The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-26

this audience who earns that amount,
who is not willing To pay that sum TO
aid In winning this war and to sus'
tain our young men who are pledging
their lives TO their country They are
working for 81 per day, when they
could get from $3.50 to So as common
laborers. Therefore, each one Is con
tributing from 500 to $500 for the
chance TO serve his country.
Now, those who really pay the costs
Of this war are the ones who receive
large incomes. The man with one mill
ion dollars income pays the govern
ment nearly fifty per cent of II, or
s475, 500; the man with two million dol
lars income pays fifty.five per cent,
and those with still higher incomes pay
sixty per cent Of their incomes. When
was giving these figures the other
day in another section OF the state, a
fellow said he wanted to ask me ques-
ton. | told him TO go ahead, that |
was willing to answer II II ! could. He
said, why doesn't the government
take all those rich fellows have?" II
is not necessary TO say TO you that
the initials of that fellow are L. w. W.
Congress and the president have to use
some common sense. Suppose this fel-
lows plan was followed. The result
would be that the man with this wealth
would close his business and we would
kill the goose that is laying the golden
eggs.
Chances Of Winning War.
81 take II for granted that you want
to hear what | think the chances are
for us winning this war. | do not min
imiZe the strength of Germany and
her allies However these are the facts:
There are twenty-siX countries that
have declared war on the four central
powers; we have forty million square
miles of soil to raise sustenance for our
armies, while they have only two mill
ion square miles of soil. In resources
unspent and untouched we have five
hundred billion dollars, while the CEN
tral powers have only fifteen billion
dollars unspent and untouched. | con-
slider that these great differences in soil
and money give us much the advantage
of the situation. In number of fighting
forces there is not much difference Ger
many has ten million well trained and
seasoned troops, with those of her al
lies included: England has six and a
half million altogether and France
three and a half milliors and 10 these
are to be added those of this country
and the smaller nations assisting us.
Sooner or later we will overpower the
other sffe. believe. but ii is not going
to be an easy task. When this war is
ended and peace declared, | want il to
be permanent peace and no Saturday
night or makeshift affair, but one
| wherein our boys can come home and
permanently lay aside their implements
of war. WE don't want a slipshod peace
that will make it necessary for this
country's conflict to be fought over
again.
Germany's Plans.
| you have heard some say that they
would not mind fighting any foe thf
might come to our shores, but did not
believe in sending out boys to other
lands to fight What would have beer
our predicament if Germany had
reached Paris and then conquered Eng
land and her navy? She could have
then come here and with thirteen mill
ion soldiers at her command overrider
this country before we were prepared
What would our 100000 soldiers have
done against her thirteen million? An(
that was her aim. as document OF
file in the war and navy department VII
prove. When Admiral George Dewel
was winning his glorious victory in th'
Philippines in 1898, he met and talked
with a German admiral, who told hin
that within sixteen years German,
would start her great war, and tina
France would be subdued in two month
then England taken with her navy
and then New York and Washington
CITY occupied. He said that German
would not want all of our territory, bu
demand several billion dollars from u
and take as much territory as needle
TO assist in forming a South America
dependency We see how near thi
prediction came to being realized. TIL
war was started within fifteen years
and Paris would have been reached ha
not those brave Belgians sacrificed thei
lives to stem the tide Of the hordes c
German soldiers who violated thei
treaties and outraged the sovereignty
Belgium. This gave time for Englan
10 also come TO the rescue OF IN
French. President Wilson told me tbs
official records disclosed that it ha
been Germany's aim for a quarter Of
century to subjugate Europe and the
occupy part of this country for linden
nifty.
some declare that President W'ilso
is a dictator and there was painte
on one of the banners Of the wome
pickets around the White House, wi
son is Dictator" but he is only di
tator in so far IS the constitution give
him the authority over the army an
navy during 4 war. Taft, Roosevelt
or Hughes would have been just a
much a dictator as is he. 1t is nece
sary To have this power concentrated /
one individual during a great war
Safeguarding the Boys.
Your president is carefully saf'
guarding your boys who are sent acros
the seas. There may be 25O00 embark
ing tonight for the European battle
fields | don't know. nor does anyon
else except those directing our war al
fairs. but should there be, Presiden
| Wilson has those transports surrounde
by battleships and a mosquito fleet I
| go in advance TO give signal of an
| danger that might be lurking in tn
ocean pathway.
These war vessels must come bacl
empty. so the Red Cross has arrange
| to have many Of the women and chi
! dren Of Belgium brought here to fin
homes. They are widows and orphans
| and the MANNED, who felt the effect
OF Germany's barbarous treatment
| Some of these children's arms and hand
were cut off so that they could not bea
weapons to fight, and the women
| h,aogtg mara ottt off Go that thew pOIIli