Evening journal., 1919-08-11
TRANSPARENT STRATEGY.

~ oAfNfENTING upon the unenviable situation OF Presi-
~ dent Wilson and the Democratic party a result OF
the domestic prevailing in this country the Re
publican Publicity Association says;
Panic stricken the national unrest looming greater
day by day President Wilson has thrown up his hands
and appealed to Republican Congress TO the situa
ton The full effects OF his maadminisration
being interpreted TO every citizen in terms OF dollars and
cents We call It the High Cost Of Living. exact
Characterization would be the High Cost OF wilsonian
Democracy"
Many things have contributed to the economic state In
which the country finds Itself Chief among them
the extremes Of extravaganza and wanton waste that have
marked the commissions Of the Wilson appolnees in con
Quoting through the greatest in history In
efficiency has been predominant among the individuals
appointed, and political exigences the prime consdera-
ton in their selection BY its "costpus scheme Of max
Ing contracts the administration forced prices to abnor
heights BY favortism to city wage-earners Il drew
labor away from food production. By imitation OF the
currency the buying power Of the dollar reduced
The food situations in Europe have taken precedence in
the Presidents mind the needs Of our people,
with the result that millions Of tons OF oodsus have
been taken from the mouths OF Americans and given TO
inhabitants OF the Old World much Of IL to the people
Of the very nations responsible for the The rail
Of the country have continued under Federal
control in spite of the that the deficit is monthly
mounting into the hundreds OF millions Of dollars. As
consequence freight rates have been raised and will be
raised again. TO be added in turn to the ultimate costs OF
food and other products All efforts OF the Republicans
to have the Democratic Congress adopt system Of
reconstruction rejected by the President and as
result demoblizaton Of armies and war industries
has proceeded under preconceived plan return to
a peace basis with least economic disturbance Inter
mittent unemployment and shutting down Of factories
has followed all Of which has contributed to the high
cost OF living
"Those and other responsible for the pres
of ffa Tho
has the Nations auocrat selecting own heads OF
departments and other minor officials During the war
Congress grudged him single power that he asked
and practically every Federal activity governed by
his discretion alone. His aversion TO advice has been
notorious he has sought and been granted powers
never before possessed but by the most absolute
archs His seven months absence In a foreign capital
indicates how lightly he regarded the responsibility
American that rested upon his shoulders During
that time the branch left solely in charge
of political ncompetents whom he had clothed with
authority
Like tidal wave the conditions that Mr. Wilson in
augurated and osered have rolled up and threaten
TO engulf the United States economic chaos Like the
kaiser who deserted his and fled the country when
he saw that all lost Mr. Wilson throws up his
hands and turns to the Republicans In Congress
the country from this intricate situation To a man.
'ne members OF the House have responded abandoned
plans Tor recess pending on the peace treaty in
lne senate and have down to retrieve II possbls
sne osasoer that would otherwise surely descend non
so country when Mr. Wilson's false economic ..r,,.t,-.
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