Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-17


md now being considered by the
| Senate, will give to agricultural pro-
| ducts the first rea! protection they
have ever received in the history OF
this country and should do much I"
relieve this great, basic industry from
the distress it is now in.
Tax Revision
| The national Republican platform
pledged a reduction in taxation. Let
me tell you how we have kept that
| pledge, so far as 1t was possible 10
keen it, We could not make the re-
auctions that we desired to make.
That was impossible under existing
| conditions. The war debt Of twenty
five billion dollars was debt Of honor
and had to be paid. We had no Alad-
| din's lamp to rub, miraculousiy 10
| produce riches out of the air. Inc
money had to be raised by taxation
Realizing, however, the glaring In
consistencies and hardships OF the
old tax law. our Republican Congress
early enacted a tax revision. Under
it the man of moderate means. espec-
tally the man with family, mad ms
| income tax burden appreclaoly
| l:ghtened. We repealed the annoying
nuisance taxes" so-called. and the
excess profit taxes which We're
smothering the productive activity OF
this country. We reduced the sur
! tax by fifteen per cent. This re-
vision lightened the burden of taxa
! ton borne by our people by cighty-
million dollars for the calendar year
: of 1921, and it is estimated that it
will relieve the taxpayers in the cal
! endar year 1922 in sum not less
than eight hundred and fifty million
| dollars,-a total in the two years OF
| nine hundred and thirty million dol
/ lars. We hope to do more next year.
AS we get farther away from the
| Wars burdens, we can do more and
more to relieve industry from this
handicap Of heavy taxation.
| Veterans Bureau
The Republican Party has not been
| forgetful of the debt this country
| owes to the boys who, in the late war,
! offered their youth and lives in the
cause Of country and humanity. Early
| in this administration the Veterans
| Bureau was established, uniting in
! one organization the many scattered
agencies heretofore charged with the
| relief of our World War veterans,
thus greatly facilitating and eXpedlt-
| ing the handling of the thousands ot
| claims. The work of this Bureau Is
i prodigious. Each day thera is going
out of the treasury for this relief
work, $1,250,000. The present calen-
OAR year the Bureau will pay 10 these
veterans, or eXpend for their bene-
! fit. the stupendous sum of Si25,O0O,-
! 600. Already practically two billion
dollars have been paid To disabled
| veterans and their dependent rcla-
| tivcs. This is an expenditure that
| the American peopl" take JOY and
pride in making. They realize that
to those boys who bore the heat of
the day, who served and suffered in
their behalf, they owe a debt that can
never be discharged with gold, and
! they pledge these boys that their
| crippled welfare shall ever be first
| lien upon all resources of this nation.
| Lord. God of Hosts. be with us Yet;
| Lest we forget; lest We forget.
i The Reduction Of Armament Confer
ence
| Perhaps the greatest accomplish
| mcnt OF tho Harding administration
> was the Reduction Of Armament
! Conference, characterized by the
! Prime Minister of England rs the
| greatest event III 'he pat hlhel'eh
! huluIed yours we gave our an III
me GREAT war pelleNihS mat we
! were hshtihG lof peace l"r h'W
! lueals OF ha'ohaHtE ana humanity
Inc WE tn"e"' Put ,ilcSe io"''9
! Where were the worst passions Oh
, men released ne" Jeaiousles' new an
lmosltles' new wars new causes lor
I, war ana men, III response 10 tht
! sp4llt,"tl "ehl'h"N VI q" WIZ N'hiS
world IN answer 10 me prayer Oh uh
| lNefSal motherhood 1resideht f1ai"-
! llS c'lle" ms coiilel renee us IT,
/ SUITS exceeded our 1ohdest hopes
lhey constitute new era III me MS
'oly o. lhe Noilu. 1htE PolhI me
way 10 me dlspahoihS Oh armies 'he
dlsmantlihS OF haNles' ana inc sub
titutioh OIL reason Tor lorcc IN the
aliairs OIL NATIONS AS result Oh 'hat
conference we nave alfeaoy reduced
.ne aPplopllatlohs lor me army by
f"V'oVo'"co, me APPROPRIATIONS lor
the navy pS F1-o,ooo'ooo an" nave
ie-as5elte" inc itdcc lea"erShlP Oh
America among 'he nations oil the
world
Beneficial Results of This Legislation
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