The Jasper weekly courier., 1917-07-13

tons battle in the field and said:
'"You nay carry TO the trench this
promise of the republic: while you are
the common enemy IN the
field, | pledge the honor of the repub-
lie to protect your wife and child
against the copperhead of greed who
dares to speculate with the nations
food
"And Woodrow Wilson turned to
congress and said:
"You give me law to make good
the pled-c of the republic
"And The buZZards began to swarm
in the lobbies, and the snakes crawled
out of their holes and coiled them
selves about the columns of the cap
itol, and Joe Cannon, true to form,
tried to rally the lawmakers against
the protective measures of the presi-
dent,-but there stood Wilson, the
dreamer, now a doer, with flashing
eve, pointing to the republics prom
ise. And because Wilson of the vel
vet touch who wrote the notes had
become a man of iron, the will of VIII
son was written into Raw, and during
the period of the war murder, arson.
and highway robbery may be safe, but
God pity the copperhead ard pirate
who dares to line his pockets on the
nations needs.
"But that was not enough. The
times demand the mobilization of the
producers of the nation, the centrali
zation Of distribution, the domination
of a master mind in the problem Of
the nations food. And Woodrow Will
son with a passion for efficiency
locked across the sea, and in the mar
velous record of the American genius
of organization who had fed the mil
lions of dependent Belgium, he found
the man the nation needs today-and
at the beck and call of Wilson, Hoover
put on the harness for the nations
good.
The Liberty Loan.
"But that was not enough 1t re-
ouires billions of dollars TO finance
the greatest fight in the history of
mankind for the greatest stake that
humanity has ever battled for since
the dawn of time. And Woodrow
Wilson the dreamer, now doer, had
the courage and the genius to turn
his back on the house of Morgan and
hold forth his hands to the millions
of the mine and factory and field.
"God pity the man of such petty
party spleen that he would withhold
from the administration the need of
praise for determining to go directly
to the people for the financing of the
battle for democracy.
"The Liberty Loan is the transla-
tion of the Declaration of Independ-
ence into the language of finance.
Because this war is for liberty and
democracy and not for gain. Wood
row Wilson said that no buzzards of
greed, no mercenary clippers of cou-
pons, no spectators on a nations
necessities shall hover over the dead
and dying of the battle field and lick
their chops in anticipation Of their
profits. And he went to the people
for the loan-to the end that the peO-
pie may reap the profit with the loss.
And he made it easy for the man in
the factory and f1ine to contribute to
the loan and share in the profit.
Thomas Jefferson gave US political
democracy; Woodrow Wilson has given
us financial democracy.
"Thomas Jefferson freed US from
the kings of courts; Woodrow Wilson
has freed us from the kings of the
counting room.
"Thomas Jefferson gave us liberty
and Woodrow Wilson gave us oppor-
tunity.
Thank God for McAdoo."
"And Woodrow Wilson did some
thing more-he gave us the greatest
secretary of the treasury since Alex
ander Hamilton.
"Thank God for a secretary of the
treasury who has the genius and the
courage to transfer the financial cap
ital of the country from Wall stree
to Washington.
"Thank God for a secretary who i!
not ashamed to place the bonds of the
people in the hands of the grimy sons
of toll.
THANK God for a secretary whc
fears no ridicule for going out among
the masses and asking them to buy ;
bond and showing them how it can b
bought.
"Thank God for secretary VIII,
has more democracy than dignity
more courage than craft.
ayes, and | say it reverently, il
this crisis of our history, thank Coz
for the genius, the energy, the grit
and greatness Of McAdoo.
Wilson-The Efficient.
"But Woodrow Wilson was no
through. His keen, constructive min,
foresaw the vital need cf co-ordinat
ing the industrial resources of the ma
tion to meet the grim demands o
war-and he called to his side tn
greatest minds of the Industrial worl
and placed within their hands. tn
power TO act.
"Note the intense activity and tn
unerring judgment of Woodrow VII
son:
"He needed a builder-and ther
stands GoethalS.
"He needed an inventor-and ther
looms Edison.
"He needed a master of transporta
tion problemS-and there is Willard
"He needed a director and distrib
utor of food-and there stands Hoo
yer.
"Fe needed an inspiring, dashinp
dominating. safe and sane leader fo
the fields of France-aad there ride
Black Jack Pershing-the son Q
Mars.
"He needed a concilliator and dip,c
mat for Russia, and brushing aside q
parry though he turned to Root.
la .e.s-I.es vs.. Truth.