Show A ABUSING TI TIlE PENSION PLAX who should be thankful they aro are well oft off arc are sometimes found tr tryIng trying try try- fn ing to do better better better-at at expense e of f somo omo ono else Here Hero are arc the public school teachers of or Washington D. D C C. asking congress to pension them when the they havo have served thir thirty or moro more years In fn tho the schools They admit it will not get cf any bettor teachers than aro in service now for tor they declare no better better bet bot- ter can bo be foun found But Dut they sa say it will hold in the tho work many superior I. I teachers who otherwise sta stay a few v years yeara and then get got into something better The They declare if it the they serve e tho the people faithfully for thirty years the they to bo ho supported the rest of or their lives 11 They do not mean to provide the funds on which ret retirement can be paid for TTo Wo regard all that a as an abuse of or ortho the tho pension n e stem The They display an arrogance that is rather disappointing disappoint disappoint- ing with their doctrine that If It they servo serve tho the people well they should be bo pensioned It is our belief bellet that if It they thoy are aro provided with lucrative work worl for r thirty years they should b be ha able to tako take caro care of ot themselves for tor tho the rest I of or their lives es Up in Now England the census re reports e- e ports show teachers of at public schools are ara the largest depositors In ravings banks They do good work and get getgood et good pa pay And nd the they take talie care of I their mone money And their money tak takes s scare care caro o of them Pensioning tho the old soldiers Is a diffor dif dif- if- if i lives for thirteen dollars a a. month and got that in depreciated paper Tho The nation promised then in 3 a time when it was in need of men that they would be betaken taken talen care of that their widows and orphans should not suffer It was I one of tho the e solemn coven covenants with ul Father Abraham Pensions to eol- eol dier are warranted But nut no rio servant ant of the public in time of of peace in civil employ getting gettinS' full pa pay In good money through a It long term of or years yeara earB has any right to ask ank for support through life It II would be bo more Just to ask them to give up un upa a portion of or their Income in itt a properly graduated ta tax |