Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-22
THRILLS
HUNDREDS WITH
LIBERTY PLEA
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their surplus cash and when the cold
weather approaches the fire is started
In the stove and, of course, the money
is at least partly burned and
times almost completely burned when
turned in to the treasury for redemp-
ton. This causes a great deal of
work and is not nearly as safe as the
money invested in banks and Liberty
Bonds.
Twenty Trainloads of Gold.
Mr.. Burke then entered on the dis
cussion of why the allies and this
country need all of this money now.
First, he said that the allies were
practically bankrupt at the time of
the entry Of this country into the war
and that this country had. loaned the
office in Washington. the sum Of 49,
465, 200, 900. 1t is hard for the aver
age person to realize this n1oun OF
gold and SO as to make the realization
more clear he stated that this would
amount to 1900 tons voirdupois pure
gold and figuring one ton as an ave-
age wagon load he said that the train
of wagons carrying such a load would
be eel 20 miles in length. While
very few people in the audience had
such an amount of money or had ever
seen SO much at n time the amount
would still seem vague to the MAORI
ty.
Money Stays in U. S. =
The point as he expressed it was
not so much why we entered as that
now we had entered it. it was up to
us to win it and to win permanently
so as to offset any possibility of there
ever be~ another such var as this
one. 1T is better to have to give this
money than to have to send u boys
to the front to be slaughtered because
of lack of equipment" 1.-The money
has not left this country but has
the allies so that they may purchase
food Inc munitions in this country to
continue fighting. The loans have so
stimulated business that it has taxed
the treasury department to its full
capacity to supply the demand for
small coins.
What Country Accomplished.
In answer to the question. what
has this country done in its eight
months of war;" MIR. Burke said:
Never in the modern. history of the
world has q nation accomplished
what this country has during its term
in this war" "Of course the country
had to wait until congress had legis-
ldteu So DIS " give Tie "pTcSLuSut dIlO
cabinet full power to act. This was
necessary, because congress had to
face the greatest crisis that has ever
been before this country and it was
"a time to deliberate slowly and sound
ly before making n laws of any
kind. Now that the president has full
power to act things have moved more
rapidly and are still moving fast"
Among the things that have been
accomplished since the departments
have had full power to act was the
sending. of torpedo boat destroy
ers over into the danger zone which
has reduced the number of vessels
sunk since their arrival and which
has decreased the fear that hereto
fore held of the submarine. There
are ait present a large number Of
American soldiers in France. Mr..
Burke ventured to state that there are
at least 100000 American troops. He
men r in the trenches but are
merely in training behind the French
lines and that every man there is a
member of the regular army and a
professional soldier and that this
comprises the greatest body Of profess
sional fighters that are on the face of
the earth today. Also these men will
not go into the trenches until spring,
until then they will be trained to
finest point Of efficiency before they
are allowed to go. These men will be
equipped in the most modern fashion
and taught every thing that they need
to know to make them not only the
equals of their opponents but by far
the superiors. This is why the pur-
chase of Liberty Bonds is urged be-