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April, 1922
THE ATLANTIAN
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in a recent speech on the Four-Power
Treaty. Senator Williams had men
tioned some great names in English
history, when Senator Ashurst (Dem.,
Ariz.), facetiously remarked: “I hope
the Senator will not forget George
Harvey.”
“I declare,” said Senator Williams,
“to be diverted from the great, sub
lime heights to which my oratory has
just a moment ago risen to the con
templation of George Harvey. Not
withstanding the prevailing influence
which the Senator from Arizona is en
titled to have with me, I decline to
have my sublimity of thought brought
down to George Harvey. I would not
mind it if one of the pages were men
tioned by name, but I do not want to
fool with George! Harvey while I am
in earnest about a great national ques
tion.”—Collier’s.
LET “DAD DO IT”
207 Whitehall St.
Only Bridge and Dam Bills
To “Point to With Pride.”
What will be the outcome of the
split in the Republican party is a
matter of opinion. One thing is cer
tain: The public is rapidly coming to
realize that the party under its pres
ent reactionary leadership both in the
White House and in the Congress is
not competent to deal with the great
domestic problems of this nation in
an efficient manner or free from cheap
politics. It seems certain that a
majority of the House will vote for
any kind of a bonus bill Chairman
Fopdney cooks up—this for campaign
purposes only, as far as many are
concerned. It seems equally curtain
that a sales tax bill cannot be passed
because not only the Agricultural
bloc, but the people generally, arc
obviously opposed to such a measure.
When it is recalled that President
Hard : ng has let it be known thaf only
a sales tax in connection with the
bonus bill would satisfy him, the in
dications all are that there will be no
bonus act by this Congress.
If to this conclusion is added the
probability that no tariff bill will be
passed, that the tax revision bill,
which is unsatisfactory to everyone,
will remain as it is, that public senti
ment is overwhelmingly opopsed to
President Harding’s proposed ship
subsidy plan, the question arises,
what measure members of the Con
gress who will be candidates for re-
election will point with pride as part
of their achievements. There will be
nothing left, eliminating non-partisan
legislation, except the bills which Dr.
Fess oratorically and proudly refers
to, providing for the building of
bridges and dams.—Collier’s.
A dillar, a dollar
This full-dress collar
I wish it were in Hades.
It hurts my neck
It looks like heck
And just to please the ladies.
—Washington Dirge.
It’s An 111 Wind.
“Since my resignation some three
years ago,” writes a former United
States income-tax inspector, “I have
been employed by taxpayers who are
unable to make out their tax re
turns.”
“I was one of the accountants who
hurried to Washington to get practi
cal experience in the Treasury De
partment. It has paid me well. The
tax I now pay on my own income is
much bigger than the amount of
money I earned as salary in a year
of hard work before I entered and
quit the government service.
“If ever a sales tax goes into ef
fect, reducing income taxes and their
complications, I will have to find
some other way of earning a living.”—
Collier’s.
Where Prosperity Starts.
In the fall of 1920, prices paid to
farmers'for their products entered a
period of drastic decline. From then
until a few months ago financial
writers and economists pointed out
repeatedly that the industrial depres
sion through which we were passing
was due largely to the shrunken pur
chasing power of the American
farmer.
Four months ago, for example, the
values of the crops (based on prices
prevailing at that time) were calcu
lated by the Department of Agricul
ture at eight billion dollars less than
two years before.
While the farmer’s income was
shrinking, the prices of the manufac
tured articles he needed did not drop
in proportion to the fall in prices of
farm products. The farmer could not
afford to sell eight bushels of grain
at a dollar a bushel and then be ask
ed to pay eight dollars for a pair of
shoes. He sold the wheat because he
had to. But he found he could get
along, somehow, without the new
shoes. In fact, he got along for a
year or so without buying anything.
Slowly but surely, however, the
wide difference between the prices of
farm products and of the merchan
dise the farmer is willing to buy is
being wiped out by the immutable law
of supply and demand.
The business situation of the na
tion, therefore, is improving, clouds
that have been hanging low are now
tinged with a silver lining. The back
bone of American prosperity is found
in the fertility of our soil. We are
able to produce, more than any other
nation, a wide variety of the things
the world needs. When our farmers
are given a fair return on their in
vestment and labor, they insure to the
nation as a whole at least a fair de
gree of prosperity.—Collier’s.
Harvey Continues to Shrink.
Ambassador George Harvey seems
to grow smaller and smaller as time
goes by. Senator John .Sharp Wil
liams (Dem., Miss.), referred to his
relative importance in national affairs
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