Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-14
Patriots Everywhere.

Turn in any direction these DAYS.
and you meet patriot face to face
The men who can shoulder a gun and
are permitted to- go to Franco to fight
for world democracy, are not the only
real patriots in this wonderful country
of ours. Everywhere they are discov-
cred doing their bit" in their own
way, and sometimes that is a pretty
big way.
Illustrative of this we offer EXCERPTS
from editorials in two large city
| newspapers. The following is from
! the New York World:
! In December, 1915, Henry Ford headed a
costly expedition to Europe, financed BY
himself alone, expecting to bring about
peace by moral suasion. Falling in that
enterprise, he announced in January 1916
purpose to spend $1.06o0oO to defeat the
preparedness programme. In September
OF the same year. although a Republican
ne declared in favor of the reelection of
president Wilson as the best hope OF thos.
who desired peace.
In February, 1917 when war was seen tn
De inevitable, he offered to turn his plant
over to the Government or to operate 1t
himself on national account without nro
mt few days later he proposed to loan
MS entire fortune to the United States for
war purposes without interest In the
| following April. war having been de-
clared ne surrendered 10 the Rritish Gov
| eminent without cost all his patent rights
on tractors. Asked soon afterward on
what terms his Boston plant could be had
by the government. he replied, Take it,
, Quay IL Is announced that until the end
81 the war he will devote his works Who'll
! ~ to the manufacture of tractors. air
craft engines ambulances. shells and
other appliances and munitions of war.
we REFER to these things merely to in
ifoduce the statement that Henry Ford
IS paci1st who knows when it is time
10 hght, and that in this respect the
American people, with comparatively few
| him. YEA
And the following concerns a man
with whom Augusta has had dealings
and is now doing business. 1t is
clipped from the Boston Herald of
Tuesday:
When Lewis A. Crossett as a shoe
Inc { trade phrase, Makes LIES Walk
Easy, he little realized to how large a
degree he was destined to do just that in
ehls dlsordered period and among the
most momentous of human affairs Be-
SIDES visiting the first line trenches on
the other side, familarzng himself on
the ground with the Red Triangle work.
ana assuring himself Of it's Indispensable
character, he is now every day appealing
Tor funds from the patform-a most mn
eongenial task--and, as this mornings
SUBSCRIPTIONS show. makes a contribu-
tlon OF $4,000. This is not his first. nor
VIII It be his last With business con-
Germs both varied and engrossing he con-
IeSses that the appeal Of this larger cause
mas so gained possession of his Thoughts
mat as soon as the task of raising this
1uhd has been accomplished, he purposes
70 % back to the battle-line. there to help
with his own hand the stupendous work
"mich mas fallen on the Y. VI. G. A. to do
When anyone tells you that war chart
ties are "overdone, recall the varied
testimony in behalf OF Red Triangle work
by this hard headed man of affairs. and
send your own check of correspondence
I appropriate size by the next mail Mr..
'rossett is only one OF the many wit
nesses in behalf of this enterprise, al
though perhaps he is the best known one
IN this community. And no one can
charge him with unloading obligations
on somebody else in which he is himself
not willing TO invest time and money and
energy in most liberal proportions