Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-05-02
..Yermont Is Patriotic. 2

Vermont Is Patriotic.
vermont is patriotic as usual. En-
! listments by the men of the Green
Hills in the navy have been many,
and though one would hardly expect
that a peculiarly agricultural and
mountain population would incline
toward sea service, it must be remem-
bered that eight American admirals
have been natives of Vermont. Thirty
five men from ST. Johnsbury and
| nearby towns have enlisted in the
! navy since the war call went forth,
and one of them is the Rev. Mr..
Cairns of Wheelock, who, from
preaching the gospel, goes to become
second-class boatswain' mate. Among
these navy enlistments at St. Johns
bury were several Vermonters who
were rejected for the militia now IN
service following the physical exam
/ nation, but who were bound to serve
their country anyway. All the in
f1uential newspapers of Vermont are
advocating the CONSUMPTION. Dos
ton Transcript.
Catholic Loyalty.
In the pledge of loyalty to the
president made by the archbishops of
the Catholic church occur two ex-
pressions of patriotic sentiment de-
serving of special attention. These
are the paragraphs in which the arch
bishops in Acknowledgement of "the
gratitude we have always felt for the
protection of our spiritual liberty
and the freedom of our Catholic in
stitutions under the flag" prefer
their devotion in maintaining 'the
principles which have been Americas
proudest boast" and pledge them
selves Incorporate in every way
possible with our president and our
national government, to the end that
the great and holy cause of liberty
may triumph and that our beloved
country may emerge from this hour
of test stronger and nobler than ever
These sentiments evidence an
Americanism of the highest type.
They are calculated to exert an i'm
mense influence over hundreds of
thousands of alien residents who be-
long to the Catholic church but who
have not been politically assimilated
1t is this aspect of the pledge Of
the Catholic hierarchy which consti-
tutes it's most important public ser
vice. There has never been any
question of Catholic loyalty in the
United States. But the solemn afffr-
nation of it at this time, in the cir
cumstances, is certain to have an i'm
pressive effect where that effect is
most to be desired.-New York
/ World.
CONSUMPTION.
Now that the enactment Of the
presidents conscription bill is as
sured as it ought to have been from
the first this country will avoid one
Of
fioundered in the early part of the
war
This CONSUMPTION bill is an entirely
different measure from the old draft
law of Civil War days. During the
war of the Rebellion the volunteer
system was relied on to the limit and
| it was only as a last resort that the
draft was used to force men into the
army.
Under those circumstances a stig-
ma was attached to the man who was
| drafted and the volunteers looked up
on him as a man who was put into
the army against his will instead of
coming forward to the call of his
country.
The present CONSUMPTION act is bas-
ed on different idea. The working
out of this plan is under the theory
and actual practice that all of US are
| conScrlpted.
Some of US because of age, lack of
| physical vigor or through skill in es-
sential trades will not be permitted
to enter the army but are drafted
| just the same to do our part on the
farm, in the factory or in the great
business organizations that are es-
/ sential to carrying forward war.
From the ranks of the young and
| strong will be selected the fighting
men who will be called to the colors.
/ 1t will be an honor to be drafted in
this way into the army.
While the rest of US who are draft
ed to other service may be just as es-
sential to final success, our jobs will
be tanner, without color, and without
hope of glory.
To raise an army of two million
men will require two soldiers from
every one hundred of population It
will be signal honor to be one of the
selected conscripts of this group. We
who are drafted to other duties shall
| be envious of the rank conferred.
Certainly there viii be no disgrace
attached to the name of conscript in
this war.-Bennington Banner.
Proof that Advertising Lowers Sell
Eng-COst.
The rising cost of living is the
great universal hardship Of the pres
ent day. So great and so many have
| these rises been that few people stop
to realize that there have been any
exceptions to the general rule. But
the fact is that there have been nu-
merous exceptions, and all of these
exceptions belong to the same great
class-that of nationally advertised
goods.
The old idea that the cost Of adver-
Using raises prices dies hard. But
the business man knows better. He
/ knows that selling goods IS costly
business, no matter what the goods
| or what the selling-methods And he
knows that ANYTHING which creates
demand on Iarge scale, ard thus
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