Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-28


 rally. Vice President Coolidge said Of Lieutenant Governor Templeten T have myself a fellow feeling for those who are engaged in a contest for gov error. I have had an experience os that kind once or twice myself and my heart goes out to them. and yet, when you have man as able and as distin- euished as your present candidate for governor on the republican ticket he need not worry very much about receiv- ing the appreciation of his, fsllow citi- zens 1"
 Dealing with the accomplishments of the Harding administration he said
 They tell you this has been a do noth- ing congress2n We'll, if this Is 50, then should judge that the. opposition par. tx has little to criticize, for I assume when they went out of office they left everything in the United States exactly as it should be, and if our congress has done nothing things must be in the same state at the present time. do not admit, however, that that was tine condition in which we found the affairs iof this nation, and I do not admit that this has been do-nothing congress.
 T know that it is better to weigh legislation rather than to attempt to measure it, yet perhaps you can get some idea of what has been going on when l tell you that the senate has passed since the eleventh day of Apr.l 1921, in the nineteen months of it's ses- sion over 750 joint bills and resolutions besides ten or fifteen treaties, some oe them of more importance to America and humanity than any treaty that has been ratihed by the American people since Benjamin Franklin negotiated that treaty at Paris that recognized the independence of the United States of America.
 Cutting the Cost of Living.
 "In the first place, we undertook tc reduce taxation and. the expenditures of government for the purpose of redus- ing the cost of living, and it has had that result. That cost which had mount ed from what we call the hundred mark in 1913, up to 216, more than doubled by 1920 has gradually receded until it stands at the 2resent time at about 166.
 'An era of prosperity has come te America. You can find it if you exam inc the records of the railroads, where carloading is almost as large as at ths peak times of 1920. Ayu can find 1t il
 you will examine the mercantile rs- ports, the reports of manufacturers their great consumption of raw mater ials, of iron, of steel, of copper, of cot, ton and of wool. that have reached al most the peak at which they stood two wars ago; and prices of those com modities have come back to a reason able ievel.
 Wages Increasing.
 "That liquidation threatened to re, duce the wages of the working peopi. of America very generally. because c unemployment and the impossibility |
 marketing the production of our indus tries.
 Because of republican statesman ship however, wages now are about tn. level that they were in most enter prises, and they ara actually increasin. iron and steel raised it's wages 20 pc cent. within about six weeks, and
 think I saw in the papers within da.
 or two that they were proposing an other 10 per cent. raise for the ordi nary labor of that industry.
 f Now, unless there is an era of pros perity, these things do not obtain the,
 do net exist and you have but to lool at the record to see what the result ha
 been. Our export trade is twice a large as t was before the war, whii
 every other country of the world, ever. other great power, has seen it's expor trade actually decline, except Grea Britain; while ours has gained 100 pe cent hers has gained but 4 per cent That is what statesmanship . America has done for the Americal people, and yoa a-e back now in an err 1 of prosperity where it is possible fo
 every intelligent industrious America, 1 to earn fair rate of wages and main l tain himself according to the Americai standard of living.
 Down Come Rents. Interest rates that were so hig
 have come down, and in their wake yo will find that the price of rent will Q receding in the near future, for a around you now you can see building
 going up on every hand The buildin industry is thriving. and employment i that great industry is plenty. That i Ia key industry. Whenever there i great building going on there is grea activity in all allied industries. But we have done more than all thi We came into power pledged not only |
 look after the American people, bu 1 pledged to an association of nationl through agreements with other nations to do what we could to promote tn
 peace of the world, and t was for ths