Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1911 — Young Age Pensions. [ARTICLE]

Young Age Pensions.

Young age pensions! Why not? Titles, honors, riches, pensions and most other good things are, as a rule, postponed to a period of life when the capacity for enjoying them has been blunted. Australia was one of the first countries to adopt old-age pensions, and now a "Labor member of the commonwealth parliament proposes a complementary scheme of young age pensions. He would start by pensioning the fourth child at birth. The fact that three had previously been born showed that the parents were doing their duty and deserving well of the state. The young age pension would “reward industry and encourage the birth rate.” —London Chronicle.