Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-07-15


tration2 The Bond of indemnity
holding our government harmless in
losses of revenue sustained by their
act Where is that Bond to be given
to our hundreds Of thousands OF
worlSingmen in requital and full COM
pensation for their weekly losses Of
pay envelope that this cruel act will
usher in2 One thing for the other.
Sure-and why not? And what OF
the banks and the trust and bonding
companies who innocently and in
good faith advanced their depositors
money on these collateral security
certificates and in other cases straight
loans minus collaterals advanced as
readily and with as much alacrity as
they would on a government bond2
VIII our government permit that they
be forced to the wall and force them
to announce their collapse and insol-
vency ushering in another Black
Friday worse than 1907 not due to
either their incompetence or incau-
tion, but to the innovation of the law
that came like bolt from the blue
sky, the revocation OF which is seem
ingly beyond human ken unless Mr..
Wilson at the eleventh hour steps in
l.
hopes of the country are riveted on
Mr.. Wilson and surely they will not
be disappointed. Do these deluded
prohibition people expect at this ser
ious stage or any other time for that
matter that they can slip out and off
again In perpetrating this act with
their own ipse-dixit, by their own
unsupported and most unreliable say
so? Do these misguided creatures
suppose that their mere-note OF
hand-and slow note at that. pay
able to without recourse
win suffice? Not on your life step
up to the Captains desk first. If
they hold such views then they mis-
take entirely the temper Of the peo
pie and the loftiness Of our President
who has time and again demonstrated
that he is inaexibly for the square
deal and will imperturbably defy the
Vaccinations OF any sectarian
propagandists or disciples of ruinous
policies who in their over-zeal to at
tain their ends viii annihilate our
Industrial enterprises and beggar the
poor workingmen by loss of employ
ment by the hundreds of thousands.
In their dire distress and calamity
the bank people will have the heart
felt sympathy of the poor and the
workingmen and who can tell its
famifications or foresee the end?
Wiser heads than mine must answer
this question. a junta OF these pro-
hibition people without being direct
ed OF requested by the Referendum
have essayed to arrogate to them
selves full and plenary power minus
a power of attorney-to innovate a
law that suits their ends and vicar
iously they accomplish same.
The Giver Of all Good has given
us President who will nullify these
untoward acts prejudicial to the best
interests Of our country because Of
his adherence TO even-handed justice
and panoplied as he is with the
knowledge that thrice armed is he
whose cause is just will again at the
psychological moment prove to be the
"Horatio at the bridge" Many OF
these prohibitionists will stand
aghast at the evil wrought and the
long train OF misfOrtunes following
causing them to exclaim:
TOh Cod turn back Thy universe
And give me yesterday"
The whole matter is Of simple
solution. Let well enough alone and
disturb in no wise any existing CON
ditions that have the potentially to
create increment and furnish to the
nation the needed pabulum.
It is better to bear the ills that are
Than to fly TO those we know not Of.
Act thusly and save the lives Of
thousands who are suicide bent
should the cruel measure be inno-
waited. aa,
Fridays, July s. 1917, New York
Times recorded tho announcement
that England OF her own volition
asked the brewers to brew more beer,
increase their output as the warm
season now oil demands it. We were
about to throw away through pro-
hibition an asset which other nations
OF greater experience are glad to pick
up Shall it be said of the great
U. S. that she 10 the icOnocIast of the
nations. throwing away an asset that
others are hungering after through
normal times, but doubly more so at
this critical juncture? Can we afford
the stigma t?). and does the self
respect Of our nation repel the inn
peachment and impel us to show due
consideration to our worthy citizens
many of whom would be ruined by
the enactment or pernicious laws in
contemplation? Act sensible. dis
turb nothing and let well enough
alone. II wiil bring us more dollars.
II will bring US more peace and hap
piness, and II will youchsafe to those
now menaced the quietude Of fair
existence.
One other thing should be mem
toned, aye must be. Both houses Of
Congress are frittering away yalu-
able time and wasting efforts in the
to create more hardships for
the poor laboring man by the paralyz-
ing of industries now furnishing his
daily bread And what have they
accomplished? Nothing The noun
tain labored and brought forth the
mouse. They should apply their
time and devote their best energies