The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-07-21
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iff upward. s III
I'm the sphere Of international rela-
tions the 9th Congress has shown
itself as impotent as the preceding
Congress. By declaring the state of
war at an end two years and eight
months after the armistice, and by it's
failure to suggest the basis of treaty
Congress has confessed it's inability to
deal with the subject of world peace.
"The Emergency Tariff bill is a
palpable fraud. 1t is altogether value
less. It offers no relief to the farmer
and no hope to anybody else.
$50 far the permanent tariff legis-
lation is concerned, we have before
the House a draft of bill which re-
news the war not only against the
Central Powers but against the rest Of
mankind by practically prohibiting all
imports and by forcing all other ma
tions to retaliate. A paper resolution
declaring the war at an end is to be
Immediately followed by a declaration
Of a real war upon the labor and the
commerce of both friend and foe.
"Of course, the Congress as whole
is just beginning the discussion of the
bill, but it is safe to assume that fol-
lowing the old practice Congress will
ratify after fourteen days of futile
discussion the bill as reported by the
committee. 49,
$50 far as the permanent tariff is
concerned the work of mischief has
just begun. sse.
eve come now to the subject of
taxation. There Congress has done
nothing and can do nothing. The busi-
ness world expected the Republican
party to reduce the burden of taxa
tion. Instead the 9th Congress is
talking economy and piling up addi-
tional burdens of taxation One thing
is quite certain, that the producer will
not be relieved from the burden of
taxation and that the expense of Gov
ernment will not be lessened by any
thing the 9th Congress has done or
promises to do.
"The problems of international
peace, of industrial peace, Of the
farmers distress, of unemployment
have remained untouched. I wonder
whether the people would not be a
great deal better off were this Con-
gress to adjourn" 81.
, Richard Linthicun, Director Of Pub
licity of the Democratic National
Committee writes as follows:
"After being three months in ses-
sion, the Republican Congress has
meagre and almost beggarly record Of
actual achievement. What little it has
done has been done in haphazard
sort Of way; there has been no we'll
defined plan or programme, due
doubtless to lack of leadership both in
the legislative or executive branches
of the administration. The chief prom
ises of the campaign all remain to be
fulfilled, and the most important one
Of all-promised reduction Of taxa
tion-adnittedly cannot be fulfilled.
Legislation actually enacted at this
writing has been as follows:
"The passage of an Emergency Tar
iff Bill, ostensibly to aid agriculture,
but which has no effect in increasing
the prices OF agriculture. products,
has not opened single market, but
on the contrary has made it more diff
ficult for the farmer to sell abroad.
Challenged openly in the Congress to
name single benefit resulting the
reform, Republicans were silent.
"An Army Appropriation bill has
been passed after prolonged disagree
ment between the Senate and the
House, the chief accomplishments be-
ing the reduction Of the enlisted force
to 10000 by Oct. |. President Hard
ing has told the Congress that he
would not feel justified in asking the
Secretary Of War to dismiss men en-
listed for specific term, intimating
that he may not enforce the Act and
suggesting the possibility Of deficit
for which he may ask relief, although
the departments have been warned
against the creation OF deficits.
"As the session was nearly three
months old q tariff bill was introduced
which is to be voted upon in the House
the latter part Of this month. In 1913
when the Democrats came into power
the Underwood Tariff Bill was report
ed to the House and passed within the
first 80 days Of the session. In it's gem
eral features the present high protect
i've tariff bill is along the lines Of the
Payne Aldrich Bill Of 1909 which split
and wrecked the Republican party.
The present bill threatens to result IA
the same dissension and disaster fol
the party.
The adherence of the Republican
Congress to the old pre-war tariff pol
icy of the Republican party is one d
the best evidences that the party has
learned nothing from the economic
lessons Of the war, which reversed
many Of the most important economic
conditions.
The Tax Revision bill has not yet
been introduced, and as Tar O known
has not vet been written. The chie1
promise upon which the Repubiicanl
relied for votes b the Int eiectioI
|was that the party would reduce tx
es. It III sos obvious that Niis promis,