The Washington herald., 1922-02-20
BURDEN OF BONUS
TOO HEAVY, SAYS
: REV. MIR. STIRES
New York Man Speaks
At Services Honoring
Washington.

- why not tell the soldisrs the
truth about the bonus?" demanded
REV. Ernest VI. Stires, OF St.
- Thomas Church, New York City, in
his sermon In the patriotic services
n commemoration of the birth of
Washington held under the
auspices OF the Sons of the Revo-
.-e.intion in the District of Columbia
:. Yesterday.
!. "why not tell them that what
that il would disappear as the mist
,y-c6efore the sun, but so great col
ectively that the burden would
stagger the nation!
Trusts In Their Patriotism.
Men who offered their lives in
Trance are TOO great to be bribed.
exploited or cajoled for political
49, purposes. They may be trusted to
be intelligent and patriotic. -Four
million men were drafted, but capi-
tai and labor were not There was
- some profiteering. Before the men
-- returned from overseas there was
much talk of rewarding them. but
they found their old places filled.
=
- gance. They had many disappoint-
ing and disareeable experiences,
b" and after listening to speeches.
good and bad, by politicians, agi-
-- o. tators. and demagogues, they began
20 asking for a bonus.
But the people know an ade-
auate bonus cannot be given with
out a tax so heavy that Industrial
disaster and. further unemployment
would result. Let US tell them the
a whole truth: that a new prosperity
,. is waiting. with new enterprises
> ready to be launched and old ones
= ready to begin again. II they are
only given a chance"
ReaI.Leaders Needed.
Tariff problems were also consid-
cred by DR.. Stires, viewed in the
light of the fact that the whole
-, economic aspect of the world has
= changed. Already tho unemploy-
ment situation is anxious" he said.
I'VE wish to encourage agricul-
ture and industry. and we can only
have prosperity for them all IL We
buy and sell. The rest of the world
is bankrupt. and unless we admin
s lister to the health Of the whole
world our own will fail.
This hour needs real leaders. OF
the caliber Of Washington, Lincoln.
cleveland. and Roosevelt, believing
that Public office is a public trust.
men Of moral courage and convic-
fion, who admit of no compromise.
supreme advocates of the square
deal"
Approves Treaty Efforts.
In discussing the conference on
limitation Of armament, Dr.. otires
declared that although treaties are
not panaceas they are steps in the
right direction. The conference
will always rebound to the credit
Of the United States. as our dis
tin-uished visitors said. he believes,
and Mr.. Hughes opening address
will he one of the great documents
of the new era. but the conference
was only the result of tragic ex-
, sperience. dictated by prudence, JUS
: Iice, and self preservation. How
syer. such a conference could only
have been called as America, and
was only an attempt on our part
10 fulfill our pledge to those who
fell.
- The service. prepared by the late
Rev. Randolph H. McKim. in honor
Of the Father of His Country was
conducted by the Rev. Canon Will
Tayloe Snyder, chaplain os the
Sons of the Revolution, assisted 1y
; ~the Very Rev. G. c. F. BratenahL
: dean of the Washington Cathedral;
; the Rev. Thomas E. Green, o. the
sons Of the Revolution. and the
Rev. James E. Freeman, Of the
: church Of the Epiphany. DR.. Mar
- rus BENJAMIN was chairman OF ;he
committee on church service.