The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-10-16

-. i. CnngrcSs!Dna! dClcBat"h ana NtE'"
thew reelection.
"WhcU President liIui'mc took Office
hi. first declaration t. his ,a"nci wa.
We must consider everything with 'h,
anne plain. cu'uinou sense as "" W"u."
use I'm our own business, sald Coz
Roosevelt 1t was - ncw thing IN
Washington to consider the government
ur tia. 'nIt"d states ~ 4 business.
"O., "f the first steps along business
line; was the correlation al th' various
dcrartrucuts 81 III" ruN"rnm"nt' 'h"
elimination Of wa~trful purchasing lH'
cutting or rt som" l."h" surplus 'H'-
rIn,cS. and III" reduction -! IN" app'o-
rrta-iuuS and expenditures frun S".i"'.-
ur" nr" Joy tn. last &'I.' 81 IN" Ih'h'
craft, administration to S%.$1".""" """
for the first Republican aGminiStra-
iior"
The speaker roundly condemned III"
nolirv Of the Wilson government
which allowed the war prolitccr /"
prosper. and. while admitting that the
expense Of government was greater
during tho war. he scored inc
urofligate cxrravaeanco that prevalent
I'VE found thar even after the
armisticc was signed our predecessors
had purchased and paid for millions
Of shells not only from American
munI,ion makers but from british anu
French munitions manufacturers as
we'll" he continued.
Billions Extravagantly Loaned
Not content with wasting billions
of dollars In useless purchases our
predecessors went ahead and loaned
eleven billion dollars 10 foreign ma
lions after tho war. Much OF II went
10 small narions from which We nave
not received penny of interest or
principal since
He drew hearty laugh from the
audience when he styled the small
nations as little countries Mr.. wilson
was mcubatins for the League o.
Nations"
: Legislative accomplishment that
have SET the government back on the
road 10 prosperity were summarized
nv the navy department officla IN the
new revenue act. ChoppinG SSl9'ooV''
600 annually off tho tax DILL the
budget act: the reorganization OF IN"
/ various governmental departments
and the tariff.
Protection afforded by the tariff Is
the greatest single factor. Col. kooSe'
. vel, declared, that will spell ultimate
prosperity TO the nation.
Pointing out how the measure
affords tho American working man
protection against cheap foreign LABOR
how il keeps out the influx OF foreign
produce to the benefit Of the farmers
, and how il guarantees market lor
American industry the colonel added:
Tariff 90 Percent Perfect
You and | may not agree with all
m. claSsifications made by the bill
| know | don't. But the thlng as d
whole is 90 per cent right and want
ru know what more we can expect.
"Whatcycr our learned Democratic
hr.rhern NAV say about the tarlff OF
III, advantages and blessings of free
trade. | want to point out TO all OF
you that no one could ever say tha'
, rho tariff has closed one American FAC
tory thrown one American worker out
of work or sent one farmer 10 lhe
poorhousc.
Ridiculiug what he termed PreSl
dent Wilson's chimereai League Oh
Nations" by digging underneath the
idealism of the proposition ana eA
nosing the fact that the United states
was 10 be played for the goat IN the
whole affair, Colonel Roosevelt con
tracted the Harding armament con
ference as real step toward hole
permanent peace.
"Our keynote in the preparation OF
the plan to be proposed to the partlcf
batting nations was that every nation
should be allowed enough armament
for defense but not sufficient for OF
fepsive warfare he declared
Arms Meet Aids v. S.
: The net results To the United States
out OF the armament conference the
speaker explained. Was that We nave
secured a navy second 10 none-one
on an equal with Great Britain. ira
, ditiOnal mistress of the seas. ana W
par cent. greater than any other FOR
,.ign power-all this not n the "N'
uendIture of more money but by the
actual reduction OF $20O,DO.OUO IN
naval expense.
Colonel Roosevelt interested his
audience with some behind the
scenes gossip" in connection with the
conference. 1t was planned for SIX
months. None but President Harding
and half dozen other officials knew
anythins Of tho United States plan
tor the reduction Of ornaments and
the naval holiday until the day the
conference opened.
Il Was the aim OF Secretary OF stat"
Charles Evans Hughes ami President
Harding to smash up the old world
secret diplomacy in connection with
this conference, at least. and focus
the attention Of all the people Of the
world on IN" meeting i'll hope that
;hri would force their dele cations 10
accept tn" plan for peace.
Utmost Secrecy Maintained
; Accordingly, Secretary Hughes de-
clarcd that 10 one outside the eight
or nine OF us was going 10 know any
thing about the United States plan.
said the colonel. He said that in or,
, der to maintain the confidence Of I'LL
the participating delegations, none
must learn OF the plan before the rest.
To my lot fell the duty OF drawing
il mp into concrete English. When
: Ii WAS finished and finally approved
by Secretary Hughes and President
4 Harding, | WAS instructed 10 mimcO
graph it. We wouldn't trust II to
anyone outside the group in on the
. secret as ono of the nigh almiru Is