The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-28

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Pan Americanism was encouraged and
the bread thus cast upon the waters
came back to us many fold. Alaska was
opened to commerce and development.
Dollar diplomacy was destroyed. A
corrupt lobby was driven from the ma
tional capitol. An efective seaman 5 :
act was adopted. The federal trade |
commission was created. Child labor /
legislation was enacted The parcel !
post and the rural free delivery were !
developed. A good roads bill and a
rural credits act were passed. A secre-
tary of labor was given seat in the
cabinet of the president Eight hour
laws were adopted. The Clayton
amendment to the Sherman anti trust
act was passed, freeing American labor
and taking it from the list of com
modities. The Smith-Lever bill for the
Improvement of agricultural conditions
was passed. A corrupt practices act
was adopted A well considered ware
house act was passed. Federal employ
ment bureau was created Farm
loan banks, postal savings banks and
the federal reserve system were estab-
| lished
1.-THE federal reserve system, passed
over the opposition of the leaders OF
the Republican party, enabled America
| to withstand the strain of war without
shock or panic and ultimately made our
country the greatest creditor nation of
the world
Turning to the record of the Republi-
can congress since 1918, Mr.. Cummings
said it was ''barren of achievement,
shameless in waste of time and money
and without parallel for its incompe-
tencies, failures and regulations.
President Wilson s two appeals before
congress for legislation dealing with
profteering, reduction of taxation, aid
for soldiers and laws to improve rela-
tons of capital and labor were ignored
he declared, and latter q year of ster-
lie debate our country has neither peace
nor reconstruction. -
He dwelt particularly on attacks
made upon the President. Malice fol
lowed him to the peace table, he said
and wide spread propaganda. made il
J impc rative when he returned from Paris
to "make a struggle for that whicl
had been won at incalculable cost Thi
meant wreck of health, sickness TO
months on bed of pain; and worse
o the sickness of heart which comes from
d the knowledge that political adversar
: les are savagely destroying not merel
e she work of men IS hands, but tn,
i world rs hope of settled peace Thi
:. was the affiiction-this the crucifixion
e Mr.. Cummings continued that in on
o sense cit is quite immaterial what pee
e pie say about the President. Nothin
'e we can say can add or detraet from tn
fame that will flow down the unendin
le channels of history
m He cited the Republican and Pre-
lie gressive platforms of 1916 as part {
re the record placing this country in fave
a of The league of nations.
y "The Republican platform contain
u vague promise to establish anoth
or different form of association, -
Se said. "There is no mental dishonest
" more transparent than that which e
,e presses fcalty to a league of nation
"a while opposing the only league that G
o. lists or is ever apt to exist.
), What nations stand outsider Re
20 olutionary Mexico. Bolshevist Russi
n. unspeakable Turkey and-the Unit,
= States
a !" 1t is not yet too late. Let us stal
Iv with the forces of civilization. T.
Nv choice is plain. Tt is between the Del
of oeratic party 5 support of the league
d nations, with its program of peace. d
we armament and world fraternity, and t
he Republican party's platform of reput
&C. atien, provincialism, mlitarism a.
a world chaos
M 1t is not reservations that the Pre-
b. ident stands against, said Mr.. Gu
ice minGs. but notification He told h,
ey President Wilson had published the te
at, tative text of the league covena
of widely in 1919, asking for criticism a
er- receiving suggestions from Ia
of Hughes and others that were ga,
ually incorporated into the revis
"a draft of the league
he Senator Lodge, he said, refused
We offer constructive amendments at a
irs time. So intolerant was his at
10 tude that he would not even consider
ar compromise proposed by Former Pr
"a ldent Taft of his own party and viii
was assured of support of 40 Den
cratic senator's. Senator Lodge kn,
~ that he controlled the senate and III
~ in his own time and way he would {
81 stroy the treaty.
,Ia ''This is the sordid story of it's d