The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-07-29
By Tom Axr,es

PuUAASou dumlulSII6IlOu 10 pFOVIuc
for soldiers bonus ought to set
the American Legion to thinking. 1t
ought to bring the members of that
Organization back to earth. For the
last two years the soldiers have been
fed upon promises. They have been
given to understand that the Wall
street gang, which is the government,
was the 'sfriend" of the service man.
They have also been told that the
chief mission of a 'sservice man" was
to promote 'Amerfcanism" by hunt
ing down radicals and by interfering
in the personal habits and life. of the
people. They have been told that
they were going to save" the coun-
try and prevent the overthrow of
the government" by establishing a
censorship over civilian activities.
In return for this the soldiers
were to be taken care Of by the pres
ent beneficiaries Of system OF graft
which is plundering the soldiers
quite as much as the rest Of US.
The members of the Legion should
sit down quietly, under some friend
|ly shade tree, and think things over
How did it come that the Legion
was so quickly organized? Who or
ganized it? Who paid the initial
expenses for its organization? What
was the reason such great haste was
made in the formation Of the organi-
cation Who was most interested
in the work? Who was to benefit by
|it?
When the armistice was signed.
the gang of plunderers in Wall street
who had grown rich during the war.
feared that they were likely to be
called to account for their crimes.
They knew that their plans contem-
plated more plumber and more
crimes, such as we are witnessing
every day. They expected to ode
fate" the farmers-rob them Of two
or three crops in succession. They
proposed to loot the taxpayers for
the benefit Of the railroads, as they
have done. They intended to close
down the shops and factories and
break the labor unions. They hoped
to have the government Of the United
States forgive the debts owed us by
England and France. IN ORDER
THAT MORGAN COULD COLLECT
THE, DEBTS THE ALLIES OWED
HIM. These are only few OF the
unpatriotic things that the plunder-
ers of America expected to do. but
they are enough great plenty
to start first rate revolution in any
country where the spirit OF the peo-
1 pie is not as dead as Caesars ghost.
These plunderers knew, likewise.
that two million young men-most
of them laborers-would come back
to find themselves out Of jobs. hun
cry, sick, disguised. enraged at what
had been done to the country and
to them while they we're fighting for
democracy"
What were these men-accustom-
ed to fighting-likely to do. unless
they could be organized and fed up
on propaganda which would keep
them quiet till the plunderers had
fixed their own houses for change?
They feared that this great mass of
fighting men would come home and
see what had been done to destroy
democracy while they were away,
and the means taken to despoil their
fathers, mothers, brothers and sis
ters, and that these fighting men
might START A REVOLUTION.
unless they could be given activities
which would turn their attention
from the real criminals and Cypress
ors Of the people and direct their
unrest to FIGHTING THE FRIENDS
OF THE PEOPLE.
The Legion was organized. II
was fashioned after the Chamber OF
Commerce, with few men directing
affairs at the top and the multitude
standing idly by, unable to contro
or in any way influence the conducr
Of soldiers organization which
they had Joined in the hope and be
lief that 1t was to contribute to theil
well-being, foster the memories o
the war, take care of the wounded
and the sick. and secure justice t,
those who had sacrificed everything
in the interest Of an ideal.
1t is admitted that the first fund
were contributed, or loaned, by tn,
Morgan banks. Why was Morga,
so much interested in organizing re
turned soldiers? Did you ever stol
to think Of that? Why did the pack
err thieves contribute? The answe
is that this gang wanted to contro
the Legion. They feared the return