Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-10-20
SCORED
FOR INCAPAClTY
FreIinuhuysen in Address Before
Republican State Convention
Tells of Pledges Kept.
REVIVE NATIONS PROSPERITY
Senatorial Candidate Recounts Admin
istration's Services to Disabled Sol
diers, Agriculture, Labor and Susl-
ness-Governors Defiance OF
Constitution Criticized.

| ator FrelinghuySen, recently leHoAh'
mated as candidate to succeed himselt
in the Senate, addressed the Repubi-
can State Convention here last Tues
day. Senator Frellnghuysen r~ecounted
the issues upon which President Hard
ing had been elected and the way in
which the national administration and
the Republican party had kept their
pledges. He denounced Governor Ed
wards for his political appointments,
his apathy in the coal situation In the
state, the road scandals and the Gov
errors announced hostility to the
Eighteenth amendment.
Senator Frelinghuysen said, In part:
"The war actually and theoretically
at an end, the President and Congress
gave special attention to the veterans
who had been injured or in any way
disabled and to the families of those
who unfortunately had been lost. To
centralize the various organizations
that had been established for such
purposes, the Veterans Bureau was
created. The amounts appropriated al
ready exceed two billion dollars and
during the present year at least half a
| billion dollars will be expended.
1.-TWO yeare ago we were still In a
technical state of war and the rumor
was persistent that owing to the rival
nv in the Pacific and u possession Of
the Philippine Islands we would o
er or later be In actual war. The Pres1-
dent called a Disarmament Confer
ence. The treaty between japan and
Great Britain was brought to an end.
The use of poisonous gases In warfare
was prohibited, the use of submarines
was limited rivalry in the construc-
ton Of warships was banished.
1.-TWO years ago the country was in
the throes Of great depression. The
number of unemployed was close to
five millions. The taxes were such as
to discourage capital. The whole pub
lie was irritated by the taxes imposed
on transportation and IN many articles
of daily use. The annual expenditures
were simply enormous. The debt was
staggering. Business was at a stand
p%rohibitive. Even the Government
bonds had declined below par. The
Republican party has not yet been in
control two years. Liberty bonds have
fully recovered and some are actually
above par. The discount rate the
Federal Reserve bank is now but Az
per cent. Taxes on incomes below
$1,000 a year have been lightened.
Business has revived. Unemployment
has ceased. Our country Is prosper
BUS.
"a budget was provided for and a
man of great fearlessness was placed
in charge. The expenditures during
the first year of the Harding admin
istration were about $780, 900, 900
less than during the last year Of the
Democratic administration. The debt
instead of increasing, actually com
menced to decrease. $1.O14, 900, 900 has
been paid off.
"The average wage in the United
States for ordinary labor Is 81. Prior
to the war in England 1t was $1.65.
Today In England 1t Is $500. In Italy
prior to the war it was $1.00. Today
it Is 65 cents. In Germany before the
war it was s1.40. Today 1t Is 43 cents.
In other words, wages In the United
States today owing to the confusion
and disorder in Europe resulting from
the war, and owing particularly to the
depreciation in the value Of European
money, range from two to ten times
what they are in Europe.
THE Republican party to protect the
working men, prepared a new tariff.
In the interests Of New Jersey I did
what I could to protect our industries.
I responded to the call of labor. To
make certain that our labor would al
ure SO that at all times the difference
in the cost of production here and
abroad could be ascertained and pro-
lection given to home manufacture.
While my ideas have not been carried
out In full, still to the President has
been given power in that direction. I
look for the day when we will have a
scientific tariff and If reelected 1 will
max every effort to insure one.
two years ago the farmers we're
greatly discouraged. They faced ruin.
To revive the pursuit Of agriculture It
was absolutely necessary to make GER
tain that the farmers would receive
credit. By an act Of Congress ways
and means were devised whereby agri-
culture could receive credits. Agricul-
ture has revived. The farmer Is now
prosperous, the future encouraging.
Governor Edwards by his appoint
,ments, by his inaction in the coal
crisis. by his silent contempt of the
charges about the excessive cost Of
road building and in many other cases
has shown himself Indifferent to the
true welfare Of the public Sworn to
support the Constitution Of the United
States, he has openly proclaimed his
hostility 70 the Eighteenth Amend
ment. As a Senator Of the United
States he would have to swear with
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