Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-20
new PRESIDENT
is FOR ECONOMY
SETS EXAMPLE BY REFUSING TO
ALLOW COMMITTEE TO SPEND
THOUSANDS UNNECESSARILY

everyone should be to try and save
all they can and work as hard as
they can until the country gets back
on a sound peace basis | just had
letter from friend of mine in
Washington and he says he didn't
know that times were really hard"
well, are they?" asked Ruth.
mot in the same way they would
be if we had a panic, Ruth, but
through the farm districts, as | told
you last week, where the farmer
has been up against the proposition
of having to sell his products at less
than 1t cost him to raise them 1t has
been mighty hard. And then, too
he couldn't borrow any money to
help market his crops and so, all in
all, particularly in the farm dis
tricts, things have been hard.
"But ! didn't start to talk about
that, except as it bears on the ex-
ample set to the people of the coun-
try by Presideent-elect Harding 90
be economical. Really what he has
done is more than an example OF
economy; it is the beginning Of real
economy for the people of this coun-
try by actually saving the countrys
money, which after all is the money
of the people, for the government is
nothing more than banding togeth-
err of us all, so that We can have
rules, in the form of laws, to live
by and choose those who will lead
u.s."
"How has Mr.. Harding started
economy, when he isn't president
YETI" asked Jack.
Elm just this way, Jack" was his
Uncle's reply. Every four years
when a new president OF the same
one is sworn in to serve another
four years, a great celebration has
been held at Washington. Great
platforms and stands were built at
the capitol where he president takes
his oath of office, and all up and
down Pennsylvania avenue and in
front of the White House. The ca
diets from West Point where our
army officers are trained were taken
to Washington, as were the cadets
from Annapolis, the training schooi
of our naval officers, all at a ire
mendous expense to the government
Soldiers from everywhere were TAX
en- to Washington and thousands of
well as thousands of dollars of mon
ey of the people of the District OF
Columbia were spent for great
parade from the Capitol to the White
House, headed by the new president.
Nov this has happened. For
many weeks huge committee has
been working on plans to make Mr..
Harding's Inauguration the biggest
and greatest Of them all Now, that
is all right and fine tribute to a
great man, but it is not in keeping
with the times, when certainly an
example of economy and simplicity
should come from the national cap
ital.
But government money will not
be spent with Harding's orders or by
his wishes for an elaborate inaug-
ural ceremony. He saw, as he will
see throughout his administration,
that the government must save just
as the individual must save. We
had enough of gross waste and ex-
travagance during the war. We saw
president go to France with "a
great crowd of high-paid helpers and
servants and squander hundreds of
thousands OF dollars of the peoples
money without any result, except the
waste of the money. We saw, dur
ing the war, millions wasted by the
democrats spending the money like
water. Now a new president comes
into the White House-a man elect|I
ed by a larger vote than ever cast
before in this country for presi-
dent. The people are sick and tired
of waste. They may not all practice
thrift themselves. but they will not
stand for government money being
wasted, especially now, owing to the
conditions l have told you about.
'Mr. Harding is going to sur
round himself with big men. He is
going to see that the government
gets something worth while for ev-
cry dollar spent and he is going to |
see that no dollars are, spent need
lessly. We have all felt sure of that |
but now we know it because he has |
asked that the inaugural committee |
stop all plans for an inaugural cele-
bration. He wants to start an adj
ministration that will stand for |
economy in the right way and he GER
tainly can't do it in better manner |
than to start by cutting out all the |
unnecessary expense for the inaugu-
raj ceremonies.
"Oh, / remember" said Jack,
dad read me what he said"
Eyes, Jack, and it is worth hear
ing again. 1t was sent by Mr.. Hard |
ing in the form of a telegram to the
chairman of the inaugural commit |
tee. / won't read ii all, but just |
that part which shows how our next
president will take care of the mon
ey of the government. You must |
realize that it means great deal |
for man who has been elected as
president to stop all the great cell |
ebration in his honor. 1t means |
that he is thinking of the people of |
che country first and himself last |
After saying, in that telegram, that |
he would like to have the complete |
of all plans for the |
inaugural celebration Mr.. Harding |
said:
81 know full well that the gov
eminent outlay is relatively small |
and that the larger expenditure |
comes from the generous contribu-
tons of the District citizenship, but
1t is timely and wholesome to prac
tice the utter denial of public ex-
penditure where there is no real me-
cessity, and it will be a wholesome
of economy and thrift If we
save the many, many thousands
which the inaugural celebration
would call from the private purses
Of those attending
THAT was not all he wrote, but
enough to show you how he feels"
We'll" said Jack, II guess he is
right, but We won't go to Washing
ION now; that's what | hate"
THAT is true, Jack, but perhaps
you will be better off. Attending an
ceremony at Washing