The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-08-23
Hardwick on CONSUMPTION

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and were leaving it to him"
Hardwick on CONSUMPTION
AS to the seleCtive service law.
Hardwick asserted that although he
| had opposed it in Congress he sup
ported it after it mad been passed. He
then gave himself the lie direct by
starting in to show how much better
it would have been had congress and
the administration adopted his meth
cd of raising a volunteer army
through paid patriotism.
In this connection he said that he
| had tried his best to keep Tom Wat
sons paper from being suppressed.
| Major McGregor had already given
Hardwicls the lie OH this at Lawrence
Vile. and has proved beyond shad-
ow of doubt that Hardwick was the
one to blame.
| Those who want the draft want
TO draft some one else" said the pa
triot i'll support of the draft act. How
| anyone could see any argument in
such a statement is too deep for us.
The selective service act is the fairest
means of raising an ARMY ever devils
ed. The actual administration of the
law is placed i'll the hands of the
county officers who are directly under
the control OF the voters and whose
procedure can be watched at every
step by every citizen. The law is
perfect.
Hardwick Wants to Buy Patriotism
Tom Hardwick, however, has sys-
tenn even more perfect, according to
Tom Hardwick That is to pay SOL
diers 500 per month and watch the
patriots just fight each other to get
to the recruiting station first. He
says that man who risks his life and
suffers hell in the trenches in France
is worth one hundred dollars month
Just as we'll as the postman or the of
fee clerk in Washington.
Oh, man! There is where you show
ly is There is where you show your
self in your true light as man whose
imagination can conceive OF nothing
higher than dollars. \ boy risking
his life in France worth a hundred
dollars a month? Why man. he is
worth a thousand dollars day and
more. You can't estimate the worth
of that boys sacrifice i'll dollars and
cents The treasures of the nations
of the world, the gold mines OF the
mountains of the earth don't contain
enough wealth to nav ONE hov the
money value iyr his .acritCc when he
leaves the peaceful pursuit q lie and
goes into battle for his cornmy and
for his home
Vet vow :, ould mt price on that
servC, AID put that hero III class
with clerk safe in a. nihce thous-
and miles from battle. You would
give him a paltry hundred dollars a
month and tell him you arc paid i'll
full expect no honor, no gratitude, no
nothing, from the world you have
risked your life to save" Patriotism
that can be bought for dollars and
cents is not worth having, although
that is the brand some politicians
give. and take back when some one
else bids higher. Tom Hardwick, you
whose ancestors you say have fought
for America in every war from the
Revolution on down, you should be
ashamed of yourself
You cite Canada and Australia as
instances where YOUR plan has worked
successfully. You are citizen of the
United States of America now. and
have been favored one. If you like
Australia's system better, the United
States Mercha"t Marine. which you
fought so hard to keep out OF exis-
tcnce. will furnish ample accommo-
dations to take you there. America is
too good for you You don't appre-
ciate your heritage.
That the foregoing expressed the
sentiments of many people was evil