The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
SENATOR
POINTS OUT
OBSTACLES
SAYS That Lawmakers Must
Not Be Expects 10 Do
The lnposs die

The speech Of L. s. sea Harry s
New before the Indiana Republican Ed
itorial Association at the cary Com
snercial Club banquet last night was
as follows:
1t IS out natural 7yerbur-
dened public should look svess for
relief from the effects prevailing
business depression. always
breeds impauence. not do
70 expect the inposssE ere Is no
legislative cure-au rar amic iI.s
Nations like individua4s musr reap
what they have sown aAa pas he per
aIties OF irdtscretion aud u4i smanage-
nent We have endured SIX years Of
unprecedented proai gacy. ard TWO years
Of war conducted on q scale Of expense
never before dreamed Of The BIZ has
been contracted and ID must be paid
From the purely economic standpoint.
certainly the problem wlth which this
congress was confronted was withou,
parallel. If i has apaa .o have
moved slowly. il has been because OF
unusual conditions. Let " be frank
about i and admit that there has been
delay. but + we are to admit that il
must also be admitted WIEN equal frans
ness that we do not even now know
with certainty Just what the real con
dition is-just how much revenue ne
are towbe compelled to proH-de.
An Illustration IN point is found II
the revelation made a few days ago
by Chairman Lasker Of the Shipping
Board When that exceedingly com
petent business man reluctantly ac-
cepted The Craftsmanship OF that Board
he found an estimate OF One Hundred
million dollars made by his predeces-
sors as the amount required for carry
ing on the operations Of the Board for
the ascal year ending with June 80.
1921. \ survey undertaken by Mr
Lasker revealed the staggering fact
that instead or one hundred million
dollars. the cost ran up TO three hun
dred and eighty million donars-a de-
felt right there of two hundred and
eighty million dollars IN single item
No better illustrations were ever az
forded of the complete and utter folly
of putting the government inro bus.-
ness operations than the result Of its
unhappy adventures with the shipping
board and the railroads mink Mr.
Lasker did not overstate the sacr when
ne referred TO the shipp1ng board ven
tura as The most complete and costly
It viii take some time-oerrainly
two or three years, perhaps longer-to
IiQuidate this concern and f The Hard
ing administration can make "a A even
partial success by that act al ne il
will have jusrihed its existence
There are many such .nsranoes The
truth is that things have aeen at loose
ends for 50 long that Instances af this
character are numerous. Tae admin
istratIon has been engaged in the max
ing Of a survey with view y 5eeer-
mining where savings can be made and
10 what amount Thousands of u1-
necessary employees have been dIslals-
sed: surplus depots consoltca Ted;
camps discontinued; waste and extra
vagance curbed wherever it has been
discovered. while search for It st1I
goes on
Every effort has been made 70 ap-
ply business methods to re conduct ot
the governments affairs. and 20 that
spd some OF tia leading business men
II the country have accepted the
presidents invitation 70 employ tai
ents. Among these men are Dawes and
Lasker They are being given the most
cordial support by cabinet members
and al the other officers OF the gov
ernrnent General Dawes has already
been able TO announce saving for
this year in excess Of one hundred
and twelve million dollars. IS that
worth while? IN every single depart
raent Of the governnaen reductions are
being made. tie sum total of which is
not known. but Will surely be great
You ask-what has congress done?
WeIl. I will tell you one thing It has
fD~ %,a
carrying on Of the government for the
next fiscal year given TO this congress
Ia the outgoing department heads of
ne last administration. called for the
total Of very considerably more than
ave billion dollars The appropria-
tions committees cut down that sum
BY one billion four hundred fifty three
million dollars Is that worth while?
1t may well be that such discoveries
as the shipping board item above re-
ferred to may make some additional
appropriations necessary but if 50,
they were not included in the estima
ties referred to which. with them, would
have been much larger And it is al
so true that this reduction has been
made in spite OF democratic opposition
for IL Is true that substantial ma
jority Of the democrats have IN near
" every instance voted Tor greater ap-
propriations than those provided.
1t has passed the budget law for
which there has long been great de-
maad It has passed the Emergency
Tariff Act. It has passed the new
immigration law II has passed the
bill strengthening government control
Of the cable situation. It has passed
the Army and Navy Appropriation
hflIs which failed 40 at the last ses- /
bills, on which it saved a total OF one
hundred and four million dollars COM
pared with the same bills as they stood
at the close OF the last congress It
has passed the resolution to re-estab-