Iron County Record | 1942-05-07 | Page 7 | What Am I?

What Am, I? NO ONE has a good word for me, but I am tolerated everywhere. I am found in the palaces of the rich and in the novels of the poor. I am thoroughly evil, but I have adherents even among the righteous. I cause hunger and want and open the way for pestilence pestil-ence and famine. I benefit no one, and injure all with whom I come In contact. I thrive on the Indifference, ignoftuice and apathy of the people. BECAUSE OF ME nations topple and fall. I am the partner of political pol-itical corruption and decay. In time of war I undermine defense de-fense and cause battles to be lost. I sap the life blood of the nation and leave her open to despoilers. Though I handicap and hinder the valiant defenders of the nation, there is no uprising against me. I am a traitor and a saboteur, but I am found In every department of government. I TAKE MUCH and give nothing of value in return. I consume and destroy the fruits of the Industrious Indus-trious and degrade the poor. I lower the standards of living, for I reduce production. I weaken and injure mankind, but strangely, it does not vigorously and Increasingly Increas-ingly fight me. Now I should and could be destroyed, but I thrive as never before. I am an enemy of civilization. I AM WASTE-WASTE WASTE-WASTE OF MANPOWER, I AM WASTE OF SUBSTANCE, WASTE OF LIFE, WASTE OF TIME.