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sions for superannuated and retired civil
servants and for an increase in pay of
soldiers and sailors. We organized the
Army on a peace footing and provided
for the maintenance of a powerful and
efficient Navy.
The republican Congress establish
co by law permanent womanS bu-
Ieau in the Department of Labor; we
submitted to the country the consti-
tutional amendment for woman suf-
frage, and furnished twanty-nine of
the thirty five legislatures which
have ratified it to date.
Legislation for the relief of the
consumers of print paper. for the ex-
tension of the powers of the govern
ment under food control act. for
broadening the scope Ct The war risk
insurance act. better provision for
the dwindling number of aged vet
Grams of the civil war and for the bet
Ter support Of the manned and in
.ured of shN great war. and for maxi
ing practical the vocational rehabili-
tat'cn act. has been enacted by the
republican Congress
We passed an oil-leasine and water
power bill to unlock for the public
good the great pent-up resources of
the country: we have sought to check
the profiigacy of the administration.
to realize upon the assets of the gov
ernment and Ito husband the revenues
derived from taxation. The republi-
cans In Congress have been respon-
sihle for cuts in the estimates for
government expenditure of nearly
three billion dollars since the signing
Of the armistice.
We enacted national executive
budget law: we strengthened the fed
eral reserve act to permit banks to
lend needed assistance to farmers: we
authorized financial interpretations to
RI froG nd Ing l11,
amended the rules of the Senate and
House. which will reform evils in pro-
cedure and guarantee more efficient
and responsible government.
Nations Backbone
Is the Farmer.
The farmer is the backbone of the
nation National greatness and eco
nomic independence demand a popula-
tion distributed between industry and
the farm. and sharing on equal terms
the prosperity which is wholly de-
pendent on the efforts of both. Neither
>.an prosper at the expense of the other
without inviting joint disaster.
The crux of the present agricultural
condition lies in prices, labor and
credit
The republican party believes that
this condition can be improved by
practical and adequate farm repre-
sentation in the appointment of gov
ernmental officials and commissions;
the right to form cooperation asso-
Citations for marketing their products
and protection against discrimination; ;
the scientific study of agricultural
prices and farm production costs at
home and abroad, with view to re-
ducing the frequency of abnormal
fluctuations; the uncensored publica-
tion of such reports; the authorization
of associations for the extension of
tyo rirNy m
the coordination of rail. water and
motor transportation with adequate
facilities for receiving. handling and
marketing food; the encouragement
of our export trade: an end to un-
necessary price fixing and ill-consid-
cred efforts arbitrarily to reduce
prices of farm products which inva-
riably result to the disadvantage both
of producer and consumer: and the
encoura cement of the production and
| Importation of fertilizing material and
of its extensive use.
The feoera1 farm loan act should be
so administered as to facilitate the
acquisition of farm land by those de-
string to become owners and pro-
prietors and thus minimize the evils Of
farm tenantry and TO furnish such
long time credits as farmers may
need to finance adequately their 1arg-
er and longtime production opera
National Economy
Shown In Estimates.
A republican Congress reduced the
estimates submitted by the admins
tration for the fiscal year 1920 almost
! SO 600. 100000 and for the fiscal year
1921 over a billion and quarter dol
lars Greater economies could have
been effected had 1t not been for the
stubborn refusal of the administration
fr
economy program. The universal de-
mand for an executive budget is a
recognition of the incontrovertible
! fact that leadership and sincere as
| sistance on the part of the executive
departments are essential to effective
economy and constructive retrench-
! ment.
| The Overman act invested the Pres
! ident of the United States with all the
| authority and power necessary to re-
| store the federal government to a
normal peace basis and to reorganize.
| retrench and .demobilize. The domi-
i nant fact is that eighteen months
! after the armistice the United States
! government is still on a wartime
! basis. and the expenditure program
! of the executive reflects wartime ex-
; travagance rather than rigid peace
1 time economy.
+. AS an example of the failure to re
I trench which has characterized the
post-war policy of the administration.
we cite the fact that. not including
the War and Navy departments. the
executive departments and other estab-
lshments at Washington actually record
an increase subsequent to the armis-
| tice OF 2,1s4 employees. The net de-
crease in pay roll costs contained in
the 1921 demands submitted by the
administration is only l per cent uEs
der that of 1920. The annual expenses
| of federal operation can be reduced
| hundreds of millions of dollars with
| out impairing the efficiency of the
public service.
! We pledge ourselves to carefully
! planned readjustment to a peace-time
! basis and to A policy of rigid eccn-
| omy. to the better coordination of
| departmental activities. to the elm
| ination of unnecessary officials and
| employees, and to the raising Of the
| standard Of individual efficiency.
Executive Budget
Enacted in Law.
| We congratulate the republica n
Congress on the enactment of a law
! providing for the establishment of
| an executive bud, II as necessary
! instrument for a sound and business
| like administration of the national
finances: and We condemn the veto of
| the President which defeated this
! great financial reform.
Federal Departments
Are Recognized.
] We advocate a thorough investiga.