Show ABOUT THE BONUS the borm bonus queston question slid and tax reduction in on are t the h two live ive issues before congress politicians seeking re election n ha hate to to commit themselves on n either an measure ure at the he present time reid real statesmen have been trying bryin g to nork rk out thus these national problems problem and ed give gave the people the th facts fact if the people know the facts public proton opinion may rom be relied up upon to b anoe ring about a satisfactory concilia ion the three different measures placed before cg C congress g for a soldiers be bonus sure are the PC fordney adney in bea and mott hilts bills all three firms bills gr 9 tor ex se service ce men I 1 the he copti option n of choosing of any one but only one of the follow follo ins fag plans plane I 1 I 1 adjusted I 1 service kiy mcash award rd 2 adjusted service cor certificates tiffi insurance 3 vocational training in g bid aid 4 farm or home aid 5 lands land settlement tt lement bid aid cost involved in these thes bills varies vanes as does time in which government must pay th tha bill has made most ost progress as aj it has been reported on oil favorably by senate finance cout corn mitte but flom taxpayers stand point and fur good of the co country mentry th the fordlee bill is considered best befit us as th the go canutt I 1 ads longer tin till in which to ply in consi denni dermi McCu bill the finance committee believes minimum possible cost would be 1560 if every even veteran took the c cash sh payment plan the th maximum would bei be if every veteran took ada butted red service am certificates insurance under what fill finance committee believes he would be real operation of the legislation total cost would be about scattered over ft A period of t twenty lenty Y years cant comparing during governmental expend iturea for far 11 months ammo I 1 III of fiscal year 1 1921 I with th whole year 1914 it is found that federal expenditures were 2 more than expenditures iturea for whole of 1914 proposed boom bonus would be in addition to thee tace expenditures for your year ending coding tune I 1 on 30 sol 1921 expenditures of federal government n t alone were about 50 per capita or per annum per family as against 7 07 per capita in 1914 taking the 17 1 7 months in 0 at nenod during which we were atil at war it is found that the iouna various as enlisted ait men receive ed to in pay during that hat time the jo fol lowing sums united states 00 I rance 27 2 7 ss 55 italy I 1 t sly 33 06 russia 7 41 gat great B britain rutn 70 new zealand 70 south africa it his is understood belgium bealim FP P paid aid a slightly higher rate than F france canada paid th aly same a As u tb the united status state ahila australia paid approximately 42 00 a mouth the III higert gout amount of 0 bay country eveia 8 very state in the taft nation except 1 rix I has but made for bonuses or assistance minn to t bb these benefits are estimated to total over er in the ri t onal lonal government gave gave rat os cah home bonuses at time of discharge roughly taft fore gome u marv of frasl facet 1 involved in I 1 the bol bonus ones buestan teas it will be for jo people 0 of f states to deen deci oe J whether in I 1 fees face of web such expend it five ures as ba have ve already I 1 been made a and nd as are being wasell to marta maintain tain far arr government at present time it is wi or necessary to stac enact ine propose lon bonus I 1 legislation egi for benefit of U INJURED veterans s at a cost coat exit esti mated at from 1 1 0 to tos the th manufacturer |