Scheming politicians are taking up the cry and claiming to be the "discoverers of the scheme to "give the soldiers land." They plan to get this land for little or nothing and sell it to the state or the national government at a big profit and have the government give it to the soldiers and require them to live upon and clear it. Another scheme being developed in western Washington is to save the government donate millions of dollars to irrigate the arid sagebrush lands of central Washington, and to give the soldiers the land (worth from 50 cents to $5 per acre) and have them buy a water right (at $100 per acre) payable in 36 annual payments. In this way the soldier, who saved the world from autocracy will be given land worth 50 cents to $5 per acre and required to improve it, pay $100 per acre for water and struggle under debt for 36 years. The politicians will claim the "honor" of having accomplished this and will expect the soldier vote to retain them in office as their share of the "rake-off" for the scheme.

WHY NOT TAFT?
With the passing of Theodore Roosevelt attention is being turned toward William Howard Taft, our former president in the United States. That was in 1908 and we feel certain that he has lost none of his fitness by having been president and the vast experience he gained during his administration and since. 