The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-07-25

never has been In favor of it say that
the majority of the veterans do favor
1t. and that 1t is known in Washington
that the American Legion. in working
on behalf of the measure. is following
the wishes of the majority-yes, a
great maiority-of men who saw serv-
Ice In the World war.
Enough to Overcome a Veto7
The next congress will be different
In Its personnel from the last congress.
1t may be asked, however. how II Is
that even a senator of the United
States is able to declare in advance
that the bonus measure will be given
the sanction Of the new congress. OF
course, the name of every member Of
the new congress is known, and his
address along with 1t. A poll has been
taken. and the position of each new
member of the house and the senate
Is known or the bonus proposition.
The position of each old member who
holds over has been known for n long
time. II is believed that at least ten
votes over the two-thirds necessary to
overcome a presidential veto can be
secured In the house. and at least
three votes more than are necessary
in the senate.
While the writer of this is an ex-
service man. and never has peer In
favor of the passage of tine bonus bill.
he easily understands why the bill
has been demanded. and he Is per-
fectly willing to admit that seemingly
there were all kinds of right and rea-
son back of the wish of the former
soldiers that their services be given
substantial cash recognition by the
United States government.
OF course. as the opponents of the
bonus in.the American Legion and out
Of 1t look at the matter, each man who
served ought to have been glad to
serve because of a willingness to fight
for his country, and been willing to
do 1t without any thought of pecu-
mary reward. The difficulty was that
when the soldiers who had served in
the trenches in France came back to
the United States they found that men
as able as themselves to fight not only
had been exempted from the fighting
service. but had been given jobs which
paid them sometimes as high as $50
a day. These non-combafant workers
much pay as did the combatants in
the trenches.
Liquor Traffic Still Annoys.
Washington is still disturbed over
traffic. 1t is claimed officially that
bootlegging is on the decrease, andsthat
more quickly than most people lkpect
the Illicit liquor traffic not only will be
under control but will be wiped aout.
Washington, however, has a good deal
of b~ootlegging, so to speak, in its midst,
and when one realizes this fact, re-
~membering that Washington is the cap
ital of the county, he finds himself
thinking that pert&a9s things are not as
well in hand eisa IRE as they might
be.
There are stilrSmany rum-runners
off the Atlantic dast. II has been
suggested that the United States navy
take a hand in their capture. The
trouble is that the United States nav
cannot@legally capture anything that
is outside the three-mile limit. unless
the thing captured is known to be a
pirate flying the flag of no nation.
Attempts are being made now by the
State department to ecu ar agree
ment with other countries by which
so far as rum-running is concerned
the three-mile limit off the Atlantic
coast can be extended to a twelve
mile limit. This extension. of course.
would not allow the navy to seize any
foreign vessels which kept outside
the new limit. but it would give the
navy twelve miles of seaway in which
to capture American launches and
other small craft which bring liquor
In from the rum-runners outside the
limit.
Much Moonshine in Washington.
II has been intimated that Washing
ton as a city is not as dry as it might
he. There is still good liquor in the
ole town, but apparently no n can
buy it. for most of the good kind is
stored in cellars of private houses,
where it constitutes the remainder of
the stock which was put there before
prohibition went into effect. OF
course. the foreign embassies still
have their liquor, but this is legal
liquor. 1t is true also that the pre-
war stocks. which are in the cellars
of private residents. constitute legal
liquor so long as the owners do not
attempt to sell the stuff or to trans
port it elsewhere without proper fed
eral permit.
There is a good deal of moonshine
liquor at Washington. This is pure
liquor. but it is awful new" II finds
its way into the possession of persons
in the capital. some of whom drink
it as ii is. while others. much wiser.
dilute it one-half before attempting to
make 4 beverage of it. The moon
shine whisky mostly m from the
mountain regions west of Washington.
A good deal of 1t is captured while on
the way to the capital, but a good
deal of ii also finds its way to pur-
chasers. The price charged is enough
TO pay for the losses incurred when
seizures are made.
Uncle Sam Uses Many Envelopes.
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