South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-19

essary to issue money fast. This
was done, although all that was
| back OF the paper issued was the
/ ink on the other side. which could
easily be duplicated by counterfeit
/ organizations.
/ Prices necessarily took a decid-
eddy big advance as money became
/ plentiful. y common pair of shoes
cost, during the last year Of the
war, from COO TO 800 rubbles. o.
about $500 10 500 OF our money.
cheese sI2 Per Pound.
For a SG-pould sack Of dirty
black flour, which no American
/ housewife would allow 10 be in the
/ house. cost about $3.50. 1 pur-
| chased one pound OF cheese at one
time. paying S12 for it. The gov
eminent in power soon found that
/ it was necessary 10 fix a price on all
/ food ari wearing apparel in order
I that conditions would not get worse.
They, in a very foolish manner.
/ fixed these prices % low that the
peasants refused TO sell their pro-
duce for the fixed price and the
| government seized the same from
them.
During the time when the coun-
try was flooded with this paper
money. with no gold reserve behind
! it, farmers refused 10 accept the
paper for their produce but re-
/ CURED the articles which they need
ed in exchange, as they stated thar
J they had more money than they
knew what to do with, but If the
food seeker produced a pair Of shoes
: or a bolt of cloth, anything was at
his disposal
Starving people were told by the
bolshCvki that they need not 80 10
the country to get food. but could
/ procure it from the cards given
/ them. One man stated that nc mad
I been in line for three days, and as
n result showed ne piece OF bread
! smaller than our ordinary slice. OF a
/ hlackish substance which was hard
/ enough to drive a nail with This
/ he said, was what he had received
after standing three Gays IN the
rain and sleet in the bread line.
Three Political Views.
/
of political views iu Russia and
: these must be consolidated before
the bOlsheviki movement can be
! suppressed. Americans say this
small affair should be straightened
! out without much trouble. but L say
/ before any American proceeds 10
untangle this political mixup in
! Russia That he cndeavor to get O.
| small sighted Methodist, a Baptist
and Presbyterian OF our own
country to agree on some of their
| complished this end he may pro-
| coed o handle the Russian affair
The only way we can meet the
/ bolsheNlki movement in our own
! country which is the l. W. w.
| movement. is TO start at the begin
ming and change cur methods 10 a
! great extent. People Of America
| think more of town by its bank
deposits than they do by the num-
Der of graduates it has from it's
| high schools. which is absolutely
wrong.
Educate the Children.
"A far too small amount of
thought is given the education of
the children which is TO father the
nation in the coming generation.
! We talk of the foreigner as the
I"Hunkie," the "Wop," the "Dago"
and many other terms Of far from
| endearment but when we look at
/ the enlistment sheets of the Ameri-
/ can army we find we are unabIe To
pronounce over One-third of the
names Of the enlisted men
when the heroes of America
come back there will be palades
and great home Comings. There
viii of necessity be parades OF au-
tomobiles as q great number will
come back with a limb lost or some
other misfortune placed upon him
hindering him TO move in his nat
ural way. These men will not be
! known as the 3Hunl1ie" and the
''Dago" when they return but Will
be known as heroes of America.
we have found through past
years no man has been missed by
fraternal orders and INSURANCE. com
panies as prospects but how many
of these men have been asked by
their American friends TO Join the
greatest force i'm the United States.
the United States itself These re-
turning" men viii play a great part
in seeing that foreigners be in
structed to take out naturalization
NaDers and become one of the ma
from which they live in