The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-05-29
LIBERTY LOAN
SHOULD GET AID
OF ALL CITIZENS
Judge Young Makes Appeal
for Support Before Com
mercial Interests

"Your title to your home is good be-
cause you have a government to pro-
tect 1t. Everything that you have and
are belongs to your government now
when it needs YOU"
Such was the keynote of a stirring
patriotic talk given by Judge N. G.
Young at a meeting called Monday
evening at the Commercial club rooms
by the publicity committee of the
Fargo clearing house. The meeting was
open to the public and was for the
purpose of explaining any details in
connection with the Liberty bonds
that might be not clear. and of pro-
noting their sale.
Chairman B. ". Moore Of the clear
ing house committee spoke briefly, ex-
planning the purpose of the meeting
and introducing Judge Young as the
speaker of the evening.
II am here because l am an Ameri-
can citizen and beyond the age Of con-
scription," said Judge Young in open
ing his talk.
I'VE must disabuse our minds of the
idea that this will be a short war.
There is no reason now to believe 1t
will end inside Of two years. H
Loosely Organized.
Here We are a great democracy Of
100, ,000,0 people, loosely organized,
and up to the present we have been
chiefly engaged in criticism Of each
other and the government. Patriotism
had apparently gone to sleep, but we
will be like the French, believe. We
used to compare anything that was
light and frivolous to the French. We
don't do that now. In a democracy
each citizen is sovereign with differ
ent views from his neighbor. The first
thing we must do now is to stand
shoulder to shoulder. There is no such
thing as Republican loyalist or a
flcation to loyalty. 1t means. absolute
devotion Of all that you have to the
government which protects you.
Two Glasses of Citizens.
This war will draw a sharp line be-
tween two classes of citizens. On the
one hand will be the man who says,
Yes, take all that / have and let me
do anything that / can to serve On
the other hand will be the man who
will take advantage Of the war to
feather his own nest. He will say, Yes,
1 am loyal, but this is q good time to
look out for yourself They will be the
'copperheads' Of this war.
The speaker then briefly reviewed
the wars of the United States, show
ing how. in each, this country had been
on the side of right and freedom, and
had fought for no selfish purpose. The
same was true in the present war, he
said, and urged as the first duty of
every citizen the purchase of bond.
Our First Task.
1T is the first task that comes to
US; our first test of loyalty" he said.
THE banks can't buy these bonds. The
people must. Why, the savings of this
country for one year, under normal
conditions, without altering our Gus
toms in the least, would buy this en-
tire bond issue.'
The speaker explained the condi-
tions under which the bonds were sold
and pointed out that the simplest way
to purchase bond was to get in touch
with any banker.
The work Of the Home Defense
league was then outlined by the speak
er. He discussed the five departments
and their purpose: the enrolment
committee which is trying to get a
complete census of all residents Of
Fargo who are more than 16 years Of
age, with a. report on what each one
ment; the home guard committee,
which is at work to provide Fargo
with a company of 100 well trained
men ready for instant call in any
emergency; the relief committee, which
will work with the Red Cross in aid
ing the families of those who have
gone to the war; the labor committee,
which plans to see that an adequate
supply af labor is provided for any
work Of importance in the war; and
lastly the bureau Of information which
aims to answer all questions that may
be asked regarding the war activities.