The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-02-17
friday AFTERNOON, FEB. II, 1922
THE TAX PAYERS TO SUFFER

1anuhlican majority IN the Rouse anu
4 controlling majority in the Senate
nd not only the country but the Ad-
;nistration itself is beginning to take
oek of the results it can claim &c
ve accomplished and of the things
&bich still remain untouched.
The legislature program mapped out
i the White House dinner conference
K,osday night is in itself virtual ad-
A;ssion that 80 far as domestic prob
ms are concerned, the party has
Aorca1v made more than beginning
.atween this time and June it was
,rood that Congress must proceed
nder whip and spur to cover an eX-
sordinarv amount of ground. In adj
h.;on to the ratification of the Arms
Dnf,rence treaties, decisive action
net bn taken, it was determined, on
d, cuestions as the tariff, the mer-
hant marine. farm credits, reclassi-
eation Of Federal employees, and the
3 .ldiers bonus. So great is the pres
(. 20 that the promised reorganization
tho Federal Government depart
(. on,s NAV have to go over until next
soion This takes no account OF
my other important items, either OF
ndipr or Of possible legislation, that
b. ~ demand Congressional attention;
cb As some practical plan for avert
NJ q ctrikes in the coal mines, some
ethod of meeting unemployment con-
.Itions, the transportation tangle, anf
B lat insistent and universal issue-the
4 lgh cost OF living.
The nerest summary of the genera
|tnation shows conclusively that the
ADMINISTRATION has hardly more than
Il ade a start in dealing with clamor-
n national needs. The greatest feath-
4 in its cap, perhaps we might say
e only real feather as yet, is the
&fashineton Conference That was not
he of the things pledged or seriously
6nticipated by the country, and Il
.lirred the Imagination by its drama
n "A unexpectedness and idealism, COM
"a from a supposedly prosaic and
|saerely normal" personality. 1t was
IS lie Of the grand strokes of which the
neral public had not believed Mr..
arGing capable, and it was followed
definite and great achievements.
But when we come back to the task
setting our own household in order,
Ia Administration finds that things at
bnle are in little if any better shape
ban year ago. 1t is so behlndhan'
Nth lis promised work, there is so
Ruch to be done, that it sends out
hurry call for grand cleanup in the
Text three months.
4 The White House has taken on big
Rider in the program which has been
bntlined. and the difficulties of meeting
4 successfully are enhanced by the
differences which the Conference
reaties may create and by the weight
NJ the bonus-bill car which it has
bitched to its through train. The tariff
bid the merchant marine bills present
.uestions of policy and economic
|rinciple which alone might well oc-
lupy the allotted three months. Both
llso involve fight, and not merely
barty light. The tariff, especially, is
|baded with business and politica!
INT. and the more rapidly it is rail-
'Oaded the more dangerous it is like
y to prove.
i Necessarily. Mr. Harding had to
lhoose between action and inaction.
ke had either to let the party boat
rift and trust to good luck and bet
FL Industrial weather for salvation,
he had to choose a course of posi-
we action and make for definite
ort with definite cargo. Either was
dangerous, and it was resolved that in
Pc circumstances boldness was bet
+er than discretion.
one test which seems to have been
overlooked in making out the Republl-
fan legislative schedule was its prac-
zeal effect upon the popular mind
md its effect upon the popular mind
an only be determined by considering
nat Is the paramount and everyday
uestlon of the people. That question
undoubtedly, is precisely the same
question that was paramount wher
MI. Harding took office-namely, the
IN cost of living. There have beer
'''lheS in certain commodities ant
''Aln prices, it is true; but, taking
country over, the average maj
woman everywhere are still wrest
"a with the old antagonist. The cit.
0'''uuer, the laborer, unionized or un
"u'zed. the farmer and the farm
"Ne are alike complaining that tn
81 cost of living is still the mos
practical Of problems.
" me face of condition whic1
~ mes nome every day in the week t
s'eat majority of people, the Re
'icahs propose 10 drive throue-