| Show MOVING FORWARD 4 TO prosperity EVERY DAY witnesses more business in government a washington business methods are being introduced trod where they jave never been known more and better work is being done by government clerks clerics than tor for at least a decade cabinet officers their assistants budeau chiefs and the personnel on down the line are viewing the organization and machinery necessary tor for public administration as they would the organization gamiza tion and machinery of a private corporation dead timber is being removed surplus help is being dispensed with standards ot of work are being raised overhead and operating expenses are being radically reduced system is replacing haphazard profi gate inefficient methods rigid economy Is replacing wildest extravagance back work left in tremendous quantities by the previous administration is being cleaned up and current kept up to date the public is being saved hundreds ot of millions of dollars by economies and systems already put in effect by the harding harddng administration and the work of put I 1 ting ing the government on oil a b business basis has only fairly started had the previous administration which was in complete charge of all t the he executive agencies of government tor for eight years deliberately planned to clog the machinery bungle affairs rs do things in the most w wasteful and expensive manner get the least done and have what was done performed pei formed in a loose manner that vitiated in a large measure its value it is hard to see sow it would have adopted any different methods those in vogue in the governmental delai departments when the harding administration took charge it takes take time to correct all these things I the destruction of eight years year cannot be repaired in four our months tho lav progress made to date has been immeasurable greater than even the most optimistic hoped for or after they f became aware ot of conditions which the harding administration inherited I 1 from its predecessor business continues to I improve prove the lowering ot of the discount rate by bs four of the federal reserve banks la an atland outstanding ing commercial and II fl ban nandlal 1 I eye evident t testifying to easier money returning confidence and r reviving vivi industry d stry the discount rate has been lowered three times during the harding arding II adminis administration tr aaion and it la is known in financial circles that tho the administration Is very partial to 0 that method ot of helping business regain its feet by making it less difficult tor for it to get financial accommodations tor for legitimate purposes it Is believed nothing will assist more in restoring normalcy in business than restoring normalcy in int interest orest rates democratic patriarchs are alarmed over the insurgency in their ranks on the subject of tariff the revolt Is all the more menacing became it takes place among the kings own in the very inner courts ot of democracy the solid south was undoubtedly badly cracked when the vote was taken in the house on the tariff schedules of the fordney bordney bill it begins to look like democrats were being converted to the idea or of more business in government policies and less moth eaten political claptrap the tariff affects very ery vitally not only the immediate prosperity I 1 of the southern producer buti but the prospects tor for the mouths development I 1 and permanent prosperity the efforts of the democratic leaders in the senate and the mediums of 0 democratic propaganda to make political capital out of president hardings attitude on the soldier bonus bill will not get t tar charges chait the president suddenly reversed his position are completely refuted by an interview upon the subject which he gave the stars and stripes last september during the campaign the democratic nominee mr cox also went on record against cash bonuses in the same publication a week later |
