The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-01-23
|Shafer Plan
For Service
Compensation

MIS- Ce la Uirfch of Greydene ave
nue.. East Canor. received a letter re-
Gently from Rec Ulrich of the United
states navy. who has lately returned
10 Norfolk, Va. from England. in
which he inclosed a copy OF an appeal
printed at Norfolk. advocating the
Shafer plan for extra compensation
for the men OF the army and nary.
The Shafer plan is to secure the adop-
ton by Congress OF bill whereby
every man OF the service, regulars. re-
serves. etc. shall receive IL months'
extra pay. whether they were sent
abroad or not. Those staying in the
service, It is urged. should receive It.
as well as those being discharged.
The circular, which was written by
W. B. Shafer. national manager of
the movement for this extra pay for
soldiers and sailors. follows:
DO you know that the majority of
the men that Joined the service this
year at Norfolk gave up positions pay
ing them around $3.50 a month and
some as much as $500 a month? Com
pare that with $40 a moth
This is q moral issue. The men
OF the service worked or fought night
and day for whatever tue COVE -nment
chose 70 pay them: they did not
strike. neither did they get 10 per
cent plus. They only cbeyed orders.
The only record we have OF a whole
company disobeying orders was that
one of our companies were charging
the Huns and the officer gave orders
to halt. but they captured several
German dugouts before obeying him.
AT public mass meeting held in
the Armory Hall the Shafer pan was
discussed and voted on Every one
present voted to request Congress to
e-act law In accordance with the
plan
Some people oppose the plan be-
cause II will cost the government s3.-
100000. saying that we are not
able to stand IL Such statements
are an insult to the fiag. for our ex-
perts tell US that II would have cost
US over s25.ooo. 900 900 year to have
carried the war on several years
longer. and they further state that we
could have frarced It for n number
of years under our same Liberty bond
plan Now. taxes. don't faint. for our
generation could pay the 50 900 .00o,-
zoe on By an average increased tax of
just 81 year for each person in the
United States. Our great country is
not bankrupt. no. far from It, vast
amount OF the money we have bor-
rowed has been invested in permz-
tvfsf. o..
Allies. and should we be disposed to
do so we can collect the balance
from Germany. Our government is
better OF financially than azy other
or institution in the world
to day.
Others oppose Il. saying that II
would put too much money In the
hands OF the irresponsible. Well
when you hear a man talking like that
he either does not know what class
of men are In the service or he is one
of thoee kind OF men that asked
every one of his frierds to sign his or
his sons exemption card while your
boy or brother was going to the front
TO defend humanity.
There Is no charity In this plan.
IL will only give the men what they
earned thrice ard very small por-
tion OF what they deserve. How much
would w7e have had IL 1t had not been
for the men OF the servicey
Would II be giving our service
men fair deal to only give them a
one month bonus when their CONNER
ciai competitors have saved few
thousand dollars for rainy day.
while the gates OF our national treas
ury were swung wide open from ne