The New York herald., 1922-02-14

the d1StreSSful days In Wnlcn tney
country comes back. The pitiful sum
which will be paid to them, small in
itself, but aggregating tremendously
against their fellow citizens, will do
them no good IL it Is calculated to con-
tinue to ernbarrass the country and pre-
vent recovery in financial and economic
conditions.
what avail will 1t be to the soldiers
of the country If they receive their five
or six hundred dollars and impose an
additional burden upon the country SO
as to delay recovery, to continue 20
PROSTATE business and discourage in
dustry and prevent a recovery?
II received an article from Mr..
Charles F. Scott, former member of
Congress. do not think that he is un-
duly preJudiced in favor Of the farmer.
as he was critizing In the same article
what Is known as the farm bloc. He
said:
1.-The farmers have played in awfully
hard luck this past year and really de-
serve sympathy. Right here in Allan
county there are many tenant farmers
who, after whole year of hard work,
are actually in debt for their crops.
Two or three mass meetings have been
held and the only resolution they have
adopted has been an appeal for economy
in public expenditures
Asking that the expensive load they
are carrying may be lightened, asking
that there may be some relief in the
way of the tax burden which is being
placed upon them
Decrease of Live Stock.
80 much for the farming conditions.
though do wish to add an item which
think of some consideration before I
pass on. On January 1, 1921, accord
ing to the report of the Department
of Agriculture. there were 100000
less head OF live stock on the farms
than on January. 1. 1920. Milk cows
had decreased 29s.000 other cattle,
1,1S0,000; swine, 5,07S.000, and sheep.
2,O47.ooo. suspect that these figures
are modest because in my judgment
with reference to two of these items
they should be much larger"
Senator King. "They are too small
with respect to sheep, as we all know"
Senator Borah. Undoubtedly. Do
you think therefore, Mr.. President, that
the condition in reference to the farming
interest particularly is any better than
1t was on July IL, 1921? DO you think
the farmer Is any better prepared to
meet the situation than at the time
Congress thought that 1t was unsafe
to impose this burden? Are we any
nearer to a restoration of financial con-
ditions or are we simply nearer the
election?
LAS to the labor condition in the
country it is estimated that there are
from 100000 to 100000 people out
Of employment. I have seen statements
to the effect that this non-e employment
number has decreased to some extent.
but they have only been general state
ments. I know that there are still q
very large number of men out of en-
ployment. and throughout the cities
there seems to be no decrease In the
number Of the unemployed.
"The railroad situation, I venture to
say, is no better than IL was at that
time. II any one will read some two ~
three of the statements which have been
made before the Interstate Commerce
Commission within the last twenty days
he will conclude that SO far as the trans
portation question is concerned It has
not yet been settled.
Some OF the most extraordinary
propositions are being made to settle the
railroad question. 1t Is seriously pro-
ment shall get behind the railroad situa-
tlon with something of a guarantee.
presume when we do that we will no
longer hesitate to recognize the Soviet
Government.
Hoover on Rail situation.
Hoover in regard to the railroad situa-
ton which indicates that he regards 1t
as not only distressful but keen. In his
statement In regard to II he said: There
IS nothing that is such an irrecoverable
loss to the United States as idle shops
and Idle men, and to-day we have both
OF them In the United States
How are we going to pay this bonus?
There Is no trouble about voting an ap-
preparation so long as we can vote it
out OF the air: so long as we merely
vote the appropriation and trust to
Divine Providence to get the money. but
when we say that we are going to lay
tax upon automobiles or that we are
going to lay tax upon gasoline or that
we are going to lay tax upon postage
or that we are going to impose q sales
tax then q different situation imme-
diately arises, for there are more tax
payers in the United States than there
are ex-service men. The situation i'm
mediately becomes serious.
1T has been proposed thus far to
raise the tax in several different ways
/ understand that none of them has yet
been accepted and agreed upon, largely
for the reason that as soon as 1t was
divulged that a tax was to be laid here
or there the protest was 30 keen and
SO determined that II was thought wise
TO shift 1t somewhere else.
have not any doubt of the passage
OF the bonus bill II there be included
In the bonus bill the method OF paying
the bonus bill. i venture the assertion
now that after some weeks OF investiga-
ton and consideration as to what par
ticuar industries or what particular
things are going to be taxed the aues-
tion of how the tax Is going to be-
raised will be abandoned and We shall
pass the bonus bill without providing FOR
any method of paying IT,"
Senator Jones On. NJ: 'In that con-
nection desire to join in the prophecy
| which the Senator from Idaho has just
made. II win be exceedingly gratifyins