The Washington herald., 1917-06-10


cey NJ. Depew recently, to members
of Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion. on the subject of how to be-
come a public speaker, he said one
of the chief qualifications was thor
ough familiarity with the subject of
an address. A man who knows his
subject through and through is able,
IL ne dispenses with forced rhetoric.
thoroughly to inform and greatly to
interest his hearers.
Within three or four weeks. three
members Of the firm of J. p. Morgan
and Company have engaged in pub
lie speaking, although efforts of that
tomary vocation. These man are
Henry P. Dawson, Thomas w. La
mont and Dwight w. Morrow. All
OF them have spoken not once, but
several times. They have been able
to do this because they thoroughly
were to speak and their training en-
abled them to voice their thoughts
in simple, yet forcible and accurate
language.
The speech made by Henry P. Da-
vison. Sunday a week ago, although
delivered to a very small audience,
was gem both from the literary
point Of view and from that of clear
ness of thought and precision OF ex-
preston. One of the best illustra-
tions of this kind of speaking is fur
nished by the brief address made by
Dwight w. Morrow at Carnegie Hall.
Followed Mr.. McAdoo.
He spoke to an immense audience
and followed so high an official au-
thority as William G. McAdoo, Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. His speech was
the hour of delivery, but 1t furnishes
such an excellent example of clear
thinking, thorough reasoning and is
such a valuable appeal for subscrip-
tions to the liberty loan, that it is
deemed worth while to reprint it:
Il want to express to you my appre-
c."tion of the high privilege OF being
Permitted to be present at this mo-
U liz,ng of a unit Of a great army.
For this meeting, and meetings of a
similar kind that are being held all
over the United States, are really the
beginnings of great national army
an army of which the Secretary Of the
Treasury is the immediate command
er
1T is an army, not limited to men
between 81 and 81 years of age, but
an army which includes. men and
women and children; includes all the
people OF this country who are able
by their past savings or by their pres
ent industry and thrift, to assist their
The particular army division to which
you belong is the Second Federal Re-
serve District, which includes the
whole State of New York and portions
OF New Jersey and Conneeticut-in re-
sources the strongest Federal reserve
district in the United States. There
are men here tonight from all parts
of that district. And the Secretary of
the Treasury is here to review this
important division of his army.
Battles of Whole Nations.
II this great war has made one thing
clear to the. world, it is that wars are
no longer battles OF physical forces
alone. They are battles of physical
and Intellectual and moral and spirit
ual forces. They are battles Of whole
nations. They are battles in which
organization plays a most important
part. They are battles in which thrift
or lack of thrift may be the determin-
ing factor in the final result.
President Wilson. in one of his re-
cent proclamations. referred to this
nation as a team, of which every in
diViduai IN the Land Is a member; and
he emphasized the necessity of each
individual member Of the team doing
not the thing he liked, but the thing
that he could do best, to insure the
success of the team. The Commander
tn-Chiet of the nation has set q Ger
tain task for the men between p and
q years OF age; the Secretary of
the Treasury has set a task for all
the other members of the nation,
whether they be old or young, wheth-
er they be physically weak or physical
ly strong. He has literally asked YOU
all OF you-to enroll yourselves and
army. and he has set you the trenend-
GUS task of raising before June Is,
the sum of 81, 100000.
VIII Oversubseribe Liam.
We have heard often that $780,
600, 900 is a small sum of money COM
pared to the vast sums that the suf-
fering people Of Europe have had to
ralss; RAJ we nave heard 1t stated that
this loan that It will be easily over
subscribed. Such statements are most
misleading. This loan is going To he
subscribed-it Is going to be oyer-sub-
scribed. But 1t is going to he over
subscribed not because people think
snat " Is an easy thing to do, but
because they know, and know before
It is too late, that 1t is not an easy
thing to do. easy
Two billion dollars is a vast sur,
OF money-an amount beyond our
compT Tehension. We can only br,ns n
WITHIN the circle of things that are
have done. enat men
The total resources OF all the saw
ings banks of the State Of New Yor,r
the Oldest Of which was founded al
SS5 sSa,, esnntnny nn oan oon nasoamount to just
their available cash, but n noean. Gf III
their resources. ali the honSs "a "A
mortgag ges In which have hesr a1u irl
vested the savings OF the neoria if ~
this great State, the savings ~ tbrso o1
Hor,sn or tSur generations Of men and
fThe total debt Of N. r,.,.