| Show OW AGE PENSIONS A correspondent of tho tue Boston Trans Transcript criticIzes n a bill Introduced In iii tho the Massachusetts etts legislature ct for pension on the tho ground that such Hitch legislation attacks poverty from the wrong title side lihi ns as It tl wen wew He lie contends that a law providing old people be he supported by b the state lessen by hy JUM Jurt to io 0 much tho the inn inu tIc tio for tor saving moving and what Is In ImpaIrs the cogency e of ot family loyalty and affection on the part of n the tho children If It the state he ho u kl will vilt look after the old olti folks what Is there that the young should do ilo xo eo The trouble with this logic In Is that It hits not only hut but I every fery other kind kIn And nd by bJ so doln doIng It t brings about Its own on defeat For Tor pon lOI I don la is recognized ni as n n a pel perfect foot legitimate mate anti method m nf tiC 10 to I persons for till services e rendered and the only IH is a 11 Who vho has hall enl his h entire life lite In III building up tip the th country tIll mid III hI rearing a family or of useful Is not entitled to be looked hooked In lila lib libold old use age Just ai much an all other citIzens citizen who sho havo have been more jid jl ld services than any 1111 laborer We Wedo Wedo do not not believe lint any an doubt dou t exl tl as WI to tho the Jud Justl of ot o o pensions but tho the i ph pt he be t 1 Uce tice to anyone or too heavy hellY expenses expense on the general public The fhe pension penH Ion law nf ot New elV Zealand went Into effect In 1899 The Tue population vaN MIH then but hut only oni were vero entitled to 10 pension p under that law Aliens Allenn criminals criminal drunk drunkards drunkards drunkards ards and notoriously Immoral persons were exempt The annual drain on the treasury Is Ie n a million dollars und onti this thin we fancy fanc la Is l well spent money The law encourages Industry anti and more mor morality nitty since only those tho o who are arc clesen cieser deserving ling log ing can obtain a II pension It greatly diminishes the number of objects of charity thus thull raves raven money on nn that account The benefits of the law ore arc arcIn orein In fact generally recognized Germany too has lt It Its pen pension penMon Mon sion law lall and It Is said suit to 10 o work wull isell Instead of ot encouraging spending It Is isan nn an Inducement to thrift and Industry |
