Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-13

prove the.r political proapects by, rel beating to tirenase.ges the pfsss :..C,oiI- gress has done n5thinS.r would sug. gest that they corsfdt thS ssfSs5ilas list of mea ssres passed by this sconersss which they e1strga eS,UvefaiSs fs2Os The list Is far from ,eo oinssiete but iisiyse selected some ot the aiAJts lupo~tat,t measures :s ss..s4 ssa s
 4 comrniss.o .on WAS csezsedt to fund and fix the time ard conditions of payment or the vast sums which we had loaned the countries wtth whser we Had bsen associated during the war. This com mission Is now engaged In It's difficult task -in conference with agents aepoint- ed by our foreign debtor nsttces. 2. an aeszsulsArAE .crsdltd lSl,S ,oiil was passed authofizing tila Wa \. 1Nfnarce Corporation to extend credit to the extent of billion dollars to aid Tn carrying and disposing of agricultural products. and to provide credit for. ayricuitufaf ptiK- poses. Under the provisions of this bili the War Finance Cooperation has loaned more than i7o,ooe.0oo to banks upon agricultural paper, and about s .00o, ,9oo
 to cooperative associations, which re- lief has proved most helpful 10 the farm CTS of the country No class ds our
 population has suffered more by the re- adjustment of prices from the igh points attained during the war than the farm
 CTS of the country. a,
 An emergency tariff bill was also pass ed as 8 temporary expedient To protect
 the products of the farnert from the
 ruinous competition which was result l ing from the low cost. of labor abroaI This will remain in effect eniy until the
 new general revision of the tariff shall
 take effect. The. plight in wkiehs 4tht
 agricultural interests of the country had
 been caught reacted upon theStntire in
 dustrial system, iss
 An act inaugufating the executav, i budget system has been passed. An act consolidating the depaytgAentl
 and bureaus engaged in; the relief Of tili disabled WAT vetefans was adopted.
 A new revenue act WAS passed < I5n I der thFs act the. war revenue acts 'wer, completely revisedE
 l An act in relation to telephones ant
 cables was adopted. as nss l An act froviding for federal high ways was passed. v Acts providing for the maintenance Q an adequate army and a sufficient nay. l have been passed and all the. great ap
 propriation bills for their maintenan have been adopted.
 ] An act for the reorganization of tn patent office and for the proper confSer l sation of It's officials was passed. 1 Reduction in Expenditures and Publi' Debt.
 ] In striking contrast with the reckless expenditures of the last Democratic ~ad
 ministration are the results of the re,
 publican determination to bring the ex
 penditures of the government down tt the lowest possible figure At the clost
 of the fiscal year on Juno 0, 1922. tho
 honorable Martin B. Madden, chairman of the committee On appropriations 5. the house of representatives. st1bmitts.
 to the house his analysis Of government | expenditures. From this expert state.
 ment t appears that the expenditure ,; for the. fiscal year 1919, which, vas tht fiscal year in which the. srmistice wa4
 signed, covering the ordinary expense, of the government and excluding public debt retirernents, were $1s,5ll,s7s,955 |