Deming graphic., 1921-09-20
Hanna Spoke
Saturday Night

back of the republican party didn't Ike
Il and began n propaganda against II
through Their hired press agents. They
are now trying 10 defeat the amend
ment which would make this gift
permanent one Corporation lawyers
said the act Of the legislature was un-
constitutional 80 the American Legion
went ~ the legislature In order tlint
the people Of the state might have an
opportunity to approve the grant II
this amendment wins the next legisla-
ture will have the power 10 again
give the veterans the benefit Of the ey-
empti0n
According 10 the department OF IL
b0r there are now q million men out Of
work large number of these .dle
men fought In the world war. They
escaped death only to become economic
casualties Perhaps patriotism IL be-
yond price, and the willy republican
leaders have said as an excuse for not
compensating the soldiers for the loss
Of their jobs, but 4 has sold itself to
the Spaniards according to the news
/.
80 cent a day and three meals. 26S
veterans Of the world war sailed from
New Orleans the other day 10 fight the
MoOrS. because the veterans are on the
point Of starvation. These are the men
who 81 gloriously fought that we might
continue to 1--we In a free country.
Even senator Henry Cabot Lodge told
the president that congress could not
afford to turn down the demands Of
the soldiers.
The friends of Bursum maintain
that ne and his party are the friends
uf the sheep and cattle men Of the west
that they made available 10 million
dollars for the relief of the livestock
industry. They did no such thing for
the money came altogether from pri-
vate sources. The federal reserve
should have functioned here, but that
great financial institution, given to the
nation Icy the democratic party Is now
In the hands of its enemies and its fun
ctiuns are impaired. There Is not d
bank in the state that can qualify 10
Ai' AutNf
loans. AT best the money can be Sc
cured for only six months and with no
hope of renewal There have been two
loans made in this section Of the state
but they have been made through the
III Paso banks How can the ordinary
stockman derive any benefit from such
u mcaSurey
The Literary Digest says that the
Agricultural Credits hill is gold brick
for the farmers that they have not
and cannot derive any benefit from "a;
that spectators are financing them.
selves through this prcniciOus law nt
the expense of the tillers Of the soil.
Yes indeed. the present corporate con
tr0l is favorable TO middle western
and western farm and stock interests.
The Fordney tariff Is crime
against America, with its high tariff
wall that shuts in American com
mercc aud shuts out Europen commerce
So badly needed for the revival OF
American Industry. There is not the
old difference between parties ON the
tariff question-times and conditions
have changed and the former division
ON tariff for revenue only and high
protective tariff no longer with us
We are now an exporting nation Eu-
rope hasn't any money with which 10
buy the products that are piling up in
our warehouses and high tariff won't
permit her to pay for what she wants
In goods that we want That's the
reason the mines are shut down-Eu-
rope can't pay for our copper and we
have In the republ,can-made tariff
an embargo that is strangling industry
" Senator Frank z. Gooding. repub-
li'1in puts il aptly when he says the
republican shoe manufacturers Of Sen
ator Lodges state want free hides and
a high tariff ON shoes. Thus both the
producer of the raw material and the
buyer Of the finished product are very
thoroughly skinned The Fordney
tariff shows increases over the Payne.
Aldrich law OF two and three fold and
is a staggering blow to western pros.
perity.
Il predict democratic congress IN
1922. This IS my answer to the Bur
"ehA HA'ifta-eN'h AiAaiN ANtit - UO U.S.
20 send a democratic senator 20 a re-.
publican senate II Is also the logical
answer to Mr.. A. u. Renehan's sarcas
tic dicjum that democrat In Wash
ington Is excess hagage The repu
blicans said last year when advocated
an al valorem tax ON the mines that
wanted to destroy them-that I would
close them. Well they are closed nj,
right and \ republican legislature Inn
posed the mnch-abused ad yalorem tax.
All that ! asked for then and All thar
| now request is that all Glasses b.
required to pay taxes on an equal la.
( SIS. We have about reached the limit
of bonded Indebtedness and taxes have
mouled until the limit 10 pay has been
re0cehr. DO away with special i,rive-
lege and pledge myself 10 DO some.
thing for New Mexico In the senate OF
he limited States