Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-22
MINISTER ARMY RIP ANFI
WE MUST WIN THE WAR

Y. NJ. c.. A. funds, and refuse to
cooperate in any way to save this
country, from autocracy and slavery,
Bob Walton in his Armstrong, Mo-,
Herald says:
"Out northeast of Armstrong We
have one farmer who owns a section
of as good land as there is in the state
of Missouri. And he is a real pa
triot, too. He says he has no objec-
tons to paying any of the war taxes,
and if it is necessary he would be
willing to turn over the entire profits
of his farm to the Government for
the period of the war. This is quite
a different spirit manifested by some
of the folks who appear to have a
stroke of heart failure if asked to
contribute a dollar or so to the Red
Cross. People we must win this war
or else be slaves of Germany. Will
you cheerfully make every sacrifice
that is demanded of you, or would
you prefer to become a slave and vas
! sal of Germany? You know what the
kaiser's soldiers have done in Bel
GUM and France, and if you're not
an imbecile you know what they
would do in this country should the
German arms prevail in this war
We heard of one mar who was ask
ed to buy a Liberty Bond who replied
by saying that the war had already
hurt his business and that he could
not afford to buy the bond for that
reason. Who is it that the war has
not hurt in some way? and if it has
not up to the present time; it will hurt
before we get much deeper into thu
struggle. Fellow countrymen, we
are in the war now whether we wish.
ed to be or not, and we must stee,
ourselves to stand every hardship tha'
the war imposes, and we might al
well get into the game right now al
later on. We hear some folks say
that it makes no difference to then
what becomes of the soldiers of the
allies, just so they get all they wan
to eat--let the soldiers of the allies
who are fighting our battles and sac.
rificing their lives for our freedom
starve and die - just so their appe,
tites are satisfied. What Of
a man can have such a heart in him
Such a man is devoid of every prinei.
pie of patriotism, and if it were pos.
sible he should be drafted and sen
to the front trenches to die and starvC
if need be. And if the good womer
of this country will not do their par
to the food supplies of thu
nation they should be put on shor'
ration until they wake up to the re.
sponsibilities that are now upon thei
shoulders. They know what hap
pened to the women and children O.
Belgium and France when those coln
tries were overrun by the kaiser
invading armies, and well do the,
know what would happen to the WON.
en- and children of this country if tn
same thing should happen here
This being true, they ought to have
gumption and common sense enough
to economic in every way possibl,
with foodstuffs without being mad
to do so. Those in authority and il
position to know have warned all tn,
people of the seriousness Of condition
in regard to the supply of wheat, mea
lard and sugar, and have ~earnestl!
requested the people OF the nation u
economize in every way possible Ii
the consumption of these articles o.
food that there may be enough t.
feed our soldiers and the soldiers o.
our allies in Europe. If the people
won't do this voluntarily the Govern
ment may be forced to take charge o.
all the food supplies of the country
and use the card system of distrib.
uting the supplies to the people al
they do in the nations of Europe tina
are at war. We folks who remain a
home can well afford to curtail tn,
use of the foods that are needed fol
the soldiers i n the trenches, wher
we remember that they are making
the greatest sacrifices that is possibll
for them to make for u.s."