The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-02-23

Welfare. Congress is delaying ac-
ton upon this pending a decision
by the President and his cabinet
regarding the proposed plan Of re
organizing all OF the executive ag-
encies.
In addition to carrying out the
presidents requests for legislation
the congress has enacted great
many laws which were demanded by
public interests 20 facilitate the
process Of reconstruction and rehab-
ilitation.
Those who charge that congress
has been dilatory. that IL has not
been hard at work, that IL has paid
no attention to the presidents rec
concentrations speak either out of
utter ignorance. or with a purpose
to misrepresent wilfully and delib-
rately. The balance sheet shows
that no congress in history has, ever
enacted into law such a high per-
centage of presidential legislative
recommendation as this congress
has in the short space OF ten
months.
The legislation enacted at the
request of the president. plus the
other legislation, has all been con-
structire. and most of It has been
OF momentous character. Let
they who are disposed to criticise
ask themselves what individual or
what business or what corporation,
Industrial. financial or commercial.
composed OF men who are lead
ers in their respective fields of ac-
tivity. can show within ten months
a record OF constructive work of so
high character as that which Is
to the credit of the present Repub-
llCan congress.
Herbert Hoover. secretary Of COM
merce, Is the latest economist and
authority on international trade to
give emphasis to the fact that the
hope OF the American farmer foe
renewal of prosperity and a return
to profitable prices for his products
lies In his home market. rather than
in foreign markets. Mr. Hoover
voiced this sentiment very clearly
and most emphatically in a state
ment which he recently made be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission relative to general policy
of rehabilitating the transportation
systems of the United States. Sec
retary Hoover showed the need os
such rehabilitation from the stand
point of private enterprises as well
as that of public welfare.
In speaking. however. to the
point of how such D policy would
affect the farmer and farm prices
Secretary Hoover said:
"A real program of construction
would In its various ramifications
give relief to five or six hundred
thousand of our unemployed. II
would enable even added numbers
to increase their standard of living
and thus give increased market To
the produce of our farmers. Our
farmers who look to foreign mar
kets for their surplus should stor
to consider that our home consump-
ton of meat decreased nearly
pounds per capita in 1921. mostly
owing to unemployment and that
IL this decrease could be overcome
II would be worth more than 80
per cent increase in exports.
1--WE talk glibly OF giving billions
of credits to foreign countries, to
increase our farm exports. ! wisl
| to say with all responsibility for
| the statement, that a billion dol
lars spent upon American railways
would give more employment to our
people. more advance to our indus
try. more assistance to our farmers
than twice that sum expended out
| side the frontiers of the United
States. and there will be greater
| security for the investor"
In short, the problem confront
I ing the American people, farmer
/ and city consumer alike, is not what
shall be done with European mar
/ kets but what shall be done wish
American markets. and what do
reetic policies must be put into
effect to stop the influx of cheaply-
made foreign goods that are now
driving American industries out Of
business and throwing thousands
Of American working people out o.
employment