The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-08-27
"OLD TIMER"

Dear Mr.. Editor are chan
peable people. The high taxes, nlgh
railroad rates and soldiers bonus
have all slipped our minds and we are
turning our attention to disarmament
and feeding the Russians. Let us
take these matters one at time; let
ug be methodical, like family that
took a bath once a month whether
they needed it or not. England does
NOT intend to disaTm-she does not
intend to lose her title as Mistress OF
the Seas" She needs even a larger
navy in governing her widespread
possessions. The English do not like
as. Thiy"blood is thicker than water
business and Glands across the seas"
is all pure bunk. The only hand she
has ever stretched across the seas IS
one for US to put money In. LLOYD
George wants something else. Hence
1.-THE questions that will come up for
consideration will beof so delicate
as to require discussion behind closed
doors" There you are! The question
of disarmament is neither secret
nor a delicate one; but when you try
to borrow money from fellow you
want to take him off by himself. Lis
ten to the howl that will go up from
Lodge, Penrose, Borah and Johnson,
when they close the doors on them.
Now Mr.. Editor, we come to the
question of feeding the Russians.
According to the census, taken by
some one who has never been there,
there are 100000 Russians who
will starve to death this winter. 1t.
will cost $1.0O a day per head to feed
these people. High rail and ocean
freight rates and he cost of distri-
button win run the bill to $1.00 per
head. The initial purchase price Of
the stuff will be the least item off, ex-
pense. Now, Mr.. Editor, let Us figure
a little; figures don't lie. but they are
sometimes carelessly handled. Seven
teen million Russians at S1.OO per
head is seventeen million dollars, for
one month, a shade over billion
dollars; for one We ar, six billion dol
lars. This win be kept up indefinitely.
These people are not going to work
If they make anything, Lenine and
Trotsky will take it away from them.
They will become chroni cbread-lin-
ers. and who knows but what they
will becoue dissatisfied as soon as
they get fat and kill the people in
it themselves? That is Bolshevism and
they are Bolshevists.. What assurance
is there that as soon as good lot of
grub and clothes come in, Lenine and
Trotskv will not take it? What could
What could be done about itf To feed
these people will be to bolster up the
Bclshevicf cause; 1t is no wtotterlng.
Why not let it fall? Let Russia stew
in her own juice" We did not cause
! these conditions, nor can we. remedy
them. Il cost nine million lives to put
the world IN the turmoil it is in and If
It takes seventeen million more lives
to straighten things out, let it happen,
I man be said that the writer Is
preiudiced MARROW in his views-has
no charity, and etc. HE is willing to
admit that he never saw but one sure
enough Russian and he did not like
him.
The sentimentalists pirate of the
value Of human life. Human life ha:
nc value. II it is more convenient fol
a robber 70 kill his victim and rob hin
afterwards, he simply does it. A mar
wants to get rid of his wife; he hire
. tramp to play robber and kills thu
pair of them; a girl wants to get riC
Of her sweetheart. she kills him her
self or has it done. If girl won
marry q, fellow, he kills her. (Lord
Mr.. Editor. if the writer had killet
all the girls who wouldn't marry him
he would have a graveyard of hi
own.l A priest is called to administe
the last sacrament to a dying person
and is found dead and buried in |
shallow grave. A man objects to hi
daughter being married and kills tn
minister who performed the .cere
nsony, and others, and the write
hasn't read today's paper yet. Yeah
Mr.. Editor, human life is valuable
shout like cotton.