Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-08
WHEN WE ALL GET DOWN TO WAR.

WHEN WE ALL GET DOWN TO WAR.
The presen. session OF congress will
last for year and it will have for its
problem the putting of this country up
on a war basis. Up to this time Ger
many has been winning the war. Only
lately have our allies developed super
iority in munitions and 1t has been
England that has armed the millions
who stand today between us and the
Hun. With our advent the job of sup
plying our allies falls on us but we
can't do 1t until the entire nation goes
to war.
England tried to let a few soldiers so
to war while the rest of her people
carried on business as usual but it did
not work. Today she has the larg-
est effective army of any Of the allies,
the largest navy, the largest merchant
marine and the largest output of NUM-
tons. In England no mans factory
nor his capital is his own. He must
make whatever the government tells
government alter expert accountants
have figured his costs. No mans Ia
Dor is his own for he can not strike
nor change employment without the
consent Of his government nor can any
change be made in his wages without
that consent No coal mines, nor
packing houses, nor railroads are
threatened with q tie-up and those po-
licemen in Philadelphia who have voted
10 strike for higher pay would be treat
ed as army desarters in England. Mil
lions OF women are at work who never
produced goods before and there is not
an idle man left in the realm, in fact
there is no hunger nor want for the
government fixes food prices and is re-
sponsiole for an adequate supply.
nglani today is one vast munition
factory with every unnecessary con-
sumption OF goods cut out. The auto
mobile factories are making shells. the
watch factories make fuses and the
clothing factories make khaki uniforms
instead Of Paris gowns. Importation of
ronessentials IS prohibited, luNuries are
neither made nor imported, hence are
not for sale, and people can invest in
government bonds. New houses can
not be built without consent Of the
minister Of munitions. The govern
nent controls all use of steel, copper.
lead, wool leather and all other ma
terials needed in war.
BY working every man and woman
and every machine and every acre on
the things that are necessary to ply
steal comfort and wars supply, Eng
land has been able TO lend to every ally
all that each has asked and has lent
them ships when ships were scarce.
She has supplied them with guns and
shells and shoes and trucks when the
steel and leather had to be shipped in
to England from abroad. All the time
that Germany has enslaved the women
and children and old men Of invaded
territory and sent them back emaciated
and exhausted from her munition fac
tories to die in France England has
made munitions for herself and for
her allies without wear and tear upoh
her people because she stopped all in
dustry which was not essential to life
and converted it's machines and its la
Dor to war.
With all this Germany has been win
ming the wer until the United States
entered The first turn was when we
took over the financing of the war.
Then our navy tipped the balance
against the submarines and now there
remains the job of Pershing's men in
France. Strikes must be made trea-
son. Profteering must be made crime
as giving aid to an enemy. 1dleness
must be made desertion from duty.
Consumption and production of nom
essentials must be made destruction OF
war supplies. The whole nation must
20 to war Then we can win.