The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-10-22

OOOQ government
TO THE AMERICAN VOTER: .
Are you satisfied, even content, with existing conditions of life?
OF course you are not.
You re budened with taxation and the high cost of living.
For everything entering into your daily life you arr paying a alb
norma prce-an unprecedented price.
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Largely, if not altogether, because of the cxtrava gsnce of government
at wa:hington-b because of padded payro!ls-becau:e of colossal waste
following the war-because of looseoess, laxhy, ineA6ciency and incom-
potency in handling the countrys affairs.
You are paying the bills for all this you, Americans, men and
women, who make up the good citizenship of this nation.
You are paying, and paying dearly for all this.
Your Liberty Bonds-those l. O. US of Uncle sam-in which you
invested so proudly, 50 generously SC periodically, to help win the RAJ
ar today below par You made sacrifices, some of you, los of you, to
buy them, and now, with the war long over, but with peace not yet fully
established, you must make further sacrifices, if compelled to sell those
Liberty Bonds, in order to meet the abnormal conditions confronting you
and entering into your daily life at every turn.
Think of the tragic climax thus put upon your patriotism!
WAR MEANS WASTE. WAR IS WASTE: BUT WAR WASTE
SHOULD HAVE ENDED WITH THE ENDING OF WAR. 1t did not
end then-it has not ended: It has gone o overwhelmingly
And you. long suffering American citizens, are paying the bil-paying in
taxes and high cost of living the price of it all.
Isit not time to call a halt-hgh time? ,
A Republican Congress curtaned governmental extravaganza to the
extent Of TWO BILLIONS or more-reduced the department estimates
to that extent in spite of the resistance and obstruction of the Wilson
Administration. Think of that! But that was just the beginning of re-
uenchment and reform which cannot be effected fully until the Executive
and Legislative departments of the government are working together e-
6cienty and in unison 70 bring about retrenchment and reform. And this
mean A COMPLETE CHANGE Al WASHINGTON-the substitution of
efficiency for inef6ciency capacity for incapacity, all along the line.
Then, and then only will you be relieved of the burdens you are ar
rying today.
You arr hearing talk about Americas duty to the world. Much of
it is intended solely for campaign purposes and lis as full Of deception as
the cry, He kept us out of war" the Democratic slogan of 1916, when
the Administration 1t Washington knew full well that n o power under
Heaven could keep u out of val and that, in fact, at the very moment,
when election was being scantly won by false pretences,. the Nation
was we then virtually at war.
America do her duty to the world!
When, pray, did America ever fail to do her duy-her full duty
in any risis or contingency affecting mankind? Never!
And America can be counted upon as confidently in the future -
she has been counted upon in the past.
AMERICA is A DUTY DOING NATION. Any suggestion to the
contrary-whatever the individual view as o the adjustment of world
affairs, whether through a League of Nations or not-is a afront to
every true American and must be dealt with as such.
The Republican Party pledges you Good Government. 1t pledges
to you efficiency, economy, courage and the square deal. 1t pledges you
al American government-he sort of government that a long and ilushi-
u line of Republican Presidents have given t, Republic.
DO NOT ALLOW YOUR COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THE
RESULT TO KEEP YOU FROM THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
Do your duty a a chizen-an alert wideawske, American citizen
just IS America has ever done and will continue to do her full duty a
anation, and thus will you help to put your Uncle Sans house in order.