The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-03-07
A War Bonus for Everyone

wyHAT a ntv we can not all live in Washington
w It is beautiful city-said to be the most beauti-
full in the world, and we believe it is.
It has broad smooth streets, beautiful trees ana ele-
rant marks. The buildings the finest that money
can buid-models of elegance and convenience
It's car service the ceanest the cheapest ana most
perfect in this country, any other for that matcer
Its educational advantages not equaled anywhere
1t all of the peoples of the earth represented "l'
its bounds.
II has model laws and has half it's taxes paid by con-
gress 1t the of the president of the United
States and is the of government of the greatest
country on the face of the earth
1t has churches and hospitals and every other nst
tuition necessary to the making of perfect city.
We know of own knowledge that every word OF
this is true and not overdrawn in the least
We honestly believe that year properly spent IN
Washington worth much to any young man or woman
as an equal time spent in any college or university IN
the country.
did not know until now and which unusual that
the rest of the country dreamed of them.
of the citizens of Washington in the employ
of the Not less than hundred thousand
people ordinary times have their the pay roll
of the government. Since the beginning of the the
number has doubt been increased fifty per cent.
Most of under the civil service which protects
them in their positions long they put up even a
show of sitting at desk, eight hours day. and in
some The salaries of the ordinary positions
range from 500 to 5000 per month.
to get down to the latest benefit, congress has
just war bonus of $24O to each civil employee in
Washington!
When the of the country is called upon raise
funds it has cheerfuy responded but few had idea
that the heroes who held down chairs in Washington
would be voted any such gifts out of these funds.
OF course, rations high in Washington, and clothes
high, but they also high in Memphis, Tennessee
and Marietta, Georgia. and in every other town and
hamlet in the country.
We are under the impression that the civil employees
went there for the pay attached the Office and for
other which they considered beneficial We do
believe that patriotic induced any of them
go there stay there We heard of the draft
being employed get any of them take the jobs
to keep them.
We therefore justice in singing out
these highly favored citizens for 'war bonus" Of
course it is not very big thing. trife $24O
must in the eyes of well-to-do members of
congress Many of them could spend that much every
day and not miss it, and of them do spend that
much occasions Why if only ten thousand of these
desk heroes draw bonus, it will only amount to two
million four hundred thousand dollars and congress is
so accustomed to big figures
Say many hundred thousand of them draw the
bonus-why that will only to twenty-four million
dollars! What of it? Didn't they work for the govern
ment during the war?
This generous gift to the civil patriots of Washington
did not pass as an independent bill 1t rider
tackled to the general Legislative, judicial and
tive BILL bill that fails of passage, because it
is the bill pay congress itself. AS independent bill
it would get consideration but with many another
piece special graft had influential" friends in the
right place. and it got safe seat the safest and
surest horse" that down the pike
three line notice is all it gets in the of the
day and that covered in with a of other stuff the
people read.
We are favor of giving the soldiers, who really left
their and their jobs and who served their country
for little pay reasonable bonus and all the help posi-
BILE to readjust themselves to business again, but
not justice in this discrimination in favor of the
Washington bunch of patriots
But the people pay; they have been paying, and
will continue to do So long send men to con
gress who careless of their duty in guarding the
interests of all the people
Ask for your 'war bonus" You could use $24O right
to great advantage and feel you prove
that you are just as great patriot any of those who
enjoy the benefits of Washington society.