New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-08-23

eleClOTdle " NltuuIdN lHeII CUuIl-
dence from the republican party and
repose it with the democratic party
pledged to continue those standards
of unblemished integrity which
characterized every act OF the ad-
ministration OF Woodrow Wilson.
A Constructive Campaign
But l would not rest our claim for
the confidence OF the American peo-
pie alone upon the misdeeds of the
opposite party. Ours must be con-
structive campaign.
False Prosperity
The Republican Party builds its
case upon myth. We are told that
only under the benevolent admins
tration of that party can the country
enjoy prosperity. When four million
men, DESTROYS to work and support
their families. are una BILE to secure
employment there is very little in
the picture of prosperity to attract
them and the millions dependent
upon them.
In the year 1926, the latest figures
available show that 1-2Oth of 1H
of the 100000 corporations in this
country earned 400 of their profits:
1000 OF the corporations actually lost
money: IA of 1ca of these corpora
tons earned two-thirds of the prof
its of all of them. Specific industries
are wholly PROSTATE and there is
widespread business difficulty and
discomfort among the individual
business men of the country.
Prosperity to the extent that we
have 1t is unduly concentrated and
has not equitably touched the lives
OF the farmer, the wage-earner and
the individual business man, The
claim of governmental economy is
as baseless as the claims that general
business prosperity exists and that
1t can exist only under Republican
administration.
Failure to Consolidate
When the Republican Party came
INTO power in 1921 it definitely pro-
missed reorganization of the mach.
lnery OF government and abolition
or consolidation Of unnecessary and
overlapping agencies. A committee
was appointed. A representative @,
the President acted as Chairman. 7,
prepared a plan of reorganization
The plan was filed in the archives
IL still remains there. After seve,
years of Republican control tn,
structure of government is wors,
than it was in 1921. 1t is fully Al
nad as the system which existed i,
New York State before we secure,
oy constitutional amendment tn
legislation which consolidated NOR
than one hundred Offices. commiss
IONS and boards into eighteen co
ordlnated departments. each respon
sible to the Governor. In contras
with this, the Republican party il
control at Washington when face
with the alternative of loss of pa
, tronage for the faithful or NOR
I efficient and economical manage
, ment of the government permitte
Z the old order to continue for tn
r benefit of the patronage seekers
Increased Federal Appropriations
: The appropriations for indender
, bureaus and offices not responsible
to any cal inet officer increase
: from s3,4oo,ooo in 1914 to s1s3
: 100000 in 1921. and to $3.50
3 600 in 1928. No wonder that a cab
3 met officer of the Republican Pre-.
e ident OF 1921 said ''if you coul
{ visualize the government as a. bu.
: mess or administrative unit, 70
+. would see something like one I
). those grotesque spectacles OF a b
: oyster shell to which in II
c course OF years, big and irreguls
g masses barnacles have attracte
t themselves without symmetry or re
q evancy. And the Chamber
Commerce of the United States sa
in its annual report this year: IN
y progress has been made on the pla
@ of reorganization of the govern
>. ments departments as advocat.
q by the Cham Der" The administr
n ton spokesman answers only: "V
I. have given an economical admini
= tration.' and that has been repea
d ed so often that some people beg
n to believe it without the slighte
/, proof. I assert that there is
n proof.
J. The appropriation bills signed
Is the President of the United Stat
IA for the last year are just one half
J. billion dollars more than they We
N for the first year Of his administ I
- ton. The appropriations for the {
& ecutive department itself (the pre-
" dent and vice presidenD have
n creased more than 10 per cent u
r. der President Coolidge.
ID The figures for expenditure as 4
ID tinguished from appropriations t
3 the same story. Aside from inter
on the public debt which has be
reduced by retirement OF bonds
o. by refinancing at lower interest ra
is the actual expenditures for govel
in mental activities during the fs
I year ending in 1928 were just s34
A. 00O,0O more than in Preside
of Coolidge's first year.
We Increased Federal Taxes
r. If the defenders of the admin
d. tration answers that taxes have bt
~ reduced. they find themselves in
ms similar dilemma. The total Ia
wv collected are So4.ooo.Ooo more II
OF in the hrs: year the Coolidge I
gh ministration. While tax rates h;
a been reduced and some war-ti
OF taxes abandoned. the governm
II: actually took from the people in
ch come taxes 1855 .ooo.o 600 more d
II. ing the last fiscal year than dur
ok the first year Of the Coolidge adm
OF istra ton. And even these reductl
in tax rates have been brou
about primarily b.ca use the admin
-cr tration has committed the COVE
of ment to appropriations uthorl