Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-10-17
REPUBLICAN ACHIEVEMENT

The Democratic pdlCJ p'"
hack TO the wall The national ADMINS
tration. in less than two years, mas 10 us
crodit q record of legislative accomplish
mont constructive and beneficial, when
Is unsurpassed by any other leglslaViVe
hodv In the face of such record, 1t Is
LITTLE wonder that the Democrats nave no
other recourse than destructive cam'
,,o;on Of instrumentation, Let the rec
p ple sneak for itself and by it the Repuoll-
can party will be judged at the coming
The Republican Party was pledged TO
give the country constructive leglsla'loii.
No Congress has ever enacted greater
. percentage of legislation promised by us
party. Consider its record. =. H..
First. and of vital Importance, 1t mas
enacted no destructive, no sectional, no
class legislation. c....,,,,,,,+
To but more business in Government
it enacted the Budget law, under Whlch
the economy programme of this Admin
istration was made possible.
II reduced the public taxes S8l8,OOO,-
600 a wear. the bulk of which is lifted
from the family and individual of aver
age income. That taxes might be SUI
further reduced, it unsparingly cut publlc
It found 100000 idle To prevent
further aggravation of the unemployment
situation it enacted the restrictive lmml-
grafton law. ~
It found agriculture facing ruin. 10
relieve the situation it revived the War
Finance Corporation and furnished 1t with
billion dollar revolving fund to loan the
farmer in his emergency. 1t passed the
Farmers Emergency tariff, which stopped
the flood of imports that was contributing
TO agricultural distress 1t increased the
funds of the Federal Farm Loan Bank In
the sum of S25 100000.
The result was the revival of agrlcul-
ture, which brought the farmer, who pur-
chases 40 per cent of the manufactured
products of the country, again into the
market, thus giving employment TO idle
men.
It enacted permanent tariff which
insures industry and agriculture alike pro-
lection from destructive foreign competi-
ton, and the working man steady employ
ment at good wage.
It enacted the Sweet law, which Great
ed the Veterans Bureau, consolidating all
Government agencies dealing with ex-
service men, and facilitating the work of
relieving disabled war veterans.
1t appropriated for use of that bureau
more money than was appropriated for
any purpose except payment of the public
debt and interest thereon.
1t found the country officially in a
state of war with Germany and Austria
Hungary, and by joint resolution re-
established peace with these two nations.
It enacted the Maternity Act to safe
guard the welfare of infancy and mater
nifty.
It created refunding commission to
place our foreign loans on businessike
basis, and formulate conditions for their
payment.
It authorized the formation of CO.
operative marketing associations, which
will be of mutual benefit to the producer
Of food and to the consumer. 1t enacted
the, Packers and Stockyards Act for the
livestock interests, and the Grain Futures
Act for the farmer.
To promote our foreign trade, it
amended the Edge Act to facilitate the
organization of corporations engaging in
export business.
It provided for the reorganization of
the Philippine financial system, and an
extension of Philippine credit in order to
save the islands from bankruptcy, which
they were facing as a result of eight years
of Government under the Democratic
regime.
It came to the relief of drought-strick-
en- areas in our own country, extended the
time payment due on irrigation and recla-
nation projects, granted liberal aid for
public roads, extended relief to the starv-
ing millions of Russia, reorganized the In
dian Bureau, strengthened the enforce
rnent of the Federal prohibition amend
ment, provided for the creation of more
Federal courts in order to relieve the con-
gestion of business and expedite justice,
and created commission to investigate
the coal industry.
In addition, the United States Senate
in less than thirty days ratified seven
treaties formulated at the Arms Confer
ence, which moved The world toward
Z peace and committed the nations to re-
duction of naval armament and conse-
quent reduction in taxation.