Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-14

of US only in terms Of profit, prosper
ity, wealth. ease and cowardice. found
that our old love for justice was not
gone, the old passion for liberty, the
sympathy for the oppressed, the fer
vor and finality of American patriot
ism, the old ideals of America helping
the world toward n better future.
These are In our hearts today.
IT'S OUR WAR.
It Is our war, an American war. and
the burdens of the war are upon us.
Our nation has declared war, and that
Is final. The government or nation
that first shakes its fist and finger
afterwards falls into contempt. There
remains only for us to bear that por-
ton of the burden in accordance with
our ability to do so. Our drive comes
first When our boys go ''over the
top" some will give their lives and
some will be MANNED or diseased for
life. Our drive is only to give them
the best there is, to make them fit, to
give them the best possible chance Of
| victory and life. Your share of the
burden is up to YOU. Today we make
history. THE GOVERNMENT COULD
TAKE OUR MONEY, TAKE 1T BY
| TANNING OUR EXCESS AND EVEN
TAKE THE MONEY WE NEED. But
OUR NATION DOES NOT ASK
| THAT. We are Americans, and we
are patriots, and our nation only asks
! that we lend it our money during the
war and 1t promises to pay the prin-
| cipal thereof back to US, together with
| interest.
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| our life nor our bodies. not even our
| money. 1t only asks that we loan dur
| ing the war at interest. Yet to our
: children and our children's children,
| the bond representing our loan will
| mean OUR share in the victory and in
| the war. 1t will represent UJI'
| DRIVE. When the story of this battle
of liberty Is told. the battles will have
| been fought not only in the trenches
in Europe, but in your own home
county. When the story ls told to the
sons and daughters of liberty. the glory
! will be to those in the trenche. and to
| those whose drives at home made
! those in the trenches FIT.
DOLLARS PLUS OUR BOYS.
| Our drive resolves itself into simple
problems of patriotism. our dollars
plus our boys equals speedy victory
and more of our boys returning to lis
after the war. Our boys minus our
dollars equals we paint the pic
ture Of our boys brought to the top
vigor of the joy of living to be fit to
| fight. facing death without proper
food, without proper clothes, without
proper equipment. Such an appalling
.,e
| incompatible.
This is our war for our children and
our children's children. our flag, now
| in the war, must come out as untarn
| ished and as sanctified as it went in
Until our object is accomplished we
must continue to send our boys to the
! field of battle in Europe. How many
we MUST SEND DEPENDS UPON
OUR DRIVE TOMORROW. Is there
a man in Ada county who has made q
single dollar out of this war who will
not lend it to the nation tomorrow
All that the nation asks is that each
bear and share in accordance with his
ability and capacity to do So
The ultimate responsibility of tbs
drive in Ada county tomorrow rests
upon each and everyone of us. WoulC
that all of us could comprehend the
tremendous responsibility of the drive
that commences tomorrow, to the enc
that 1t may not be necessary for any
man who holds a single dollar which
he could loan to the nation. to face oul
children and childrens children. the
sons and daughters Of liberty, wher
the story of this drive is told. 1t Is
not only our excess money. the money
we can spare, that we must give, 1t Is
the money that we actually need thai
we must give until we FEEL it. Oul
hearts must glow with a good deed
done. We must be juhilant In giving