, 1922-10-13
Deception and Slogans

PHRASE MAKING, slogan building and perform
ing tricks with words is an old Democratic
habit. 1t is done to catch the popular fancy, play
upon ignorance, cover up the real truth and to
generally distract attention from the things they
do not desire the public to learn. "He kept us out
of war is n very fair sample of their trickery and
deceit. You knew in very brief time Just how sin.
cere they we're when they spread that propaganda.
The records in the presidents own office have since
disclosed the fact that war was inevitable.
"Do-nothing' congress is such n snare cono,ctel
TO fool the unthinking and uniformed. and to take
advantage OF the fact that most citizens are too
busy with their own immediate business TO realize
or remember what congress is industriously but
quietly doing back in Washington.
lhey may not know the steps by which it came
about, but Mr.. and Mrs. Average Citizen are fully
aware That somehow, due to government, conditions
have changed. from extravaganza, waste, unemploy
inient, panic and discourag cement to the dawn OF the
greatest prosperity This country has ever known.
1t did not just happen. II was brought about by
wise Republican craftsmanship. Congress has en-.
acted and the president has signed in the eighteen
months of this administration more important and
beneficial legislation than has ever been enacted
in equal time by any law making body in the world.
Some of it, as the tariff. required long and careful
study that Justice might be done to all.
Much of it is vastly vital and farreachinr. A
mere enumeration of some of these laws will serve
to remind those who have not followed congress
closely how absolutely untrue is the slur "donoth.
ing Ana while the Democrats who have nothing
else to do than make catch phrases, and run away
from their own putrid record, are engaged in their
chosen occupation, we will hand you the high spots
IN the Republican congressional record, merely to
show you what the serious Republican party dill
in eighteen months, meanwhile clearing AWAY an
eight years accumulation of debris left nv ths
party fit only for treasons, stratagems and so-
lgans.
Here are some of the things accomplished bv n
do nothing congress:
Declared peace with Germany and Austria.
Ratified the treaties following the Limitation OF
Arms conference.
Passed the Farmers Emergency tariff.
Passed the new tariff law-even more a farmers
tariff as well as a laborers' and msnufa RI urcrs
and Americans tariff.
Revived the War Finance corporation and auth.
orized the loan of one billion dollars to farmers.
Advanced funds TO Farm Loan banks.
Put a farmer on the Federal Reserve board.
leduced the interest of the farmer from Z per
cent to Az per cent.
Passed a law permitting farmers to do cooper
ative marketing.
Established the budget system, by which one bill
lion dollars has been saved this year.
Revised and simplified our complicated taxation
laws.
Limited immigration to relieve unemployment
Passed pension laws for Spanish War widows
and Civil War Veterans.
Reduced the personnel of our army and navy.
Created a commission to arrange for collectinc
from foreign countries the eleven billion dollar.
loaned them.
Established the Veterans bureau, cutting red tap.
and consolidating all soldier relief agencies under
one head.
Voted nearly two hundred million dollars 70,
aiding the states to build market highways,
Made pensions payable to veterans monthly.
Created a coal fact finding commission.
Passed a coal distributing bill to prevent prof
teering.
Appropriated one million dollars a day for the
benefit of the soldiers of the world war.
Passed numerous economy measures.
Reduced our debt one billion dollars.
Passed a resolution to prosecute war fraud cases
Granted independent citizenship to women.
Passed the MISUNDERSTANDING law to reduce tn,
mortality among mothers and children.
! Removed packing abuses.
Restricted grain gambling.
Given aid to the export trade.
Passed numerous other beneficial laws besides
all the annual bills necessary for the carrying or
of the government.
1t is manifestlT unwarranted, unjust and IN
grateful, in the light of such marvellous accom-
plishments, to cast upon congress the insulting
eri'net do nothing