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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

tissue OF S3OOO0O Civil preference for veterans
Exemption from taxation.
MinnesotaBonus Of $i5 per month Of service Civil SER
vice preference for veterans Educational aid Farm set
Element aid. Special relief for needy veterans.
Missouri-Bouus OF $40 per month OF service, maximum
$3.50 Bond Of si5OoOOOO Civil service preference
for veterans
Montana-Bonus OF $40 per month Of service, maximum
$500 Civil service preference for Special relief
FOR needy veterans Veterans welfare commission ap-
pointed.
Nebraska-Educational aid Aid in finding employment
Special legislation for relief Of needy veterans
Neyada-cvf service preference for veterans. Aid in
finding employment
New Hampshire Bonus Of 800 each
New Iersey-Bonus of $40 per month OF service maxi
mum 800 Civil preference for veterans Exemp-
ton from taxation
New Nexico--Aid in farm settlement
New York-Bonus Of $40 per month Of service maxi
mum $3.50 Bond Of si5OO0OOO declared unconstitu
tiona by New York Supreme Court. Constitutional
amendment approved. Legislature discussing new
bonus plans.
North Dakota-Bonus OF s25 per month OF service EN-
cmpon from taxation.
ohio-Bonus Of so per month OF service, maximum
$3.50
Oregon-Bonus Of Sl5 per month OF service maximum
$500 loan OF not than $1,000 real estate Noca-
tiona training at $500 for each soldier Educa
tlona aid. Aid in home buying and farm settlement
Veterans welfare commission appointed Special relief
for needy veterans.
Pcnnsylvana-Legsation pending to pay bonus OF $40
per month OF service, maximum $500
Rhode lsland-Bonus Of 800 each.
South Standardization aid for veterans. Exemp-
ton from taxation.
South Dakota-Bonus Of s5 per month Of service, maxi
mum 500 Civil service preference for veterans Educa
liona aid Aid in home buying and farm settlement.
Special reef for needy veterans Loans TO veterans by
state
CHARACTERIZATION aid. Special relief for needy
veterans.
Texas-Exemption from taxation.
Utah-Education aid.
vermont-Bonus Of $40 per month OF service, maxi
mum 1920
Neutrality-suspicious. Of SIS per month Of service. Civil
service preference for veterans Aid in farm settlement
Aid in finding employment Veterans welfare commits
sion appointed. Special relief for needy veterans.
West Virglnia-lleef for needy veterans.
Wisconsln-Bonus OF $40 per month OF service $50 per
month for educational aid up $1,000 and $50 per month
for relief Of disabled veterans Civil service preference
for veterans Educational aid Veterans welfare commits
sion appointed. Special relief for needy veterans.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from taxation.
Those are things for Delaware taxpayers to consider In
connection with the proposed soldier bonus legislation in
Congress.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

who will be subscribing to Wilson's
foundation and extolnng him and
his party, whose extravaganza is the
first and only excuse for failing to
recognize the obligations we all owe
to the boys who went. The party
n at squandered a billion and a half
dollars without producing an air
plane that was used. that ordered
more branding irons than there
were animals in the service. that
built millions of dollars worth of
ships that cannot sell or sail, whose
whole administration was marked
by reckless dispersal of the public
money, is not the party to be pass
ing judgment on others and pushing
with effrontery the assertion that we
are so deeply in debt that we can
not afford to be just.
If we had back the money wasted
by the Wilson Administration, we
would never hesitate about the
bounty. Those who threw away the
money start the cry now and talk of
the nations credit What did they
do to that same credit?
Who got ten dollars a day during
TIE war? Was it the soldier? Not
on your life, nor On his. 1t was the
coward, the pro-German, everybody
whom the country could better lose
than the brave fellows who went to
be slaughtered at thirty cents a day.
The question is not whether a boun-
ty should be granted, but how il
should be distributed. It should not
be an indiscriminate shower Of gold.
passing and done with. It should be
wisely and fairly distributed. and
not as a charity but as a recognition
by grateful people to the boys and
men who risked their lives for the
rest Of us. There is the real diff
Guilty.
II the uniformed dudes who wore
their nice clothes every day to their
desks at Washington get into it, to
that extent it will be a farce. Il be-
longs to those who offered their
lives. 1t can be a great triumph Of
gratitude or a grating blunder.
That depends on its execution. It is
due the boys
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
Parting Of the Financial Ways
(FrOm the New York Journal OF commerce).

This is the whole case. Secretary
MELONS statement briefly put is that
the Government cannot pay a bonus
calling for S1,0OO,0OO,0 within
two years out OF any funds in hand
and is in no position to get new
funds; while, should It attempt to do
so. It will run grave risk of entirely
disorganizing the finances OF the ma
ton beside enormously increasing
the already too heavy expose OF adj
ministration. Incidentally the Sec
rotary brings out the little known
fact that that the Government Is
now spending annually on the care
and relief Of soldiers about S450,-
900, 900, a sum which would be in
addition to the amounts contem-
plated in the bonus program.
A choice now made in favor of
bonus extravaganza would be fatal
to the prospects OF recovery from
the desperate conditions into which
we were plunged by the war and
might easily compel us to assume
a place by the side OF the European
countries whose budgets not only
have never been balanced but are
unlikely to be. Secretary Melons
impressive showing Of facts and
figures must convince every thought
full reader with the conviction that
the situation has not been exagger-
ated and that the time has come to
face a crucial condition in American
politics and finance.
The time Las come for the bust
ness community, indeed for sober
citizens Of all classes and in all parts
of the country, to arouse themselves
to the situation and to express some
definite view as TO the bonus ques-
ton. They should indicate their
opinion in no uncertain terms to
their members of Congress and con-
vince their Representatives that
there is no surer road to defeat than
the commitment to this plan for the
wrecking Of the Treasury and Of
national finance in general.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon
is an officer of the Government who
is not well known to the rank and
file Of the people. From time to
thine, however, he makes a setting
forth Of financial fact or an analysis
of fiscal problems which puts public
questions in a new aspect. The cir
cumStances that Mr.. Mellon seems
never to be misled by the will-o'-
the-wisp OF politics but comes
straight to the point with blunt bus
mess like statements singles him out
among public men of the present
day and should make his service of
the highest value to the community
Mr.. Mellon has now turned a
bright white light upon the soldier
bonus proposal. The facts which
he develops are these:
1. The scheme to use interest or
principal payments received from
foreign countries as a bonus basis
is unthinkable, because the inter-
est is inadequate If collected, and
at present impossible of collection;
while the plan itself is dishonest,
because IN JuhlAtt 70 lAbtAAN bNHh
holders the government is bound
to apply any principal payments
to the retirement Of out
standing Liberty bonds >"
2. The fund for bonus distribu-
ton II raised at all must therefore
be raised by taxation. They will
require from sS5O,OOO,000 to ST.
600, 1000 during the first two
years.
3. The toatl cost OF the bonus
will not be less than $4,000, 900, 900
and may run to S5,20O,O0O,000
So fully is the field of taxation
now covered that it is difficult to
recommend any new or additional
impositions.
8. A bonus policy will greatly
impede and hinder the Treasury
in the funding and disposition of
the public debt large sums OF
which fall due within the next year
Or fWO
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
ENFoRCE I'VE ouARANTINE.

INSURED exceedingly by the persistent and rapid
~ spread OF scarlet fever, the Wilmington Board OF
Health at last has taken drastic steps to with and
eradicate the disease hut according persons it
has failed do the big thing which will be effective
That is, rigidy enforce the quarantine law.
In addition to The closing Of the public schools and The
other precautions previously taken, the board decided
Yesterday all the parochia and private schools
and also TO bar from theatres and the public library all
children under the OF seventeen years Those orders
went into effect today.
Nothing that do will be successful unless I'VE
have the cooperation Of the parents" says Dr. Charles
NJ Handy president OF the Board OF Health. In large
that is true and all parents should give their
cooperation but by the TOKEN the Board Of Health
should enforce the quarantine
II is to the credit OF the school officials and the
theatrical managers OF city that they lending such
hearty practical assistance in dealing with the emer
gency.
The chief trouble in Wilmington seems to be, however
failure TO enforce strictly the accepted rules with re-
spect to quarantine and isolation In short the quaran
tine law is recognized to the extent Of pacardlng in
ecled houses but there is rigid enforcement Of The
quarantine law That should be the next sep-one tha
should have been taken long agoand after IT has beer
taken It should be adhered 10 without fear favor or com
PROMISE and both parents and physicians should be hell
10 strict account for any and all violations
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
With the Photographers

That bin introduced in the New York Legislature TO
rid OF the paid professional reformers looks like moth
ing less than attack vested uteres-lndlanapols
News.
The city OF Pittsburgh has received the bronze tablet
which it is to present the people Of Kentucky honor
Of stephen C. Foster, the song writer The design
selected by the Historical Society OF Western pennsyl-
yana. The tablet will be placed in the old home Of Judge
Rowan at Federal Hin, near Bardstown KY where Eos
ter wrote the words and music Of My Old Kentucky
Home in 1855 The bronze bears bas-relief OF Fosters
bust with the legend In memory Of stephen c. Foster
born in Pittsburgh Pa July a. 1896 who, visit Ia
Kentucky 1855 wrote in this house the immortal
My Old Kentucky Home Presented by the city OF Pitts
burgh. Pa 1922 philadelphia Record.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
DELAWARE AND sMARrHMoRE.

DELAyV.NaES good wishes will attend the University
~ OF Delaware basketball team this evening when it
goes out on floor in Newark to meet and II possible
defeat Swarihmore
Coach Shipley. concededy OF the best basketball
coaches State has had, has done The best nc
could do with the material at his command to whip tho
squad into shape 10 cope with the visitors from Pennsy
,ania II the game be lost to Delaware will not be
through any fault the coaching OF the leadership OF
Captain Wills.
Swarthmore always is strong In athletics Delaware
would difficulty defeating IL under the best OF
conditions Everyone recognizes the handicap under
which Coach Shipey has abored this and sympa
hizes with him in his embarrassment which is due to no
fault Of his
1t is the universal hope OF basketball lovers in this
State that Old Delaware will hit its winning stride this
evening and score victory that will be well worth while
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
SaysPileRemedy Worth
$4,000 a Box

It have had itching piles ever since
old and have suffered terribly. I have
tried many remedies and doctors. but
no cure About weeks ago l saw your
ad for Peterson's Ointment. The first
application stopped all itching, and in
used one box and consider ! am cured
You have my grateful heartfelt thanks
and may everyone that has this trouble
see this and give your ointment, that
is worth a hundred dollars or more q
box. a trial. Sincerely yours. A Newth
Columbus. Ohio
Peterson's Ointment for Piles. Ec-
zema and cd sores is only 35 cents a
large box at all druggists. Mail orders
filled by Peterson Ointment Co., Inc.
Buffalo. y. Y.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
Plain Words From Mr.. Mellon
(From the New york Evening Post)

dollars on our former service men,
and that these payments have not
been curtailed by the economies ef-
fected in Government expenditures.
Last year. chiefly for the relief Of
disabled veterans. we spent $780,
OOO.O This year the amount will
reach s45O,O0O,OOO. "or more than
will be spent for any other purpose
except interest on the public debt"
It is the simple truth, therefore, that
the great reason why we cannot
vote a bonus is that we are already
taxing ourselves heavily for our
former soldiers.
Nobody grudges this taxation. 1t is
debt OF honor which we are proud
to pay. But it will long remain an
important charge upon our records.
In Secretary Melons words; THE
Governments obligation to the dis
abled veterans is continuing and
paramount. and heavy expenditures
for their relief will be necessary for
many years 10 come" The Govern
ment is concerned as deeply over the
proper expenditure of this money as
over its being appropriated at ALL
| II 1t cannot take suitable care Of the
disabled veterans. it cannot oppose
a demand from them for payments
that will enable them to be cared
for by other agencies. But in ans
plan the disabled come first. as theil
comrades would gladly admit.
The country will cheerfully pay
| half a billion or more in taxes every
year for the benefit OF those who
were disabled in its service. 1t will
not be inclined to double this
amount in order to provide gen.
ora1 hOnus
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
WoMAN's ILLS MAKE UNHAPPY
HOME.

There is no question but what tho
ills Of women conspire against do
nestle harmony. The husband can
not understand these troubles ana
the physician finds it hard to cure
them; therefore the overworked
wife and mother continues to drag
around day in and day out with
headaches and backaches, fretful
and nervous.
Such women should be guided by
the experience of women whose let
ters we are continually publishing in
this paper. Many OF them declare
that they have been restored to
health. strength and consequent hap
piness by Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vess-
table Compound after doctors and
all other medicines had failed to
help them. Il will surely pay wo-
men who suffer from such ailments
to try H.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

Now and then somebody issues
statement which dissipates the fog
OF discussion in which a subject has
been lost and leaves 1t standing
clear. such a statement is the letter
OF Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
to Congressman Fordney on the con-
dition of the Treasury. and partc-
ularly on the financial implications
of the proposed soldiers bonus. The
Secretary of the Treasury is not a
politician; he is merely a financier.
Consequently he talks in terms Of
facts and not In the lingo OF the
dream book Great economies have
been effected. he says. Moreover, for
two years and a half the national
debt has been declining. Even with
no extraordinary expenditures, how
ever we shall hardly pull through
this or the next fiscal year without
a deficit. At the lowest calculation a
bonus would cost more than $500.
600. 900 for each Of its first two
years. where is the money to come
from? II cannot come from interest
on the Allied debt. That source is
too uncertain. Even IL it could the
burden would fan upon the taXpay.
err. since the interest on the Allied
debt is now destined to meet the in.
terest on our Liberty bonds, and d.
verting II to any other use would
necessitate taxes to meet the inter-
est on these obligations. Any way II
Is looked at. a bonus means addi-
tional taxation.
The most striking part OF Secre-
tary Melons letter is that in which
he points out that we are already
spending hundreds OF millions OF
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

~ 7 only in national legislation but in State legislation
as well the Republican party has demonstrated It's
desire to do everything possible for the aid and relief OF
those who bore burden Of battle in the European war
BY the end OF the fiscal year 1929, appropriations for
which are now being by Congress the Federal gov
ernment will have spent approximately s22OOOO0Oo for
soldier relief including the distribution OF cash bonus
OF $50 each toaling s25OOOoOOO In addition Congress
has extended special mmunues and privileges TO ex-
service men that cannot be reckoned in money. The
and other sources Of soldier relief are
now spending money the rate OF about si5OOoOO per
year and It is estimated that the soldiers bonus law
now pending viii call for anywhere between S5OO0OO0
and s5,25OO0oO0o.
A review Of aid provided by he States discoses that
the most generous provision has been made by States
having Republican maiorties and Republican admnisra-
lions a number OF the States OF the solid Democratic
South not being mentioned in the list OF those that
have provided aid for the veterans OF the World War
The review is as follows:
A7izona-Aid in home buying and farm settlement
calfornia-cyil service preference for veterans Edu
cationa aid to $1,000 for each soldier Aid in farm anc
home settlement Veterans welfare commission ap-
pointed. Bond issue OF 100000
Colorado-Bonus legislation pending Civil servic,
preference for veterans. Farm settlement aid Voca
tional education at rate OF $500 for each soldier
connecticui-Bonus legislation being considered. Civil
service preference for veterans. Exemption from tax
alton. Special relief for needy veterans.
Delaware-Bonus legislation being considered
Florda-Bonus legislation pending
Ilinois-Bonus Of SIS for each month OF service IA
least two months. maximum $500 Bond issue OF s55
100000 Civil service preference for veterans Educa
tional aid.
esho--Ald in farm settlement Veterans welfare com
mission appointed
lndiana-Bonus legislation being considered Educa
tlona aid
Iowa-Bonus OF so cents a day OF service. maximum
$3.50 Bond issue OF s22OOoOOO Educational aid Exemp
ion from taxation. Veterans welfare commission az
pointed
Eansas-Bonus OF 81 per day OF service. Bond issu
s25c00O00
Malre-DonuS OF 500 each. Bond issue OF s3OOOOO
Speciai relief Tor needy veterans
Marylard--Bonus legislation being considered
Observation-Disclosures OF 500 Civil service prefe.
for Exemption from taxation. AID ind
ing employment. Special relief for needy veterans
Mcaigan--Bonus of $40 PEI month OF service. Bon
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
GEMS OF THOUGHT

Live your your love and it will need no Interpreter
~--:-.
Merit is not all Of IT, Appearances count for much
when man is the block
s--;-.
II the epitaphs said over and over again In the
home there would be fewer out on the tombstones
$500.
In this age when the world is literally crammed with
opportunities anybody make money but it takes an
expert TO keep IT,
@.-.-:
Money. the unit OF measure in character has It's
limilotons Mr. Bryan declared that Washington was
the richest American Of his time and Mr. Rockefeller the
richest American Of his time. Right there however the
parallel suddenly ceased.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
BARBERED BY APPOINTMENT.

FLINT, Mich. Omitted Press)-
Next" the word that made the bar
Der shop famous. and incidentally
that spelled success for manufacture
ers of safety razors. has been elimf
mated from use here. A recent adj
dition to the tonsorial trade, cons
Quoted by two enterprising young
BARRIERS, has a select list OF patrons
and all work Is carried on by APP
pointment. A regular production
schedule is carried out smoothly by
notifying each "client" by telephone
Of his turn.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
TAXES AND THE BONUS

From the Providence Journal
The statement Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury on the proposed sol
diers' bonus bill leaves no doubt
that additional taxation will be nee
essary If Congress should approve a
bond issue of three billions or more.
Tie possibility of paying the interest
on bonus bonds out of the interest
received from foreign governments
on the American loans does not ap-
peal to Secretary Mellon; he shows
that the interest on the European
war loans, if any is received, is
needed for meeting the payments on
Liberty bonds. The long and the
short of it is that another load will
be placed upon American taxpayers
II a bonus bill is passed and ap-
proved by the President.
No argument for or against the
bonus is made by the Secretary in
his letter to TIE chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee.
The expediency of bonus legislation
Is left to the decision OF Congress.
The financial condition of the Treas
ury' however, is shown in language
that cannot be misunderstood. The
Government has no funds for the
bonus proposed; instead Of a sur
plus deficit is in prospect. and the
enormous refunding operations now
being carried on, the secretary says.
make 1t dangerous in the extreme
TO attempt to finance the expendi-
lures involved in the bonus through
new borrowings. The significance
Of the warning should be noted by
Congress; it is evident that the ad-
vocates OF the bonus cannot evade
the issue of taxation.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10

they are making it possible for any
demagogue to defeat them at the
next election on this dubious issue r
It is essentially unfair TO say that
oppoition to this measure is indica-
tive Of an unfrlendly sentiment.
toward the ex-service men. In tho
long run-and not so long, at that
what is good for the nation is good
for the soldiers. They will have to
take the good and the bad effects OF
such legislation together with the
rest of their fellow citizens.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
THE BOUNTY BUSINESS

From the Hartford Courant
As this paper has already pointed
out. the Republican party. being in
control at Washington. will be ac-
cused by TIE Democratic critics Of
disgraceful extravaganza If they
pass a bounty bill, and. by the same
critics, Of shameless ingratitude. II
they fail to pass such a measure.
The Democrats who will shout ex-
travagance are the same citizens
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
UNKET FOR MAYORS.

PARIS Omitted Press)-To give
them an idea of the capital Of theft
new mother-land the government
organized a junket for fifty MAYORS
OF towns OF Alsace-Lorraine to Paris
Many OF the mayors, whose towns
were under German rule for a half
century spoke very little French and
that with a pronounced German &c
cent. The first visit was to the tomb
OF Napoleon, and on succeeding days
the mayors were entertained by the
government at Versailles and shown
the Senate and Chamber Of Deputiea
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
RIVAL HOOTERS MELT.

EAST LANSING Omitted Press)-
Rival rooters may get slightly twist
ed next fall when the grid teams of
Massachusetts Agricultural College
and Michigan Agricultural College
clash here. The two IN. A. C.'s',
have strong alumni ties. President
Butterfield of the Massachusetts
Aggies is a Michigan Aggie graduate
while Curry Hicks, director Of ath-
letics at the Bay State College,
treasurer F. c. Kenny and DR.. Mar
shall all received their degrees froN
Michigan.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-02-10
AGRICULTURE BY ELECTRICITY

BESSMER, Mich. United Press)
Joseph Baritone, pumpman at the
Anvile-Palms Mine, is growing vege-
tables and flowers by the aid Of
electricity LOO feet below the
earth's surface. Baritone has a
trough three feet long and two and
a half feet wide, filled with earth
from the surface and mixed with
fertilizer. In II he raises beans,
onions. lettuce and other vegetables
as well as flowers. The plants grow