The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-03-10
BY NICK. w. Kriegh

we $1,000 IN 1SzU', SalO JdHueS AVA
Cox, late democratic standard bearer
in a keynote speech at a recent Demo
cratic conference. Standing in their
tracks where they stood in 1920!
What an indictment! In 1920 the
democratic administration was stand
ing in the way of urgent tariff re-
form, government economy, industrial
retrenchment, business rehabilitation,
tax revision and monetary deflatlon.
In 1920 the Democratic party was
standing in the way Of complete with
drawal from European entanglements.
In 1920 the Democratic party not only
obstructed every move toward recov-
cry from the crushing obligations i'm
posed by war, but sought to intensi-
fy those burdens by increasing in
ternational obligations and by striv-
ing to defeat legislation designed to
relieve the domestic burdens under
which the nation was struggling. And
the American people, by an over
whelming and decisive vote, left them
standing in their tracks.
In this article l propose to acquaint
the voters Of Montana with some OF
the accomplishments of the party
which was entrusted with the gigantic
task of solving the problems created
by an irresponsible and extravagant
administration; the party which was
given the mandate to find a way out
of the maze of difficulties into which
the nation had been drawn by an in
dependable leadership. l propose to
show what has been done while the
Democratic party has been standing
in it's tracks-and in considering these
Accomplishments it must be remem-
bered that less than n year has
elapsed since just as they have oc-
Cured and just as they have appeared
to me. l have had amply opportunity,
during the past year, to observe the
name in which campaign pledges
have been carried out; and it is be-
cause have followed closely the trend
Of events that l feel competent, as a
voter, to Judge whether or not faith
has been kept with the American peo-
pie.
A year of achievement! We did not
enter the League of Nations and there
by blind ourselves by it's entangling
obligations. That of itself was a great
achievement. Next, the burden of tax
alton was greatly reduced, an achieve
ment made possible by government
economies which lessened the cost of
government and Federal revenue re-
quirements from the $6,5OO,O 900, 900
estimate submitted by the outgoing
Secretary of the Treasury to $4,O34,-
100000 for the present fiscal year.. A
budget system is now in operation
through which the cost of government
will be still further reduced. Already
there has been an actual saving of
Ss1S,OOO,000 in the amount which for
mer Secretary Houston told Congress
would be absolutely necessary from
tax levies to meet actual government
al needs. The farmers, as we'll as
those engaged~in other industries, suf-
fered during the period of depression
following the war. The increase in
tax exemptions has helped the farm
r and the wage-earners as we'll as
all others with small incomes, and bus
mess will be relieved next year by the
elimination of the excess profits tax,
The farmers have been given spe-
ia attention by the present Congress.
Among the measures designed to slim
ulate agriculture which have been n
acted into law are the agricultural
export-aid act, which authorized the
Wan Finance Corporation to extend
S5OO,OOO,OOO Of credit for the export
of American farm products; the ex-
tension of credit by the farm loan
board; the anti-packers' bill, the anti
grain gambling law; the agricultural
inquiry commission; and the Cooper
atioe marketing act.
A year of achievement! The Blu
reau OF Internal Revenue has ALREADY
slmplified the income tax forms and
methods Of procedure. Anyone can
now make out his income tax return
without the aid of an expert. The
Veterans Bureau is functioning with
a very high degree of efficiency,
When the new administration came in,
nearly 10000 claims of disabled SOL
dlers were pending because no action
had been taken by the Bureau. The
new director released more than one
half OF the clerical force, put the
remainder to work, and within four
months had the work of the Bureau
current. At the present time the only
claims pending are those which can
not be traced or connected in any way
with their military service. The De-
partment of the Interior is doing
everything possible to the
development of the country's natural
resources. The Department of Agri-
culture is striving in every way to i'm
prove agriculture and encourage farm
ing. The Department of Commerce is
effectively bringing about a resump-
ton OF foreign trade relations. The
Department of Labor is handling labor
and industrial conditions in such a
way that the country has not been dis
trbed and torn by wasteful and costly
strikes. Strikes may come on account
OF the necessity of bring wages in
certain industries down to a normal
level, but there will be no cringing or
catering for political reasons when
the public interest is involved, and