Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-07

Washington. Sept 5-President Hard l! ing in a letter reviewing the achieve uents to date of the republican admin i--rstion. particlsrly with reference to | congress. declares that surveying the na- i i'nal situation as a whole il is plain | irst we are working our way out of ! u..ter of waste and prodigal spending | .- @ most impressive rate The letter, made public today, was written by the president under date of | August @ 10 Senator Mo lormlck of i Illinois. and it is understood also will be used in The campaign in New Mexico. rhrre Senator Bursum, appointed to fill out The unexpired term of Secretary ot ! Interior Fall is a candidate for election. I-- iettsr. it is also understood. is con s=+=red hy republican leaders as a re- ely to attacks on the legislative record Cf Che republican congress by Chairman Waite of the democratic national com u.riee and other leading democrats.
 "Nr have made much progress toward r--rercGmeut and greatly increased ef- f-.ency.' the president asserts. T can rH- hut account it monumental sc c1wpl shmeut which has marked the Ey'-S cf the extraordinary session down tH fre time of its recess"
 Looking tn the future Mir. Harding in letter expresses the confident hope tlst congress. after the recess and be- fore Tho end of the extraordinary ses- sion wU adopt bo,h the tariff and taxa t.n- measures and that along with these .r will pass the bill C. permit funding t-. debt owed us by foreign governments.
 This. ! hope the president adds, -vI shortly be followed by arrs nge- grrrrs under which the debtor countries VII begin paying iHtereI on their obliga- tons Likewise. ] am confident that h F-nfrfs~#f-- kr 1F ty,c Grh sf -ac railways 60 the United States will become law during the extraordinary f.5s-or. thus insuring a large and inn sreds1e demand f-r employment of men .a.~ idle"
 The president in beginning his letter pressed thanks Co Senator Mccormick f.- The Illinois senator's congratulations U. t1e accomplishments Of the administra- f7-. as expressed in a letter addressed n. tnc president under date Of August The republican congress preceding the advent of tho present administration is --ed.tei by Mir. Harding with having Iaranfy and assiduously labrred to re- E..' expenditures with results which we Can suwmarize In the statement that the . .-a-r.sf.ons for the current fiscal year win a-zrerate four and quarter billion o1Iars and ttat this Is three quarters o- b.to1 less than the expenditures fr ths previous fiscal year"
 The president after Tcciting as ex- f-tra-auscs Incident to the war the ex- 7-nditure cf three and half billion dol l-s by the shi77inr board; between five and sIX billion dollars for aircraft, ar r-rv and ammunition and between on, and a quarter and one and half billior collars for tho railroad administrs tion aius-
 ~lt is gratifying 10 be able to say tar-rfore that probably no other gov t-rwcnt iu the world has during a sim !ur period so drsstically reduced ex pendiJures as the government of thu United states during the past two year .n The inSistence Of tho republican con r-ess. Moreover. l am happy 70 assur r.u that the administrative department are now in full sympathy with the pro -ram of rigorous and unrelenting econ -ur through which. I believe, we wi .r able during the next year to conve back into The treasury so large a sur .st the aggregate Of taxation may b reduced Co s5.5oo, ,oeo.O00 year.
 Haf The present total expenditure .r he government arises from wars ..a past. Similar burdens are impose eaer the tax payers of other countries and a well-nigh universal protest agains possible repetition of gigantic conf, -tce rise to the common hope that tr -.-ference in November may tighten Il hlrfens of both armament and taxatiC - only for this but for other lands.
 "AImos. without exception the goverl -eufs or other countries are faced wi great deficits. We must not overestin s'e our good fortune and the pruden' 70 our congress. which permits us
 snco revenue and expenditures at
 re when deficits are the rule throug rat he world We shall be greatly al sf "a a policy of progressively reducil -e-suditures by the budget law, republic; origin. design. enactment and exec Jon. ! do not hesitate to say that
 nary times it alone would have be -H-s.dered a highly creditzbIe chi --71uct Of a years legislative proEra Ert in a time of such legislative acti rv as the present it Is only one ano -sny measures Of the first importan - be enacted. l. was quickly fellow tae enactment of the immigrant s~ calculated both Co limit the inf' g. population during period of depr' f1a ard 10 hasten the day when
 nay effect the true Characterization
 tr new corners 10 our shores.
 The series Of measures looking to moderation Of conditions in the Gr' agricultural industries would in otl anes have constituted a striking leg sfiv- product of a years session. Th' Include the law for control of the pa: -E industry. the act for the regulati
 f grain exchanges. and the law for 'rtension of credits to farmers throu
 re war finance corporation 10 ena
 hem 70 carry their crops until the m
 trts will absorb them. The estzbli
 ren. of a veterans bureau insures
 ,0-s1mation of those reforms in car
 o- our disabled men which were inauI
 .rsd hT executive order We have
 zh.lshed peace and are seeking to
 ahilsh the generous production and pr
 table exchange of foodstufIs and co
 rriiiics under the conditions of pc
 md ccrallary assurance of good wa
 ana general sr7nIovrrert