The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-10

while not restraining legitimate BUSH
ness. because that is unnecessary will
prevent valuable food and other things
from being thrown into the scrap
heap. literally wasted and rendered
valueless to everybody.
Life and Property.
Wars involve sacrifices. as | said
before ] have heard some grumbling
about taxes. l have sympathy always
with the feeling that we ought not to
haye new burdens put upon us.
| DON'T want to put burdens upon any
body, and I certainly do not want.
where additional burdens must he
imposed. to have them unjustly or I'M
fairly distributed. These new taxes
ought to be eauitably imposed. The
difficulty about 1t is that everybody
has got a different idea about equity.
Every man has his own notion about
equity. and l find, as rule. that his
notion about equity is very much dis
torted when his own interest Is af
fected. That is human nature. and I
am not criticislng human nature. The
man who does not reckon with human
nature had better quit trying to do
business. You have got to realize
that fact The point | want to make,
fellow citizens. is this; We have got to
stand these burdens and make these
sacrifices. ] want to draw a contrast
for you. You have just passed this
draft bill. GU have Faid 10 the young
men of the country between twenty
one and thirty years of age. We take
you: we take your life: you must die
IL necessary to protect the property
and the liberties Of the people who
do not go upon the field of battle
you men who stay here at home. my
sons and your sons must go. l have
three sons who have already volun-
teered for the navy; thank God. they
| said they were willing to serve their
country; and. as / said in st. Paul on
Saturday. | would not confess that !
had three sons II they did not have the
spirit OF America in them. We send
our sons, my friends. out to tight to
protect you and your property. Now.
because we are stingy about taxation
or because we bubble about how the
money shall be raised. are We going to
let our sons go TO the front i'll
equipped. Improperly armed. so that
they cannot sell their lives as dearly
as possible. 90 that they cannot make
their lives count for all that their
blood and spirit are worth? l don't
believe that there is corporaN
guard Of men in America who will
| willing to give more freely of their
property than Of the blood of their
citizens Shall We he more tender with
our dollars than We are with The lives
Of our sons,
II want 70 ask YOU men here today
because YOU are the men who form
public opih!su In this country, to get
behind your government and help
wake up the people Of the necessity
for making these sacrifices of property
as well as these sacrifices of blood
because after ali 1t ia perfectly useless
to expend the blood Of our sons upon
the Geld Of battle unless we support
! them at home. Not only that, my
friends. bur I want you to think Of
this: All she sacrifices OF treasure that
we may make to gain a victory-and
We are going to gain that victory no
matter what the sacrifice may be-.
will be f4aH4tasir3at cn=ap pared with
the sacrifices that every man of prop
erty in this country will have to make
II Germany wins this war and plants
the iron heel OF conqueror upon our
shores You may think that ] am
speaking extravagantly when ! say
that. but am not my friends. Some
wit or philosopher said that the best
friends Of the United States were the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Do you
realize that that time has gone hy7
) Tire Atlantic ocean today. under the
conditions Of modern warfare. isn't
anything than three-rnile wide