Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-08-17
GOVERNOR IN
APPEAL RAPS
'D0LLARMEN'
Many Drunk on Profits
His 4 dClress Aimed
at Coal Operators?

Jacksonville, Ill. Aug. 17.-De-
clariBg that the supreme test
for America had come, Governor
LowdeH. iii an address At a chau-
taugua here this afternoon. de-
plored war pro6teeTing by those
who are growing drunk on prof
its" and said that the country must
be put first or the nation would
fail in the present struggle
In his speech the governor made no
reference TO the coat situation in II3i-
nois, although it was believed TO have
been prompted by the failure Of coal
operators to cooperate with Chief Jus
tice Carter. coal director for Illinois,
in fixing coal prices as agreed by tae
operators in Chicago Coal prices
have been branded y the state council
of defense as "indefenstble-
Text Of Address.
The address of the governor follows
1.-The time has come when American
business men must decide whether
they VIII puC their country OF their
fortunes first No man is patriot
who would not give all he has If he
could tomorrow. with honor. end the
war What shall be said Of the men
who openly aEew that they not only
want large profits for the present bat
want to recoup their losses of the past
and provide insurance against posi-
bic future losses
Excess Profits Blood Money.
at is essential to the successful
prosecution of this war that business
should proceed along normal lines
with fair profit. To attempt to eE-
LtF5. however, unnatural proHgs at
such time is to seek blood money
THE German empire has sHesringly
referred 10 us as q nation that cares
for uaught bat wealth ITS rulers for
this very reason have unlimited the
danger to them if we were to enter GLe
war. Does il not look at times as
though they were half right?
supreme Test Has Come"
The supreme test has come We
shall either pat our country before all
else. we Vii wait until the dawninE OF
peace before we even consider our
personal fortunes. or We shah fail
ITO preserve peace and quiet at
home is as difficult problem as to
wsa battles up0D the battlefield. How
are we to achieve this ii the people
who are giving their sons their all 10
their country, are to be exploited at
home by those vino are growing drunk
upon profits which this war has
brought to them
Pictures Patriotism
Let me put ia contrast TO this a.
scene / witnessed at Fort Sheridan "a
few DAYS ago Five thousand young
men. the flower OF the manhood of
three great states, were there assem-
bIad to prepare themselves for the ard
u0us duties of war. They were not
thinking OF wealth. Many of them were
giving up opportunities for great per
sonal gain. As they stood there, calm.
resoIute. in deadly earnest they knew
that many Of them would find their
graves iu foreign soil But they knew
too. how much America, in all her
past has meant to humanity They
had vision of even a nohler country
if we could but win this war and
though that u0bIer country should not
be fer them. humanity would forever
be their debtor
Versus Personal Greed.
SIN this supreme fest which has
come TO America. shall the spirit Of
greed. or shall the spirit which Iit the
faces of those young men at Fort Sher-
idau become the dominating spirit OF