The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-07
HARDING IS PLEASED
With ADMINISTRATION
President in Letter to Senator McCOr-
mick Reviews Achievements of
Congress With Much Satisfaction
Praise for Republicans in Com
mTnicatiOn From White House.

acnleVeMcntS TO QaCe OF Cne RepuD-
lican administration, particularly
with reference to congress, declares
that surveying the national situa-
are working our way out Of welter
of waste and prodigal spending at
most impressive rate"
The letter, made public today, was
written by the president under date
of August 20 to Senator Mccormick
of Illinois, and, it is understood, will
be used in the campaign in New
Mexico, where Senator Bursum, ap-
pointed to fill out the unexpired term
of Secretary of Interior Fall, is a
candidate for election. The letter,
it also is understood, is considered
by Republican leaders as reply to
attacks on the Legislative record Of
the Republican congress by Chair
man White of the Democratic ma
tional committee and other leading
Democrats.
owe have made progress towards
retrenchment and greatly increased
efficiency" the president asserts. 81
accomplishment which has marked
the work of the extraordinary ses-
sion down to the time of it's recess"
Looking to the future, Mr.. Hard
ing in his letter expresses the con-
fident hope that congress after the
recess and before the end of the ex-
traordinary session will "adopt both
the tariff and taxation measures and
that along with these it will pass the
bill to permit funding the debt owed
rs by foreign governments"
"This, I hopc," the president adds,
Twill shortl ybe followed by arrange
ments under which the debtor ma
tions will begin paying interest on
their obligations. Likewise, 1 am
confident that the bill faciliting
the funding of the debt of railways
to the United States will become
law during the extraordinary session,
thus insuring q large and immediate
idle"
The president in beginning his let
ter expressed thanks to Senator Nc
Cormick of the Illinois senator's con-
gratulations on the accomplishments
of the administration, as expressed in
letter addressed to the pres ident un-
der date of August "a.
The Republican congress preceding
the advent of the present administra-
tion is credited by Mr.. Harding with
having patiently and assiduously la
corcd to reduce expenditures" with
result (which we can summarize in
the statement that the appropriations
for the current fiscal year will aggre-
gate Of 4,250, 100000 and that this is
$750,000, 900 less than the expendi-
lures for the previous fiscal year"
The president after reciting as cx-
travagances incident to the war" the
expenditure of .$3,500,000,000 by the
shipping board, between $5,000,000, 900
and $6,OO0,O00000 for aircraft, artil-
lery and ammunition, and between
81 ,250, 100000 and $500, 100000 for
the railroad administration, adds.
at is gratifying to be able to say.
therefore, that probably no other
government in the world has dur
ing a. similar period so drastically
reduced expenditures as has the gov
ernmcnt of the United States during
the past two years on the insistencc
of the Republican congress. More
over, am happy to assure you that
the administration departments are
now in full sympathy with the pro-
gram of rigorous and unremitting
economy, through which, bcScvc,
we will be able during the next year
to turn back into the treasury so
large sum that the aggregate of
taxation may be reduced to $3,5OO,-
100000 a year.
"Half the present total expcndi-
lures of the government arises from
wars of the past. Similar burdens
are imposed upon the taxpayer of
other. countries, and well nigh uni
Versai protest against a possible
repetition of gigantic conflicts gives
rise to the common hope that the
conference in November may tighten
the burdens of both armament and
taxation, not only for this but for
other lands.
almost without exception the gov
ernments of other countries are faced
with great deficits - We must
not Overestimate our good fortune
and the prudence Of our congress
which permits us to balance revenue
and expenditure at time when
deficits are the rule throughout the
world. We shall be greatly aided
in policy of progressively rcduc-
ing expenditure by the budget law,
Republican in origin, design, enact
ment. and execution ;. | do not
hesitate to say that i'm ordinary times
it alone would have been considered
a highly creditable chief product Of
years Legislative program. Yet in
q time Of such legislative activity
as the present it is only one among
many measures of the first import
ance to be enacted. 1t was quickly
followed by the enactment of the
immigration law, calculated both to
limit the influx of population during
a period Of depression and to hasten
the day when we may effect the true