Evening star., 1922-02-05
STAGE is BEING SET
e FOR FIGHT AT POLLS
Republican and Democratic Leaders Plan
ming for Contest to Determine Control
of House Of Representatives.

to information to be offered in expla.
nation of the general situation. In
the coming campaign the. party in
power will be called upon to supply
, Information. while the party out of
power can content itself with general
charges.
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Because they are alive to this sft-
uation, the republican leaders have
agreed upon campaign of educa-
ton. The first effort Of the party
organization will be to present the
1acts OF the war as detailed in the
| heavy hangover of debt. 1t will
show an interest charge which be-
fore the war was but $4,000, 900 and
Is now $975,000,000 per year; a sink
ing fund which before the war was
negligible and is now 1881, ,0o0, 600: a
dependents fund which before the
war was very slight and this year is
$4s9. 9.0OO.0 900.
These facts will be presented as an
inheritance Of the present adminis-
tration from its democratic prede-
cessor.
1t will also be shown that strenu-
Gus efforts have been put forth. and
with great success, in the rapid re-
duction of the cost of government, as
shown in the $19,000.000,000 cost dur
ing 1919, s7.50o,o00,000 for 1920,
$500, 100000 for 1921 and s4,034 ,o00,-
600 for the present fiscal year, which
may be further reduced from year to
year by governmental economies to
be worked out through the budget
system now in operation.
Republican leaders will also en-
deavor to get before the country the
hopeless situation in Europe. due to
25.000,000 people either dead or hope
lessly incapacitated as the result of
the war, a debt OF $400, 900, 900 900.
and completely demoralized systems
of currency which make our rate Of
foreign exchange practically prohibi-
tive.
1t will be shown that these condi-
tions were produced by thq war and
could not be removed either by Amer
lean legislation or by eltering into
the league of nations.
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This campaign Of education will
the burdens Of taxation through the
repeal OF various wartime taxes. 1t
will show saving there to the peo-
pie Of $s1S, 100000 a year.
The effort will also be made to
show that the basic industries Of the
country, such as agriculture, which
suffered from the failure Of the Euro
pean market, have been practically
relieved by program of legislation
especially applicable to the farmer.
| such as the agricultural export-aid
bill. by which Congress authorized
the War Finance Corporation to ex-
tend $500.000.000 of credit for the ex-
port of American farm products; also
the extension of credit by the farm
loan board; also the appreciation Of
Y per cent in interest charges, the
anti-packers' law. the anti-grain
gambling law. and the agricultural
inquiry commission: also the bill le-
galizing cooperative marketing by
farmers and farm organizations will
soon be passed.
These measures will be cited as
examples Of constructive relief Iegis-
lation for the farmers.
AS further relief. the foreign loan
funding act has just been passed,
which will enable the government to
adjust the $1,000. 100000 foreign
debt and will allay further agitation
for the cancellation of the debt.
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The league of nations issue Of the
democrats will be answered by the
mere statement Of the case-that with
the league functioning. with the
membership Of beyond fifty nations.
every country Of continental Europe.
outside of the central powers. has q
greater army now than before the
war. Little Greece has an army
double that Of the United States, at
the present time. and the other ma
tions in accordance.
AS a counter, the work Of the arms
conference will be presented as an
outstanding. concrete, definite accom-
plishment, where actual limitation Of
arms has taken place. This work
will be offered as Americas leader
ship Of the world in the relief Of the
burdens Of Europe that are still
crushing her.