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ests within tho territory embraced IN
tho treaty, makes this treaty within
itself indcrenslblc japan IL hence
forth supreme I'm the Pacific and IL
left free to prey on Chipn nd lIbitum.
She always ndheres 10 The policy OF
the open door" on paper. but rarely
In practice. The principle, the policy
and the spirit OF tho League OF Ma
lions liz also To be found in certain
features OF these treaties. Republican
leaders having eaten their words and
broken their pllghtcd faith. after hav-
ing ~ often solcmnly avowcd eternal
opposition 10 certain proposed foreign
| policies In 1919, may now proceed as
best they can to apologize 90 their
many former followers who at the
tinio Imagined they were slncere In
their mock protestatlons. II was all
politics on their pnrt
The administration now effects pride
In certain Legislation for the benefit
OF agriculture such ms tho revival OF
tho Federal Finance Corporation. the
packer bill, the grain exchange reg
ulation bin and tho cooperative mar
keting hill. Tho gospel truth IL that
not ono OF these measures was on tho
program Of this administration. II
never contemplated any special rolief
Tor the farmer. except n tariff noa-
trum. The Democrats me- n whole and
certain Western Republicans fur
niThed tho votes that compelled tho
recognition ana passage ~ these inca
sureH. The farm bloc. composed 81
some of these same Democrats and
Republicans. sponsored tho noa
aures. President Harding. members
~ HIS cabinet and other old guard
leaders have fought the farm bloc
from the beginning And yet the I'D.
minlrtratiou. after having been driven
and kicked into the position 81 acqui
cscing IN the passage ~ these mca
Huren, now co0ily boasts Of them mn
lts own achievements
The unavoidable immigration law e.
magnlned into tho dignity ~ an ad-
miniatratlon achievement. And yet u
n confessedly temporary Besides. IN
order 90 operate II. Joint resolution.
or proclamation must be provided
for from time 10 time 20 admit 500
or 5000 Immigrants. as the onse may
be. despite this grossly defective ana
incomplete act.
The Internal tar revision act Sc
squinted at by the administration as
an achievement" ~ It's first year
! although Senators penrose and gnoot
Who had the hin in charge. character
lied Il ~ tho tino as a temporary
makeshift. and assured the country
p that well-considered permanent law
81 would some months later bo framed
and enacted. Tho American business.
2 man Aell knows the magnitude 81 Ro.
I publican failure IN attempting 70 give
tax relief
: Farmers Double Crossed.
. When M farmers are within hearing
e tho admin istrati,n whispers that N.
Z s"-Cdlied farmers emergency tariff &C
. uf last Nay was an achievement. Tn,
: farmer knows that all his prices Wen
! down steadily Tor months after this Law
{ was passed. and some OF them are nnl,
n rc0entiy getting hack 20 the level they
I | existing. Even President Harding va
n finally obliged 10 admit that the far
!. Incr needs something more than tariff
q protection" lie must have had forglg,
markets IN mathematical that woul,
8 have been retained for the farmer saw,
for Republican politics during 1871
- and 1920. Secretary Hoover rushes Il
; 10 bolster up the situation by proclaim
ing that our foreign trade has de
c!ined more in value than in quantity
as II the American producer were no
more interested in the value than IN
" quantity. According 20 Hoover. Il
Il sound business for the farmer to pro
J. duce and sell 100000. 900 bushels q
J. wheat for the same amount that h
" received for 700 600. 600 bushels Drn
p duced under a Democratic adminIs
e tration. or 70 produce and sell 10000
y 600 bales OF cotton for the amount n
l. formerly received for 5000. 900 bale.
l. No. Mr. Hoover, II is not the volum.
lie but the price received for our expor;
that interests the American far1ne
miner and manufacturer. In the fac
OF the Republican claptap about tariff
" the farmer knows that when his cor
ID IS being burned as fuel or Is rottlng
re the field, while millions of people
a Europe are starving. 1t Is Z fore!g
al market above all else that he needs.
IS When Republican politician no
a tells the farmer how wonderfully an
lr perfectly his emergency tariff is OF
IL Grating and how It Will bring prosper
* ~, let the outraged farmer ask hi
~ why II is that Republican Congre,
or for over three years and Il Repul
IN ilcan administration for over one yea
K have failed and refused 10 enact lor
or promised general tariff legislation. az
I'm why they excuse such failure By n
ne plea that economic condition are ,
se artificial. disjointed. and demogaliz,
II that II is impossible TO make al
nj tarim system operate with any ce
or t-nty or practicability.
r sometimes Republican leaders ples
or that economic conditions would ma,
n been worse II we had a Democrat
b. administration. How much more ban
To rupt could a bankrupt farmer be? Ho
Dis much more idle could the millions
IS. Idle hungry laborers be,--than du
n ing the Republican panic OF 1921? Ho
H. IS Il possible 10 Get below rock bo
n. tom? The economic bedrock WAS VI
A. doubtedly reached by the Republic.
IN panic IN 1921.
,n have enumerated the acts WORT
a Of mention which the Harding admi
,es istraton points 10 as its first year
~, achievements. 1t would be fiattery
iae say that they rank as high as the a
he cOmpNshnlcnts of the weakest admi
no stratiOn of any former President. WI
IA, all their brazen effronteTy. no Repu
lican leader has insulted the most 1
.d norant citizen by proposing To- compa
80 this first administration year with {
zoo first year or any other year OF [
e. Wilson administration. And YET Repu
IL, leans, having had control Of Congre
"a since March. 1918 and al The leade