Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-01-30
OUR THRIFTY PRESIDENT

Economy is wealth" said the
Golf Player Of the White House,
"and | will gently inculcate lesson
in thrift for the benefit of those poor
people cut in Kansas who are so mis-
guided as to be holding county mass
meetings on the subject of high !
taxes" and the "best-dressed Presl-
dent in generation" carefully Tapped
his left hand around the shaft OF the
mashie, then wrapped his right tlng- |
ers about the stick, exercising care
that the two minor digits of the right
overcast the thumb of the left. Blng!
"Smihers,' lover his shoulder)
"when we return to the White House
gather up my worm shoes and send
them to that worthy cobbler at En-
poria, Kansas, Mr.. Spady, for repairs.
We, at the head of the nation, must
teach the people a lesson in econ
omy." Magnificent leadership or
cheap bunk, unworthy of President
of the United States and showing a
very low estimate of the intelligence
of the people. The news about the
batch of old shoes was given out at
Emporia by E. A. Spady, shoemaker,
on one day, and the following day the
New York papers contained the news
of Mrs. Harding's new wrap "of fine
est Russian ermine with collars and
cuffs of white fox, trimmed with en-
mine tails and lined with white Ro-
man crepe over Harding blue chif-
fon velvet, made especially for Mrs.
Harding and sent to the White House
last week" Worth $4,000, at least.
If tlp President saves few
small coins on his old shoes, what
does he permit and endorse when it
comes to spending money from the
peoples Treasury-money wrung
from empty pockets, sometimes call
ed planners of Republican prosper
ity?" Here is a sample: The Con-
gressional Record of Jan. Fl con-
tanned the official figures on salar-
les paid by the Shipping Board, and
all the while most Of the vessels of
the Board are lying at anchor, as
idle as painted ships upon a painted
+bo Poo I'D MOI, ara
paid $4,000 each; is paid $4,000;
2 get $4,000; Z attorneys provided
at from $4,000 to $4,000 each; 7
Commissioners and Chairman at
$4,000; (after this all single salar-
les will be omitted) Is at $1,000
each; 10 at $4,000; at $4,000; 8
at $500; 2 at $4,000; 2 at $1,000;
90 at $1,000; 7 at $4,000; 40 at $4,000,
5 at $500; 5 at $1,000; 43 at $4,000;
10 at $4,000; as at $4,000; 81 at
$4,000; at $4,14O; IS at $4,000; 70
at $4,000; 142 at $4,000; 6 at $4,000,
a%d IA at $4,000.
Here are hundreds of jobs in one
subdivision of the Government at
figures ranging from $4,000 up to
$4,000, and they are not under the
Civil Service either! You hungry
Republicans who worked hard fol-
Harding and now find yourselves il
financial difficulties, out Of job OF
deserving of recognition, get busy
You can hold these jobs and perform
the duties as well as those now get
ting the fat salaries. Some of then
admitted before an investigating com
mittee that they never made $3.50
a year in their lives before getting
their present snaps. Many of then
have little political pull back 0
them. Letters and kilograms to you
Representatives and Senators shout
land you a plum; have all you
friends get busy-if your Republi
can Congressman can't get you some
thing, they are not the proper kin
and should be replaced with bette
job-getters. The figures above ar
official-and there are other Com
missions, Board, Bureaus and De
partments that have places and tn
Republican leaders should have then
The Democrats believe in party gov
eminent and they believe that tn
higher places should go to the lead
ers of the party in control, so tina
there can be no divided responsibility
IL they don't go to the Republican
leaders in the States, then the Repub
licans in Congress are responsible.
A man has finished sowing wild
Lo,,4 tba tip,a no hpginS Il