The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-12-21


had been introduced by Col. Tom o.
Smith, master of ceremonies.
Because there is a bully who has
gotta be licked" he answered back his
we'll chiseled features set with determ-
nation, reminding one of that Dit OF
western parlance, When you say thai
to me. SMILE" and since he halls from
the middle west his auditors backed
his assertion with vociferous applause.
Mr.. Vanderlip made his remarks
very brief at the luncheon ana Went
Immediately to the Jefferson theatre
after the luncheon talk, and made an
address of about 20 minutes following
Mrs. vanderlip and Mrs. u. II. Mains
who spoke briefly also
MRS. vANDERLIP'S SPEECH
Mrs. Vanderlip made very matter
Of fact talk, appealing to the women
to do their part in the great fight Tor
democracy, stating that they had never
had anything to do in other wars but
nurse and suffer-but now they will
have to take up the work OF the men
who are going to the front, do every
sort of work imaginable. Just as the
women of the other allied countries are
now doing in every other part OF the
world. Mrs. Vanderlip was freely ap-
plauded, and at the conclusion OF her
short talk a rousing, ringing volley
Of cheers broke loose.
Oscar Wells, chairman OF the Jet,
ferson theatre meeting, introduced
Mrs. Vanderlip, and next in turn Mrs.
g. H. Mathis was presented. Mrs,
Mathis said many we'll pointed things,
but nothing she said or could have
said would have hit her audience two
inches below the collar bone on the
left side as true as what she did say:
II have son, the only one l have.
over there and received a cable
gram from him yesterday stating that
he was all right, but perhaps he is II
the trenches today-and that's all right
too for he is doing his duty. If l had
10 boys. and the government needed
every one of them, | would say, go
bows and it, would be all right then
too, for they would be fighting for God
and their country"
Mrs. Mathis stated that she had seen
Alabama go from in arrears $2,000,ooo,
in the feeding of Alabama, to sur
plus in 1917 of several million. In 1916,
Alabama crops were valued at $4,000
900. while in 1917 the crop is worth
$500, 900, 900.
"War, pestilence, famine and ten
ancy is what nations are bothered
WITH and in Alabama we are worrying
with tenancy. What we need is public
sentiment in our favor-that will win
anything if the basic principles are
correct" said Mrs. Mathis.
MIR. VANDERLIP'S ADDRESS
Mr.. vanderlip spoke for about 20
minutes at the Jefferson and his state
ments were concise, business-like and
every blow landed with force. His ad-
dress registered. He was greeted by a
splendid audience.
ut is all right for you women to
knit sweaters, but there is much more
for you to do. for you may be work
ing in the munition plants before the
struggle is over said Mr.. Vanderlip.
This war is not between Washing
ton and Berlin-it is our whole nation
and central powers at war. The peo-
pie of the United States must realize
their responsibility in sais. war, which
is almost an impossible lesson in this
moment of intense prosperity.
"But we will win-we will lick
the buIIy-all 1t takes is for us
to get the size of the job straight
In our heads before we start and
then take nm inventory OF what
we have to do the job with. When
1T il all over we will have new
understanding Of democracy as one
of the recompenses of the war.
There will be many by-products
also, such as thrift, frugality, in
dustry and disciplineJ broader
view Of citizenship, our response
bility through the lessons and
trials that we will experience will
proyc "a special dispensatiOn of di-
| vine province.
! .oThere will be no trouble about
| money in this war. for we have
! first mortgage ON the United
States. hut it will take muscle and
| fresh raw material and empty
| workshops to be turned over 10
! the government.
FINANCING WAR
| but here suddenly We have new
unit--a unit beyond the boundary line
| OF conference.-the unit of billion
| dollars. Multiply that unit Is times
and you have the size of the appro-
priation that Congress made for eX-
| penditure this year--a golden ring
around the equator of $40 gold pieces
placed edge to edgv-an amount sc
large that Congress didn't comprehend
, 1t when it appropriated it. None u
| us can comprehend 1t. From the first
| day OF the foundation of this gov
| eminent down to the beginning. of this
fiscal year. the total expenditures OF
1 the government for all purposes
| through all the days of war and peace
1 the war of 1912, the Mexican war, the
great rebellion, and the Spanish war
| the pension funds, the Panama canal
all public buildings-the total expen'
| ditures Of every kind that this gov
| eminent has paid out Of the treasur,
| window in 1875 years amount to onl,
! S26, 400, 100000 and we have had APP
propriated for expenditure this veal
$1s,000,000.0O0.
ct is true that out of this we shall
probably loan our allies $6,000,000,00
4 this year--loan 1t to them to speni
here in America. In other words, VIZ
are putting upon our workshops tht
task OF producing things to the value
Of = substantial part Of $19.o0o.oo0 ,0O'