The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24

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t.sn. car srszi n-lEhbor ~ the Paci:lc
our frssDd. n0H n1SkirE cornnol cAus.
ALA - IN this great siruEgi~ for M
erry And word oernscrAcy. japan v4s
a, Nar Ei;h Germany. - the SNisei
oouE no zas'ruscs her tlr~ctiy. and
tbs = Arofh-T esi1snn- q that sup@fsoi
ir;srirenr- q TIE German dpl0-aAti
~ .r--hs sssFFsstsd that Mexico zp
prrszrh Jzuzl ans suEse<; that JApar
rrzss csmnon ozu-e sl;h Germany an
Ms.l-o. - tha; 4 Ispan hAd ooae iha'
81. Huuls hav. b---n attacked upon ths
f-rlre c1zsf. and IN th- rle4ntime
uaai MOULD have hzpI-ns-t % our grea
Enr-ners In this ngh; for universal c.
mocracy-Gren Britain. Belgium
F-ancs and Italy Win their supple
c1t Of. Hno can siy hos iOnE they
rlll1 have heit out And this lustfu
military depot. TIE iaiser. whose eyes
are uron the Who'll. earth. who's
Cr,aus Transcend even those % Alex
snler the Great and Hannibal and Cae-
,zr. would have cone into whA; he has
been trying q -; all these years: dom
-railor - the world s1cepi free Amer
ca Ard then what g0uid have been
ih- next step
The United state would have b@s-
81. ra-. 80 tns kaiser loue-. .vith Mex
.c1 md japan. We would have been
H.akered hy the internal diz-ensi0ns
ara economic issses sustained b. craven
al1---ls.i1n O. the ilal-eF's order. and the
sai-s- would have cJme 10 rich AmeTicz
% sl-lsfy his c9yet0us heart lie UOuid
have made us pay more in indemniii-.
% f-cur. pace and then upon what
ever terms ~ mlgh; have been graclou,
enough % give u. than we viii have %
pay in ten yeaTE - arm the MANHOOD
I q this great nation. yindlcste its honor
/ snd defeat the kaiser.
And ths-- alleged peac. societies IN
ihis country. these -o-caliei truth 20
ci.iies. which Tor several years have
been making Efforts TO put elnbargoes
ol our exports 90 the friendly powers u
Crfai Britain. Beig.uIn. France and II
aiy which the German kaiser finally
ordered Us 20 dO-ihese societies Eert
merely German wolves masquersding II
the hides of American traitors.
Some man has said. OF j. alleged L
have aid. that America has no jusiif-
cation for this var with Germany II
there b. an American. or any man n
this land. whether he H. an American
Or not. who. knowing this record. sziy :
that we d.d not have justification for
war with Germany. then yellow blood
flows in his veinE-he hasn't any rei
blood in him
Sow that ~ are in this war. VIVA;
must We co7 The first duty Of the hour
Is 20 organize and marshal the might oi
this nation - tha; il u-ill b. irresistible
and 20 assert that might where IL Will
tell Having decided % fight. we arr
not afraid 20 fight. The first thing %
Do is u raise the money 10 carry on
this great war. You cannot fight was
without money. Fortunately the Am
erican people have the material resOur.
ces. they have the wealth, and great
~ this operation is we are able 70 put
u through. We have 70 raise some
thing ike eighteen billions OF dollars
this fiscal year. Il Is a staggering sum
u money when YOU think about il. and
Jet II is not ~ great FOR America. As
compared with our resources. il is not 4
great sum. All iTe need is % have c.-
crybofy pull together. II is a glorious
thing that already the spirit Of nation
ai!iy. the spirit q unity. IS triumphant
iu this great land u OUTS There must
I oe no polite. 10 personal ambitions 10
selfish interests while this war lasts.
, because we must subordinate everything
( - thar sort % the supreme interests u
. the nation.
50 the government Is imposing four
/ billions q taxation upon our people for
this fiscal year The remaining four
teen billions ought u b. raised BIZ the
sale u bonds At the present time il IS
the intention % raise that much by
bond issue. The congress might alter
that plan. il might impose more taxes
At the next session and reduce the
amount Of bonds to be offered. but az
il stands today. we shall have 70 raise
fourteen billions by the sale Of bonds
To whom? To you. the American peo-
pie
What the Bond Are.
What are these boncs2 They are
mortgage upon the honor Of the Ameri-
can people. which Is security enough II
there was nothing else back Of them
But when. in addition 70 that. we have
three hundred billions Of wealth in
America, as security for these bonds. no
patrio; should think one minute about
the security Of the Investment that IS
offered 10 him. The government, is M,