The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1914-12-31

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have existance for themselves. II
men and women were paid a decent
wage for their work they would
have less dishonesty among the
men and fewer wayward women.
And yet this is called Free Amer
ica." Who is free1 Who is given
the credit for making our country
progressive? The man with the
cash. But who does the work. Is
il not our working class Of people
that do itr Therefore who should
we help? The people OF our own
land or the war victims? do not
wish to impress the idea that the
Belgians should not receive assist
ance. BY all means let US help
them after we have looked after our
own poor. Not before.
Why do we not try to get the fac
tories in the United States that
have been closed in the foreign
countries? Are we not Just as in
telligent as the people of those ma
tions2 Could we not build and op-
crate those factories here1 There.
by giving the unemployed Of our
land a chance to care for those who
are dependent on them for support.
Would il not make our country
more independent than she has ev-
er been2 Would we not be in a
better position to help the war vic.
tims1 How many unemployed
men and women do we meet in our
every day life? Men with families
depending on them for support.
OH il we could only go into the
homes of our unemployed and see
the utter wretchedness Of them,
could we only see how poverty
reigns supreme, could we witness
the starving children that die every
day by the hundreds, we would
think more OF giving our assistance
to Americas poor.
Let US wake up and see what can
be done to eliminate the suffering
OF our people. Let us begin our
charity at home and when we erad-
icate the slums of America then we
can turn our attantion to the unfor.
tunate OF other nations. Let US
advance the price OF wheat our far
mer raise by making a market for
their products. In order to do
that the United States must build
factories Of her own. Are we 20.
ing to sit down and quietly hold
our hands and see our country
sink for want OF courage to run il
on independent basis1 To do so
would be only to acknowledge that
Americas sons and daughters were
sadly lacking in confidence, cour.
age or intellect. Suppose the
present wars should last Gas il in
all probably wilD three or four
years. Can we afford to wait un-
til the foreign nations are at peace
before we again begin to turn the
wheels OF progression, OH where
is the courage and confidence that
should be found in every heart OF
our American citizens? Can not
our love for the Grand Old Flag"
arouse us into action! Can we
close our ears to those in distress!
Can we close our eyes and hearts
to the suffering humanity OF Amer
lea! Nol We must get into ac-
ton and turn our country into the
land OF plenty. Let every true
American do bis or her part TO
raise our country out OF trenches.
Let our country prosper by the
misfortune that has befallen other
countries, thereby placing our
selves in position to lift the peo-
pie OF those warring nations out OF
the depths OF poverty into which
they have fallen. Let US wake up
to the fact that our country is be-
ing impoverished, our poor is be-
ing neglected for the sake of the
war victims. Get into action-.-to
day. Do not wait until tomorrow.
Let each and everyone do their
part TO MAKE our country Fnore