Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-04-21

report on the subject" the president
said, has real merit"
{ Army and Navy: Early considera.
ton of pending appropriation bills was
urged. "The government is in ac-
cord with the wish to eliminate the
burdens of heavy armament" said the
president. "The United States will
ever be in harmony with such a move
ment toward the higher attachments
of peace. But we shall not entirely
discard our agencies for defense until
there is removed the need to defend.
We are ready to cooperate with other
nations to approximate disarmament,
but merest prudence forbids that we
disarm alone"
National Finance: "The staggering
load of war debt must be cared for
in orderly and gradual liquidation.
We shall hasten the solution and aid
effectively in lifting the tax burdens
if we strike resolutely."
Administration: Enactment of a ma
tional budget system and general re-
auctions by efficient management of
the cost of the government.
Business: LESS of government in
business as well as more business in
government. There is no challenge to
honest and lawful business success.
But government approval of fortunate,
untrameled business does not mean
federation of restraint of trade or of
maintained prices by unnatural meth
DDS. Anxious as we are to restore
the onward flow of business, it is fair
to combine assurance and warning in
one utterance.
Agriculture: "The maintained re-
tail cost in perishable foods can not
be justified Reduced costs of basic
production has been recorded but high
cost of living has not yielded in like
proportion without the spirit of hos
tility or haste in accusation of pro-
fiteering some suitable inquiry by con-
gress might speed the price readjust-
ment to normal relationship, with
helpfulness to both producer and con-
sumner. A measuring rod of fair
prices will satisfy the country and
give us a business revival to end all
depression and unemployment"
Washington.-The sixty-seventh CON
gress convened Monday, was in ses-
sion a short time and adjourned until
Tuesday.
In the preliminaries Monday the
republican majorities of
twenty-five in the senate and about |
ITO in the house worked with precis-
ion. Speaker Gillett was reelected, |
298 to 1872, with Representative itch |
In, North Carolinas democrat Kitch-
leader, his perfunctory opponent. Rep
resentative London, New York, the |
only socialist member, voted pres
ent."
Bills designed to cover some of the
more important problems before the
present congress were introduced in
he house Monday as follows:
Creation of a federal department of
education, appropriating $15,000000 to
lid states in training teachers and ST.
100000 for alien Americanization.
Establishing the metric system as
he standard for the federal govern
nent for customs excise, postal and
eVenue purposes after ten years.
Permitting manufacturers of trade
marked goods to fix uniform resale
'rices.
Extending dry law" enforcement to
he Philippines.
Regulating stock yards, meat pack.
lg and transportation of live stock by
Iaugen, republican, Iowa.
Taxing future sales of grain 10 per
ent of value, involved by Dickinson,
epublican, Iowa. I
Forbidding strikes which hamper in
erstate commerce.
This bill was introduced by Blanton
f Texas.