Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-26

can not hope for full settlement in
our foreign debt. Allied payments
to us depend upon German payments
to them. But even though the repa-
ration question may be settled and
Germany eXerts every effort to pay,
how can she pay if she is economical
ly snacl,led by America and the
world? The German citizen can set
his hand to work and from one end
of that country to the other every
furnace may be lighted, every fac
tory wheel may whirl, every field be
TILED and every agency of com
merce and industry work overtime,
yet they cannot continue unless some
market is found for their wares.
There can be no market if the tariff
gates are closed against her by 9th
er countries as are our own. Such
a sordid policy Of selfishness upon
the part Of this administration not
only delays European rehabilitation
but forces upon the American mass
es higher prices for homemade
goods. Custom receipts do not prove
the success or failure of tariff laws.
A tariff that in normal times might
be pr0hibtiVe, in abnormal times Is
but license to the constituencies
profiteer to extort from and gouge
the American consumer. Exports
from a country, the purchasing pow
er of whose money is worthless, may
be expected to seek those markets
that offer the best purchases, no
matter how high the tariff. In the
abnormal conditions of the world to-
day the result is that, with an exor-
bitant tariff, our government may
perhaps get more revenue but the
European seller will receive far less
for his product, and the American
consumer will be compelled to pay
more for his purchase.
Democratic Party Record
A record of promises fulfilled and
pledges kept attest the loyalty of the
Democratic party. The long list of
unparalleled achievements of the
Wilson administration are among the
glorious assets of our party. 1t is a
record that should stir the soul of
America and thrill every Democratic
heart What is that record?
A tariff law which bred no boun-
ties and spawned no special privi-
leges. A tariff law that sought no
taxes from the tables of the poor,
| but raised them from the fortunes of
the rich. A tariff law that unfet-
tered buoyant hope and Pledged am
bition's best efforts. A tariff law
that transformed a weapon of op-
preston into an instrument of use
fulness. A tariff law so nicely adj
Justed to world conditions that our
international trade balance reached
the highest peak in all it's history. )
Uninfluenced by war conditions,
| at its lowest ebb it gave to the Unit
ed States favorable balance of
trade $3S0,000,00 more than the
present indefensible law afforded at
its highest. At it's peak it exceeded
by $4,000 100000 the highest under
the Republican law
A federal reserve law that eman.
clpated banking from the domination
or money monopoly and placed
credits in the control of government
officials; law so modern and so
elastic as to meet the constant needs
OF trade and commerce and to act as
panacea against panicS and cure
Tor industrial Ills. A law which the
temporary chairman of the Cleveland
convention said Serves as a bulwarll
to the financial life of the nation
and was so helpful during the war
should be left alone" We will leave
| 1t alone, and not one of the pillars
upon which it rests will be removed.
but we will not permit reactionarv
Republican leadership, dominated bv
selfish groups, to divert if from IFS
real purpose and turn over it's adj.
mlhlstratlon to its plant tools.
A record that carved new lanes
OIL trade and opened up additional
| markets.
A record that gave confidence to
business and sent the sunshine of
happiness and the glow Of prosperity
into every American home.
A record that filled the paw enveI-
opes of all wage earners and piled
hlSh every bank with countless re-
sources
A record that lifted agriculture
from the low depths to which the
Nepuplcan party had tossed it to A
commanding place in American
thought and attention-a place at
which credit and Transportation ia
cllltles to the farmers were made
available and the distribution. sa1e
ana marketing of their products as.
sured
"A record which gave to the Amer.
lcan farmer the only period in the
history of the government in which
the purchasing power of his dollar
was at a premium.
A. record that filled public offices
with men of courage and not tools
of corruption.
"A record that promotes the pro-
lection of children and the rights
of women
A record in which never before
dld the wheels Of industry sing so
sWeetly and the flow Of commerce
move so smoothly.
A record that blazed the wav TO
new heights of idealism. shot
through with wise and humane mol.
ices.
A record of days when human
rights were dominant, and through
the force of our moral leadership
America caused spiritual awak
enlng throughout the world. Those
were mighty days. In every foreign
capital America personified the high
est and the best and beneath the
folds Of its flag all peoples looked
for shelter and protection.
Restore the Government
with this small part of the record
fresh in the minds of the American
people we enter this contest deter
mined to restore the government TO
its rightful eminence.
We will wipe from it's escutcheon
the stains Of this administration.
We will restore dignity and integrity
in public service. We will remove
the scars of normally and revive
prosperity. We will recover and
conserve our national resources. We
VIII drive every rascal from high DO
sitlon and see to it that self,con-
fessed and high criminals who now
run at large unafraid, shall not go
further unwhiDped of punishment.
An administration STEPPED In cor.