Evening journal., 1916-04-14
ADMINIsrRATYr INEFFICIENCY.

CGT NEFFICIENCY Is the keynote the alpha and
Il omega Of the Wilson administration. Every days
debate in Congress brings this fact into clearer light
Every days conduct of the White House serves to
emphasize it. Every official report governmental
activities or federal statistics effectively demonstrates
it,"
This is the summing up OF the fundamental char
acterstics Of the Democratic administration by
prominent Senator whose long years Of honorable
vice entitle his opinions to respect.
There is no branch OF the government in which the
Democrats have not seriously bundered. no nstru-
mentality of government which has not been gravey
injured in its usefulness to the people by Democratic
administration he continued. what is true now
has been true OF every Democratic administration ever
entrusted with the control Of the government and the
worst of it is that the Democrats and will not
learn. President Wilson is simply type
of his party People amazed at the obstinate
Ddity or the stupid obstinacy, with which he has
fused to correct his mistakes and remedy his bunders
but he is merely carrying the tme-honored princi-
pies of the Democratic party"
What this Senator says proves true wherever the
activities and the record of this administration arc
examined It is notably true Of the nations finances
The Democratic party having, when in control Of
the House during the last administration effected the
abolition OF the Tariff Board Il proceeded this ad-
mnisraton to pass the Underwood bill. That measure
has proved monumental failure. It has produced a
tremendous deficit, sravey injured certain American
industries and failed absolutely to reduce the cost Of
living Instead of revising that law and seeking to
correct their error, the Democrats engaged
in persistent although futile effort to convince the
public that the failure OF the bill due to the Euro
pcan and consequent decrease Of imports
The folly OF this contention pointed out in the
House recently by Representative Humphrey who
showed that imports in January Of this amounted
to $iS4OOOOOO. In January 1913. the last January
the Payne bill they amounted to $l63,O000OO. But
in January. 1913. the government collected duties
amounting TO S27OOOOOO; while in January Of this
year the government collected only $4,000 600 Inn
ports for February OF this year showed increase
February 1913 Of $49OOO,OOO, but decrease Of
revenue of SSOOOOOO. And the Treasury deficit gives
promise of amounting to s1OOOOOOOO this year
Could any Intelligent child fail TO draw from these
simple figures the conclusion that tho rates Of the I'm
derwood bill are too how? In Mr. Humphreys estma-
ton no one but a Democrat could fail to make the
proper deduction fail read the lesson taught by
these figures. compiled, too by Democratic officials
Mr. Humphrey has made a comparative calculation
which shows that under the Payne law tho government
would have collected during the last eleven months
SlO5.OOO0OO more revenue from customs duties than
it has under the Underwood bill with that additional
revenue which has been Democratic present Euro
poan manufacturers-a is shown by the fact that
prices TO American consumers have been in way
decroased-i would not he necessary to impose the d
rect taxes which the Democrats have been imposing
! and which they purpose to Increase. Instead of ad-
hitting their serious mistake and trying TO correct
it, the Democrats arc determined TO impose stil fur
ther direct taxes and then create tariff board and
pass an "anti-dumping clause" with the hope Of blind
| ing the voters to the actual facts.