Arizona republican., 1917-04-22
The View of an Under Doq

Inc View or an Under Dog
 The Republican in receipt of so many communi- cations and suggestions bearing upon the and collateral matters that it finds it impossible print all nearly all of them. Some of the suggestions are excellent Others equally excellent are not new Some mpracticable and ridiculous.
 We have which is offered seriously, though in spirit which is not at all commendable, class spirit in which the writer grossly msrepresents the class to which we would infer or would infer belongs-the working class. We do like the word class" It has place in America and is used only by elements of society," the agitator one hand the who procaims himself to be the under dog and the idle rich the other. The great worth while majority of the people this country, the rich well those who not rich, belong to one class. the working class
 Our correspondent suggests that since the rich own the country. only the rich patriotic have for patriotism that only should de- fend it. The rich should therefore be divided into fighting classes. those paying the highest in- comes constituting the first line; those paying on lesser incomes, the second line. and down, those paying the smallest incomes the classes be called the colors in order.
 The writer sarcasticaly observes that the troops being composed of the best" would be ncom- parable. In this the writer pays scous tribute to wealth Tribute is manifested either
 
 has something base in him. any he has a disordered view. He lacks something of independent manness. He acknowledges recognition of class higher than his own The writer's tribute takes the form of envy. It is low estimate he makes the citizenship of any that he should not take part in the preser- vaton of his country because he is wealthy enough to pay income If such a spirit had been prevalent in the American colonies there would not be American nation to be preserved now. If such spirit had prevailed in early sixties the American nation would have been disrupted.
 Any whom his country gives the oppor- tunity to labor to accumulate competency, to own home and family in comfort, owes it his sup port as citizen The United States offers this opportunity in greater measure than other coun7 try the face of the earth The opportunity is equally seized by all. There is labor for all wages varying from s2 day to $5. $6 s1O and upward according to the skill of the laborer It does not, is force opportunity upon ider and the hobo and the der and the hobo feel that they nothing to the government. They are not Americans; they belong to no country. The government, believe should exempt this worthless (and it is "class from military service; not only exempt it. but debar it and withdraw from it all privileges now denied to aliens.
 Because man is worth a million or billion dol
 
 He gets no more of the blessings his country confer than the man who his home or has the means of owning He enjoys no protection from his government that is not thrown about every citi- zen He may it is true brbe influence courts and legislatures but that is the govern ment but of certain few
 Nor is il proposed to make workngmen fight for their employers but it is proposed by pend ing in congress to make employers and employees fight for themselves-to country in some capacity. By the selective draft system every man would be placed where he best serve. Compara- lively few highly skilled aborers will be wanted in posts of danger They better serve in factories the railroads the farm. The burden of fighting would fall upon those who so highly skilled including the idle rich young professional men, col lege youths and all whose emergency war would be more valuable in the fighting than in the productive field The selective draft system ognizes classes in America and permits classifica- ton of men only according their ability to serve