Judge — October 12, 1918 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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7 DP aes one Concr AND THE CoMMONS ORE than half a century ago, Cobder told the House of Commons that “ Frank- lin or Washington never spoke more than ten minutes at a time,” that “the Ser- mon on the Mount can be read in twenty minutes, the Lord's prayer takes one minute to repeat.” He wished there was some way to curb the Commons’ oratory We have plenty of prolix talkers in Congress, but we have something worse. Page after page of unde- livered speeches are printed in the Congresstonal Record and franked broadcast at the public expense. Obscure members who never open their mouths in Congress open their secretary’s mouth in the Record. Speeches and editorials by men who never sat in Congress are printed and franked in this way inorder to fleece Uncle Sam of the cost of circulating them. It is bad that public money should be wasted when it is so needed. It is bad that print paper should be worse than wasted when the supply is all too scant. It is worse that popu- lar confidence in our pub- lic men should be trifled away by tricks like this. God help the world, if in this crisis it should éease to trust the public men of America! Tue Goop Witt Beuind See for war funds in some parts of the country have tried to threaten, intimi- date and browbeat people into increased subscrip- tions. Of course, this sort of thing won’t do. These men meant well. They let their zeal outrun their dis- cretion. We areallliable to do that in the stress of a great cause which demands the maximum of results in the minimum of time. The government that can conscript our men can Draven by EW. Keane vow, Witnets, Tett Your For Americans ox Your Frost?” conscript our money, and if need be, will do just that But that’s another story. These war loans and war chests are, and they must remain, the people's free will The government so understands them; the the kaiser so under- offering. country so understands them; stands them, at last! Nothing that savors of duress will be tolerated. Nor is there excuse therefor. Never was the impulse to help more generous or more general than in our war drives in America. What counts, when the Liberty Loan is oversub- scribed? The money? Oh, no, it is the good will be- hind! The kaiser knew we had the money. It is the eagerness with which we consecrate it that makes his throne totter! Every Liberty Bond that is purchased by an indi- vidual is another nail driven hard into the Kaiser’s coffin. This has been said before but nothing is so literally true. Sixes AND SEVENS I" costs us $40,446 a min- ute to keep up the war, they say. It would cost us a few million times that to let up on it—and Kaiser Bill wouldn’t even ask us to approve the minutes. . * * The wages of sin is death. No deferred classi- fication on account of skill and experience in the industry. King George, they say, is wearing a $14 suit of clothes. Come on, George —be a good fellow—put us next to where you get the $14! ‘: . . There is a movement on foot to restore the throne in China. After all, it might pay dealers in second hand antiques to carry a few thrones. . * * McAdoo “hasn't felt so well since he was a boy.” Good reason why! Since that magic time, till now, he hadn’t had the choo-choos to play with. tHe Trutu. Are Terr Axy | ] — comicbooks.com