Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-09-17
The -Four Minute Men

we may after column of articles
and many war; there nothing like the spoken
word coming from who knows to man who wants to Know
get the very Of the matter and weight
printed has its effect there doubt 1t without
question greatest the land But Of the
why sopowerfu is because reaches such large
audience a time.
Seldom do hundred thousand people
matter whether he is out of doors inside
building More often the speakers audience is from live hundred
10 a thousand and frequently less.
the other hand newspaper magazine article pam
phet will hundreds of thousands at publication and 1t
reaches people they leisure have the time
inclination read what has set FORTH In great country
like os where millions Of people have be reached to be eHec
nothing take the place of the printed word.
genuine effectiveness there is nothing like the d
rect speech to point few words from who is
thoroughly will do good than column
Of although that column may contain the speech delivered
by of the greatest orators in the country.
Take the great speech delivered BY Ehu Root at the war
only speeches delivered by this great statesman
begnhow much effective it must have been to
speech than read 1t after delivered.
Yet there doubt that far influence goes the print
good delivery simply because the truths that Mr. Root
uttered were carried to far more people
speech had beer able to actually hear
entirely when his words in cold The orator with
his expressions laying the emphasis where belongs and driving
entirely lost his power the people when his speech merely
Any therefore, combining the eloquene of speaker
with the wide circulation the would be ideal for bring
facts why's concerning any great
crisis like the one through which passing.
organization Of what known the -Four Minute Men, It has
been the Is s s young
the necessity Of bringing before the people the true meaning Of the
printed word AT the time he knew that comparatively few
people would out for meetings called for the expressed
Then happy though houses
o d to the doors tic a nights Is He knew
and practically town and hamlet had at least all these
audiences could be addressed all the country millions people
would be reached.
The young carried his idea the Committee
Information that has just been formed Washington the
in keeping the people informed Washington became
interested and the told what he could DO
In the first place. he knew that the people who gathered
moving picture shows did be entertained
speeches The talk must be short rule rgdy fixed that the
be known the 'Four Minute Men,,
The propretors Of the moving picture theatres all anxious
readily agreed to the q their theatres for this
men start the in their respective The
from each section of the state These men, turn were
asked s1a groups 5 IN their respective S These men
the IN this the -Four Minute reached every
city town and village large enough to support moving picture
Every Saturday night all broad land men are adj
dressing audiences in the moving picture houses explaining
the and and why the United States fight with
her full strength the Of Prussian marsm
The subjects for the speeches from Washington
that Saturday night the line Of talk being heard
the large number Of people that under ordinary
p''' These -Four Minute Men % receive no pay It is purely pa
oc duty that they perform They include of the greatest
in the land
Here in Perth Amboy in South Amboy Keyport Woodbridge
Jamesburg and all the other places this vicinity Min
ute Men doing excellent work They bring peo
pie to man. the latest features in the Just present
they engaged in unmsng the German propaganda
agents trying circulate throughout
the liberal expenditure of The Germans trying dis
the allied nations and internal dissenon -Four
Minute Men showing them and warning the They
telling the people to put Of squarey
the Of the Old Flag sand by the government they
r.and It viii stand BY all that + dear e You
It great service that the Four Minute are render
ing 1t most effective Of uniting the people In
the great task of winning the war.