Milford chronicle., 1921-08-05
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
WHAT PRESIDENT HARDING AND
CONGRESS HAVE DONE AND ARE
DOING

oh! whatcha got, Uncle Ted?' call
ed Ruth as her hero came up the walk
with an armfull of bundles.
Whats all that, Uncle Ted?" asked
Jack who was equally interested in
the interesting looking bundles.
Now, what do you suppose?" called
Uncle Ted in his cherry voice. I've
got lots of lemons and cookies and a
cake and everything that kiddies like
you enjoy on a hot day and love to
get sick on. We are going to make a
barrel of lemonade and sit under the
big oak tree and l am going to tell you
story"
Quicker than it would take to tell,
the trio were busy in the kitchen try
ing to keep out of mothers way while
they fixed barrel 'Of lemonade and
put the cookies and cake in big
wicker basket.
" Now for the shade, children said
Uncle Ted as he picked up the pitcher
and glasses. You bring the cakes,
Jack" And after they were all seated
he continued. You know, kiddies,
some people are of the opinion that
President Harding and Congress are
not getting along very well. That is
an incorrect view to take President
Harding is working mighty hard these
hot days in Washington, and so is
Congress, and they both are doing
everything within their power to help
adjust all the important problems
that must be settled to help us get
back into ship-shape. There are so
many things. There is the tax prob
lem, and the tariff, and the railroads,
and merchant marine, and all those
things mean hard work and they take |
lots of time. Such matters can not
possibly be settled in a day. There
are some unreasonable people who
think that the minute President Har-
ding came into office he should have .
waved a wand and reduced all taxes .
automatically. That is ridiculous.
With the tremendous waste of funds
during the war and the tremendous
amount of money loaned to foreign
countries the Treasury has to be kept
filled in some way, else the United
States could not meet its bills.
"The real hope in the tax matter is
that taxes can be more evenly distri-
buted They can not be reduced to
any noticeable degree right away.
4ctI OOAlS51 SDo anu LuC A1CL 44AACCu-
tive are tryinghard to do and we must
all be patient.
when we look at the railroad prob
lem we find that the government owes
the roads between 100000 and
00,000,000 which does not include
the claims the railroads have made
for 'inefficiency of labor during gov
ernment control of the road. Presi-
dent Harding has been working hard
to settle this matter so that the rail- '
roads, so important to our national
life, may get into normal condition. q
We find also that the railroads owe the 4
government about $763, 100000 for re-
pairs and additions made during the a
Federal control. President Harding in '
1 recent message to Congress suggests /
hat the government pay the roads b
what is due them at once and give the
'Oads ten years to pay the govern S
nent what is due Uncle Sam. Accord n
ng to the railroads, they place the
claims for ineficiency of labor at il
800, 100000 and President Harding S
tates in his message that the rail n
Dads are willing to waive those claims
or the time being, if the terms Pres il
dent Harding proposes are put into h
fleet.
But where is all the money coming 81
rom to pay the railroads at once. 1
hought we were nearly broke as it Sc
50 said Jack.
Jack, President Harding has gone rs
lto this matter very carefully. Under M
is plan no additional appropriation Js
ill be needed to pay the roads, no df
lore tax burden will need to be plac- in
d upon us, and the railroads will be
eceiVing what is honestly due them III
! order that they may get into shape pa
nd serve the country as it should be
erved from a railroad standpoint. Let Sc
lie read you from his message relat- m
lg to this point: ty
you are asked to extend the
authority of the War Finance Cor sli
poration so that it may purchase We
these railway funding securities tn
accepted by the director general
of railroads. NO ADDED EX- th
PENSE NO ADDED INVEST RI
MENT is REQUIRED ON THE ro
PART OF THE GOVERNMENT; sa
THERE. is NO ADDED LIABILI- hi,
T, NO ADDED TAX BURDEN.
president Harding then goes on to th,
ate that all that is necessary is for lee
1ngress to give the necessary au- he
ority to make use of the War FL
lnce Corporation and the funds it Su
is available. There have been two ne,
lportant activities, as President see
arding points out, that since the war the
we been badly in need of assistance. wa
le one is the placing of agriculture
it's feet and the other is helping iov
e railroads to a pre-war basis by at srl1
ast paying them what is their just
aim against the government. The ter
ar Finance Corporation was put spc
ok into existence during the last eni
ngress and it has helped the far icle
RS of the country so much that ma Wh
rally President Harding sees that ing
ere is no reason why il can not be If
ed to help the railroads also. of
That President Harding and the fba
publican Congress are thinking of in
lerica First is certainly shown by sbo
: earnest way in which they are
ing to settle these vital and i'm
rtant problems. While everyone in
country who can is getting away
vacations, these men have been Al
rd at work in the heat of the worst +,5;,.
MINER Washington has known IN 'U--
lrs. I know that our confidence in N
m has not been misplaced, and the Jac
lntry will soon learn, if it does IN
already realize, that it is no small N
to undo some of the many evils retl
ought through eight long years. day