St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-10-03
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Wh1te We nave only the nfSneSt
praise for our soldiers and sailors.an
all others enlisted under the Colors in
this international struggle for freedom
and democracy. we must not forget
the millions at home that are doing
their bit in so. many diversified ways
that government OF the people, by
the, people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth"
Here. for instance, are our captains
of industry and Napoleons of finance
spending good share of their time.
at Washington planning great things
in the conservation and efficiency lie.
Men like Theodore N. Vail, Frank A.
vanderIip, Daniel Willard and hun
dreds hof others are helping win this
war by their wise counsel and far
sighted planning.
That class of welI-to-do people that
have previously merely existed by
summering at Newport and wintering
at Palm Beach are now showing a
by donating to the government their
fast yachts, their high powered cars
and heading subscriptions to hospitals
and relief funds with generous coptri-
buttons. - .e54e.-----: :
The professional class are not back.
ward In any service they can render.
Preachers and lawyers are speaking
all over the land in the interests Of
democracy, actors are giving benefit
performances for war: relief. and our
literary coterie are filling the papers
and magazines with patriotic aud in.
spiring poetry and prose.
The farmers responded splendidly
to the appeal for increased acreage.
In the South one may see hundreds of
acres of wheat where cotton only
grew before, and in the middle west
they are harvesting the largest corn
crop ever grown. The small gardens
contributed materially to this end and
the man or woman who toiled through
the summer months has the satisfac-
ton of knowing that real service was
rendered. Nor must we forget the
boys and girl in this same line OF
work for their part was just as i'm
portant and necessary. The govern
ment figures that it takes ten people
to support one soldier and it is just
as important to furnish the sinews Of
war as it is to serve in the trenches
The housewife has been unusually
busy the past summer in canning ant
preserving. This means that tn.
canned products of the factories car
be sent across the water this fall ant
winter, while we - consume hom'
products. And last but not least, tn,
women all over the land have beer
sewing and knitting for the Rel
Cross all these months of the war
sacrificing their time and thei
strength that the wounds of the in
jured might be a1leviated and that tn
soldiers might have warm clothing
through the coming winter.
Before this war ends, and it ma
last from one to three years, ever
man. woman and child in the Unite
States will have a chance to max
some sacrifice and do something t
help in the ultimate victory. Man
are already doing all they can; som
have not yet begun, but from now o.
every one of the one hundred millio
people in the United States should be
gin to do something to help win 'thi
war. How to win the war is TIL
great problem of the day. and. it ca
only be won by each and every on
rendering some real service. The
also serve who stay at home, all act
ing as one man to achieve the wei
fare of the world.