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THE ATLANTIAN
September, 1922
Prosperity Was the “Mess”
Democrats Left to
Republicans.
As an excuse for their failure to
keep their promises and for the dis
astrous failure of the Harding admin
istration, and as an attempt to dodge
just party responsibility for the panic
and demoralization of business and in
dustry during 1921 and 1922, Repub
lican reactionaries are attributing
these conditions to the alleged “awful
mess” that was left on their hands by
the Democratic administration.
This plea, false and hypocritical, is
intended to fool the American voters
and thus save the Republican party
from the consequence of its own in
competence and obstructionism. The
inventors of this alibi are the same
reactionary and unprincipled politic
ians who, in 1920, practiced the false
pretense, duplicity and political dis
honesty that have since brought upon
them public contempt and condemna
tion.
What was this alleged “mess” which
t!V Democratic Wilson administration
left on the hands of the present Re
publican regime? The facts are still
vividly in the public mind but they
are worth summarizing. Here is the
so-called “mess” which a Democratic
administration left to the Republican
administration:
The country as a whole was enjoy
ing unparalleled prosperity during
1919 and 1920 under Democratic rule.
Every worker was employed on full
time at the highest wages ever pre
vailing in time of peace.
Farmers in every section were nev
er more rich and prosperous. They
had accumulated nearly $30,000,000,-
000 of wealth and savings under the
eight years of Democratic control,
during which sound and reciprocal
market conditions, enabling them to
sell every ounce of their surplus prod
ucts at top prices, were maintained.
The manufacturing and mining and
other great industries had increased
their volume of production more than
30 per cent, and their annual income
more than $15,000,000,000.
The ablest bankers, business men
and economists were predicting an-
uninterrupted period of unprecedented
prosperity.
Our internal commerce, aggregating
$85,000,000,000 in 1920, had more than
trebled.
Every smoke stack was smoking and
every factory was humming.
America had become the world’s
banker and the world’s storehouse of
foodstuffs manufactures and raw ma
terials.
A great American merchant marine
had been created to carry American
products to foreign markets.
The nation had won and then held
a glorious war record under Demo
cratic leadership. America had real
leadership, sound policies and pro
grams, both domestic and foreign,
during the Democratic administration,
and these were the admiration of the
world.
All these great outstanding and in
disputable facts will continue to mark
the wonderful heights to which Amer
ica climbed in her financial, commer
cial, economic, military and social
achievements from 1913 to 1920.
These big facts, which speak for
themselves, and which the most igno
rant citizen clearly remembers, are
lasting and indestructible evidence of
the so-called “mess” which the pres
ent Republican administration inher
ited from its Democratic predecessors.
LET “PAT DO IT”
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The “Orphan” Tariff Bill.
Washington, Aug. 31.—When the
Fordney-McCumber Profiteers’ Tariff
bill with 2,436 amendments made by
the Senate, was sent to the confer
ence, where it is predicted it will re
main until after the election, it re
ceived a new name from the Demo
cratic acting floor leader in the House,
Representative Garrett, of Tennessee,
who christened it anew in the follow
ing words:
“To the very great regret of every
member of the House, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Fordney), whose
name it will bear on behalf of the
House announced his voluntary retire,
ment from Congress. The gentleman
whose name it will bear on the part
of the Senate (Mr. McCumber), was
defeated in the primaries, and there
fore, the bill is an orphan before it
is born.”
Democratic floor leader Garrett,
with a view of conserving time and
getting the bill in operation before
the election, tried to have it recom
mitted to the ways and means com
mittee so that the question of the
American valuation plan, which the
House adopted and which the Senate
struck out, might be determined be
fore the various amendments were
taken up for adjustment, but this did
not suit the Republican program, or
at least the leaders who do not wish
the bill to become a law before elec
tion. This would interfere with their
plan to try to fool the people by as
serting that the bill will be radically
changed at the December session. In
the meantime they could promise, and
presumably will promise, the voters to
amend it in any way the voters may
indicate, but the voters for four years
have had nothing but promises from
this Do-Nothing Congress, and they
know that these promises have been
broken in almost every particular.
Funny Mrs. Fess.
“Our labor is in better spirit and a
better relation between labor and cap
ital is displayed by a willingness to
get together and find through mutual
agreement a lower level of cost of
production . . .“—Representative
Fess (Rep., Ohio), in prepared ad
dress in the House of Representatives.
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