The Washington herald., 1922-03-10

dollars in a fruitless cndeavor to
enforce IL.
This is a detrimental law morally.
physically and financially and
-hould by all means be repealed
without hesitancy. 1t is and never
was the will of this masses. but is
law which was put over" during
the absence of millions and while
the rest of us were fighting franti-
cslly for the almighty dollar. pay
ing little or no attention to what
was going on around or about us.
a soldier bonus bill must and will
pass. and fear the Republican
party is running itself by rEuing
against and delaying its passage. }
fear also that the Democrats will
grasp the opportunity of securing
the support Of the some more than
four million former service men
and at the psychological moment.
by a sudden though forcible con-
certed effort, barnstorm this bill
over the opposition and before the
Republican party is aware of what
is being done. Once this is accom-
plished. the fate of the opposite
party. whether Democrat or Re-
publican. is definitely sealed.
The raising of this fund is a
very simple and easy matter. I'm
der present conditions the boot
logger is getting this honus money.
Eliminate the bootlegger. license
the traffic. and with this revenue
pay the soldier.
Liquor licenses, however. should
be granted with the utmost discrr-
ton One dispensary to so many
persons. The licensee should by all
means be a man of high repute. q
property owner and taNpayer-both
poll and real-the owner of his
own license. furniture, etc. He
should also be compelled to file a
bond. say $4,000. to protect the
public in gcneral-individua oil
collectively-from any harm or suf-
fering. financially or physically,
caused by his violation of anJ "t
the restrictions placed on this traf-
=. Further than this. any infraC-
tion OF the laws covering would
mean the revocation absolutely ot
his license without refund OF the
unexpired term thereof.
So far so good-we have the dis
penser taken care OF. Therefore
some means Of knowing with whom
he is dealing. This should ne done
by licensing the individual Consum-
er-onIy those who wish to enjoy
the privilege OF quenchinE their
thirst. Just the same as Te now
compel those who wish TO cnjo'
the privilege of fishing in our lakes
and streams to first obtain
license. This at a nominal cost OF,
say, a couple of dollars per year.
The consumer should be held la
BILE under the law for any violatich
on his part. /. E.. the purchase OF
liuuor, Just the same as is the hsh'
erman held liable for angling with
out a license.
Then, too, to bring this traffic 10
a still higher standard, the pres
entation of the last tax receipt
could be demanded with the applr-
cation for a consumers license.
The majority in this country are
demanding their beer and wine, a.
also do they want dispensary
where they can conCregate Of an
evening and Sundays. after they
have performed their religious
duties and there relax from their
daily and weekly monotonous grind
of work and visit. 1t is just as
necessary for a man to breed a
bit of pleasure into his life as II is
to breed new blood into any live
stock. Continued inbreeding -
working all day, doing the same
work over again mentally at night
repeating this same performance
day after day without breathing
spell of pleasure will sooner or later
weaken us, kill our interest, In
short, make US inefficient.
The pendulum has reached its ex-
treme swing in one direction and
is about to swing back. The great
wheels of commerce are slowly but
surely being forced off dead center
and 1t is our duty-the duty of all
of us-to come to a sober realiza-
tion of what is necessary. to keep
these wheels moving, and, help them
by pushing in the right direction.
attain that high speed OF normalcy
which spells prosperity for all.
GEORGE o. JERRY.
Fort Wayne, Ind.