The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-06-16
BOOST FOR
MY COUNTRY
A Patriotic Greed For The
School Children
/ am an American.


| belong to the United States ol
America, and am proud of it, because
my country is great and strong, and
its ideals are just and humane.
l love my country because it stands
for liberty and against all forms of
slavery, tyrany, and unjust privilege.
| love my country because it is a
democracy, where the people govern
themselves, and there is no heredi-
tary class to rule them.
| love my country because the feel
ing of the people is against all classes
and what classes we have are CON
stantly mingling and breaking up.
| love my country because it never
wishes to conquer any other country,
nor to annex any territory that does
not belong to it without the consent
of the people who live in such terri
tory.
| love my country because the only
use it has for an army and navy is to
defend itself from unjust attack and
to protect its citizens.a.
l love my country because it is
founded on the principle of fedora
tion and not of empire.
| love my country because it is
ready to join with the other nations
of the world in World Federation,
and thus do away forever with war,
whenever the other nations are will
ing.
love my country because it has al
ways been foremost in settling inter
national disputes by arbitration.
| love my country because it asks
nothing for itself it would not ask
for all humanity.
| love my country because it is the
land of opportunity; the way to sue
cess is open to every person, no mat
ter hat his birth of circumstances
| love my country because the op-
pressed of other countries are well
come here, and have all rights and
privileges of native citizens if they
ODty Jul laws.
| love my country because every
child in it can get an education free
in It's public schools and more money
is spent on training children here
than in any other country.
love my country because women
are respected and honored
l love my country because the
workers are constantly striving to
improve their condition, wages are
higher here than anywhere else in
the world, and men, women and chill
dren have more to eat and are better
clothed.
| love my country because it is
considered here honorable to work
and those people who do no useful
labor are looked upon with disfavor
l love my country because life is
protected, order is maintained, and
property is secure.
| love my country because, if any
one is dissatisfied with things as they
are he can change them, if he can
induce enough people to agree with !
him
l love my country because we have
free speech and free press.
l love my country because it inter
feres with no persons religion.
| love my country because its peo-
pie are industrious, energetic, inde- |
pendent. friendly and have a sense |
of humor.
! love my country because it gives |
me full opportunity to live my own
life, and l wish so to live that | shall |
be of service to my country.
l love my country because its he
roes are such characters of George |
Washington and Abraham Lincoln,
who loved to serve and not to rule.
l will serve my country if in any
way l can. l will strive to be a good |
and will not do anything that |
may wrong the republic. l wish to
live for my country.
If need be, l will die for my coun-
try.