The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-11-03

ing about the land giving the
reasons for the faith that is il
him and he makes out a gooc
case for the administration Oh
which he is a part. While the
Republican party hasn't done
everything right, still it has done
some things we'll and accomplish
ed considerably more than the
Democrats of Vermont in their
platform credited it with. The
Free Press of recent date reports
the Coolidge summary of the
work of the Republican party of
which we are copying a part:
'"The Republican party promised
peace without ieopardizing American
sovereignty; it promised retrench-
ment and reform in government ex-
penditures: it promised a reduction
and REIMBURSEMENT of taxation; it
promised restoration of opportun-
ity for material prosperity; it prom
Used an agreement among nations,
that in the recognition of common
brotherhood, by the light of better
understanding and by an appeal to
higher justice the causes of war
might be cast away.
'These promises have not been
ignored They have been and are be-
ing performed Your government
under your party has not failed, it
has not defaulted. 1t has succeeded
beyond prophecy, beyond expectation.
The record is there. No argument
can obliterate it,"
Mr. Coolidge outlined the condi-
tions prevailing when the Harding
He showed that no other party ever
came into power facing such ire
mendous tasks, with great barriers TO
overcome. We would like to repeat
his splendid and chaste English SEN
fences at length but we must sum-
Marie the things he showed the Re-
publican party under this admins
tration has done and is doing.
1t has made a treaty with Colon
bia eliminating all claim by that
country in connection with the
Panano canal territory. 1t has in
creased the admiration and good will |
of our neighbors of Central and South |
America for the United States. 1t |
has adopted a policy relative to
Mexico that tends to protect the life
and property of Americans in that
country. 1t has con-
cluded neace with Germany, retain
ing all the rights of a belligerant.
1t has kept out of virtual alliances
with the Old World that would have
involved us hopelessly in European
intrigue, as indicated by recent de-
in the Near East 1t has
S20,000000 for the aid
of starving Russians. 1T has extend
ed its services to the Christian and
racial minorities in Turkey, and is
still casting it's influence there and
elsewhere in Europe on the side of
peace and humanity.
Mr. Coolidge showed that we are
able to do these things freely with
reference to Europe and the Orient,
because the Harding administration
performed a service for the cause of
peace and good will on the Pacific
and in the far East by calling the
Washington disarmament conference
that will stand out in history among
the great deeds of men for all time
to come. Mr. Coolidge thus bore out
in summary of what has already
been done internationally President.
Harding's promise that the present
American government will continue
to do its utmost for the rest of the
world.
Turning to domestic conditions and
problems and service Mr. Coolidge
showed that for the first time in
American history national expendi-
lures were brought under a budget
system. Rules of the Senate and
House were changed to bring all ap-
before single com
nittee. Through cooperation of
waste and extravaganza
and duplication of service. This
method saved hundreds of millions of
dollars its first year.
During the first fiscal year the
Harding administration expenditures
we're reduced S1,750,000, 900, leaving
surplus in the treasury at the time
4 S34l 100000. In the last year ST.
l4,O0O,O0O was paid off the national ;
lebt. In appropriations we have
ome down from $500, O0O, 900 to So
"a destructive extrava-
,ance has been transformed into con-
tructive economy"
The wartime tax law has given !
lace to new revenue act which !
eadlusts the burden, remedies in /
qualities and provides a general re- ]
uction. Troublesome nuisance taxes {
ave been repealed. The burden
ifted the first year is estimated at {
15O,OOO,O00. No system of taxation /
perfect. The law will REQUIRE 7
urther changes with experience.
10 relieve American labor "from I
competition" the Re- i
uollcan party promptly passed a t
emporary immigration law and an &
Imergency tariff law. In the face of
lmost insurmountable obstacles a
ornament tariff law has been pass
q but with flexible administrative
rovlsions which enable it to meet
ver-changing conditions of exchange
nd values.
To meet the Unreasonable obliga-