Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-01-10

| feeling seems to be that the light OF
prosperity is upon the hilltop and that
the prospect is bright for the coming
year. Things may depend as some OF
the treasury officials seem TO think,
i largely upon what is done or is not
done during the coming session, 0ut
there are students of things economic
here who hold that If congress does
nothing. prosperity, or near prosperity
at any rate, will be more likely to con-
tinue its reign than if half considered
bills are passed and undigested meas
ures put upon the statute books.
Frankly speaking, it does not look
today as if there would be much leg's-
lation during the coming winter out
bills There is still doubt as to wheth-
er tax reduction will be accomplished,
but this matter and its alleged direct
connection with the bonus has been dis
cussed freely and daily, and officials
feel now as if the only thing to do Is
j to wait and see.
Who Gains by Ford's Action?
Politics will be the travelling COM
panion of the next year throughout
almost its entire course. Politics and
interest go hand in hand. even if pol
ftics and happiness in it's entirety do
not.
Politicians in Washington are trying
to determine today definitely which
great party has the more reason to re-
joice over the gift of Henry Ford's
declination to become a candidate for
president plus his gift Of support for
the cause of President Coolidge.
There are as many minds here as
there are men on this Henry Ford
matter The supporters of Senator
Johnson say the men who naturally
would have gone to Ford now will go
T. Johnson, because he more nearly
represents the views of the political
supporters of the Detroit manufactur-
err On the other hand, the political
friends of President Coolidge say
Henry Fords following has been one
which he gathered largely unto him.
self because of his sound business
judgment. Therefore the Presidents
supporters declare that the Ford fol
lowers will say it is another case of
business judgment and will give their
support to the man now in the White
House.
The Democrats see the thing differ
emily. While many members of the at
present minority party will not give
an expression of choice as between
Mr.. McAdoo, Mr.. Underwood and some
others for the presidential nomination,
they declare that the fact Henry Ford
is cat of it will send great bulk of
his followers into the Democratic
ranks. Generally speaking, the feel
ing seems to be that If any Democrat
is to gain by the Ford pronouncement,
Mr.. McAdoo will profit more than any
other. Time will show.
rebuff of the Reds.
| AS a result of the sharp rebuff given
by the State department to the effort
of the Russians to secure soviet rec
ignition, it is expected in Washington
that there will be increased activity
on the part of the agents of commu-
nfsm in their propaganda to undermine
the constitutional institutions of this
country.
The following extract from the reply
of Secretary Hughes to Russia's bid
to open negotiations with this coun-
try is sharply salient: "The most
serious is the propaganda to over
throw the institutions of this coun-
try. This government can enter into
no negotiations until these efforts di.
rected from Moscow are abandoned"
From time to time attention has
been called to the nature of the Rus
sian propaganda in this country. Men
who write about it have been called
alarmists, reactionaries, haters Of lib
erty, and some things not so nice by
half. The truth has been known in
Washington concerning the attempts Of
communism to seduce Americans from
their allegiance to the government as
constitutionally organized. The Pres
ident, the secretary of war, the secre-
tary of the navy and the attorney gen.
eral have had definite knowledge Of
the Russian efforts to do this country
wrong, but the American people seem
ingly have paid little attention to
stories of the propaganda within the
country.
Men in Congress Blamed.
It has been almost impossible for
American organizations that are alert
to the danger and for the govern
ment itself to make the masses of
J the people believe that these attempts
to work evil have had any basis ex-
cept rumor. The main difficulty has
been the fact that a considerable nun.
Der of senators and representatives in
congress have preached Russia's cause
in and out of season.
So far as the authorities are con-
cerned, the feeling seems to be that
the people have said to themselves
it must be impossible that Russia
is trying to undo this country as
| long as the former has so many high
and good friends, reasonable and SIN
cere men all of them," in the congress
of the United States.
1t was only a few weeks ago that
the American Defense society made
an announcement which was based on
the results of close study and inves-
tigation. The society said that 49,
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