South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-05
EASY TO CRITlCISE SINCE THE CRISIS IS
PAST

People. men women alike. with metallic
brains unsenstized By the daily perusa OF the casu-
atty lists that constantly introduced them into the
presence of eternity naturally ind easy TO think
the only in the language of dollars now that
he is over. The Impotence of ar. Charles 6
Dawes multi millionaire though ne is. with such
people. should be the impatience of every whole
souled American, every American with "A soul nit
for American
We didn't worry about what t was costing us
Rhen Germany was pushing down toward Paris in
he spring Of three years ago The slogan was win
he mind the cost We had a big job be-
fore US and were out TO do it in a big way.
My God men if Germany takes Paris
must mean the surrender OF France and Eng
land and we will have TO hnish the alone ~
the LIBERTY bond orators shouted and they were
perfectly sincere truthful. We bought bonds
10 win the regardless Of cost-and furnished
the finishing siuews.
u Is pretty cheap, metallic intelectuality that TO-
day with DANCE past nnds fault that We bought
more vinegar. saddles sugar or whatever il was
lhan needed. that the surplus was disposed
Of well short of the high prices that prevailed here
in the United States due TO prodteerug MI Dawes
who chief of American war supplies in France
republican. thank you. and enough of "a best
mind TO be called into conference by Prest-elect
Harding with the result that he has been mention
and very properly, painting criticism exactly
&c it needs be ainted Tt displays an ignorance
end lack of homey American honesty. with mann
the brain thick for a single soul-throb
dnt
Indeed. il is TOO bad isn't ii. that the war could
not have gone until had made use OF an these
supplies and 81 had cost us few millions. i'm
stead of less than 100000 lives Too bad that it isn't
going yet that instead of realizing &fOO zoe 600
from the sale OF the supplies left oversecond- hand
and mucn of il perishable.-ve could be purchasins
Liberty bonds 10 buy more Then we would has.
something else to do besides INDUCING charity balls
and attend Hoover dinners to feed the starving chill
dren of central Europe. We desire TO commend NJ.
Dawes testimony before the house investigators
committee. the chairman of The local republican
county committee. Who during the recent campaign
from his metallic brain told the people that the
over-purchase of war supplies. and the disposition
made OF the surplus. the veal campaign issue
He took his bright idea TOO from the republican
national campaign book. nay. DO wasn't imrortant
hat had helped wan wan. nor was the contro-
versy regarding the peace eNIsperaung as that
the administration had over-s,ocked in certain
lines. and had gotten back from The sale of ths
over-stock all the money that had been spent Ana
people with their brains their pooket-books were
ready 10 srasp al The straw-but il develops now
that the purchase OF ovsr-supples and the cons.-
euent squanderng OF The peoples money. II ans.
Was the work NOT 81 The opposition party bat a
member Of the party that criticised it-.the rarity"
n you please "of capacity" Mt Dawes saws.
We bought This stun because we expected
he war would Jas. longer than ID did and We
sold IL in bulk a. a good price for second hand
material. much OF 1t impossible to bring back
and because 60 would have taken 10000 men
20 guard in France until could have dis
posed Of il at q higher price. in smaller lots We
sent the boys home took the money. and nm
shed the job"
II there any ex-serVice men who would have
liked 10 stay there and guard that stock pend
ing piecemeaI sale. suggest that he send his
acme 10 the house investigating committee and save
l'ss face