Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
HIGH COST OF LIVING
WORRIES REPUBLICANS
Beginning to Be Apprehensive That People
Will Hold Them Responsible
at Next Election.

Mexico; in public utility corporations
in Il dozen or more cities.
AS to financial power the report
alleged that the packers, through
stock ownership and membership OF
directorates of trust companies and
banks, are SO close to the source of
credit in the United States that they
to carry on their great projects and
enterprises. and. if necessary. could
curtail like privileges for their COM
petitors.
Last Sunday Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture Ousley issued an official
statement showing how the cattle
raisers were getting less for their
cattle and are threatened with bank
ruptcy.
Now. here is the point which inter
ests the republican managers in Con-
Sress: A demo-
PASSING THE BUCK cratic execu-
UP TO CONGRESS. tive admins
tration is talk
the people to conditions which OPP
press them and which threaten to en-
gulf them. if all the horrid POSSIBLE
ties should come to realization. /.
is only question of time, ii is feared
when the people will begin to asl.
what the republican Congress is go
ing to do for their relief. ard the
TOW I.a l,.a
democratic national committee and
democratic politicians in Congress.
1t makes no odds. they say. that the
democrats did not do anything to re-
heve conditions while they were in
power; that is neither here nor there.
The big fact is that the republican
party will be in power in Congress
when the next national elections
come off, and the democratic. man
agement will not fail to call atten
ton to it. The republican party will
be in power at time when taxes
viii be higher than ever before in
this country. when prices of all the
necessaries of life will be greater,
when the appropriations for the sup
port of the government will be many
fold heavier than ever before in time
of peace.
Realization of all this is what is
giving the republicans in Congress
that worried look these days.
I, = = $50
Chairman Good. of the committee on
appropriations charged on the floor
of the House
NO cHEESEPARlNG that some
FOR WOUNDED MEN. m mber of
the Board OF
Vocational Education in Washington
had sent out erroneous advices cal
culated to cause anxiety to wounded
soldiers about the status of voca
tional help. Mr.. Good called atten-
ton to the appropriation in the sun
dry civil bill which gives an addi-
tional $6,000,000 for carrying out this
aid to the rehabilitation of wounded
soldiers.
when that appropria ton is eX-
pended declared the chairman of
the committee responsible for the
project. IF additional appropriations
are necessary they will he prompt
ly Forthcoming. The country will not
and ought not to Tolerate a cheese
pairing policy with regard to the re-
Mobilization of our woundAi and dis
ab.ed soldiers, sailors and marines.
President Wilson's veto OF the sundry
civil bill on the ground that $4,000, 900
is not sufficient will raise the issue
again of the alleged insufficiency of the
appropriations for this purpose and lead
to further discussion in Congress,
in repose might give YOU the inn
preston that he
CHAMP ClARk'S would not rec
VERY DRY JOKE. ognize a joke if
he saw one in
the road but YOU are wrong. This
in the House the other day:
II ask unanimous consent to ex-
tend my remarks in the Record" said
Mr.. Eiddick.
ION what subject" growIed Mr.
Clark.
''ln regard TO drought conditions in
the northwest" said Mr.. Riddick.
NO objection" said Mr.. Clark I'VE
are going to have drought here pretty
soon.