Evening journal., 1922-10-09

forms one of the most comprehensive
reviews of the achievements OF this
Harding Administration presented
thus far on any political platform IN
the country.
For this reason The Evening Jour
nal herewith presents II in its en-
tirety.
The senator approaches his theme
from the viewpoint of business
man seeking light on exactly what
has been done TO alleviate the de-
pressing conditions under which the
nation was left at the retirement OF
the Wilson regime. He shows by
actual figures the remarkable
economics effected by the Republic
cans under leadership OF President
Harding; the establishment and BEN
eficial operations of the budget sys-
TEN; the restoration of the nations
industries to more normal activities.
and the consequent transformation
in labor from a situation wherein
five millions of men and women
were without work to one in which
there Is today an actual demand for
workers.
Senator dupont further shows the
successful efforts Of the Harding adj
ministration in assisting the farm
ers of the country and in seeing that
justice is done by former service
men. He also analyses the steps
taken by the administration TO keep
the nation out of foreign entangle-
ments inimical to its prosperity.
The address of Senator DUPONT in
full is as follows:
THE Republican party has now
been in office little over a year
and half. They went In when
everything in the Government, by
reason of the war and Democratic
mismanagement. was In a chaotic
condition. What has the Republl-
can party accomplished?
What economies have been in
stituted in these few months? Time
will only permit mentioning a few
Of them.
president Harding said:
In way 1t may sound prosaic
and sometimes a little wearying to
be talking about economy. But you
are engaged in the most important
work that can be pursued for your
Government. No less than a score |
Of citizens Of foreign governments |
have said 10 me. We are watching |
your work OF reducing your expen- |
ditures in order 10 apply the system
In our countries
THE public expenditures for the
fiscal year ending une 80, 1922 lex
elusive of public debt expenditures
were s3,S72,so7,sse This is s1,74s.-
5fs,7s9 less than the public expendi-
lures for the fiscal year ending June
80. 1921, and ss,0sO,7s5,941 less
than the public expenditures for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1920.
THE Republican Congress has
steadily decreased appropriations
since 1t came into control. Congress
appropriated for the current fiscal |
year OF 1923. beginning July last, |
and ending June 30 next, sS.747.- |
0S5,Ss2. This is less by $S19.2S0.- !
9S4 than the total appropriations |
for the fiscal year ending June 80. |
1922. II is less than the appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending June |
80, 1921, by the sum OF s1.033,794,-
127
I'm other words. the Republican
Congress just adjourned appropri-
ated one-third OF billion dollars
less for ordinary expenditures this
year than were appropriated last
year. and over billion dollars less
than were appropriated two years
ago.
#. THE Republican Congress cut
enough from Democratic requests
to run the Government one year. To
phrase it another way: The Re-
publican Congress elected in 1918.
by reducing the requests of Demo-
cratic executives. saved enough
money to run the government for
the present fiscal year. These re-
auctions were made in the face of {
protests of Democratic officials that
such reductions would cripple the
operations of the government. Sub {
sequent events proved they did not. !
which conclusively shows the Dem
ocratic officials were asking for bill /
lions more money than they need
ed. )
Big Saving Under Budget. ]
The Budget Bureau itself was (
created by an act Of this Republi- c
can Congress. The act creating II S
was one of the first enacted by this a
Congress after it had been summon v
ed in special session April II, 1921. c
The Republican Congress immedi- {
ately preceding It enacted a similar d
budget law only to have il vetoed I
by President Wilson. This RepUb- I
lican Congress FASTENED to enact [
the budget law in order that the4
finances Of the government could I
be managed In a more orderly and q
buslnesslike way. This Congress is 4
entitled to the credit for the Budget u
Bureaus existence as well as forr II
the authority it has 10 operate. Dl- a
rector Dawes (Genl Chas. G. L
Dawes). upon several occasions di- y
rectly testified that Congress CO. G
operated with the Budet Bureau at j
every opportunity. d
Aid For the Farmers. c
THE two largest contributing v
factors TO this disaster to American I
agriculture We're: % the tremen- r
dous Increase in Imports Of agricui- =
tural products from other countries
duty free, under the Underwood g
tariff. and CD the sudden restric- Z
ton Of credit which the Democratic S
administration imposed upon farm 2
Ing and livestock interests in a vain !
attempt to reduce the high. cost of
living which was causing the Dem S
ocTatic administration great en- 4
barrassment in the 1920 campaign. {
THE slump in farm prices began
turing the Wilson administration, S
lust about the time the 1920 har- I
yest began TO come into the market.
This is what broke the American G
'armer. After 1920 crops had been t
a lsed at top cost of farm labor and | [