Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-17
FOOD 'BARONS LIKE
EUROPE'S AUTOCRATS


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ness, OF sacrifice. for the common
good The spirit OF our soldier boys
will be carried into the marts of
trade. the business houses. the indus
trial plants, the corporations and our
political life. believe the autocrat
in all of these spheres Of American
activities will have a change OF heart
They are not going to capitalize ma
tional distress and calamity. be-
lieve they will not yield to the temp
tation To exploit conditions o get rich.
Our government. thru Mr.. Hoover.
asks for cooperation in price-fixing
and food regulating Big business is
responding periodically The meat
packers want TO fall into line. and
think we shall witness wholesalers,
middlemen and retailers following the
suit of the big corporations in Ameri-
can industries. This harmonizes with
the spirit OF the lads in kahki
over in France our boys are clean,
honest and manly They pay for all
they get and they honor ladies' They
reflect credit to their native land and
win the love of the Frenchman. II
they, for the honor of the regiment
and America. carry themselves in hon
esty, virtue and maniness we at
home should not fail to demonstrate
the same characteristics.
This winter there will be suffering
in the States. The wolf will be al the
door Of thousands of homes Prices
are high and living conditions ex.
tremely hard for the poor. The hour
has struck to live specifically. Amer
lean business is asked to cut profits,
to make some sacrifice The boys are
doing it, What a boon municipal
coal pile would be for the poor Cities
could lease mines, take out coal and
let the people have it as cost. We
could have municipal markets to
which patriotic farmers could nrinc
food.stuffs to sell at low cost to he
army of people who will have naTd
time 10 make ends meet ask YOU,
is not something like this in harmony
with the self-sacrifcing spirit Of oNr
lads in kahki?
THE hour has struck to be as pa
triotic, as unselflsh, as sacrificial, as
the brave soldier boys from our homes
now assembling under the col0rs 81
our country and awaiting the call to
the trenches Of France.
What an opportunity is Americas.
To refuse to fatten on exorbitan pro.
fits. To forego profits for the CON-
mon good. 'All We are brethren the
Nazarene said and now is an hour
when we must bear one another's
burdens"
Presbyterian Church.
The ideal weather of yesterday was
the means of bringing out good con
gregations both morning and evening
at the Presbyterian church.
4 In the morning the pastor, Rev
I John Vonckx spoke on the Triumph
of Christ using it is an incentive
for the third year of the present pas
toral relationship.
The patsor called attention to three
contributing elements in the triumph
J
peal of His ideal life expressing itsel
in its two-fould relation toward Go,
/ and toward His fellowmen. The great
/ err Importance of the divine relation
| ship was seen in the precedence tina
I was given to it. The Lord following
I the Fathers word even tho it led tt
the cross. Love being on the throne
( of the life in the human relationship
/ and even tho He was God, even the
/ His work was crowded into three
short years. still He always had time
to help others as the call came tt
/ tIim-minister to the sick, teaching
about God, and even spending whole
nights in prayer for the welfare OF
men.
The second contributing element
was the appeal from His deity, the APP
/ peal to worship, and the third was
the response to the appeals. The pas
/ tor commended the church for theil
faithful cooperation and appealed fol
their continued and increased faith
I fulneSs,
In the evening the pastor pre1ctec
/ on Cod. the Protector and showed
how Gods protecting care IS ever
about the real worshipper as long as
he is obedient.