Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-11-28

that robbery, that will not raise his
complice Of murder. Because through
this. starvation claims hundreds Ut
THOUSANDS . 49,.
face 81 Il Is earth sa today These eentie
it almost Impossible for us to, buy bonds
apiece sn tsat int shsy take away ad frem u.s.
with that money we today could buy
all the bonds that are offered for sale
and have two billion dollars left. ZAP.
They would not invest the money in
bonds themselves, because they want to
use 1t In industrial enterprise to make
But while the house is on fire. and the
boy carries away the water; II we stop
down off the roof to chastise the boy,
the house i may burn burn up before r we G get
have got to put out the fire the best
we can. and then we take care of the boy
the next day.
gone to war. and are going. 1t takes q
those. armies. 1t is tremendous task
nation lon to the limit. it would tax this
nation to the limit If we could use all
1t puts a heavier burden upon us now,
since they refuse to throw this money
into the cauldron. But even while they
while they rob these American people Of
FOUR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS "A
YEAR, and make it we'll nigh impossible
for us to buy bonds, because they leave
| nothing with us to buy them; even while
they take, that gigantic sum and crowd
into their own &c coers even while
with their arms red to the elbow in the
blood Of this American people
Eha'e w thSy t fsl d6 R
prove ourselves one million times great
er patriots than they are, by BUYING
these bonds. and financing the war by
war success in spite. Of them. who
make it almost impossible for us to do
it, wS A 1l93; ns9;,o ,,uso,,,ou ,,,,,on.
times more a patriot than they are. We
will finance the war. We win win lib
erty and democracy for all the world;
will take every COMPOUNDED cent of that
billion a year, and we will conscript
to pay the h91 tSis (A APP
1t is not It is the peoples war, tho
rich men make money out of it: and we
will see that 1t is success. Gap
three billion Sc!iars $. worth Of tsaS PEI
M the %osd n9 fha any ete nte
back Of it are the
gent, people to. develop the resources;
and back of those bonds is the right and
power Of these American people to shape
their own government as they see fit
ruled the land, the bonds would not be
so good. Because one man might ball
the whole thing up. But here in the
racy, these bonds are perfectly good be.
cause we have it in our power to see
that these gentlemen here who have the
| m no. ho
being sood Wien a1G ney f have
; money enough, that they stole from us
, say again, If we didn't have it ii
our power to make that arrangement
, the bonds would not be so good. Blu
) est way to-get at these fellows here. /,
: : to buy bonds, finish the war, and ther
take up this other matter.
3 So don't hesitate a single minute tt
! invest any money you have got in Unit
ed %ts States . bonds 4Sa They bear per cen
Eood: ana sure as the world they ar
TO be- m pa 4ps a ct ns ne
3 this other money too, but we can't GET
it. (Laughter).
r The government has to look for mon
E this, where the government can ge
, nelp, is or patriots; that Is why they
E come to you. The best proof that yo1
3 are patriots, is that the government SO
: licits you to buy the bonds. and tn
2 best proof that THEY are not, is tina
e they don't buy the bonds with yer,
Z large part Of their money.
Now just one word more dom
! want to talk to you longer. It is no.
necessary: You have been here tw
e hours and a half.
But want to say to you, that thes,
= American farmers and working men, ar
engaged today in a gigantic struggle
s are engaged today in a gigantic strug
= gle against the corporations in thes,
r United States. that today control 60 pc
e cent Of the wealth and have so far &C
complished the complete control of tn,
. industrial world Of this country, tina
+. they can take FOUR BILLION DOLL
3 AIRS of war profits away from us Will,
t we are enaged in battle. The farmer!
e of North Dakota send to you today thr,
me, greetings; and they say to you tina
} II you will benefit by their experience
e II you will waste no opportunity to SCI
$ to 1t that at the next election you d,
t what they did in North Dakota. the!
: will go shoulder to shoulder with you
grasp your hand, and together we viii
t march forward toward q day in tn,
United States when men may not ro1
even one hundred million dollars a TIL,
American people that does not belong t,
4 them. I thank you. (Cheers).