Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — THE PENALTY OF GREED [ARTICLE]

THE PENALTY OF GREED

In these trying hours there may arise a few who will try to get rich quick at the expense of the nation and its people. But it will be neither profitable or wise for them to attempt anything of the kind. If their business is national in its scope, the government will handle them without gloves. The President has so warned them. If their business is local in its character, we, the people, will see that they get their just deserts. - There must be no pripe boosting, no gouging, no angling for sudden wealth for the few at the expense of misery for the many. The man who can not be a patriot . from choice must have it thrust upon him . froni necessity. The people are mighty and their will must prevail. It must, be a period of loyalty and live and let live. A farmer /hitched :up .to his- old wagon the other day and brought a load of twenty-five bushels of potatoes to town. He traded his load for a new wagon, sold -his old one to a second-hand dealer for S2O (more than the potatoes cost him to raise), and left for home wearing a smile visible from the rear. Who says the tales of the Arabian Nights are fiction? —-Ex.