The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-07-22

| positive disaster in the years immedi-
out in warning.
"Our greatest necessity Is q return
to the normal ways Of peace activities.
A modest Offering TO the millions al
service men is a poor palliative to
more millions who may be out Of en-
ployment. Stabilized finance and we'll
established confidence are 10 be eS-
sential to restored industry and com-
merCe.
Slump Wars Aftermath.
THE slump which is now upon us
is an inevitable part of wars after
math. 1t has followed in the wake OF
! war since the world began. There was
the unavoidable reimbursement, the III
evitablc charge-off, the unfailing at
tendance of losses in the wake Of
high prices, the memorable detiation
which initiation had preceded.
1T las been wholly proper To seek
to apply government relief to minimiZ"
the hardshipS, and the governments
has aided wherever possible, and IS
aiding now, but all the special acts
ever dreamed of, all the particular IA
vors ever conceived will not avoid all
the distress nor ward of all the
losses.
The proper mental state Of our peo-
pie will commit us resolutely and ron
tidently to our tasks, and definite as
Surances as TO taxation and eXpendi-
ture will contribute TO that helpful
| mental order. The only sure way to
normally is oven the paths nature has
marked throughout all human expert
ence.
with the approval of congress the
executive branch Of government has
been driving toward that decreased eX-
penditure which is the most practical
assurance Of diminished taxation.
"War is not wholly responsible for
staggering costs; it has merely accen-
tuated the menace which lies in
mounting cost of government II eX-
cesses in expenditure which q success
full private business would not toler-
ate.
Promises to Save Millions.
Il can make you no definite promise
in figures today, but l a pledge you
n most conscientious drive 10 reduce
government cost by many millions. 1t
would be most discOuraging to those
who are bending their energies TO save
millions TO have congress d billions
TO our burdens ut the very beginning.
Even were there not the threatened
paralysis of our treasury, with its IA
tai releXes on all our activities which
concern our prosperity, would it not
be better to await the settlement of
our foreign loans? At such II time ii
would be a bestowal on the part OF
our government when it is able to be
stow.
THE United States participates III
none of the d~istributable awards OF
war, but the world owes us heavily,
and will pay when restoration is
wrought. Ii the restoration fails
world bankruptcy attends.
Work Of War Risk Bureau.
"In view Of some of the things
which have been said, and very care.
lessly said, perhaps / ought to report
officially some of the things which
have been done. In the department of
war risk insurance, there have been
fled up TO July Z. 1921, compensation
and insurance claims numbering 3d.
Az. or thesr IA, 1856 have been ad-
Indicated, al an expenditure Of SAN
GAG, T62. There were 100000 claims
pending when the war risk department
was reorganized, late in April this
year, and the number of PENDING
claims has been reduced by 1884.
There have been requested SS7 ,614
medical examinations and more than
$4,000 await medical action.
There has been paid u in allOt.
ment and allowances the sum Of $573,.
465,653, and nearly $4,000. 100000 oil