The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-03

Established 1879
GOVERNMENTAL ECONOMY THE ISSUE
President Coolidge in his delivered to Congress
today is solid ground when he urges governmental
economy as the issue of paramount Importance
The majority by which he returned to office potent
sale" by the opposition press but the voters
felt that it was and is most vital governmental problem
President Coolidge puts the issue simply and directly:
I'VE have heavy burden of taxes to reduce and
reducing it. But while remarkable progress has been made
in these directions the work is yet far from accomplished
We still $2l OOO000OO0 the of the National gov
eminent is still about s5oO00O and the national still
amount to about S27 for each of inhabitants There
still exists this enormous field for the application OF
economy"
preside the smaller political subdivisions find in
SEPARATION in the message if their hearts and minds favor
raction If this nation is to prosper if this state and th.
the administration of public affairs be faced
;.ud settled
President Coolidge is right when he says that this gov
rmen can do more to remedy the economic ills of the
people by system of rigid in public expenditure
than be accomplished through any other action" A
sweeping statement, but it sweeping. He points
on that the costs of national and local governments
bncd stand at sum approxmating 500 for each nhab
tart of the land Students know and the President wisely
mis- out that IAN onnous fact that only the Natona
Government is reducing its debt Others increasing
theirs at about 81 900, 100000 each year.
Often to out against tax increases meets with crit
csm and resentment from those which profit directly
Vi Gus antagonist than he who "easy money
replaced by rigid the administration of public
Econ M reaches everywhere. 1t carries blessing to
everybody.
The fallacy is thoroughly exploded in this message by
President Coolidge that the government borne
only by the rich Everyone who reads and studies the
orally of the rich and of the but from the
the greatest burden of rests them for they
must pay in the increased prices of the prime necessities
of fe-rent, food fuel and clothing
This situation is graphically given in the following SEN
fences from the message:
"The continuing of public administration can be
met in only way-by the work of the people. The
higher they become the more the people must work for the
government The less they are the more the peope can
work for themselves
So much then for the tax recommendations of President
Coolidge. These few excerpts indicate that the silent
Yankee in the White House will do all in his power reduce
the load of federal his lead should be followed
meet the demand for tax reduction should be promptly
relegated to private life by the voters.
Mention is made of the St. Lawrence waterway and the
necessity of internal Development Reclamation policy
OF the nation he should be continued but reforms Of
existing laws. it is Indicated should be enacted
North Dakotans interested in that section of the
that has to do with the problems of agriculture
Of tho the ne OF no d
classes in this country with occupation striving
take issue with the in which President Coolidge
approaches discussion of the perpexng agraran prob
lem Not in class strife farm bocs any action will
the problems be settled that confront the farmers.
Price fixing is not favored solution but he points
out that satisfactory range of prices obtained
through the natural working of economic than when
the seeks artfca support of markets and
dlsries.'
Without making specific remedies, President Coolidge
calls attention to the Agricultural Conference session and
that he hopes report the present session such
Legislative remedies that body in it's wisdom may work
-Out.
AS for Muscle Shoals President Coolidge against gov
ernment ownership policy in the development of that
project He suggests at the opporune time this is field
better "sued to private enterprise If advantageous
offers made for this project President Coolidge believes
that the plant should be dedicated primarily the produc
ton OF materials for the fertilization of the SOIL"
Consolidation of railways along the lines suggested
the past by Congress endorsed this message No fixed
plan offered for such consolidation into larger units
President Coolidge suggests that tme and actual expert
IS Under the subtitle 'The Wage Earner" President Cool
dgc eerates two basic principles of the republican party