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Show THE U. S. IS IT A COLLECTION AGENCY WARRINGTON, Mai eh 8 Con derailing an proposal to make the United Stales an international bill cnllectoi. the Republican Publicity association, through Its ret4dent. Hon. Jonathan Rouine Ji. declaims as follows "Probnblv the most unpopular jnan In .iii.v cpmmuulty is the pro- fesslonul bill collectoi tho embryo lawjer who specializes on the collection collec-tion of claims of all sons, good bud er lndiiltient. The vocation of the bill colli ctoi is pcireitly legitimate one, nnd most or tho claims ho pie-sents pie-sents to alleged debtors are valid joliis but the fart remains, nevertheless, neverthe-less, that no man welcomes to his door tin man who makes hluiholf the Igo-betwei-n in necotlatlons designed no nilJiiHt the business lelatlons of debtoi and cmlltors. "What ih Hue of Incllv IUuiiIh Is al- bo tnii of nations. The Individual cie'dltoi can piess hs claim In a reasonable rea-sonable ln.innei without losing the lespect anil good will of his debtdr. but whni he undo takes to colect claims ol others which have ben assigned to him, he is entetlng upon a field or activity that is sure to lose him all tho good will he ever enjove-d. He Is assuming ti tliankli-r.o loh i i "That Is exactly the position Into which a lot of 111 advuH-d Americans would (.-ot thin nation If tbey could have their wuy. They want the United Slates to become the bill collect col-lect o l of tho allied nations In the mattei of vein obligators. They would have the American government govern-ment take ovr tbe Vlalms agalnet Oernway, thus freeing oth nations of the unpleut.nt task of eollc-ctlng. and making Oermn a perpetual in-Oiny in-Oiny of tho IJnllvd Statea. Some of hose who piopo.e that the Unites) jtatc thus' ri'.-i'ficc lt c'd will jfor'llio vailous Kurope-an govern Lrirnlf aje shrewd enough to propose that In the beginning onl the claims of llelglum bo taken over, but, of course this would bo only a first step and when once take n and a pre-cedont established, the othei assignments would follow. , I ' Tht United Slates Is not posing us a hpccliil Mlund of Gel many. Neither Neith-er In this counlt) willing to be made a perpetual enemy of that country. We went Into Iho win regtetfull), Hexoutcd our port or v es vigorous- us an Ino-rtleit-ni udmlntstiiitlon Mould pel mil. and we aie willing to biat our share of Iho cost, Including the burden of e-iinilt that must na-luiall) na-luiall) re-Milt. Hut we are not seeking seek-ing an -oppoiluniiy to lneiease oitr burden pf eilther (ucpunse oi eniiiiiv. The plopei proeediitu Is to let each eie.dllor colleel his own elalmh, 'he. A I Pnlle-d' Stales colleullng onlj lhoe- deblJi due this nation lu (lie reg- hIji cotlrse of our tnleiimtioiial reln- tlonn. 'II might l" iieriliiini to u-mml. if a Jiiallt-r or filiuilly suhiie in it ronHlderable iiumlxii or no-foii'lgn-cik of Auioiiean liiith, Hint mil hnn-esl-tn-goodnos.s Anie'llealia aie gev-ting gev-ting mighty Hud of HiIf tineeaHllig e-frolt In rind muuc wav to e-oinpel this nation lo iiial.e the nupii'iue cio-iltiei-H or which Mi Wilson is ih" migliial piopoueiil Kvi'iMHie- ad mlies a persiste-ut man but H uuuli! jbe e-aale r and pluiKiinte-i lo imIihIh-,the imIihIh-,the petslstent pinimgaiidlslH If tliev would txeit ilinisel s In behalf "f America once- in a while Instead of thinking all ih I Inn "f the welfai" or F.uiopc. We have I roubles en nilgh ol mn own " I |