The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-03-26

1912. That party obtained the Pres.
idency and both branches of Con-
gress. They repealed some of the
laws of which they complained, nota-
bly, the tariff law, which they said
was responsible for the high cost of
living Instead of reducing the cost
OF living they reduced the number
OF jobs in the United States, but the
cost of living continued to mount.
and 1t kept going higher and higher
through the weeks and the months
Everybody familiar with the econom-
ic principles involved in the legisla-
ton that was attacked and in the
remedies that the Democratic party
proposed in the campaign knew that
the cost of living would not be re.
duced as the result Of the enactment
of such legislation, but believe the
people generally thought that IL any
Democrat had an opportunity at any
time to reduce the cost of living or
to keep the cost of living down he
would embrace that opportunity. 1t
was thought, of course, that If the
President by any action of his could
specifically save s7OO,O0O,O0O to
$900.O0O,0 900 a year to the American
people on the one item of sugar,
daily necessity in every household,
he would avail himself of that op-
portunity.
But, contrary to the just expecta-
lions of the American people, the |
President totally ignored an oppor-
tunity to save them from seven to
nine hundred millions of dollars a
year on the cost of sugar. He had
an opportunity in August. 1919, to
purchase the entire sugar crop of
Cuba, for and one-half cents a
pound. He neglected to make that
purchase, though the recommends
ton was made by the Sugar Equali-
zation Board which he had created.
Seven members of that commission
recommended and urged upon the
President the purchase of Cuban
sugar at 61s cents a pound. In
with the recommendation {
t was pointed out to the President {
hat except in Cuba alone there was {
shortage in the sugar. crop of the '
World. and that if the President did 1
lot take advantage of his opportuni-
Y to purchase the Cuban sugar crop I
ffered at that time the price would S
ecessarily mount to very high "
oint. Still the President did not I
ct. and again in September, 1919. S
he opportunity was onco nore Of n
sred to the President to purchase the s
uban sugar crop at 61s cents a e
ound, and again the President re-
Ised to take advantage Of his OPP
ortunfsy.
THE next official action came ap- II
lrently as a sequence OF the re- n
lsal of the President to purchase the L
lgar crop of Cuba at Y cents m
1und, when the Attorney General of n
lie United States, an appointee of the n,
agreed with the sugar v,
anters of Louisiana upon II cents
pound for one grade of sugar and N,
cents a pound for another grade. .
as there an understanding between
e President and the Attorney Gen \,
al that the President would not -
irchase the sugar crop OF Cuba at
z cents a pound SO that subsequent
the Attorney General could enter
to an agreement with the sugar
anters of Louisiana to pay II and III
cents? 1t appears so. One ac- Ju
IN follows the other in natural Sc III
ence. and the result today is that
e American people are paying from lei
to - cents pound for sugar, in Pi
i'd OF 10 and IL cents a pound" su