American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-05-10


being considered, or any other body
OF men should be permitted to tie up
our railroads or any of our industries
during this war or at any other time.
And no body of men such as the pool
hall gang of loungers, should be per-
mitted to play their cunning game
with deceitful hands, but should be
drafted into the federal service, plac-
ed on farms and made to produce for
themselves. the soldiers and the
families of the men who are at the
front fighting battles for us.
We read in the papers yesterday,
that we are to have an army of 1,172,-
Isl men under arms. l predict that
the number will reach as many more
before the close of the war. But we
must have an army, other than the
men in arms; we must have an army
of several million men and boys in
our fields of agriculture to produce a
sufficient food supply, not for our
selves alone, but for our allies and
who is able to estimate the measure
of the supply that will be needed,
when we take into consideration the
result of the food loss due to the sub
marine menace We must have anOth-
er army Of several hundred thousand
to man our railroads so that these
supplies may be transported without
delay as we'll as an army TO operate
our industries so that We will not De
found lacking in anything. We must
have patriotic bankers and | am glad
to note that we have many of them
In addition we must have patriotic
erchants-merchants who will be
satisfied with a reasonable profit, men
who will not take advantage of the
crisis that is upon us to increase their
profits. as has been the case with mer-
chants of other nations at war. l be-
lieve we have merchants who are true
patriots, but we must have more. We
must have an army of economic house
wives and our young people must
spend less on dress and pleasure, for
with all our wealth, a few months of
war will make us both to see and feel
great need. Our young people would
do we'll to study the conditions of the
young people in England, France and
Germany, that they might know the
better how to economize now, so that
they may have sufficient in the coming
months.
We need a nation of patriots and l
say it with positive conviction, that
these United States have no room for
any who are not true patriots and if
my patriotism was questioned as is
the patriotism of many. I would avail
myself of every opportunity to prove
my loyalty as citizen and to the flag
that protects me.
love the people of France, Russia,
, Germany, England and all the belli-
/, gerent nations as we'll as all the peo-
} ple of the earth, but l hate with all
: the power to hate which | possess. the
! military spirit which predominates
- many of them. l have always been an
} advocate of peace. and l want If 1t
please God. that peace shall come
quickly. but I want a peace that viii
bring honor to our king, the Prince
: of Peace. This must be a peace that
will bring an end to all war and I do
j not want TO see us sheath the sword
= until the whole world has been
: brought to the place where they will
t make peace on this basis. And if our
: sons shall be called upon to shed their
r blood in the interest of such a peace
: I am sure that our God will not permit
= them to go uncrowned for so doing.
l want that our flag shall be kept
free from stain. but do not want that
we shall say to our boys, take the
flag and do not permit it to be stained
! and then feel that We have done our
l part. want that we shall say, Take
the flag and we will help you keep il
4 clean by giving of our means freely tc
l establish Y. NJ. c. A. camps on the
, front to furnish a moral atmosphere
e by sending food a plenty that you may
r never suffer hunger, clothing thai
r your bodies may be kept warm, physi
= clans many that your pains may bC
relieved and your wounds dressed, anC
= to this end l am willing to dedicate
), myself to toll early and late" anC
= l call upon you, my fellow citizens anC
+ patriots, to thus defend our liberty
$ which was bought at such price.