Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-03-13
Public Opinion
, %+<+ $50 = 4@
LEST WE FORGET


Arltflt an WHO llaf ehuuFh 'lN'ulai-
ing power a. add thlec aud three to-
gother 10 conceive q correct Analysis
u the individual Who has tnken an
arbitrary stand In regard to ieim-
bursting the American service men IN
the form ~ bonus for the financial
loss he sustained when gave up
iis position IN civil life and went out
TO lash with the IIun hordes. In a
shcli torn area, and. to sleep In bog
~. cooiy infested trenches.
The least man can give for bis
country Is money. the most a man
can give for his country Is his life.
rhc service man bought liberty
llonis same az the civilian and paid
Tor thee bonds ont ~ u salary OF
$50 per month. Aud IN nsny cas"F
hero was home allowance
llso 10 come out at this noasly $50.
md this lett practically nothing.
Some pcople forget 80 easily. II
teens "a be- q policy cf porl NAL
economy. tn jisrCgard sacred oa,iga.
ions. after the over hanging cloud
+ cleared. Perhaps these people
have forgotten when the German
guns roared before the very saies
II Paris. and the German hordcs adj.
vanoed nesIer and nearer 10 Veto.
y. ana when the whole world quiver-
u With fear for the future, Cool
linking people knew that u the
,mssbIrg Won fiindenburg ariaics
gcrc not stopped, that II would only
q q short time Until our sacred
iphts would be- lhyhdrd. that oar
's''"r would h" Trlnped nennlds
| v hue ~ lommtios,, ~ said We
u,i NOT lrar fhr auugh hoy With
,aiod breast met tho Qnrnshins Hun
hook troops aud with his blood and
,rawn turned the tide.
The plain cold facts are these.
;X.setvice men who are among YOU
oday are the boys who r'ood the
est and turned the tide. These boys
ave up their established positions,
md made many financial sacrifices.
o ioli their country's colors There
| IRE hundreds Of cases where boy'
we're practically forced 10 close OUT
their business and lost all that they
had striyen 10 accimul1te. These
'oys from all places In civil life.
vent 10 fight FOR their country. al
80 per month. less liberty bonds
nd home allowances
The onos tina, didn't Join ,Lc ser.
tee stavel az home IN a safe, well
rejected country, safe from all per
onal danger repos"d under modern
ccomodations and convcnienccs and
,ersoral comfort and drew dcNn
,cod sslarics. anu established them
elves Financially.
Tn" hoy hat was discharged from
he service found This condition fac.
ng him n IN had been In the army
IS uon,hs or however long !, may
ave bean. he soon saw that he was
ust TINT far behind hts friend who
iad s'atcN' ~ home. lie ALSO Sig
hat hts frirnd who stayed AZ zone
nd accumulated = nice little banf
ccoun, and had II stored away. and
hat he had q nice coy little hoEe
Ncr . little mere ncws about what
nd ,skcn nlace since he had beer
zone he realized that during the
var. and while he was risk'rr his
&c day by day sleeping In she'll hole
nd cco,v trenches that the Z. s. A.
'ad iurned ont five times NOR. all.
ionsirs during the same period 81
inc than ever before While n
vas fiehdnr for llic and cnun,r".
be stay AZ homes wrre making fron
hausands ~ dollarg,o mI.liUns.
Tho sad parl or this Is that he 'cor
.ilizcd his plight. Flat broke.
Eighteen months rehird his fIiends
Who stayed at home and riskcd moth.
ng. Practically the first mail to
rect many as soon as discharged
rere hills that they had forgotten
nay when they rushed TO the col.
'rs, and demands that these b!lls
must be paid IT once. Tho boy soon
Taw thai he vaa clear out Ct touch
'ith ciyii life end. for al that he
Md been through ,nd had done /
ahc his country. that he was thr
lnly one doHn and gu, and must
! NdA' W " o~fNus
The matter II reimbursinT The eX-
ervlcr mcn for tho lpiacial LOSE
they incurred hN,,csyibr civil Ia,
md iaining the c'hntry's coprs b.
low hrfors. cJngrcss. Now s thu
ime to show vour apprccIs,idh auG
peal or foteyer hold yogr peseInjt
40 10 each indiyiduol IN write ms
;ongrc Ssnnnn ~ support M" bonus
bill rnd by some means partly re-
mbufsr the bows FOR financial loss
lhey suffered. aad pui them on par
vim the onos thar saved nt home.
So Gar they have received SEQ. hare
fly enough 10 buy one suit ~ clothed
~ Is almost too had 10 mention. but
u N true they have not even been
exempted from income tax. rooT
lttle 4 istrslia gave o. ch sery."C
man bonus ~ g. soo. |, does look
IKE the richest country In the world
'orld show a little appreciation and
reimburse the bows one third ~
what little Australia did.
Flar waving 1ud three cheers ar,
nice. hut that doesn't bring the hao m
home su1 pey tho grocery bin Civ,
IN little Of the silver Eiglc 20 th,
bO, who saved !, from doom.
N. CITIZEN.
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