Show THE FACT APPEARING AT nights meeting of mckean post it was proposed to menace memo congreso congram to turn the industrial hoine borne into a nation 1601 soldiers home carin bailey thought the women might be corralled in one wing ard ar d the vetera veterans ns in the other but this beautiful scheme was not viewed with favor however it was agreed that so many people would sign the petition that thas the precious plans of mckay dyer a co would be easily knocked in the head ll 11 the above is from our unee teemed liberal contemporary centt of tuesday march 29 25 the NEWS has been awen abused and villi fied by that sheet without stint for intimating that the so called woman comans Is indus trial home wan a useless institution and the expenditure of public money upon it etwas was a mistake now it appears the opinion is obtaining in many quarters that the project isa is a failure and plans are devised to turn the building to some useful purpose we have not endorsed either of these movements and do not think the present proposition a good one these schemes to raise the value of real estate in the neighborhood of the home are not to be applauded by sincere people because they have been concocted and fostered under the guise of a patriotic desire to save government funds but whatever sordid motives may have moved the promoters of these ad advocates vo for a change the fact shows up in the midst of all clearly and unmistakably that the bleeding of uncle sam in the past and the further attempt at phlebotomy in the present are shameful and d deceptive e cep tive and it is becoming more and more perceptible every day that the whole concern IF is a fizzle and an inexcusable waste of national funds |