| Show SOLDIER ND THE TIlE BONUS The most sarcastic and aDd bitter op of the bonus Is the r f the Wall Street Journal In on an d last Tuesday he be his condemnation as follows With the tho principle of ol a bonus once conceded the ado cates of ol that hat unconscionable grab will secure all they real really ly Iy need With the prInciple once established the cash fea- fea feature fea feature ture would l come latel They would be part of ot the promises of 01 0 cry c unscrupulous candi cand- candidate date for tor office as long lone as a single soldier remained alit e and even so long Ions as the tid Id widows owe of veterans could afford a apI pI for a bribe pa payable able out of the taxpayers taxpayer's pocket There Theres Is s no reason to assume that PresIdent Coolidge would sane sanc sanction lion tion one form Corm of dole where be refused to countenance an- an another an another other It does docs not matter that hat hatI I form the bonus takes It Is radIcally and Incurably bad In I morals It was by byMark I Twain ears eara ago that I j Lore was as no upper class in n I AmerIca because ou cannot c ba hat o 0 an upper class dass until ou On ae ale people cople who bo are willing HUng to themselves a lower clans There has bas been an im important portent ch anything but buta buta buta a chanso chango tor fr the In bettel-In in the past twenty cais Thel Thele e Is a alow aloner 10 low er cla class clara s and It is the class that accepts tips It Il does con confess fess inferiority In that vital re- re respert re spert The Tle citizen who tho ho accepts tips for tor doing 1 l citizens citizen's dut duty Includes defending the Country in time of war con con- confesses his Indeed be ceases to be a R citizen In inthe tho best American sense Placing the soldier solder DO oos s on the basis Ous of those who accept tip tips re- re a stretch of the imagination When tho the war started the oung men Jen of America were called and andI I ion ten They did not stop to I strike a bargain barnin They did not ask its to pay They proceeded 1 out questioning Que the purposes purpose of this Ireat country of ol ours oura When America called on 10 0 cont Wealth asked Iio Ho How much do I t get gets get gethen hen s hen the soldiers soldier came back they IMy that etory o ory trader U Sit home had demanded compensation lion extraordinary tion extraordinary compensation atlon- atlon tor br or performance or of o duty and the I had fad had grown n in riches be- be bet be ond be-ond t ond the dream of ot n a Clonus Then the ex cx sen ice men decided to assert es and make Wealth carry its Ita fair far burden of pals pal's sacrifices I Oer In Germany 1 while thile bile the men 11 were ere ore at the front being I slaughtered Stinnes 1 waB as aB making hi hit of millions m Amen Ameri I LaDS cans tl tia aHling cling in Italy find the class das In the Italian crowded with aith prosperous I and the hotels aio aie tilled filled 1 with them taking lakIng the best rooms i and drinking the most moat e I Ines Vi With ith loud talk strong el ci elbow boy I push me first shove in n all pUblic places they get to the front are aro well dressed bedecked it 1 lib ith je jewels els and spend money tree free tree tree-h It II Thy They stayed at home and were tipped lipped There are many Americans who 1 also gained fortunes during the tho war while the men at the front 1 ere facing death I President Harding In his tour of 1 the Iho countr just before his death I Ir Imade Imade made a number of oC o speeches In r be said eald that in the next itar ar arI arall I all the resources of the country would be drafted Money as well I as human lives would be demanded i In Ibe name of America That Is la the only fair lair wa way by I v to dish the obligation of national defense and until it Is adopted the men who bo SOl solve seive ve are entitled en entitled titled when the thc come home to ask hek for tor an acco accounting |
