Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-07-14

wood pulp, platinum, radium, silk
cocoons, news print paper, tapioca and
tapioca flour, tea, tin ore, works Of
art, and most kinds of lumber.
Despite the fact that the new tariff
will produce huge revenue, the need
of reducing government expenditures
is as pressing as ever, and President
Harding and Director of the Budget
Dawes seem determined to bring sbout
that result. They met last week with
the cabinet and the heads of all the
bureaus-the first meeting of the kind
ever held-and had q heart to heart
talk on means to meet the emergency.
Mr.. Harding quickly gave the floor
to Mr.. Dawes and that vigorous Chi
cagoan told the gathering in plain
language what he planned to do and
what the others must do to help him.
Then he added:
'The permanent success of the bud
get system depends upon certain basic
principles, which at its inception must
be so firmly established both as to
concept and rules Of action, that they
never hereafter will be questioned.
''The budget bureau must be i'm
partial, impersonal, and nonpolitical."
In concluding, he ordered the bureau
chiefs to their feet and, holding up his
hand, recited the following pledge, ad-
dressed to the President:
These men, of whom 1 am one,
realize the perplexity Of your position,
realize that the business of the coun-
try is PROSTATE, that it's working men
are out Of employment, that we are
faced with inexorable necessity of re-
ducing expenditures, and we propose,
just as we did four years ago to win
the war. to try to do it. And that's all
we can do"
President Harding, anxious to have
the controversy over the naval holi-
day" plan ended, wrote to Congress
man Mondell a letter saying that he
was vastly more concerned with the
attitude of the congress on this ques-
ton than l am as to the form Of ex-
pressing that attitude" When this let
ter was read to the house, Mr.. Mondell
and all the others who had wanted
the disarmament proposal to include
land forces gave In and agreed
to accept the Borah amendment
to the naval appropriation bill.
That is, all but four gave in.
The only negative votes were
cast by Representatives Moore, Indi-
ana, Republican and Campbell, Penn
sylvania Carew, New York, and o.
Brien, New Jersey, all Democrats.
Representative Linberger, California,
Republican, voted present.
Republican members of the house
and senate conference committee on
the resolution to declare the state
of war with Germany ended reached
a compromise carrying the house dec
laration Of a state Of peace instead
Of the senate repeal Of the war reso-
luton, and the senate provisions pro-
tecting American interests, with an
additional section giving still further
protection to the United States. Sim
liar sections end the state of war with
Austria Hungary. SO that squabble
is settled.
Notwithstanding the impassioned
protests Of many congressman and the
earnest arguments of many physicians
the house last week passed the so
called Campbell bill designed to
forestall the execution Of a regulation
providing for the prescription of beer
and light wines as medicine held by
former Attorney General Palmer to
be within the law. The vote was 25O
to SO. The measure is now in the
hands Of the senate, and Senator
Broussard Of Louisiana already has
delivered a red-hot speech against 1t.
OF the appointment of former Pres
ident Taft to be chief justice of the
Supreme court Of the United States
there is little to be said that has not
already been said In anticipation. Mr..
Taft's fitness for the high position is
| unQuestioned and the selection will
meet with practically unanimous ap-
| proval.
The railway labor board issued two
orders of Importance last week. The
first extended to all big railways the
wage cut which went into effect on
| July /. The second abolished time
and-a-haif pay for all work over ar
eight-hour day. and, with the exception
of this change, extended indefinitely
the operation Of the national agree