Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1922-11-02

OU yer cent. IHeTe Was ali army VI
about five million unemployed. Com
merce was held down by heavy taxes
brought about by waste and extra
vagance. We were getting closer and
closer to war with Japan and res
pect for the United States abroad was
lower than ever before in histor. We
were still without peace with Ger
many and Japan.
''Businss couldn't start without
peace and that was the first step ac-
complished, secure peace without
out any tangling up with the world
club Peace soon restored business
with those countries and the next
stop was the arms conference at
Washington reducing navies and cut
ting down expenses and bringing a
bout friendship with Japan"
"But what about the government
itself,' asked Freddie, lis. it being
run any better?"
Freddie there are over $4,000 less
civilian employees doing work for
Uncle Sam than there were at Wash
ington on March a, 1921, and in the
army has been cut from 225,000 to
$4,000 men. The Navy has been
cut from 134,000 to $4,000 men and
the budget system has been put into
effect reducing the government ex-
penses from $5,538, 100000 for the
year ending June 80, 1921, to $3,770,
100000 for the present year. This
means a saving there alone of 81 ,768,
100000"
"That's SOME amount Of money
saved" exclaimed Jack.
"The Funding Commission was es-
tablished to arrange for the payment
by the foreign countries of the mon
ey borrowed from US and Great Britain
has already handed US an enormous
check in part payment of interest.
These payments will bring the United
| States treasury about $500, 100000
ealh year. You know that the war
veterans are being cared for under
central system and where there were
| 100000 cases Of disabled men not at
tended to when the administration
came in, they have been taken care
of. BY saving in other departments
it has been unnecessary for the adj
ministration to skimp on the veterans.
Over $10O,000,000 a year is being
spent for their welfare. Do you re-
member how Liberty Bonds were in
! value? Since March A, 1921, they
have been cut more than $800,000,0
all in IS months time.
Somebody asked me what had
been done about the coal shortage. 1t
may have been Freddie. At any rate
because the departments of commerce
and labor at Washington realized that
a strike might occur and had warned
the public and made a study of the
coal stocks each month, there were
larger stocks of coal on hand when
the strike came, than ever before.
what about the farmers 2" asked
Freddie.
Freddie, the Administration found
| the farmers in a bad condition in
March, 1921, because they were I'M
able to get credit or find market
| for their products. Hundreds of lit
| tie banks had loaned the farmers so
much money, and the farmers being
unable to pay it back, these banks
were in terrible fix. The War Fin
ance Corporation was put into effect
again and it wasn't long before $3.50,
| 100000 of Uncle Sans money was
loaned to the farmers to see them
through their troubles. This brought
farm prices up about 20 per cent, saw
ed hundreds of the banks and put the
whole farming section of the country
back on a much firmer basis.
In other words, Freddie said
Uncle Ted as he arose from his chair
there is. no section or part of our
government but where the Republi-
can administration has accomplished
some fine piece of work, and the test
of it all is that we are prospecting,
Europe respects us once again and we
need not fear the terrible consequent
ces of another war. Our foreign
policy is safe in the hands of Warren
G. Harding and Secretary of State
Charles E. Hughes"