Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-07
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LII WAS an economical ilnpossibility3
-stupid-no nation dared 80 to war Y
Blonde Beast Of Besiin.
'.But the blonde beast Of Berlin
came forth from his lair. and Amer
menace. There are still 100 German
army divisions on the east front.
When they shall have been turned
against the western front hell will.
surely break loose. saAs9
I'VE will begin to see the end Of the
war only when America has begun to
approximate her great strength.
Don't you think the American bus
mess man has been too much on the
me und Colt order? This too must
pass away. We are through with the
boards of trade. they have become
boards of atradition-they q few
mon, q kaiser and kaisers in embryo
-undemocratic - combinations to
make, money on, the other fellows
case of you scratch my back and I
will scratch yours.
If there is a man to be detested an
narrow and grasping and careless Of
his fellow men 1t is the one, whose
sole thought is to gather up the
shekels and-then go to California to
spend the winter, forgetting utterly
his duty to the community which
made him. I say the man who be-
lieves only in the dollar sign is far be-
hind the time now.
Civics and Ideals.
And so, too, with the community
organization-it is to be no longer
merely commercial but 'civics and
commercial'-civics Is the biggest
thing today in organization work.
Money will count for less and ideals
will count for much.
This is the day Of ideals. If the
town is down at the heels then the
the town is down is to have q strong
character, then 1t must have men in
the leadership who are strong char
acters."-
Reverting to the world problem he
said that democracy Is at the cross
roads tonight. She has been there
many times before, he said, recounting
the trying days of Lincoln and Wash
ington and Garibaldi and the Rem
Nuisance, but h was never more
sorely harrassed than today. Some
body has got her by the throat and 1t
is only supreme efforts that can save
her.
We Must Get Together.
- WAN WILL Oo WllllllS 70 Ldk0 Tic
chance of failure t O rescue her, /? he
said. The battlefield is not in Europe,
1t Is in America. The sooner you link
up the rife and the smokestack the
better. Get together and forget every
thing blu service. Every ounce OF
energy must be modified by this COM
merclal club and all like organizations
The commercial club that does not
realize its duty in this has failed to
flag" tl
Mr.. Adie paid tribute to the Red
Cross and the Y. M. c. A. in the war
and declared that the organized bus
mess men must give each Of these and
a hundred other war fuses their full.
est support. He described touchingly
the courageous stand Of the Canadian
troops at Ypres early in the war wher
they were without shells, food, com.
forts or shelter, while but 400 yard,
away were h mighty hosts Of evi
In gray uniforms, well supplied witt
shells. food, shelter and such com.
forts as could be had in such. a place
At the conclusion, on motion of w
A. Mcintyre. the commercial club wa.
requested to make Mr.. Adie an hon.
orary member.
On motion of Henry McNicol tn,
directors were requested to purchas,
q supply of buttons bearing the in,
scription ARE you riding, or arc 70,
pushing?" q
Special Dinner Tonight.
A special dinner will be held at tn,
Commercial club at 6:16> o'clock to
night, when w. L. Stockwell Of Far
go. formerly superintendent Of publ
instruction. will tell Of the war worl
of the Y. M. G.. A. Mr.. stockwell 4
manager of the North Dakota cam
paign to raise funds for the Y. M. C
A. war fund. and Is addressing a ser
les OF meetings in the state.
The meeting tonight is open to. al
men of the city. It is expected tina
there will be a number Of out-of-towl
men present. and there will be ad
dresses by several other speaker.
There will be no solicitation at to
nights dinner.
The YIN. G. "A. is doing a grea
work for the soldiers and sailors Q
the allied countries. 1t Is one Of tn
finest war services attempted by an
organization and is worthy the SUP
port of the entire community.
SUGAR RATE INCREASE ASKED.