McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-17
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BY Lindsay S. Perkins
Editor Independent:

anu 50 iItCIC ClInc CO tell dUOuI ~,
that | pretty near despair of un-
dertaking it.
Look at this soldier bonus bus
iness-the thorniest question that
Congress or the administration
has been up against. Everybody
wants the soldiers and sailors to
have their DUE. they were the
right arm of of this country dur
ing the great world war. and
many of them who lived through
it will never be able TO work again
for a living. But the Treasury
Department has sounded a warn
ing, and the Comptroller of the
Treasury Department has de-
clared that to give the amount of
bonus carried in the bill viii
drain the hanl;s Of money, estab-
Iish a system of frozen credits"
and bring about a very bad finan-
cial situation. / will admit that
the system of currency and finan-
ce is the deepest problem of any
I have ever seen, and | don't
know a darn thing about it. hut
these men who are at the head
of affairs ought to know what
they are talking about. There is
one thing certain: the thing will
be worked out for the benefit of
all concerned. Uncle Sam has a
way of doing that, and l trust
him.
Congress has taken hold of the
rent problem in Washington, and
now the cut-throat landlords have
the strong arm of the law to buck
up against. 1t is still hard to get
any sort of a house in Washing
ton, say six rooms and bath, for
less than $89 or S100 a month. I
put up some houses on my farm,
just outside of the District of
Columbia, charged a fair price
for them, $40 a month, and there
were from ten to twenty appli-
cants for each house, 80 that |
took nay pick, and accepted only
government and university peo-
pie. One woman offered to do
her bit" during the war by rent
ing three of her rooms for $500 a
month. That got before Con-
gress, and started a crusade
against high rents. Now they
are trying to get the government
to put up houses for the people.
Next thing they will want Uncle
Sam to start a baby farm.
About six weeks ago the roof
of the Knickerbocker Theater in
Washington fell in. killing about
100 people. After a lot of inves-
tigating. it was found that the
man most responsible for the dis
aster was a building inspector.
He happens to be dead, the next
best thing was to hold nine of
the under dogs, assistant inspect
ors, etc. One of them laughed
and joked in the court where the
bonds were given for the men
who we're held By the coroner's
Jury, and it is doubtful that any
thing ever come of it, except that
several others have been closed
till the roofs. ETC., can be made
more safe.
One of the saddest features of
this great disaster was the death
of little Miss Upshaw, a niece OF
the Georgia Congressman of that
name. Her legs were broken and
she was injured internally, and
one leg was amputated. A few
minutes before she died, the
brave little girl said with a smile
to a sister who was weeping near
by: ''Well, you see ! haven't
cried yet" Those words brought
tears to the eyes of thousands
when they were made known.
> The wife of John D. Rookie
feller, Jr., heiress to the greatest
fortune the world has ever seen,
il in Washington looking after
the interests of the Young Wo'