People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1894 — Congress as it is and Ought to Be. [ARTICLE]

Congress as it is and Ought to Be.

An exchange gives the following figures of Congress as it is and as it ought to be. The tariff discussion last summer proved that even great men are selfish, and that each favors his own peculiar interest. This fact gives weight to the argument for proportionate representation, that is for each great interest to have its proportiodate share in the law making bodids: congress as it is. Lawyers 300 Bankers 20 Farmers 29 Professional politicians 53 Merchants and special trades.3o Common iaborers 0

AS IT SHOULD BE. Lawyers ; 3 Bankers 1 Farmers 211 Professional politicians 1 Merchants and special trades.6l Common laborers 155 figure for yourselves. iVe have about 15,416,000 voters in the United States. There are 432 members in congress. This gives one member for every 88,000 voters. f

There are a&Aut 10,000 lawyers which would entitle them to three members in congress. There are about 14,000 .bankers which does not entitle them to a single member, but say we give them one. There are about 100,000 professional politicians, which does not entitle them to a single member, but say we give them one.

There are 8,000,000 farmers, which entitles them to 211 members. There are about 2,315,000 merchants and special tradesmen, which entitles them to 61 members. There are about 6,000,000 common laborers, which entitles them to 155 members. Taxatiou without representation is tyranny now just the same as it was when George 111 was on the throne of England.