The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-07-14

knew that if the Senator (McCormick)
had read the Book of Estimates he
would not have made that statement.
He says that in the years 1920, 1921,
1922 and 1928, $1,000, 100000 was saw
ed by the Congress over the estimates
want the country to know the hypoc-
risy that ispracticed here, the kind of
Misrepresentation that goes into the
press touching the achievements of
this Congress and this administra-
ton"
He then showed that the estimates
for the fiscal year 1920 were made in
the summer of 1918 before the war
closed and were based on the continu-
! alton of the war another year; that
when the war closed the administra-
ton reduced its original estimates be-
tween three and four billion dollars
for that year; Sand yet" said Senator
Harrison, "the Senator (McCormick)
sends word broadcast to the country
that -Harding's administration or the
Congress has reduced the estimates
81 .OO0, 00O, OOO."
Senator Harrison then cited in detail
the following reductions:
"War Department, 1918 estimates,
81 ,916, 000, 900, reduced to $1,1S5, 000,-
000-a cut of $731 ,000, 900.
"Navy Department, 1918 estimates,
81, 644 900, 900, reduced to $685. 00,-
000--a cut of $685. 100000.
Qualifications, 1918 estimates, re-
vised from $574,000,000 to $93,000,-
600. or a reduction of $481 900, 900.
"The fact of the matter is" said
Senator Harrison, "that at that time
there was not Republican President
in the White House and the Republi-
cans did not control either branch of
Congress. Yet the Senator (McCor-
mick) claims all that as Republican
achievement and the Washington
Post carries it in great headlines as a
Harding saving Of $7,0O0,OO0,000.
"That is not ALL" continued Senator
Harrison. II could take the record of
the Congress and show even to the
! satisfaction of the Senator that the
large reductions for the army and
navy and other appropriations were
forced on your unwilling majority by
the Democratic minority, aided by a
few Senators over there"
Referring to Senator Mccormick
statement that "since Warren Hard
ing too office we have paid off near
ly billion dollars of the national
debt" Senator Harrison said:
81 will tell you how you paid it off
I have the facts from the Treasury
Department. You paid it off by sal
vaging funds and selling surplus
goods which we had purchased to win
the war. You sold those accumulated
goods and wares and the money went
to pay off some of the Indebtedness of
a billion dollars. Yet you claim that
in this statement as great Repub-
lican achievement"
Concerning reductions in the bonded
debt, Senator Harrison said further:
81 have here the report of the
Comptroller Of February 28, 1921, and
August 81, 1919. The bonded indebt-
edness of the United States on Aug
ust 81, 1919, while Wilson was Pres
ident of the United States, was $780,
594,600,000. Just before he went out,
on February 28, 1921, the debt was
$2d ,000, 000, 000--a decrease Of two and
a half million dollars from the time
the Wilson administration went out
Of office. Why did you not give the
Democratic administration credit for
reducing the Indebtedness two and a
half times as much as you did at prac-
ticaliy the same time that you claim
billion dollar reduction?"
Harrison Stings Mccormick and Wat
SCR Qnd.) with Witty Repartee.
In the colloquy with Senator Nc