Useful for Whom, a broadside by Jory Slate, argues that hymns of Useful Endings disguise the rendering of the living as surplus and demands that, if the ward drinks people, the act be named tax rather than mercy while asking who sets the rate. A church counter-pamphlet claims rumor is rot, the wardline's light equals a child's sleep, and doubt is a draft to be closed. A consular notice warns that interference with mortuary operations is a felony and asks citizens to report pamphleteers to the nearest bell.
