Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1917 — ON ACCOUNT OF WAR [ARTICLE]

ON ACCOUNT OF WAR

John Brown cannot pay me the money he owes, “On account of the war.” The cook wants ten dollars a week, or she goes, “On account of the war.” 'l'he baker reduces the weight of his bread, The butcher sends steaks that could muster as lead, The tailor’s wool suits are of shoddy instead, “On account of the war.” The tinner can't patch up my roof where it leaks, “On account of the war.” The car that I bought will not come for six weeks, “On account of the war.” The cost of my shoes mounts each time that I buy, The prices on drugs are prodigiously high, But when I demur, I receive the reply, “On account of the war.” And what can I do when they airily say, “On account of the war.” What else can I do but obligingly pay, “On account of the war.”; Yes, often I wonder what some folks will do, When all of the world with its warfare is through, And they can no longer pass by in review, t “On account of the war.” —Brattleboro Reformer.