provided for such building at higher here than in other comparable i $iibost hot %o Exceed $500000, cities. ness of this deduction we are introduc- Large, modern, fireproof building. Spacious light and airy rooms. Seventh street, $15.700. s A5S0SS should be provision that assessments shoul Sixth street. Whittier on the fyli value of the property. it to street N - x- _ Under the present lump-sum scheme, ' ing here for the record a comparative of to excesd $80.000 of the unex-| o L e Capltal City, as a | Statement of some 4,400 sales, giving municipality. is being maintained at a ical estate assessments for the years standstill, as 80 per cent of the Distriet | 1927 and 1928 in comparison with sales budget is for maintenance. and if this| made during the years of 1921 to 19; policy is continued it will stunt the de- 1Ving within a boundary of Rock Creek velopment of the Capital, they insisted. | 8nd Fifth strect and between Florida They presented a detailed statement 2Venue and B street. Aggregate sales of mecessary improvements totaling $148.343.000. against assessments total- £53.000,000, and submitted a supple- N8 $138.777.458. and also 400 sales with- menta' list of desirable improvements In_the same area between the years htaling $29.000.000. This was in an 1924 and 1926, which indicate sales attempt to show the improvements that Amounting to $16399.999. as compared other cities have and that the District Bith asscisments amounting to $16.- cannot afford under the present plan, 844.000. or an excess of asscssments of and which are, therefore. backed up $444.000 over and above the actual sale under the lump-sum arrangement. be- Prices received cause to sscure them would mean a _ “The further we got into the question burdensome tax rate. of ascessment. the more startling the “The Board of Trade stands for as- figures became and the more impressive suming 2 fair share of the burden of they were in demonstrating our tremen- every oblization.” said Mr. Graham, -1 dOus assessment increases. It was dis- think we realize in the District of Co- covered that Washington' lumbia that we should pay a fair rate ar_alone were greater than a of taxation. We have never advocated ce-year increase in any of the fol- a lower rate than the average rate of ; lOWing cities: Atlanta, San Francisco, taxation throughout the country. We |Cleveland. Newark. St. Paul, Pittsburgh, apprecizte. 100 that we cannot assume | Minneapolis. Louisville, Boston. Mem- peaded balances in the appropriations for the construction of combined gym- nasiums and assembly halis at the Pet- worth School and the West School are hereby made available for the construc- tion of 2 combined 2vmnasium and as- sembly hall at the Wheatley School in arcordance with the original plans for the construction of said building. For construction of an eight-room ad- ditior to the Morgan School. including a eombination gymnasium and assembly hall. and the necessary remodeling of th~ present building. $157.000. For conr*ruction of # 10-room addi- tion. including gymnasium and lunch- t the Francis Junior High S~hool. and the necessary remodeling of th presen* building. $250.000 For construction of an eight-room ad- dition tr the Burrville School, includ- ing = combination gymnasium and as- s*mbiv hall and the necessary remodel- in2 of the present building. $180,000. ‘The appropriation of $80.000 for a third-story addition to the Amidon increases for | Schoo! contained in the Distriect of Co- Jumbiz aopropriation act for the fiscal year 1927 i= herebv made available for | the construction af a four-room addi- tion to the §. J. Bowen School. For construction of an eight-room extensible building. including a combi- surate with the requirements of the National Capital along the lines that such obligations are met in ordinary cities by means of local taxation at Taking advantage of the ahsence of Mz; Gen Amos A Pries. who was at- tending the Ar and Navy reception ne White House. & burglar last night 2ttempted 10 enter the general’s home 8t 2305 Woodler road. but was fofled 14-year-old Stuart Pries, who was not 30 hard but that he ks he grabbed his revolver 25 he heard erious nolswes at seversl ather rear and calied Private Robert who w his wife i DU Leadiwtier & maid in Directed by the general's son Private Lradbetier swung int Action Espying tanding on the cellar steps he m n remain where he was truder refused 1 heed the ng wmk W ¥ bt eommand in PUrBUIt the fugitive Ior 8 blork RED CROSS TO EXHIBIT. vities Here tor Benefit of Ver. Will Be Shown chasing erans ¥ trat of Co- tie American Hed tovelerans sernmengal i be de e staged by the ndustrs) March Ao um undes 8 must arrive at it in some other way nstion gymnasium and assembly hall. Reviews Fiscal Report. th commence the replacement of the nld Bel School and the Cardozo School, Mr. Graham reviewed the report on $175.000 fiscal relations made during the Sixty- Por proper grading. seeding and sod- fourth Congress. quoted President Cool- ding. for the construction of roads, idge’s message to the Sixty-ninth Con- walis and steps: for seating: for run. BFess urging the Nation to make the pinz track. base ball fiamond. tennis | embellishment of the Capital City its enurs 2nd other athletic facilities: for 87CAt aim and to establish here a “soul fencing 2nd other necessary work to fit | flz"" N e v e Euma C?F D {2 hietic o8 the . ' missioners’ report urging the restoration e e e BoUIoriajes Of the 6040 basis of fircal relation: Sreior High Sehool and the McKinley | 1B concluding his argument Mr. Graham Hizh School, $250.000 g otwithstanding the fact that the - select committes of Congress in its re- GEN. FRIES’ SON FOILS port heid that the taxpavers of the & District of Columbia were paying a ATTEMPT OF BURGLAR correct proportion for the upkeep and development of the Nation's Capital, — we find that the Federal Government Yeuth Disturbed at Studies Callws 5ince 1915 has onlv increased fts share but 50 per cent, whereas the taxpayers Soldier. Who Fire: of the District of Columbia have in- : creased theit share by 350 per cent Fleeing Man. “This policy has retarded the proper growth and development of the city of Warhington, which belongs to the Na- tion as a whole, to the point that we are informed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia that neces- sary improvements, which would re- quire the expenditure of approximately $50,000.000 for the next five years, can- not' be undertaken under the present fiscal arrangement without placing upon the people of the District a tax burden that would be ruinous “These items. together with an addi- tional list of desirable Jtems. which would call for the expenditure of roundiy, $26,000.000, will be presented later in detail with supporting justifi- cation “Being swawe of the lagging behind in the proper development of thiz eity as indicated above and realizing that the tax burden had already grown ' a pont where it was impairing the economic strength of the community. the Washington Board of Trade took the position that If facts could be pre- sented o Congress demonstrating in an unhiased way that the taxpayers of the District were besring a tax burden quite great enough 10 Justily Congress in Creasing s share that this Congress would recely ch & presentation with an open mind &nd see Lhat the Federal Government did not avold s Just re- sponsibilities “PThe Washington Board of Trade is {not st all In s thy with certain y torms of criticlsm which now L are directed st members of Cor “On the other hand, 1 »ald equal force that the responsibility ed upon the citizens of the Distriet of Columbia to furnish Congress with the facts which would show what treat. ment of the eitizens of the District in fact i& Just wnd falr Municipal ¥ Wartingion A preparea William P plet e pances PEny ertiies made eorrien on by tne fed G Vizeie'n s wna Wislter fued Frempier of VeBving 66 el ner ehown G. U. TO MEET FORDHAM. w Ler Georgelown College Aebslers went W Kew York City ey for thelr first in ercolleglste ontest of Uhe sesaion with Forchem 1his evening 12 Srom e Junior White Debat- Py Bociety Ui Hillp Wem comprise | ment i other oties Berngrd MoQuaae £nd | “Further, the District of Columbia 1 will meet & Junior | imited in sres. snd. unlike other oities portion of e ihurban Aevelopment 1 now taking wee in' Maryiend spa Virginia, wheie 1ne \saee go 'n 'ho Btates of ertion v con .oy In discussing the comparisms of municipsl finanees mede by the Bosrd of Trage after wn exlensive question- naire, M. Evans saia Betore we go into Lhe genersl sum mary of the Bgures themzelves we must bear i mind one of 1wo per- teularly impr ve facts that have een Qiscovered which relate o the sbility of our oty W compare el cilies of similer =iz here A our weallh production and the mejor porton of our working populi- Uon s composed of Federal employes whose come 15 not only low, but vihuser sty W bear the Lremendously increesed tax burden is necessarily low i comparison with the opportunities for commercial snd industrial sdvance- Hospitsls wore 1ug son will be Devprers Argue Third-Term se Touight o e The guestion for 1he @ebate i e That & presidentisl 1nid shoule oe orombited Ly legitlation Fe term ' the obligations of a budzet commen- | Phis. Milwaukee and New Orleans. -l trict are We e Hnited | Just consider here that our increase since 1924 amounts to $352.000,000, or greater by $40.000.000 than the three-vear net increase in Atlanta, San_ Prancisco, Minneapolis. Newark. St. Paul. Pitts- burgh. Cleveland, Louisville and Mcm- combined. A perusal of the tax rate changes shown will show that only one city out of the group scheduled above had an incrcase since 1924 equal to Washing- | ton’s. Washington's jump has been 50 cents per $100 of assessment in this period. 5 “Now that we have disposed of the as-~ssment feature, let us look more fully into the guestion of the tax rate. In the following table it will be observed that the tax rate for the other cities mentioned hzs been adjusted to the| common level of 96 per cent assessment basis. which is the figure used for Washington. “Second Highest in’ U. ‘We are second highest in the coun- try on actual real estate assessments. “The question of the cost of govern- ing and maintaining the city of Wash- ington next drew our attention. be- cause of the fact that it was generally supposed that part of our burden here was due to the Pederal demands for service. Our survey showed that the payment for maintaining and operating the District government is abnormally high, ranging from 75 to 80 per cent of the tota) amount of our budget, thus leaving in comparison with other cities a very small amount for permanent improvements “It has been admitted generally that the taxpayer's dollar is efficiently spent ‘in Washington, and the close scrutiny of the District finances by the Budget Bureau, committees of Congress and the | controller general of the Treasury pre cludes any suspicion of leaks or loose management. ‘Then why this high cost of maintenance and operation in Wash- ington? ‘There can be but one answer and that is because Washington is the | Federal City and as such 1t must serve hoth local and Federal demands. The following table indicates the taxpayers' portion of our citizenry Number of taxpayers real estate fumber of owned : Amount of assessed real estate Taxes estate ... rage amount for each | real estate taxpayer $2.186 Average asesement capita taxpayer . $160.428 al estate bears by far the great- rden of taxation in this co munity 3t can be very well shown that | 170,000 real estate taxpayers n the DI houldering the greater portion | Lof the burden of 75 per cent of the cost of upkeep of the Natlonal Capital, leav- | Fing with the other 120,000,000 people of | the Nation Jess than 25 per cent of the | responsibility of maintaining Washing- | ton, wecording o thelr desires, the most bestiful city in the world A further survey which we made ! hows that Washinglon s ralsing more in the way of business taxes, ' Neenses taxes on banks pubiic utilites, | tangible and Intangible property per capita f It should be borne in mind that in | sddition Washinglon pays 8170 per | hundred on $106,000 000 worth of ta gible personal property and ulo & siz- {uble gasoline tax | “Ihe Detroit Bureau of Governmental | Reseurch revised its opinton In refer - ence Lo Washinglon's taxes afler our VISIU there o the extent of writhng five-page letter 0 regard o our tax [ burden. They were surprised when we d them that In Washinglon a person @ an Income of 8500 per year on w trust fund of $10.000 vould have to | puy 850 out of the meager 8500, that The tax was on the $10,000 and not on the 8500 This leads us 1o 1he question of { nomio conditions 1n the National Cap!- lm as compared with 1hose In other on 70,000 properties 186,000 $1.130,000,000 raised on real $19.500,000 A per Yo x 0 havin cities, No one will contradict the states took some time to bring the assessment | up In accordance with that change in| the law. You will notice that in re- cent years the sales that have been re- ferred to by Mr. Evans show that many transactions have occurred in which the actua! price paid for th- property was very much less than the assess. ment put upon it. There have ben ¢ number of cases of that kind. “There is a 2ood reason why assdss- ments should b relatively high in th- i city of Washington. The chief reason is this. that In almost all other parts of this country the asscssments of prop- erty are made by officials who arc subjoet to the will of the people who choose them. They are frequently elected. Sometimes they are appoint- ed by th: local courts. In any event are responsive to the preference e community in which they live ‘That is not true in Washington. In ! the District of Columbia the assess- ments are made by an official who 1s responsive and responsibl> not to the local population in any manner whatso- ever, but to a government over which the paople of the District, as you are all well aware, have no control or influence whatsoever, other than the fact that you are always willing to consider their representations. as vou are doing now, in regard to District affairs. “The assesscr in the District of Co- lumbia, in other words, is completely removed from any influence of control by the people of the District of Colum- bia. and therefore he is free to put the ass>ssments at full value without regard to what ths peopie of the District want them to be. In no other city in the United States is that true. “The result is that in every other city in the United States the sessments vary more or less from the true value. *“Tha amount that is collected from in- tangibles likewise appears to be high in comparison with the amount collected in any other city«of the size and impor- tance of Washington. There is no city that I know of where the assessors have been able to put on the lists for taxa- tion as large an amount of intangible | property in proportion to the population. | “When you talk about taxes in the District of Columbia and say that they are only so much per capita. that does not look ag if thev were paying any more than they were paving in other parts of the Nation. But those who ac- tually have to pay taxes are paving higher taxes than are beingz paid in ather parts of the United States “That really means this. that the chiel burden of taxation in Washington falls upon a small part of the popula- tion, and that is the-part of the popu- Iation that actually owns the land “A home owner in Washington Is taxed at a 1ate which mak~s hom» own- ership by the malority of people who are employed in the Government serv- fce in Washington practically impossi- ble. “Not only is the burden higher. but the rates have been golng up so rapidly in recent years that many people who | bought homes in Washington now find | themselves severely burdened. much | more than they had expected to be, by the increase in taxation “It is true that here In Washington there are a greal many attractive fea- tures to make life in_this eity pleasant o thoss who can afford it But it s only those of considerable means who can afford to enjov these pleasures that are avallable In Washington.” Dr. venner's Remarks. Dr. Havenner. in opening the argu- ment for the Citizens' Advisory Coun- il sald “The first $9,000.000 lump sum wa arrled In the 1925 appropriation bill Che total amount of that bill was $27, 960,000, of which the $9,000,000 repre- 17 per cent 6 e Lot appropriation. was ral contnibution represented 3 nt “In 1927 the approprintion was $31.- | 662066 the Federal contribution of $0.000.000 representing 2842 per cent “In 1 the appropriation was $30.270,180, and the $0,000.000 Federal contiibution represented 2794 per cent | Now, we estimate that the Fedmal appropriation for 1920, Including sup- | plementals, will be In o round fgures 340,000,000 A Pederal contribution ol $0.000.000 would represent about per_cent ‘Now, 1 do not propose to sk your mimitiec t return to the 60-40 prinei- ple. by would 1ike to have your committes return o an amount that would equal 3217 per cent, mount | that was contributed by the Federal | Government 1025, when the lump- sum wppropristion was frst adopted T do (his, on the basis of & $40,000,000 | appropriation, would require $§%.- | 800,000, I round Agures, we will kay | wbout 812,000,000, 1 believe that would represent, In & lump-sum- contribution w falr contribution trom the Federal Government toward the suppart of the Natton's Capital “This ¢ity, as you know, 15 not (he capital of 1he citizens who live in it it 15 & capital of the 110,000,000 or 115, 000,000 citizens Wylng in the continental 228y Aspen street, $5,200. Firth street, Van Buren Aspen sreet. $11.300. Fourth street. Whittier Aspen street, $5,200. Second street. Blair road to Ritten- house street. $11.700. Allicon street. New Hampshire avenue to Mlinois avenue. $7.500. Thirtv-cighth street, § street to T street. $5.100. Forty-second strect. Jenifer street to Military road. $8.600. N ctreet. Twenty-fourth Twentv-fifth street. $6.300. Warren street. Thirtv-cighth street to Wisconsin avenue. $6.300. Hertford place, Oak street to Ogden strect, $5.600. Ingraham street. Thirteenth street west to end of pavement. $5.900 Jefferson street. Fifth street to Sev- enth street, $9 100. Fifth street, Jefferson street to Long- lfellow street, $9.400. Ninth street, Gallatin street to Ham- {iton street. $4.400 Seventh place. Farragut street to Gal- latin street. $3.800. Fifth street. Emerson street to Kansac avenue. and east side of Kansas avenue. Emerson street to Fifth street. $2.500 Delafield place, Fourth street to Fifth street. $7.400 place. street to stroet to $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN SUNDAY February 26 street to March'11 Pennsylvania Raill;c‘sad Kansas avenue to 00 Crittenden Fourth street to Fifth ctreet, £7.400. Twenty-third street. M street to N street, $12.000. H street. First street to Massachusetts avenue. $3.200. Ninth street. Rock Creek Church road to Quincy street, $6.400 Marietta place, Eighth street to Ninth street, $5.600. For paving Wisconsin avenue, River road to District line, 60 feet wide, in- cluding necessary relocation of street car tracks. sewers and water mains refund to be obtained from street rail- way company so far as provided under existing law, $149,300. Northeast. Franklin street. Sixth street to Sev- enth street. $7.700 ‘Thirteenth street. Quincy Michigan avenue. $14.300. Upshur street, Twelfth street to Sar- gent road. $9,200. ‘Thirteenth street Varnum street, $4.600. Lawrence street, Twelfth street Fourteenth street, $16.000. Twentieth street, Monroe street Otis street, $8.900. Newton street, Twenty-second street to_Twenty-sixth street, $15.000 Twenty-fourth street. Rhode Island avenue to Otis street, $20,300 Carlton avenue, South Dakota ave- nue to Central avenue, $10.700. Monroe street, Rhode Island avenue to Clinton avenue, $15.000 Channing street. Bladensburg to South Dakota avenue, $26.000 Cromwell Terrace, Second street Third street. $4.000 V street. Second street street, $10.000 Third street, U street, $15.000. W street, fourth street to Rhode Is- land avenue, 85000 Adams street, Third street to Fourth street. $5,200 8ixth street, property line $6.400. Girard street, Sixth street to Seventh street, $7.900. Tenth street, street, $14,500 Humlin street, Ninth street @ Twelfth | treet. $11,700 —_—— to areet to Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue Bilious Fever and Ma » olds TU RELIRVR = s0an as you @ Just take Tabiets = and Upshur street to to to st fas oetter than erdinary la: Mild, sate. purety vegete road 9 TOMORROW ALRIGHT to Fourth Recommended and Sold by 240 Washington Drugg street to Adams Pranklin = street to north of Girard street, Girard to Jackson United States, plus (he citizens Wving | I our non-contiguous territory. As 1| atated n moment ago, personally would ltke to see the contribution this | year equal the same percentage that | was given by Congreas from the Federal Treasury townrd the expenses of the District of Columbia when the lump- swm principle was Arst adopted in 10257 Mr. Hege discussed the question of Many community eltizens’ groups wg- | g coatly local improvements without a reful study of their relationship o the general needs of the city and the municipal budget. He discussed the achool program, the recommendations for additional policemen and the pro- posed annual traMe survey ' [ mstrong discuased the ques- | ton of muking lbrary factlities more avalable to all the people of the Dis- | trict, anying, “The councll recommended certain branch libraries and 1 think the budget bureau practically cut out every | ftem there. 1 am not prepared to state | the dividual items there, but stmply | want o give the general idea that the * public library 1s located W the center | of the city and there are only one or | two branches out i the suburbs and certain sections of (his clty make prac- which depend upon “dope suchasnarcotics, chloroform, nnabisortarproducts. They cough tempor- ng the tis | Uoally no use of it " D Richardson explained to the Dis- | friet subcommittee the need for a sewer System In outlying sections. l Continuous phone and pection, Apartments freshly decorated yearly. Rentals moderate and reasonable. Service prompt, quiet and courteous. Garages and servant accommodations. elevator service. The Argonne Home of the WORUMBO Overcoat ! At the Two " FASHION SHOPS Entire Tremendous Stock of OVERCOATS Including Our Famous WORUMBOS NOW Charge for Alterations No €, 0. D's No Evchanges o Peyzman ¢ 9% E No Retunds- Some es low as '174 £35 0'Coats, $17.50 $50 O'Coats, $25.00 $65 O'Coats, $32.50 §85 O'Coats, $42.50 §95 O'Coats, $47.50 Plenty of Blue and Oxford Grey Overceats Included Styles and patterns Just right for wear mow and early in the Spring “met every ize in every model, but il sizes the REDUCED groem - Seme as low as 125 No Charge Accounts L Fresident Tashion fiuoe, 152G