The Republican journal., 1920-12-16
.d,ring and Plundering

is gone. Two billions of
lbi p ,Sicb the American people pour
spe WIZ feebly helpless hands of the
sbto W. n.a1d might as we'll have been
spPi'R ~ the sea. Indeed, hundreds
wiFn 'H' If the money might much
niIV' been thrown into the sea
f u. ,o passed into the hands of the
p N. ~ Gang of thieves and grafters
c'' For the loss is not measured
9Y' E money alone. 1t is measured
.pns u Jshauched standards of bust
'ans -,ty in undermined confidence
s,@slsls, and in national hu-
abc or nJer which decent Americans
suoll, u' m their heads for the very
o. ancient history. The task
si t,, .d IS to hunt down the scoun-
l..' law them by the heels wherever
'B' ,rght TIL blunders are ire
hp Inc pIuhuoieiS
5f'p' Fan, prosecution. Not so the
gaua' md the plulderers. Some at
sna he pIunder may be recovered
h o. ned disagreement. The plum
a5a he brought to book for their
III wholesale sneak-thlevery. For
sa@ .s rbsv may be made to suffer
II Ines The law provides. They
u' wade residents of the country's
, sr.es That is where they be-
p ,.' han IS where they should go,
as egaI procedure can book
y inc mere money loss involved
.,srstrg measures only a part of
D'.. Inc So should punishment go
y a,,s revond the reach of the let
f+ss law. The names of the guilty
81 a., -" made The by-word and scott of
~ Y o.1erst.ons. There will be those
pl- -., them VINO through technicalities
Il'Is he skl0 Of adroit lawyers may es-
y tbs laws lash. For these there
~ h. an 5stracism which will bar
w. f-,n, an business or other associa-
Y 4,- ,ir4 honorable men. 1t will not be
a 55.,+ ia designate them in commune
" I5eir utilization and the Haunting
Y ts, stolen wealth will generally be
.5~s-, guides. The public will know,
!. H..sg the law could not prove.
81. 81 nunltIes where these creatures
u 5ei- social standing should be
..5s 7rzrtseiy the standing of known,
,n,b ,erH8lcaly unproven, thi yes.
Trt he guilty snail not escape there
'nn.a- ground for hope in the recent
.,anc-ne0t of Colonel Guy D. Golf,
.r.-s godnse5 lor the Shipping Board,
g as2gIau viii be swift and drastic.
\ nl-5ry viii especially commend the
yr-s54 If his Characterization of the
-9as.s 10 question. He says:
,,0r. d man, 40 matter what his posi-
m r fici3i life, is too wretchedly
,ger 10 be traitor Such man has
ass W.fn u the habits of treachery,
nj br COMPARISON Judas Iscariot is
MI. sa. 6rnedict Arnold a patriot.
rr prsas ces VIII not only rot the soul
The 1s.oA but stamp our public ser
ID. as. nal whose stomach is his goa
sNaes- dollars are his craven images.
~. DAY. one and single aim to run to
yUrlrIs person employed in the Ship
De 9.a-a u1 lbe Emergency Fleet Cor
n.9l mau OF woman, clerk or official,
los gu.a of corruption and to prose-
G hem 10 the fullest extent of the
+, IS we as the private citizen,
le.l5T he is Iadcsman, ship operator,
in.1u attorney, lobbyist or solicitor,
b oiea he Eutterlng bride or sweet
sls p- ou with gold"
IEs really he first breath of whole
Die g- air which has blown out of
'saup1g Board mess since the cover
IS asJu .tf If Colonel Golf is sue
Stu .aompLshing only a part of
sUllssaIn l1usecieanlng job that he
t1ls ne vivid be entitled to the ever
Sting gratitude of his plundered coun-
lnsl -iiaryey's Weekly.