Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Telegram welcome letters letter tot for f ii thin department Owl Owing up to space apace tile they must matt b be confined to words word and end must mud be on OD ts of t teral Ien eral Int Interest rest Communications Communication unaccompanied pealed panted b bf by writers writer's name and aDd trill not be considered This IB is to show good faith The name nom will not net b bo be flub Jl hed It If the writer BO se request Th The Telegram m oes not for an any opinion expressed In this department department depart depart- ment nor sor for the accuracy of ef an any state stat ment meat nor for the return of manuscript submitted Address all CU to The Editor snort mast b be written 1 only on en one side elde of ef the pap paper pa I 1 Pays Respects to Collection Sharks Suppose you had a a. wife wite and eight children and that your wages bare barel kept the tho wolf from the door The suppose influenza lIt hit your family ain 8 hit it hard and that some of joa bills bUls went unpaid Suppose one un unpaid paid bill amounted to about 17 am an and that when your good wife took down to a a. local service pervice corporation advising them the balance wo would ld be paid as soon as possible then possible then then BUPP ea that this kindly disposed corpora corporation corporate stated through one of ot its lesser lights light that the bill must be paid in full ant an that a a part payment payment even even more than tha half of it would it-would would not be accepted What would you do do Suppose then this bill bUI went i Un paid for tor several months and that i iwas was placed in the lands hands of ot a a. colIee Suppose then tion agency that s a garnishment was placed on you wages the wages the first In your nearly three threescore score years of ot honest service Suppose Suppose Sup Suppose pose then that a settlement was et- et ef effected and and you had paid to this agency 15 16 Several months elapse Suppose this collection agency fall fail to remit any payments to the service corporation Then suppose the ser service service vice corporation turned the of ot this bill with its added load 0 Interest over to to another collect firm Then suppose your wages wage W viti r garnisheed a second time serious jeopardizing your employment employment and an mind you for tor the same old bil bil The suppose these collection agencies happened to be in the same came bUilding I and you worried with bills and sickness sick sick- n ness ess in your family not familiar wIth wit I c nc court ourt nm actions Judgments or garnishments garnish I m ments and not always able to atten attento t tt to o such matters personally sUPPOse I tp t then hen you dug deep down in your YOU p pocket borrowed or somehow raised 20 20 to pay on this same me bill b had ed now with interest reached ft the t bt total otal of ot about 27 and that you did n not ot realize that you were payin paYing t this his 20 to another concern concern for for nat nate u rally you thought things are n not noT t I d done one that way j I I T Then en suppose you should learn that I tho the local service corporation h had hd d r le c but from these S' S months after atter you had paid 35 o ohis othis o t this his bill which originally wa wn wy a about bout 17 1 I Then suppose you jou OU compared t tty f 3 80 with the 10 you tre tried to pay o othis on this bill long before you knew wh what a garnishment mean meana Then suppose y you ou remembered that your ment ment the the very source of ot your exist e ence had bad had been je Jeopardized by br theta b bungling methods What would y rot yoa i ido do We repeat It What would woud you do j t To come to earth this supposing story gentle gentl rea reader er Is not a m miss 18 f fairy airy tale tale tale-It it la Ia a a. recital of ot facts I IJ J B B. B Bi I Thinks Churches fj Ii i 1 Overlook Causes J Editor Telegram An article under the headIngS headIng Church Co Council Urges Move to Head off oft War quoting briefly brief briet briefly ly as possible is called church char chat chat- lenge The copies of ot which h have been addressed to President Presided Harding Secretary Hughes and m mem meni ni tiers bers of congress declares J Growing unrest political intrigue intrigues physical distress and suffering Buttering a disordered dis ordered economic life He increasing df dis distrust trust suspicions and hatred all point to great disaster The failure of ot diplomatic dip dip- and financial efforts to bring about a a. satisfactory settlement constitutes constitutes con con- a direct challenge to t the e Christian church j I would like Uke the privilege to comment com corn ment on above by b- saying that while I fully appreciate what sincerity t tb the e churches of Christ may have ha in the effort tov to help remedy the conditions in the civilized world ol ot today I believe they must admit from Iron their own o statements they have faile failed in their petitions petitions to to his personal God in the name of his beloved Son Jesus Christ to alleviate the suffering of humanity in the past And If it tb that thatIs t I is Js true and I 1 sincerely believe it Is and with all due respect to every ery hOn hon hen est eat person I would suggest the I churches take a a. rest for tor a a. time and anil devote more time to the natural laws Jaws of the universe and then we might find out where here the reaction emanates from Also let us make sure that ve ci e have to some extent endeavored to Vs find out why there are so man many of or our workingmen in Ia our penitentiaries and prisons today and what for tor And d then when we get a a clear bill of oC at home by all means we wo can afo atford to let our light shine in the rest fest t the world Probably some honest p pe 5 sons v will m declare I am not a Christian from above statements but If a lover of elimination of error COB COC a Christian I must plead gul gUj I ty hr as I think it is ls about time wa e made an honest effort to heal t ta th e wounds of ot a bleeding and world by removing the cause instead of ot spending millions of dollars I waste dosing the effects R R. 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