Evening journal., 1920-02-03

Uncle Ted. What DO the newspapers
mean when they say that Congtess is
planning a program Of cconomy?' asked
Jack. as he and his sister and uncle
were seated around The big table after
dinner.
This Is a question. Jack, That can be
answered in a few words, OF | can tell
you quite q story about il The fact
that Congress is planning a program o.
ecohOmy simply means that after iiH
Republicans came into power in boil
the Senate and the House at Washing
ton. they made mp their minds that the.
would save all the peoples money Tie.
possibly could Before, all during tlf
war. and even now. the various govern
ment departments which. OF course
are s,ill under The control of lresiden
Wilson and the men appointed by MN
have wasted money right and LETT
but how can Congress save u''
money2" asked Ruth.
I'm This way" answered. nef ullci,
zach wear every government depSri
-, notes m a list Of the things J
,,,ni r1' ,acd FOR The following year WIN
WI W., -. ,,SSD ina, is, they tell Congress
,hc m u.s. s,,. much money their particular
Jus. ,,,t wants. Then those re
.'.,,1,s '',,f.',s % fo The various committees y.
Suos,s veo 80 /. he talked about. Nhi'
.''e 'o..r,,,,,i,os are talking about lht
,s,,ests. which are made INTO ~ -
~ hills. they have an oppo. opp.,o,, .eu,''s ostef
en-, down the amount oi niones a. Il,
for before il goes to tne houso ~
,.o,od on. That is what the plVtsei, 80,
concress Is doing. Another pls -, -,
- +be REPUBLICAN legislative slye.,5, nl'
@.,,,,,,itioe - of the House, wlloh late.
80 hoon meeting twice a week 10 ,lS',
.hs ,.ort ~ passing these Diils ahu
.,',, 100 time out down the alnouh.
'ao,oy '.,e ne much as possible. Inns CON
49, 49, h deiermined TO hold down a.
49, .'l'.s...,,,,.iaiions for that is what tiies'
'.l,,,,sets elI are called), because lhes 9
noi want 10 make il necessary LOT us ~
have another bond campaign. ,,,s,.
..tIaye thev saved any money so lar
asked Jack. r..l, When
.ho ri,ers and harbors bill was reporlo1
srom s,.9 he committee it was dlscoVefeu
49,. 49, .be committee had cut down the
estimates more than s3OOOo'oOV anu W,
40 100000 OF the amount askeu lVi' - -
see The present administrator ~, -,
president Wilson down, insteau Vi ny ~,
ING Congress save money 80 th". ~
neople won't have TO pay digger 49, -
and buv more bonds, keep on Waselns
a. and throwing It around Ike so nuSh
,vater THAT makes the work OF llly
Renublicans in Congress very nalu
rrbov know the taxes are too high al.
readv and they want TO cut down. Dul
thew simply can't do II so long as tne
Democrats keep on wasting the people
money Another saving was mace Dy
tbe foreign affairs committee OF lle
Uouse. They reported the diplomatic
md consular appropriations bill win
tatsI NJ sSst3O3s. which was more
than 100000 less than the State De
narfroent asked for. The House oohl-
,nittee on public buildings voted not 10
have any public buildings bill TINS year
rhis means no new postohlce buildings
and court houses, but il also means
no saving OF millions Of dollars. Wnen
tbe CONCENTRATIONS committee reported
tbe second deficiency appropriation Dill
4, carried a total Of S99,S9i,s42, Whlcn
WAS more IMAM rDufNtNsNDV A~@'
amount asked. Another big saving VIII
he made on the army bill. Secretary
Razer wanted a peace army OF JoO'OoO
mon but the committee has cut down
The number 70 about 100000 men, and
This will mean a big reduction In the
amount Of money necessary Tor the
army during the next year. .
In order 90 give you some idea OF
what these Republican members OF the
House are trying 10 do and how they
feel. l am going to read you parts OF a
letter written TO me by Representative
Martin B. Madden, Of Illinois. Mr.
Madden is a successful business man
and he is working hard 10 save all the
monev for the people Of this county
that he can. The cost OF living. says
Air. Madden, rs out OF all proportion 10
what think Il should be. / have spent
MANY sleepless nights in an effort
to see how a remedy can be found.
am nrmly convinced, however, that the
remedy is not in legislation, except TO
the extent that legislation effecting ex-
penditures on the part OF the govern
,nent NAV reduce the cost OF taxation
and stabilize conditions. The President,
some time since. thought he had rem