The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-01-18

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Harding Stare Right With Real Ex.
ample Of Economy.

ies, thdt b right, JACK, commented
Uncle Ted as he and the kiddies gath
cred in the dining room for their
weekly story. "Too many people don't
realize how tight money is these days
and how careful 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 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 it cost
him to raise them it HAS ben mighty
hard. And then, too, he couldn't Dor
row any money to help market his
cropsan d so, all in all, particularly
in the farm districts. things have been
hard.
But | didn't start talk about that,
except as 1t bears on the example set
to the people of the country by Presi-
dent-elect Harding to be economical.
Really what he has done is more than
an example of economy. It is the be-
ginning of real economy for the peo-
pie of this country by actually saving
the country's money, which after all
is the money fthe people, for the
Government is nothing more than a
banding together 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 econ
omy, when he isn't President YETI"
asked Jack.
I'm just this way, Jack" was his
Uncle's reply. every four years
when new President or the same one
is sworn in to serve another four
years, great celebration has been
held at Washington. Great platforms,
and stands were built at the Capitol
where the President takes his oath of
office, and all up and down Pennsyl-
vania Avenue and in front of the
White House. The cadets from West
Point where our army officers are
trained were taken to Washington as
were the cadets from Annapolis, the
training school of our naval officers,
all at a tremendous expense to the
government. Soldiers from every
where we're taken to Washington and
thousands of dollars of government
money as well as thousands of dol
lars of money of the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia were spent for a
great parade from the Capital to the
White House, headed by the new Pres
ident.
Nov this has happened. For many
weeks huge commtte has ben work.
ing on plans to make Mr.. Harding's
Inauguration the biggest and greatest
fthem all. Now, that is all right and
a 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 fro mthe Ma
tional Capital.
"But government money will not be
spent with Mr.. 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
individuals must save. We had enough
of gross waste and extravaganza dur
ing the war. We say a President go
to France with great crowd of high
paid helpers and servants and squan-
der hundreds of thousands of dollars
of the peoples money without any re-
suit, except the waste of the money.
We saw, during the war, millions
wasted by the Democrats spending the
money like water. Now new Presi-
dent comes into the White House,
man elected by large vote than ever
cast before in this country for Pres
ident. The people are sick and tired
of waste. They will not all practice
L IL LA thnrnnnluon huff they will not