Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-02-02
PRESIDENT HARDING
IS INCONSISTENT

my is wealth., SalQ the GOll tld!el
of the White House, land l will gently
inculcate a lesson in thrift for the
benefit of those poor people out in
Kansas who are so misguided as to be
holding county mass meetings on the
subject of high taxes" and the best
dressed President in a generation"
carefully Tapped his left hand around
the shaft of the mashie, then wrapp"
his right fingers about the stick, eXer-
cising care that the two minor digts
OF the right overcast the thumb of the
left. Bing! "Smithers," lover HI
shoulder) when We return to the
White Houss gather up my worn shoes
and send them to that worthy cobbler
at Emporia, Kansas, Mr.. Spady, for
repairs. We. at the head of the nation,
must teach the people lesson in eco
nomy." Magnificent leadership or
cheap bunk, unworthy of a Preside
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
Hrporia 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 finest
Russian ermine, with collars and cuffs
of white fox, trimmed with ernine
tails and lined with white Roman
crepe over Harding blue chiffon vc'
vet, made especially for Mrs. Harding
and sent to the White House la:
week" Worth $1,000, at least.
II the President saves few small
coins on his old shoes, what does he
permit and endorse when it canes to
spending money from the peoples
Treasury-money wrung from empty
pocketS, sometimes called ebannerS
OF Republican prosperity Here is
a sample: The Congressional Recor
OF Jan. 81 contained the official fig
ures on salaries paid by the Shippinf
Board, and all the while most of the
vessels of the Board are lying a
anchor, as idle as painted ships upon
q painted ocean. Under the Board
2 men are paid $35,OO0 each; is paid
100000; 2 get $4,000; 7 attorneys
provided at from $4,000 to $4,000
each; Commissioners and Chairman
at $4,000; (after this all single sala.
ries will be omitted) IS at $1,000
each; 10 at $4,000; at $4,000; 8 at
$500; 2 at $4,000; at $500; 29 at
$780, at $500; 49 at $4,000; a.
$500; at $5,4OO; 43 at $4,000; is at
$4,000; 46 at $4,000; 61 at $4,000 s al
S4,l40; IS at $4,000; 79 at $4,000; IA:
at $500; at $4,000 and IA at $4,000
Here are hundreds of jobs in one
subdivision of the Government "a
figures ranging from $4,000 up to $685.,
900, and they are not under the G.
Service either! You hungry Republi-
cans who worked hard for Harding
and now find yourselves in financial
difficulties, out of job or deserving
OF recognition, get busy! You ca
hold these jobs and perform the du-
ties as we'll as those now getting the
fat salaries. Some of them admitted
before an investigating committee that
they never made $4,000 a year in th
DSes before getting their present
snaps. Many of them have little poll
teal pull back of them. Letters and
tdlegranS to your Representatives
and Senators should land you plur
have all your friends get busy-if
your Republican Congressman can't
get you something, they arc rot the
proper kind and should be (, laced
with better job-getters. The figures
above are offcial-and there are other
Commissions, Boards, Bureaus and
Departments that have places and the
Republican leaders should have them.
The Democrats believe in party gov
ernment and they believe that tn
higher places should go to the leaders
of the party in control, so that there
can be no divided responsibility. If
they don't go to the Republican lead
ers in the States, then the Republicans
in Congress are responsible.
Republican economy has gone +"
such furious lengths that Secretary
Mellon announces that there can ne
10 bonus this year because there is
going TO be a deficit Of three hundre.
millions of dollars at the end of the
the fiscal year, which is June 30, at
midnight. Makes 1t look dark for the
boys who went to France. Bv the
way, the Board of Public Works OF
New York City finds 20Q,0O9 able
bodied men out of employment in the
city alone. $4,000 of whom are veter-
ans Of the war. Speaker Glllett says
nothing can bring prosperity again
except self-denying economy and in
cessant, productive work" That be-
ing the case, when will prosperity re-
turn for the 100000 in that one city
who can't find work?