The Parker post., 1917-11-24
THE PRESS AND THE TREASURY


the war thousands of patriotic Amer
leans have volunteered their services
to the government Some volunteer
ed their services in the army, some
in the navy, and some i'll various
civil employments, In addition,
many III the two Liberty loan cam
paigns aud in other great national
measures have devoted and are de-
voting all or part of their time at q
nominal compensation. or entirely
without compensation, to the service
of their country
If ever list is made OF these Am
erican citizens who have volunteered
their services to their country at war
it will be found that no calling. pro-
fession, or business can show a higher
percentage tif any can be shown SO
high as that of the press of the ma
ton Large city dailies, with their
tremendous circulations, and the
small local weeklies that penetrate
into the humblest homes Of the dwell
lers in villages and on farms alike
have devoted their talents, energies,
and space to the government.
The loyal foreign-language papers
have been as generously patriotic ag
the others and have preached Ameri-
canism and duty in thirty-six differ
ent languages.
In the Second Liberty loan cam
paign, as in the First, the newspapers
OF the country have shown their un-
selfish patriotism, and the splendid
results in each campaign are In
great measure evidence Of their
power and influence.
Many millions Of American news
paper readers are now bondholdsra Of
their government, a great number
made SO through the influence Of the
newspapers they read They are in
terested as never before, and In
more direct, personal way, in govern
mental matters, ana especially in the
finances Of their government
In addition there are to be other
issues Of government bonds. These
bond issues are not going to be sold
entirely through patriotism and en-
thusiasm. Emotion alone will not
suffice to induce the American peo-
pie to absorb these tremendous bond
issues. The Judgment of the nation
must be appealed to and the people
must be thoroughly educated and in
formed as to United States bonds and
governmental finance.
URGES WATER CONSERVATION.
tBy Clifford Pinchot.
The great war In which our nation
is engaged will be won not alone by
food and men, but by mechanical
power as we'll. Without mechanical
power we could not make or move
the weapons with which we fight
guns, ammunition, ships and sup
plies. Our national resources of
power, whether from coal, oil or wa
tsrpoWer, are national war aecessi-
tfea, We need them TO win the war
In this gigantic. struggle our se~
curity requires us to use all these
great resources, and to use them wise
iy and we'll. The people OF the Unit
ed States own sone fifty million un-
developed water horsepower; or about
enough to run every train, trolley,
factory. mill, mine, and electric
power plant we have.
For ten years the friends OF conser
Vatton have urged the development of
public waterpowers in the public In
terest. But development has been
hsid back by a little group of water
power magnates and their friends In
congress who have blocked all legis-
lation which would not give them
these valuable properties forever and
for nothing.
Today. when the nation needs all
its resources, the same men who have
heen" blocking reasonable waterpower
legislation own and are holding mil
lions of water horsepower undevelop-
ed and out Of use while clamoring
for more
The time has come when nhotruc
tion threatens the nations safety
and success. We need the develop
ment OF these powers In war even
more than In peace. At the coming
session or congress sound water
power legislation should be enacted
as war measure, based upon prin-
c1ples fair to all sides.
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