Deming graphic., 1919-07-08

Catt1 10 tiiht ANo"iS ''"''" -
sweats Who Insist ON Carrying ON
Wartime Activities in These Piping
Times Of Peace.
Talk about the German long-ranse
Bertha that shelled Paris from seventy
miles away Say, buddie, believe me
when say, the various bureaus and
boards, official and quasi-official at
Washington. can put down a poison gas
barrage that would make Frau krupp
turn green with envy. These 'near-kin
OF staff departments can fling more
rotton nauseating dope clear across the
continent in the name Of news and
patriotic service" than the editor
could use II he were issuing thres
dirty, yellow sheets per day instead OF
one per week, weekly.
Which reminds me that, as the
French say, "Finis le GuerreT Who
the Sam Hin are these patriots any
wayY I've been three years with
troops in the field and now that I'm
back trying TO make an honest living
from running a country paper Tn get
ting their advice on how to conduct the
war and everything else under the sun.
Is II possible that am back at my desk
while the enemy RACES without and
possibly withinl Or, don't these guys
know the war IL overy Who hires cm
and who fires 'emY
II occurs 10 me that these birds are
wasting paper, trying to "manage" for
the country editors space; they are
punk propagandists trying TO flim-flain
the citizens; they are lazy blanket
hounds battning ON unearned salaries.
They ought TO be abolishd or held ip
detention.
Then there is the gang from the SO,
called war" service mote the war;
organizations, who evidently don't know
the battles are finished where they
were really pulled off They also send
out "A sloppy COB of appeals for mos
everything except the well plundere,
and outraged tax payers. Their lin,
of bull Is as thin ms French soup. (Th,
kind we drew in little cubes: remem
berO
These lizards are wasting high
priced (get that paper stock, tryin,
10 put one over the country editor that
did more to win the war, when we were
really nj war, than these artists ever
had any intention of doing In their
measly lives working a battery OF
monographs. They ought to be put
out Of business now or sent 10 some
eleemosynary institution, so our local
charities and community service or
ganizations could have chance to re-
lieve local want and provide for our
social needs, without paying a commits.
sion to these walking delegates. Won't
we be allowd 10 run our own affairs
again sometimeI Or have we been
taken over 10y the government like the
railroads and telegraph linesg Won't
some philanthropist please slip II to
these gifted and polite ginks that the
war is over and that even out here In
the sage and mesquite we are falling
wise to the fact?
The trouble Is that Uncle Sam, "The
Greatest Santa Claus In the World
has made lavish provision for special
war services; war ended suddenly:
some money left; bunch hangs ON til
ash drawer emptied Ditto "war" SER
iice organizations; big drives; citizens
neil out; easy money; boys stick
lround til blown in; have to go to
work when lose soft job, anyway.
don't pretend to know what these
organizations were NJ TO over here. Bur
have my suspicious, because know
he outfit well in France. l know sew
raj quite respectable organizations
nat are spending the money the citi-
ems gave for the boys in the trenches
rying to make the regulations they
ost, or at least failed TO sustain, In
europe. | don't want to be too hard
n them. Perhaps they did the best
hey could with the personnel they
ould muster after all the able-bodies
nd most Of the able-minded young and
'atriotic males OF military age were
where they belonged In the fighting
orces of the nation. They had a tre-
nendous job and somebody had TO I'M
ertake 1t. 1t is too late to howl when
ne can't help ;but,for the love OF Mike.
Why not demobilize them along with
he army?
Gentlemen. peace has been formally
oncluded In the Hall OF Mirrors at
'erSaiiles news item) scatl