Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1922-10-27

Tor tncir support on the strength OF
the new ,aliif,' said Mrs. Brown.
'"Iiic Republicans arc always going
back to the Tariff and making Il po-
litical football OF it. When the
Democrats we're in power they Great
ed Tariff Commission which fined
The tariff scientifically and without
regard TO political considerations.
But now the Republicans have again
taken it into politics and made a
new Traifl.
And let me tell you, that the
Tariff which they are asking YOU to
support is called the 'Bobbcr Tar
it, Even their own leaders find il
difficult TO support it. One expert
has recently estimated that this Tar
iii will increase tho cost OF living to
the individual an average of $4,000
"a year"
Mrs. Brown here quoted opinions
from leading Republican Senators in
opposition to the TariM made by
their own party. Among the Senators
quoted were Cappcr. of Kansas.
Boar of Idaho: Norris Of Ncbraska:
l-aFollctte OF Wisconsin and Smoot
OF tab. The statement quoted from
Senator SmOOt. one of the leading
economists of the Senate, WAS to the
effect that the present Tariff lis i'm.
possible of successful dcfcn>r.'
\ORNLAI.CI.
a few days ago. said the speak
CT. Il heard Senator Sutherland in
an address. in which ne undertook
10 show that all the periods OF pros.
pcritN in the United States have
been under Republican AdniniSra-
lions and that all the periods of de
preston have been under Demo
cratic Administrations. He Irclar
ed that when the Republicans went
into power in 1920 they found the
country in one OF those states of .lc
preston caused by Democratic rUlr
He stated that the Republicans had
been IabOrinG during the pas, Two
Years to bring the country back a.
nornalcN.
nat Is all very wtIi but there is
one thing Of Importance which the
Senator forgot To incntion. Thn, is
'h'' Inc very day when this period
OF DEPRESSING began was when the
Republican administration BEGAN in
l?2o. That is when factories began
to close their doors and to Law or
Their men, lie forgot to mention
i"at prior 1os the beginning of .hc
kcpubllcan administration thc conn
try Was enjoying one Of The >moSt
prosperous periods Of all It's his
tory 1T is Il terrible thing TOR :,
man TO make statement such as
Senator Sutherland made when the
country is facing such conditions
as are ahead in the winter of 1922. i
nave III from many courccS that there
is Just as much suffering ahead
during the coming winter as there
was during the last year of the war.
Just think of it. friends.
| ''lf this is what they call normal
cy' then let's stop crying back to
normally. back to nol-maicy.' 4. LET
us try on to prosperity for a while.
MIS-. Brown reminded her listen
crS that one of the Republican prom
Uses III the 1920 campaign was that
governmental expenditures would
DC reduced. She declared that the
republican c;unpaignerS were actu
ally trying to claim that reductions
mad been made. The speaker then
proceeded to show that reductions
mad not been made. but that what
thcy called reductions were really
uciaHcd expenditures. Size proved
the governments present pitifIl ii
nanclal condition by quoting from
president Harding's bonus speech in
which he declared that the govern
lncht was facing deficit
this years expenses alone of $3.50
100000
"When these Republican candi
cafes come to You and claim rcduc-
non" IN governmental expenditures.
i want 10 ask only one thing of Won.
don't take their Ggnrc> for il. Don't
take my figures for it. Just study il
for yourselves" ..,-,...
LEAGUE or NATIONS.
MrS. Brown declared that she had
NOT intcndcd TO speak on the League
OF Nations in this campaign until
Senator Sutherland had brought il
up. She declared that this was not =
EolItiCal question and thai il never
was one until the Republicans >aw
ihH' me only way TO keep the Demo.
Gratis from being reelected in 1920
was to defeat tic program Of The
League OF Nations. She showed that
prior to 1920 many Of the lcadiur
members Of the Republican Darty