The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-09-22
WORLD WAR HISTORY

ed the armies of Germany at the
Marine and saved Paris. The war was
young then, but it grew old fast. The
horror of it, as it stretched its red
course through four years, is still a
nightmare of memory. Paris had to
be saved again, but it was saved de-
finitely.
There was time when a name for
the cataclysm was question in the
minds of the people, but the natural
title suggested itself. 1t will be known
IN history as the World war. The
whole world was involved and affect
ed And the world has not vet re-
covered. Impatient people complain.
They forget that the nations of the
earth never before had such a prob
lem of reconstruction and readjust-
ment to solve. As a matter of fact
they are doing well, no matter what
the pessimists say.
Pessimism is a cloud 1t obscures
the blue of heaven. But men of hope
! and courage know that the sunlight of
a better day is bound to stream
through at no far-distant date.
Time to Take Heart
1t is time to take heart. Last week
the Department of Labor made
/ statement in which it was shown that
| there was in August an increase of
! 1.O8 per cent in the number of per
sons employed in sixty-fve industrial
centers. These figures were taken
from the payrolls of l ,428 firms. The
department made this comment:
1t must be borne in mind that the
Improvement can be traced in great
1 measure to the vast agricultural activ-
tiles and that as yet the major manu-
featuring, mining and transportation
interests have given less conclusive
evidence of the value and permanency
of such small gains as they may have
experienced.
"A happy augury is the very gen
eral increase in building operations,
the survey showing that present activ-
tiles in this line are greater than at
any time since the nation entered
the war"
Inherited DePlOrable Conditions
Mr.. McAdoo, former secretary of
the treasury and demOralizer of the
railroads under his father-in-law's ad-
ministration, has developed into a
gloom spreader. He says conditions
are bad and likely to get worse before
they get better.
That these depressed times are an
inheritance from the former admins
tration is pretty we'll known, but it
would not suit Mr.. McAdoo's purposes
to admit it. 'Twould put him in bad
with his wife's folks. The situation
was bad when he resigned, no matter
what the influence that made him
give up his Office and get away from
the awful railroad mess he had
created
President Harding tells a story
that takes the smell off the McAdoo
stuff. He tells a story of accomplish
ment that is an inspiration to hope
accomplishment under adverse cir
cumstances. Stating that appropria-
tions for the current fiscal year Will
aggregate about four and a half bill
lion dollars, he makes a comparison
with previous fiscal years as follows
''Three-quarters of billion less
than the expenditures for the prev
ious fiscal year.
"A billion and half less than the
last administration asked of congress
Three billions less than were APP
propriated for the second preceding
{ fiscal year"
: A Story of Incompetence
} For the love of Mike!
Mr.. Harding points out that the re-
F auctions that have been made were in
face of a fixed overhead expense OF
one and three-quarters billion dollars
r a year on World war account, plus an
\ annual requirement of quarter OF q
0 billion due to earlier wars. This is &
0 fixed burden, much of it an inherit
n ance of the policy of incompetency
and extravaganza.
The Presidents Statement make:
e plain that while the Democratic ad
t ninistration spent $3,5OO,OOO,OOC
i through the shipping board TO provide
2 vessels for war purposes, only fifty
: American soldiers Were carried to Eu