The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-24
F[AYS CORRUPTION Of
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FOR NEW DEAL

business amounted to $2,S66, SlS,.
900, and only $47,00O,OOO of this
amount was returned by indi.
v!duals whose incomes were in
excess of $4,000 annually. The
Democratic plan for reducing all
taxes, but reducing them equitably
on the theory of ability to pay,
VIII result in releasing more
money for investments In produc.
tive enterprises than would have
the Mellon plan.
The Republican nominee In
reluctantly signing the measure
declared for its immediate re-
form. What does he mean by
reform? Does he propose. 10
change the law by transferring
the burdens carried by 5,400 whose
backs are broad to the three and
one-half millions whose backs are
bowed? Does he propose to make
UP the reduction on the 6,4OO
favored few by resurrecting the
many nuisance taxes on the I'm
favored many? Is that his chal.
lenge? Then we accept It.
Pledges RBpudiated.
With the promises of the 1920
campaign to reduce the cost Of
living resounding in our ears, the
country beheld in the passage OF
the Fordney- McC umber tariff law
the most fragrant reputation or
campaign pledges in all the his.
tory of political parties. 1t was a
law that reeked with special ia.
vors. Every line in it added to
the living costs of the American
consumer. When the Ubiquitous
schedule K of the Payne-Aldrich
law was enacted, carrying an
11-cent duty a pound on raw wool,
the whole country was aroused
and drove the Taft Administrator
from power. The defeat was de-
cisive. Utah and Vermont were
the sole Republican survivors.
But this same reactionary group
under the inspiration Of repre-
sentatives of these twin States,
ignored the facts of recent history
and fastened upon the American
people tariff rate on raw wool
of 81 cents a pound. Tariff rates
on countless other things were
proportionately increased. Moth
ing escaped their deadly aim. In
the framing of the law the time
honored Republican theory of
equalizing the difference in cost
at home and abroad was not con.
sidered. The only question asked,
How much protection do you
want? The so-calIed representa-.
tives of the people surrendered
completely to the Representatives
of the. predatory interests and
played with their masters the
game OF tit for tat" to the be-
trayal Of the American consumer
and the replenishment Of the Re.
publican exchequer.
Nations Hypocrisy.
Not only did it add $4,000, OOO,.
600 additional burden upon the
American masses. but it revealed
the nations hypocrisy toward war.
torn Europe. We maintain highly
organized and efficiently managed
humanitarian organizations to
raise and distribute to the worlds
oppressed. We sometimes invade
the National Treasury graciously
to give to the needy Of foreign
lands. America has never been
unmindful of any cry of distress
that came to her from any part
OF the world. That Is the spirit
OF the American heart. Yet this
reactonary group that has brought
ruin to the country and discredit
TO their party employed every
means to check Europe's rehabili.
tation and shackle her trade. De.
mandlng payments on the one
hano' they prevented them on the
otner II was a policy that en-.
riched the affluent and impover.
isned the needy. It closed the
markets to our farmers and lifted
the prices of their purchases. II
ugntened the grip Of the favor.
ca Few and dampened the hopes
OF the struggling many.
me doctrine Of equal rights to
none and special favors to some
was never more firmly embedded
man In the Fordney.McCumber
tariff law.
ShfpSubsldy Proposal.
AS indefensible as are these two
: oIrsprings of governmental lorna.
tion, they are not comparable to
the administrators ship-subsidv
proposal. Projected in the winter
OF 1877. following the chilling
irosts or that November election.
II planned with the aid of an arnlv
OF lame ducks, repudiated at home
and fondled at Washington. 10
make "a quick getaway" They
sought to lay upon the American
taxpayer an additional burden Of
$ooO,OOO,0O0 to ssubsidize the Shin.
ping Trust. Your Democratic
representatives in Congress. aided
by the patriotic progressives. with
STOOD their mad onslaughts-for
three months held them at bav. ,
and through a highly Organized
Iilibuster prevented the passage of
the measure.
In all the speeches delivered in
the Cleveland convention, or in the
platform there adopted, not a
word was written nor a whisper
uttered Of the administrations
ship-subsidy proposal. II that pro-
posal had become a law, the lin.
mediate appropriations to carry 1t
into effect would have denied any
reduction Of taxes this year, or in
the immediate years to come. The
Harding Coolidge administration
was willing to give millions to the
Shipping Trust, but not one cent
to the American soldier.
The platform of the Republican
party and the speech Of the tom.
porary chairman OF the Republi-
can convention proclaims the
budget law as Republican accom-
plishment-the disarmament con.
ference, the reduction Of the mum.
Der Of Governmental employees. the
decreases In the amount Of annual
appropriations and the national
debt as Republican achievements.
1t is regrettable that we can not
ooo0Vd a. ftia xr,tld oonlcIs.