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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
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Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn
liven your liver and bowels and straighten
you up without making you sick.

if IL doesn't straighten You right up
and make you feel fine and vigorous /
want you to go back to the store and
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1 guarantee that one spoonful of Dod-
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liver to work and clean your bowels of
that sour bile and constipsted waste
which is clogging your system and MAX
ing you feel miserable. L guarantee that
a bottle of D0dson's Liver Tone will keep
your entire family feeling fine for
months. Give it to your children. 1t
is harmless; doesn't grippe and they like
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
WHAT WE NEED rs TO HAVE
EVERYBODY PULL TOGETHER

l is n staggering sum of mon
ey when you think about it, and
yet it is not so great for America.
as compared with our resources, IL
is not a great sum. All we need is
10 have everybody pull together.
1t is a glorious thing that already
the spirit of. nationality, the spirit
of unity, is triumphant in this great
land of ours. There must be no
politics, no personal ambitions, no
selfish interests while this war
lasts, because we must subordinate
everything Of that sort to the SUI
preme interests of the nation. .,
so the government is imposing
four billions of taxation upon our
people for this fiscal year. The re-
manning fourteen billions ought to
be raised by the sale of bonds. At
the present time it is the intention
to raise that much by bond issues.
The congress might alter that plan.
it might impose more taxes at the
next session and reduce the amount
Of bonds to be offered, but as it
stands today, we shall have to
raise fourteen billions by the sale
of bonds. To whom? To you, the
American people. which is security
enough if mortgage upon the honor
of the American people, which is
security enough if there was moth
ing else back of them. But when,
in addition to that we have three
hundred billions of wealth Of Am
erica as security for these bonds.
no patriot should think one minute
about the security of the invest
ment that is offered to him. The
government is not asking the peo-
pie to give it something, it is not
asking them to make a contribution,
it is simply asking them to lend
their surplus money to the govern
ment, and the government proposes
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
ONLY RELIEF AT THAT TINE
WAS DEPOSIT OF U. s. FUNDS

And L endeavored. as secretary
Of the treasury TO give some relief.
The only relief ] could offer was 10
deposit government funds, to the
extent that they were availab bic in
the banks of the south, asking
them, In turn, to lend those moneys
upon as favorable terms as posi-
bic TO all farmers they could reach,
to enable them TO carry their cot
ton until normal conditions could
be restored. But the first effect of
the shipping congestion was to in
duce every man who owned cotton,
and every bank which was carrying
cotton as collateral, and every mer-
chant who had loaned money to the
farmer upon the security OF his
crop, to try to sell cotton quickly,
because each wanted to get rid OF
Il before the slump came. In other
words. the decentralization which
comes from the inability to market
the surplus in foreign countries
arises from the attempt TO sell
great quantities of staple, be
L cotton or grain, or whatever else.
in the home market when there is
not enough demand there to absorb
il, and. OF course. prices decline. they
20 down below the cost OF produc-
ton. In the case ip point, cotton
went as low as five cents a pound.
and IL brought disaster upon the
south The losses during that time
amounted to hundreds Of millions of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26

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drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose
a days work.
Calomel is mercury OF quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking
it up. This is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. If you are slug
gish and "aIl knocked out" il your
liver is torpid and bowels constipated
or you nave headache, dizziness, coated
tongue. if breath is bad or stomach
sour, just try a spoonful of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone tonight
Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug
store and get a bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone for few cents. Take spoonful and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
Catarrhal Couch
own, R. +. d. No. 4,
,ersville, Tennessee,

Mr.. W. S. Brown, r. F. d. No. 4,
Box SO, Rogersville, Tennessee,
writes:
Il feel It my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909, / took a
severe case Of the Ia grippe. then
took a bad cough. had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. / then decided to try Peruna.
I used FIVE bottles. After taking FIVE
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was lis and now I weigh
I4sn. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form win advise them to
take Peruna"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26

source, the ship shivers from stem
10 stem, and begins to settle in the
water. The Mortified people rush to
the decks and attempt to get off in
the lifboats. but there is no escape.
Suddenly the great bulk disappears
beneath the waves, and men. women
and children are thrown into the
water. There is no land upon which
they can escape. There is no means
OF saving their lives. A few mo-
ments OF agonizing shrieks. then
silence. Every vestige of life OBJ
liberated without a trace" That
is what has been done by this mil
itary despot repeatedly since this
war broke out, i'm defiance not onTy
of treaty obligations with this gov
eminent. but in contravention of
every law OF humanity and every
mandate and dictate OF information.
al law.
= II is undoubtedly true that with
in the past three years this nation
was frequently on the verge of war.
because of those attractions of the
kaiser. those aggressions upon oui
rights. But each time our great
peace-loving president, with an
earnest desire to maintain peace
and to strictly observe the obliga-
tions of neutrality, which we had
always observed upon our part,
first demanded that these agrees
sions upon our rights be stopped.
And each time the kaiser promised
that ne would not repeat this Of
Tense. and Just as frequently as he
made the promises, he disregarded
rhar,a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
AWAKENED AMERICA
IN WAR To FINISH,
M'ADOO TELLS CITY
Secretary of Treasury De-
cIareS People Realize We
Must Strik Now or Never to
Win Victory Over OeSpOtiSm

This is our time to strike and TO
strike hard. to settle despotism for
ever. Let us see il TO finish
With these words. William G. McAdoo
sounded the keynote OF his Liberty day
address at a banquet at the Piedmont
Driving club shortly after noon Wednes-
day.
The banquet in honor of the secretary
OF the treasury was gwen by the Off
GERS and directors of the Atlanta red
eral reserve bank. More than a hun
dred representative bankers and bust
ness men OF the southeast attended the
banquet and heard Mr.. McAdoo drive
home his message to the south
A similar speech vii be made by MI.
NcAdoo at S O'Clock Wednesday night
at the auditorium-armory. when thou
sands of Atlantians are expected TO
gather IN great rally TO mark the
climax 20 Liberty day.
In his address Mr.. McAdoo declared
his confident belief that America Is
awake TO the war at last and that, lag
zing though II may be. the second Lioer-
" loan will not tail. Tie drew vivid
picture OF the terrible consequences to
America il the war is lost. He showed
where our prosperity. our very life, de-
pended on our entering the war when
we did He paid his respects to the
premature pacifists by declaring that
peace now would mean only that at
some other time we should have TO
fight il out. probably alone and when
the sacrifices would be infinitely great
er than now" And he concluded his
address with a stirring appeal to the
people of the south 20 buy bonds now,
win the war and bring peace as soon
as possible
Mr. NIcAdoo's speech in full follows;
After trsversing thirty states in
every section OF this country, not
only in the first Liberty bond cam
paign. but in this campaign. / feel
competent to say that If there arc
those who believe that America is
not awake. that the spirit of demOc-
racy and OF patriotism is not preg-
nsnt in this land. they are very bad
IL mistaken. The American people
know that they are in a great wal
for seIf-p-eservation. for the pro-
lection Of their vital rights as well
as for the vindication of the demo-
cratic principle throughout the
world
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
WOULD HAVE FORCED US
TO WAR AGAINST MEXICO

And then what would have been
the next step? The United States
would have been at war, as the
kaiser hoped, with Mexico and ia
pan; we would have been weakened
by the internal dissensions and
economic losses sustained by craven
submission 70 the lsaiser'S order and
the kaiser would have come to rich
America to satisfy hls generous
heart. lie would have made us pay
more in indemnitfes to secure peace,
and then upon whatever terms he
might have been gracious enough
10 give us than we viii have to pay.
in ten years to arm the manhood of
this great nation, vindicatc its
honor, and defeat the kaiser.
And these alleged peace societies
in this country, these so-called
truth societies. which ror several
years have been making efforts 20
put embargoes on our exports TO
the friendly powers of Great Britain.
Belgium France ana Italy, which
the German kaiser finally ordered
us to dO--these societies were mere
ly German wolves maSquerading
in the hides of American traitors.
Some man has said. or is alleged
u have said, that America had no
justifica tiCn for this war with Ger
many. II there be an American, or
any man i'm this land. whether he
is ali American or not, who, know
ing this record. says that we did
noG have justification for war with
Germany. the yellow blood flows
in his Veins--he hasn't any red
blood in him.
Now that we are in this war.
what must we do? The first duty
of the hour is to organize and mar
shall the might of this nation so that
it will be irresistible and 20 as
sert that might where il will tell.
Having decided to fight we are not
afraid to fight. The first thing
10 do is to raise the money to carry
on this great war. You cannot fight
wars without money. Fortunately
the American. people have the ma
terial resources, they have the
wealth, and great as this operation
is. we are able to put it through.
We have to raise something like
eighteen billions of dollars this fis-
cal year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
MERCHANT SHIPS RUGGED
PORTS WHEN WAR BEGAN

/ can illustrate that 20 you by
what happened Immediately upon
the outbreak OF the war in August.
1914. The first act was. Of
course, to paralyze shipping every
where. Every German, every Brit
ish. every French ship scurried to
the first friendly port, and re-
fused 10 go out. There were Ger
man. British and French raiders at
sea, and naturally the merchant
vessels did not want TO take any
chances. Our own vessels, and
there were very few of them at that
time, were also refusing to sail.
They did not know just what the
conditions we're going 10 be, they
did not want 10 risk any of the
uncertainties OF the situation. The
cotton crop of the south was just
maturing. and was about to be mar
Seted. We produce each year in
this country something like twelve
million to fifteen million bales or
cotton. and at least seven million
bales of that cotton must find a
market in foreign countries. prin-
cipally in Great Britain, France and
Belgium, so that with The conges-
tiOn OF shipping and the inability
TO get transportation across the
high seas. the effect upon the cot
ton market was just the same, as
the result Of that declarst ton of
war, as If by some superior force
our own ships had been deprived
OF the right to sail the high seas,
and to carry that cotton to friend
ly markets of the nations with
whic1, We were at noapa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
WHAT ELSE COULD BE
EXPECTED OF GERMANY

What else could be expected of a
nation that would tear up a treaty
with Belgium and denounce il as
mere scrap of paper? But the eli
max came when on the 31st day
of January last, we received notice
from the kaiser that on and after
that date, no American ship and no
American citizen should be permit
ted~ 10 enter a zone of the high
seas about five hundred miles in
width. surrounding the great ma
tions of Britain, Belgium, France
and Italy. He undertook 10 say.
to America that she should not sail
her ships upon the high seas. One
other nation told US that in eigh-
teen hundred and twelve (1S12).
What was the answer? Weak as we
were at that time, and powerful as
the nation was which then chal-
leRged our rights, we went TO war
and vindicated Americas right to
the freedom of the seas.
We INDICATED Americas right to
the freedom of the seas. a right we
have maintained inviolate UP to this
time, and a right we never intend
to surrender at the order of any
alien despot. care not under what
flag he claims to sail.
Why is that right so essential
20 Americas life and security as a
nation? 1t is because we have al
ways produced more than we can
consume at home.
And the very prosperity of our
people. their very life. i'm fact. de-
ponds upon their ability at all times
to sell that surplus in the open
markets of the world. Unless we
have the unrestricted and unmolest-
ed freedom of the seas in the
peaceful pursuit of commerce, there
would be ruin in this land from one
end 20 the other. This nation could
never be prosperous without il.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26

ners in this fight for universal de-
mocracy-Great Britain, Belgium.
France and Italy? With their sup
plies cut off, who can say how long
they could have held out and this
lustful military. despot,, 1.-THE kaiser,
whose eyes are upon the whole
earth, whose dreams transcend even
those of Alexander the Great and
Hannibal and Caesar. would have
come into what he has been trying
to get all these years. domination
Of the world eNcent free America.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
EXPORTS FOR YEAR
ENDING JUNE, 1917


Take the fiscal year ended June
so, 1917; in that year we exported
to Great Britain, to France, to Bel
GUM and to Italy. three billion. four
hundred million dollars OF American
products. One billion, two hun
dred million dollars of that repre-
scented the products Of American
farms, their grain, their live stock
and other things that they pro-
duced. And 1t was because of our
ability to move these products
across the ocean and to sell them
in those other markets of the world
that the general price level Of those
commodities in this country was
maintained and prosperity came TO
the American farmer to an unusual
degree. The same thing applies to
our manufactures, and that is why
labor is also concerned in this great
question. If our manufacturers can
not sell their surplus product, they
of course, must reduce capacity, and
limit production to what we con-
sumo here at home, and that means
that labor would be unemployed.
If we should be unable to sell our
surplus products to the four great
nations I have named, we would
have decentralization of prices in this
land, and disaster would visit every
farm and every factory and every
business house in America.
1t is perfectly clear what the
kaiser's purpose was. He had been
led to believe by disloyal people in
this country that America never
would fight, that we were a mate
rial people. that any transgression
of our rights would be met only by,
protests. that he could go as far
as he pleased. and so he determin-
ed that he would put America to
this supreme test, and he has got
ten an answer he never expected.
He expected a craven submission,
and he kenw that if We gave that
there would be a weakening of the
economic situation in America and
discord and discomfort among its
people which would serve the end
he had in view. He would accom-
plish. If we had submitted to that
order. by one stroke of his pen in
his palace in Berlin, more destruc-
ton upon American farms. in Am
erican factories, and in American
business houses and to American
interests all over this land than he
could accomplish with all the arm
les and navies of the German en-
pire.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
THE SOLDIER GIVES MORE,
GETS LESS THAN INVESToR

We cannot assure them the safe
ty of their principal, as we can as
sure you of the safety of your
principal when you buy a govern
ment bond. What is a soldiers
principal? 1t is his life. He does
not ask the government to give him
security. He does not ask the gov
eminent to guarantee him safety.
He expects to die, if necessary. But
he has a right to ask the civilian
population to do this much for him
to arm him with the best gun that
American money and ingenuity can
devise. a gun that will shoot faster
and further than any gun yet made,
and to give him the best bayonet
that can be forged by Americas skill
and brawn-bayonets long enough
to reach to Berlin so that when the
sureme moment comes and he
finds himself in the death grapple
with an enemy, he will be able to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
WE FIGHT PoR NO
SELFISH ENDS

IL is very true that We fight Tor
altruistic purposes. We fight for
our ideals. II is true, also, that we
fight for no selfish end We seek
no territory that belongs to another
nation. We seek not TO conquer any
other peoples and make them sub
iects OF this great republic. But.
while we are fighting for these
ideals. and il we'll to restate them
as often as possible, America fights
FOR something more prOximate than
Jhat-she fights for certain essen
Jial rights OF her people. rights
that involve their very life. and the
integrity OF their institutions.
rights which have been challenged
and rights which have been disre-
garded by the greatest military
despOt OF ali times.
Before this war broke out in
Europe. il had been recognized ev-
erywhsre throughout the civilized
world that no merchant ship should
be sunk by an enemy war vessel.
unless the lives OF the passengers.
the unarmed and defenseless men.
women and children. had first been
secured So inflexible is that rule.
4 has never been disregarJied by
man kaiser essayed TO violate il.
Why is the rule SO immutsble?
Why Is il that an infraction OF IL
shocks humanity I can illustrate
il better by bringing il home to
- You in this way: Suppose Cand 1
an going to suppose a very i'm
+ possible cSsel that a German army
[. had successfully invaded the
4 United States and had captured an
American city. Suppose that the
: population was standing upon the
streets, looking with horror and
anxiety upon the invading host. and
wondering what their fate was 10
) be. old men. young men. women.
: children. babies. all unsrmed and
! making no effort to resist. Sup
= pose that the comma nder OF that
regiment had ordered IL TO halt
and to fire INTO those unarmed peo-
pie. Many would have been killed.
others would have been wounded.
others would have fled and would
have been able 10 save their lives.
Why7 Because they were on land.
Some of the wounded undoubtedly
would have recovered. their lives
would have been saved, because
they could have been taken to hos
pitfalls and nursed back to life again.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26

But as horrible as that would be.
and as shocking an offense against
humanity and civilization as that
would be. can you compare 81 with
sinking a ship at sea with unarmed
and defsnseless men. women and
children upon IL? That crime pales
into insisnihcance as compared
with the horror OF such a sinking
1T sea
Can you picture TO yourself the
liner moving along swiftly across
the waters. with no evidence OF
danger ahead. with a happy COM
pany Of people. when all of a aud
den an explosion from an unseen
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
SOME OF PEACE ADVOCATES
IN PAY OF THE KAISER

Some OF these peace advocates
are merely deluded and simple
people. Others. and I say it DELHI
erately, are in the pay of the Ger
man kaiser. we cannot tolerate men
VINO make arguments at this time
which encourage the German kaiser
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
Hon. w. G.. McAdOO
Secretary of Treasury

dollars to the people of the south,
losses they could i'll afford 10 bear.
Now. if we were to be denied the
right to ship our products of our
mines, and of the surplus manufac-
lures of our great plants in this
country, exactly the. same condition
would be repeated, the same effect
would be produced in every line of
production in this country.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-26
CoNGEEsSMEN YOUR SERVANTS
AND NOT YOUR MASTERS

not an intangible. separate thing
from the people.
YOUR sERvANrS
AND NOT YOUR MASTERS
The government of the United
States is the people Of the United
States. Your president is not your
master and your representatives at
Washington are not your masters
they are your servants. When you
lend money. you lend it to your.
selves and your servants at Wash
ington use it for you. The security
is you, yourselves. In lending
money TO your government, you are
serving yourselves. you are making
your own rights and property safe.
And you are making your country
safe for the future. l want all.
men and women alike to buy these
bonds and buy them quickly. Do
mot waste any time about it,. Take
advantage of this great privilege
your government gives you because
it is great privilege and an OPP
portunity to buy bond of the Unit
ed States government bearing
per cent interest and exempt from
taxation.
7. want TO tell what this money
is 70 be used for We have in train
ing now in this country a magnif-
icent army of the finest manhood
of this nation. l was at Camp
Lewis, Washington. the other day,
where / had the privilege of speak
ing to $4,000 of them assembled on
the pa Gde grounds. II was a thrill
ing sight. and ii made my heart
swell with renewed pride to be an
American citizen: There were mar
tailed the hosts of democracy, the
sons of farmers, the sons of mer-
chants, the sons OF lawyers, the
sons of ministers, the sons of la
boring men, the sons of every kind
and character of Americas citizen
ship. a truely democratic army, col
lected from all parts of this count
try. Ever community in this great
land has been affected by the Sc
lective draft law. What is the least
we can do for these brave young
nIeI"