Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1920-06-30
Mr.. Wilson and CONGRESS-
From Hssvsy's Weekly
TIME gravamen Of Prssidest
Wilson's savage aiAtSibs

TIME grsvamen Of PSssides
wilson's savage diassib
against Congress 10. In u
laas analysis. that II Was no
able In = single year to undo sn'
remedy fully all ths evil whicl
he himself and his subservien
followers isfiietsd upon th'
country in ssvsn years. Thu
hs rails against Cesgreas fol
not revising the lax laws whisi
in their present form are indi
restly responsible II part fol
the high cost Of living" and fol
"ths protracted delay in dealing
with ahe proplem ofthe rail- Dads,
the problem of the government
owned merchant marine. and
other similar urgent matters. u
which delay. he declares, has
resulted in many unnecessary
burdens upon the public Treas.
sry." Yet II was he and his
own hand picked Congress who
made those taxa.s. who
brought the railroad problem
upon the country, and who made
the merchant marine 80 mon.
strous n drag upon the treasury.
1t will bs we'll. in view Of the
Presidents hypocritieal arraign
ment of Congress for not light
eniHg the financial burdens OF
the country. TO recall the reckless
and tlagrans manner in which he
and his underlings piled those
burdens upon us, in such aTran
~ of ruthless extravaganza as
never was seen before ia the
world. We doubt il many real
ize how III uch more rapidly our
war deb, increased than that OF
any other OF the bel!igerehts.
Lei Us contTas, il with the debts
Of other Powers. That of France.
the country which chiefly bore
the brunt OF the conflict. wss In
G rsaxed 362 per cent In FIVE
years, or about ~ per cent q
year. That OF Russia, with all
her tremendous sac ritees in the
early part Of the war, was in
Q rcased by ais per cent. or 1913
per cent a year. That Of Great
with her enormous ef
forts On land and sea. was In
srsascd by $50 per cent. or l97
per cent \ year But that Of the
United States. with only a ti,he
~ the actual lighting Of the
others. attained the appalling
increase of 100 per cen, in two
md a half years. or $40 per ecu,
} year.
II will OF course be said. and
Justly. that our debt Was much
, mailer 10 begin with tfan that
of any other OF those powers,
and that therefore an actually
; mailer increase would appear
10 he much larger than theirs.
reckoned on the percentage
scale. But what were the &C
tual increases Great Britain
IN five years increased her debt
BY taA, 1919, ,0oo, 600. France hers
by 81, SOC. .ooo. coo. and the Unit
ri States ours in half the time
by Sa5, $50, 600, 600 Tins we 10
our debt In tive and a
aslf years by nearly 7s per cent
IA much a. Great Britain did
hers in twice that time; and We
increased il actually more. by
. bout a billion and a bali, than
France did hers in twice that
lime. Again IL may be said
hat there was a difference in
|, systems, and that France raised
moro by immediate taxation
xhile We deferred more for fu.
,ure years TO pay. II 30. that
mas the deliberate choice of MIR.
Wilson : Administration. and IL
D .>st be with the worst Of grace
nd monumental insinceYity that
"a uSw seeks to condemn Con,
,ress for having to carry the
,urdsn ,,f taxation which he i'm
'osed upou IL.
Yhe fact is that our soandalous
yar expeuditNres wero due 70 .
ariety Of causes. most IL not all
4 which were directly chargea.
,le against the President. Con.
.., a~nno than wna nnH