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Show Voters, Do Yo Know? That the Democratic administration has given tlia nation more' constructive construc-tive legislation in seven years than the Republicans did in forty-four yoar.j? . . That in one session of congress the Democratic administration passed more than twenty of the greatest war measures ever passed by any nation in the history of the world? That the present administration passed the law for the direct election of United States senators? That the woman's suffrage bill passed a Democratic house before it was sent to the Republican senate? That the Democratic administration gave nation-wide prohibition? That they gave the country election reforms such as it had never had bo-fore? bo-fore? That ithey gave the workmen the Adamson eight-hour law? That they acquired the "Virgin system, which is growing every day? That the homestead patents' for the past seven years is nearly one-half as many as in all the history of the country? coun-try? That irrigation has been extended in seven and a half years to more than 1 OOO.ffOO acres of arid lands which will support 15,000 families? That six new national parks have been created? That the present administration gave to the country the mine death preventative law? That it has restored to the public domain nearly 200,000 acres of land which was illegally held? That it has established long and much needed reforms in federal prisons ? That these and scores of other great reforms and constructive legis lution has been gi 'en to the people "f ( the United States during the last seven and a half years of Democratic rule? ' ' v islands after the Republicans had been trying toget this important coaling coal-ing and protection point for the Panama canal for years? That they passed legislation encouraging encour-aging the American dye industry? That the Democratic administration gave to the country the Federal Reserve Re-serve Bank system? That under the old system of bank, ing, under Republican rule, there had been one bank failure on an average of every twenty-one days for forty years? That under the new system there was eight bank failures in 1914, five in 1915, three in 1916, three in 1917, one in 1918, none in 1919, and up to June 1 of 1920, there was one? That the Democratic administration passed the Farm Loan act, cutting the rate of interest on farm loans from as high as 25 per cent per annum to 5 1-2 per cent per annum and allowing allow-ing the farmers 35 years to pay the mortgage? That under this act the farmers of the United States have borrowed more than $500,000,000 at a low rate of interest? That a Democratic administration gave to the country the income tax whereby the rich pay their part of the taxes? That they gave to the country a non-partisan tariff board? That the present national administration adminis-tration floated four Liberty and one Victory loans every one of which was over-subscdibed. That they gave the . country the Thrift Stamp act, a permanent saving system? - That they adopted a highway policy the like of which had never been attempted at-tempted in any country in the world? That they gave to the country the co-operative agricultural acts? That the Democratic administration administra-tion passed the cotton future act, stopping gambling 'in this necessary commodity?"' s" s V That it gave to the country the grain standardizing act? That it passed the warehouse act? That it gave to the farmers the wheat price guarantee act? That the greater part of all legislation legis-lation on the statute books for the aid and development of the agricultural agricul-tural interests of the farmers has been passed by the present Democratic Demo-cratic administration? That it has given to the country the bureau of markets? That it has created a department of labor? That it has passed trie most advanced ad-vanced legislation for the preventative preventa-tive of strikes ever enacted in any country? That the present national adminis tratio nhas established a labor employment em-ployment service? That it has created a childran's bureau? That it has given to the country a first class child labor law? That it has established a women's bureau, the first In the history of the country? That it passed the seamen's law? That it passed the workmen's benefit bene-fit laws? That it. passed the government housing bill? That under ithe present national administration the parcel post system has been extended and advanced as never before? That when the Republicans went out of office they left a deficit of nearly $60,00,000 in the postal system alone and today there is a surplus of over $:!5,000,000, a difference of over $94,000,000 in seven and a half years? That the present administration established the aerial mail service |