Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-11

sions for superannuated and retired civil
servants and for an increase in pay o
soldiers and sailors. We organised tn
Army on a peace footing and provided
| for the maintenance Of powerful ant
efficient Navy
The republican Congress establish
co by law a permanent woman's Blu
ieau in the Department Of Labor: w
| submitted to the. country the sconsti
frage. and furnished twenty-nine o
the thirty-five legislatures whic!
have ratified it to date. =
! Legislation for the relief of, tn,
consumers Of print paper. for tire ex
tension of the powers Of the govern
| ment under. food control act. TO
| broadening the scope Of the war risl
insurance act. better provision fo
the dwindling number Of aged vet
I Grams of the civil war and for the bet
Ter support of the MANNED and in
Jured OF the great war. and for max
ing practical the vocational rehabili
| tation act, has been enacted by til,
| republican Congress. ---
| We passed an ollie asing and water
! power bill to unlock for the publ,
! good the great pent-up resources o.
the country; we have sought to checl
| the profiigacy of the administration
to realize upon the assets Of the gov.
hHICHt anu u HuSDAuU the revenues
derived from taxation. Tho. repubii
cans in Congress have been respon
sibie for cuts in the estimates fol
government expenditure Of nearly
three billion dollars since the signing
of the armistice. go
We enacted a national executive
budget law; we strengthened the fed
eral reserve act to permit banks te
lend needed assistance to farmers; we
authorized financial interpretations te
develop export trade, and finally
amended the rules Of the Senate and
House. which will reform evils in pro.
cedure and guarantee more efficient
and responsible government.
Nations Backbone
Ii the Farmer.
The farmer is the backbone Of the
nation. National greatness and eco
nomic Independence demand a popula-
the farm. and sharing on equal terms
the prosperity which is wholly de-
pendent on the efforts of both. Neither
can 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 publfca-
ton Of such reports; the authorization
NJ 4af r. <Sf
personal credit; a national inquiry on
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-
cred efforts arbitrarily to reduce
prices of farm products which inva-
riabiy result to the DISADVANTAGE both
Of producer and consumer: and the
encouragement of the production and
Importation of fertilizing material and
of it's extensive use.
The federal farm loan act should be
80 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
longtime credits as farmers may
need to finance adequately their larg-
er and longtime production opera
tons.
National Economy
shown in Estimates.
A republican. Congress reduced the
estimates submitted by the admins
tration for the fiscal year 1920 almost
SO, 0o0, 000, 900 and for the fiscal year
1921 over a billion and a quarter dol
lars. Greater economies Could have
been effected had it not been for the
stubborn refusal Of the administration
to cooperate with Congress In an
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. $3.50
The Overman act invested the Pres
authority and power necessary to re-.
store the federal government to a
normal peace basis and to reorganize,
retrench and demobilize The domi-
nant. fact is that eighteen months
after the armistice the United States
basis. and the expenditure program
of the executive reflects wartime ex-
travagance rather than rigid peace
time economy.
AS an example OF the failure to re
trench which has characterized the
postwar policy Of the administration,
we cite the fact that, not including
the War and Navy departments, the
executive departments and other estab-
l1shments at Washington actually record
an increase subsequent to the arn,is-
tice OF. 21s4 employees. The net de-
crease in pay roll costs contained in
the 1921 demands submitted by the
administration is only per cent uns
der that OF 1920. The annual expenses
OF FEDERAL operation can he. reduced
hundreds OF millions of dollars with.
OUT lmpalring the efflciency Of the
public service
We pledge ourselves to a carefully
planned readjustment to a peace-time
basis and to a policy Of, riEid econ
omy. to the better o-ordtnation ~
DEPARTMENTAL activities, to the elm
inat!on of unnecessary oficiaIs and
employees, and to the raising Of the
standard Of individual efficiency.
Executive Budget
Enacted In Law.
We congratulate the republics n
Congress on the enactment OF a law
providing for the Establishment OF
an executive budget as a necessary
instrument for a sound and busine ss.
like administration of the national
finances; and we condemn the veto Of
the President which defeated this
great financial reform.
Federal Departments
Are ReofEaMiAed.
We advocate = thorough invsstigs.