Evening journal., 1920-09-29
NEST virginia
GREETS HARDING
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% act before congress- adjourned. the
committees revised the bin in ihis
slight particular. submitted 10 TO their
respective houses only % have il KILL
cd in the senate hy a illibuster con-
Quoted BY thrco democratic senators.
"NNc have hccr during the last
few days from O. nemocraiic admin
istraN0n al Wa ielon That % needs
money. more mDney, always more
aseaey. 90 maintain the government
the current year.
And during ihese samr days we
have heard from a ncmocfgic can-
didaie. Who has announced himself
10 BE- in entire accord with the head
OF this Democratic administration.
thoi if he Is elected 90 the presidency
be VIII give 90 the people of his
country a BUDGET system such as the
present president with whom he-saa
he IS IN accord rejected oniy-f1Si
June
Economy Is Scornea
"Lei me speak Tor a moment Of the
Ncars which are just behind as. lni'l
lthr world war came al was. easy for
fhc government Go make a good show
inc a good financial statement
should say-ih0urh 'n0se IN charge
gave little attention 90 The way
money was raised and even less 90
he N1y 70 was spent our country
was rich, our people were generous.
They did not object 20 taxation. In
Fact The great majority hardly knew
thcy were being taxed az an because
OF our Republican methods OF indi-
rect taxation. u was diilruli 20 gel
officials in Washington .or the pco'
pie generally 90 heed The trend OF thC
times
When .2t 3, was dimcult 90 gel
n o0lcilsl In Washington 20 take no.
tico, J must make an exception. Prcsi.
dent Taft. a sincere advocate OF gov
ernmenl0l efficiency appointed a com
mission on efficiency and economy O
Fldy means Of Increasing lhe Ell
otncy OF he government and rcduc
ing rs cost 90 the taxpayers. This
commission reported az a time whei
the country was In a state OF rOlti
pal turmoil. ITS report tremend0usl,
valuable In ne Information 10 con
tainod and in The suggestions % pa
forth was completely lost sight %
durinr the stress 0f one OF the bitter
csi campaigns In uio political hisi0r,
OF Amcrlca Mr.. rafi went out %
oillcc Hs successor N0s pledged hl
bis parIy platform Go return :
Rimpliciiy in government and 90 "a rc
nuctlon 10 iho expenditures OF ih'
government hul ne promptly cas-
hsldc TIE report OF the Taft efficiency
ind economy commission as well a
rho Democratic platform, Whlcl
pledged economy and efficiency eeN
crnmcnial expenditures continued q
--fndunt inward taxes continued 10 In
hreasc. until we entered The woEl'
war and That war cngulfed ms In
Financial caiaclysm such as the Worll
had never seen before.
A Financial Orgy
"a iwo-hlllion dollar congress wa
followed by foriy-billion dolla
|congrcss. From a debt OF practically
nothing. we went 20 a national deb
OF twenty-five billion dollars. the In
terest on which alone Is greater THAI
our aggregate annual expenditures 10
any year In the history OF our gov
ernmenl up 90 that Immediately pre-
cedlng our entrance into the w0rl
Fpar. need not enter into a deiaile
description of the financial org
Rrhich was staged In WashinglO
durlnr The war. The necessities
hhc war are past But we must IN
! means 60 pay the expenses OF ol
government end reduce our great n
liona debt without undue or IN
proper burdens OF taxation, and "
must increase the business cnlcienc
OF our government.
"a casual study OF our financial hts
tory Indicates that while our popull
fion now Is hut slightly more ina
three times what 10 was at The clc:
OF ihe civil war. our debt has j.
creased more than ten-fOld a revic
Of the history of state. county ar
municipal taxation shows that O
increase In The tax rate ihrougho
the country for the purposes OF The
various units OF government has be-
greater even than the increase In q
federal tax rate There has been
proper proportion between increase
population and wealth and the
crease In the cost OF governmel
whether local. state or federal. y
must establish such a relationship "a
establish &c promptly u we are
avoid governmental bankruptcy.
Blocked by President
III some one should ask why h
congress not done so, ] answer u
congress tried. but The presldeut Of I