The Ocala banner., 1922-02-03
FEEDING THE FAITHFUL


No one posted with current events
can deny the fact that our Republi-
can friends have taken this text very
closely to heart and are pursuing il
with exaggerated greediness by feed
ing the faithful out of the public
treasury with a lavish hand unprece-
dented in history.
Take the management of the Ship
ping Board for example The United
States government spent on it it is
said about $4,000, 900 900
Much of this sum was spent when
sse war was on; when it looked as
if the German arms would be success
full and when in haste waste could
not easily be avoided.
After the armistice was signed and
German domination was doomed, the
chairman of the committee having in
charge the appropriations-to be ex-
act. the deficiency appropriation bill
gave the congress and the country
to understand that the Shipping Board
would be done away with as its losses
amounted to s4000.O00 per month, but
since which time two additional ap-
preparations have been asked for, one
for 125,00O,0O0 and the other for
s1O5 900, 900.
And how do our readers suppose
that these vast sums of money in part
at least are being expended?
We believe that they will agree with
us that it is scandalous.
We quote from a speech recently
delivered in Congress by Hon. Paul B.
Johnson of Mississippi
Congressman Johnson among
great many other things said:
ALet US see what is going to be done
with this money. There are Is law
yers already employed A large num-
ber of them were employed this last
fall at fabulous salaries. This bill
proposes to permit this board TO en-
pIoy seven additional attorneys at
salaries of $1,000 each per year. 1t
proposes to create a new commission
consisting of seven members whose
salaries shall be $4,000 each per year.
with secretary whose salary shall
be $4,000. This commission is to sit
in judgment on claims propounded
against the United States.
Now, let US see something about
the lawyers employed For instance,
man by the name of Gendr0n, whose
salary was $1,000 a year, has been
by this board increased to $4,000 per
year; Henry p Anewalt, whose sal
airy has been raised from $500 to
$4,S00; Benjamin Y. Martin, whose
salary has been raised from S1,500 to
$4,000: Allen McLain, whose salary
was increased from $1,000 to $4,000;
James r. Erase, an attorney. was en-
ployed at $500; he was let out and
hired over at $4,000 Many others
that I have not time to mention have
been increased proportionately. Mr..
Small il paid $4,000 a year Mr.. Frey
had his salary raised from $500 to
10000
And this same Shipping Board, ac-
cording 10 Congressman Sears of this
state. is spending vast amounts of
money on Eastern publications in ad-
vertising the beauties and attractions
Of South America. China and other
foreign countries and advising their
readers TO abandon their old haunts
once called the playground of the
weaithy-(that is to say. Florida and
California; and spend their winters
and their money abroad.
In the Saturday Evening Post for
January IA, Mr. Sears says that a full
page advertisement appeared costing
the sum of $4,000; full page in the
Worlds Work: three full pages in the
Geographic Magazine and more or less
space in other publications.
Mr.. Sears says that this Board con-
templates spending 100000 in adver-
tising the attractions of foreign coun-
tries in order to divert travel from
seeing America first" and have them
spend their money elsewhere.
The money so spent is coming out
of the federal treasury and is put
there by our own people and if spent
at all for advertising purposes should
be spent to advertise the attractions
of our own land.
And. then, too, the bulk of this ad-
yertising is spent in that section
where the Republican party expects
to gather its wherewithaI to conduct
its next presidential campaign
1t is spent on the theory that Il will
tickle you if You viii tickle me-
But If any provide not for his own,
and especially for those of his own
house. he has denied the faith. and is
worse than an infidel'
In view of the above facts that
charge. at least. can not be brought
against the 6. o. p.