Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-26
smTf SEVENTH ,coNeREss
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ana WHICH tOQdy TSVediS Sdpih6
treasury deficit of from $3.50, 900 to
$500, 100000 during the present fiscal
year?"
Does this mean an aggressive atu-
tude in support Of what the admins
tration has done for the farmer, in the
face OF that fact that congress is ad-
journing and leaving the American
farmer in the grain belt in the help
less situation of being obliged to sell his
products below cost, althoughi 10000
1000 able bodied persons in Europe are
starving for Eour surplus food-stuffs
:and anxious, to purchase att splendid
prices, if they were not prevented frcm
doingNso on aceount of the destruction
of our foreign market conditions by
the blind policy of Republican COM
-mercial isolation? ''-'
Cost of .Living.l.lr'.!.is.," "'
docs this mean an aggressive atti-
tude in support of the administrations
record in reducing the high cost of liv-
ing pledged by the last Republican
platform, in the face of the fact that
congress has just taken the only step
calculated to greatly increase the high
cost of living by the enactment of an
unprecedented monopoly tariff?
DOCS this mean an aggressive atti-
tude in support Of the so-called
farmers emergency tariff bill enacted
in May 1921, under the operation OF
which wheat went from s1.47 to below
s10O per bushel and corn in proper
tion, while the purchasing power OF
farm products went to a. level lower
than it has been within Is years, where
1t still remains? Oh.
Does this mean an aggressive atti-
tude with respect to the long list OF
solemn Republican promises made in
1920 and complete. failure thus far to
redeem same-such as the failure to
re-organize and consolidate the gov
ernment departments; to establish free
Panama tolls; to adopt the Ford Mus
Gle, Shoals proposal for the benefit OF
the farmers; to create a sound mer-
chant marine policy; to enact work
able foreign debt refunding act; to
effect a solution Of the transportation
problem; to settle the Mexican prob
lem; to prosecute criminal profiteers
and suppress profiteering to establish a
permanent workable immigration poll
cy, to establish an international credit
and international exchange policy; to
bring all American troops back from
the Rhine; to collect the $241,OOO,OOo
due for expenses Of the army on the
Rhine; to enforce. the Jones hipping
law, after threatening to,impeach Will
son for his refusal to do so; to settle
claims against Germany growing out
of the war; to make disposition OF
enemy property seized during the war;
to provide better farm cooperation in
transportation and distribution; to con-
ceive and adopt any permanent policy
in settlement of any phase of our in
dustrial problems, to restore sound re-
ciprocal foreign market conditions, to
work out and promulgate any foreign
policies whatsoever? g..
"colIossal Failures"
mo, the Republican national ad-
ministration will have to explain all
these colossal failures before assum-
ing the aggressive on any subject.
"The outstanding events in the
record of the administration thus far
are the unprecedented Republican in
dustrial panic Of 1922, the un-
paralleled treasury deficit Of more than
$3.50, 100000, the higest level of
taxes and transportation ever known
in peace time, the long series of public
scandals, economic and social demorali-
zation and utter lack of any definite
permanent foreign or domestic policies.
THE :, only sort Of plea Republican
leaders now offer for this amazing
record OF non-achievement is that
the, administration could not effect
any real accomplishments during the
past two years on account of the
nature of conditi ms existing when
the Republicans were voted into power
in 1920. This spacious plea cannot be
invoked for the reason known to every
farmer, laborer, and business man. that
the Republican administration, either
through unwillingness or incompetency
has made no sort of effort to carry out
the long list of pledges have just
enumerated. The strongest attitude
Republican national leaders can pos
sibly assume in this campaign is one
of apology for their many broken
promises, and a renewed pledge that
If continued in power they will dc
what they have failed to do during
the past year and a half and that is
they will at least make an effort tc
carry out these pledges during the
next two years.