The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-06
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along with a number of others,
whose crime it was that they
talked too much when this coun-
try was in the strangle hold OF
war. 1t is fact that the Ameri-
can people get very much stirred
up but they do not hold their
anger long and it is due to this
fact, and, perhaps, a little better
perspective, that the wartime
takers find themselves at liberty
again.
AS a nation we are opposed to
war but that doesn't mean that
we do not devote our best eneger-
les to prosecuting a war once we
are in it. These men, who were
opposed to war, split with their
fellow countrymen right at this
point that they didn't help do
their part when war came. In
the judgment of the courts they
talked and worked against the
enlistment of young men and so
were enemies of the government,
at least for the time being. Now
that the war is over, the country
is coming to the notion that
perhaps these men have been
sufficiently punished, especially
those men who did nothing but
talk. The condition which made
them dangerous has passed and
with it a good deal of the
resentment.
But it is to be hoped that Mr.
Debs and others like him, will
have learned the lesson and not
become agitators to bring on
conditions detrimental to the
welfare of the country. The
country again will be tolerant of
much soap-box oratory, provided
anarchy and sovietism is not
preached. We are beginning to
wake up to the fact that we can
not assimilate too much immigra-
ton and that we cannot afford
to allow unchecked talk against
the very structure of our gov
eminent. The war seems to
have done that much for us.
J J Cole of the Cole Motor
Company says in a letter: eff the
United States could get back all
it has spent in warfare, every
man and woman in the whole
country could have a home, a
motor car, piano, plenty of good
clothes, plenty of good, whole
some food, plenty laid away for
a rainy day, and every child
could have a college education
with trip abroad thrown in for
good measure" And the world
knows that if this money could
be collected and equally divided
to each man, woman and child
all these good things that it
wouldn't be long before some
child was going to Europe four
times and three other children
were staying at home as soon as
the redistribution began.
Just before Christmas, the gov
eminent instituted investigation
of retail prices charged in vari-
Gus parts of the country for food,
fuel, shoes and clothing for the
attorney general says they are too
high. May we not hope that by
next Christmas, Uncle Sam will
make the country a present of
lower prices if the investigation
is then finished. Prices are not
as high as in war times, to be
sure, but dollar does not go as
far when you come to spend it.,
as it seems to be going when you
read about spending it.
The old school of personal
journalism is about wiped out
and the death of "Marse" Henry
Watterson takes the last of the
giants of that school. He was a
part of the very fiber of our
growth from the days of the
Civil War to the days of the
World War and a very real factor
in shaping public opinion which
controls public action.
That old standby, the dollar
watch, needs repairing and it
looks as if it might have to be
strapped unless the bankruptcy
court can find way out. Three
millions in liabilities and two
millions in assets seems to be the
main spring of the trouble.
The Jap is good juggler and
words are no exception. Accord