Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-08

who urges you. or any group Of non
which urges you to raise q greater
crop without spending more than
their, breath n newspaper space are
nothing o nor less than the tools
and agents Of the multi-millionaire
gambling fiends Of the east"
Coming to the war. he said: I'm
time Of war, like this. the first big
thing 10 men to fight the war. A ma
will go to battle.
DAY before yesterday something
like ten million Of tho best mon in the
United States marched to tho polls
and there registered a. being Of age
and eligible to go to war. and by 30
doing, said to their country, We are
willing to give our lives, we are willing
to give all the blood In our bodies;
all We have; we c~onsecrate to- the
United States in this defense. This ID
a. far a. patriotism. can 60, because
our lives are all we have
Liberty Loan Unjust.
'Ilook a little further and see
II everything is fair and just. 1t
takes not only lives, but money to
wage war. It takes not only mil
lions Of lives, but billions and bill
lions Of dollars to pay the cost of
war. The people have provided
the men; now we arc providing
tho money TO carry on the war,
and this Il how we do it; We to.
DAY are borrowing money to pay
me cost OF war; we today are sell
ling bonds to pay the cost Of war;
We are selling the bonds to the
people; urging the brothers and
Sisters OF those men who will give
lives 80 that whom this ma
fHAn "a thRnNvnk~ ~vAAH~ 49, $500
there will be perhaps one, two,
three, ten or maybe fifteen bill
lions of dollars of debts placed
upon the backs of the farmers Of
this nation when the war is over,
two or three years from this time;
these boys will come back from
the var and they, ~ citizens Of
the United States must face m
even greater problem than they
face In b trenches ACROSS the
80; the problem OF paying the
'T1nis IL wrong all wrong. I say
to you tina measure is anything
but patriotic, because IL takes the
heart out of these boys when they
go across the water to fight bat
ties. knowing that when they got
back they must pay for 1t. When
they get backs Some o for the
boys that go across to fight"
Spirit OF Attack.
This was putting 1t somewhat diff
ferently than at Devils Lake and q
Williston. but It still contained tn,
spirit Of attack on the government
and the war and Liberty Loan. Il
conclusion he said: II say that thi
nation. 10 worth 100 to 1876 billion dol
lars: Twenty-Five billion dollars IL al
at the outside 1t will take to fight tn,
war. You have piled up in places tina
more than it will take to win tn,
war. Now I will sAy to you, that i
these ten million young men give GU
their lives a. freely AZ they do, tina
this government should take Of tn
Observation-Disclosures enough, leavin,
them something to live on, to fight tn,
wer. When this war 10 over. this gov
e1nnasnt will give back to the mothe
what - left OF her son. back t o tn
tfto aiseer what IL Deft of the brothe,
taad back to, the sRaetheart what /
u let Of the lover. This nation 1.-The,
gtves back to US az. much az 10 LOFT
60 1t should DO with the wealth. civ
back what 10 left.
y Az the crowd was dispensing q reso
LUTON plsdging support to the govern
mont was read and declared adopted.
Thomson to Bat.
o. NJ. Thomson called attention t
IN inadvertment omission in the stor
Of the Williston meeting, In which h
was quoted as giving figures to tn
effect that tho $500 elevators in tn
state Of North Dakota had robbed tn
farmers Of the state of an average O
$1,000 per elevator per year.. Nj
Thomason said in his talk at Willisto
that the figures had been given I
Commissioner of Agriculture Hage
by an adjustor Of the Great Norther
railroad. I gladly make the amend
mont a. I have endeavored to avoi
misquoting or misrepresenting any Q
the speakers.
I sincerely hope that none Of tn
speakers will trim their sails" at tn
Grand Forks roundup, and "
would suggest that the businessme
and the professional mon Join wit
the farmers of the vicinity of Gran
Forks in hearing this socialistic Cos
pei.
Attack Hemdrickson.
Ono Of tho interested guests" yes
terdAy WaS Representative 6taale Hen
erickson Of CoteaM, to whom Townle
and others paid their r~espscts'' q
one OF the legislators who helped XII
House Bill A. staals's name shout
be brighter than ever on the ''roll q
honor" a. one who helped 70 saw tn
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