Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1917-12-14

Democracy is the best possible form
Of government in times of peace; it
is the worst possible form in times
of peace, but the best form of gov
eminent in times of war. When
Germany goes to war she hos an ex-
pert at the head of the army; he is
an autocrat. When our Republic goes
to war she has peaceful men at the
head, chosen for the occupations, the
industries, the arts, the sciences and
for happy homes. For, despite all
doubters, let us cling for u time long
er to the faith that democracy and
self-government may be able yet to
find way to meet an emergency
like this crisis as to fields without
farmers and workers without food,
For, year from now, unless we
safeguard it in advance, this food
question will be the greatest problem
that the Republic has ever had to
meet"
mot less striking is the new oppor-
tunity and duty of American wom-
en-. The outstanding lesson of Great
Britain and France is that they never
began to win until their women went
into this war. Lloyd Georges NUM-
ton girls are numbered by 100000.
But for these young women General
Haig would not have conquered the
last ridge that looks down upon the
one railway that carries the Germans
TO the English channel Without the
guns the cartridges and the shells
made by these 100000 women the
British army would not last week
Young women of social position, cul-
tivation and wealth are in England's
factories. They pour the steel, tool the
shells, mix the explosives, control the
lathes, complete the airplanes. Thous-
ands upon thousands of English wo-
men are driving munition trucks in
France and ombibuses in England.
The women are doing the worl; of mo-
tormen and conductors. They are driv-
ing the pillow, reaping the wheat,
threshing the grain, making the
bricks, fulfilling ten thousand tasks
once performed by men, Tens of
thousands of young school te;.chers
have closed their desks and ere in the
factories. Mothers and even grand
mothers turn he key on the door of
their home and give three or four
hours . day to some form of work
to equip with weapons the boys at
the front who are d2fcIC - the home
and making it worth living for And
though we have been in this VIZ for
six months and have had three years
of bitter experience behind us, our
munition service is about where Eng
lands was at the beginning. We are
actually talking about having one RI
flc for each soldier by next spring
when we have million men at the
every British and French soldier has
four reserve rifles, because often
times cartridges from the enemy de-
stroy two of his guns in single day
On account of the dangers of our
transports loaded with weapons, ex-
perts in France think that the line of
safety for us is six guns i'll reserve
for every soldier. If England's lead
ers could have their way with us
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great factories, shops, automobile
plants in hundreds of cities like New
ark and Bethlehem, Pittsburg, Cleve-
land, Detroit and suddenly our 100
munitioH factories would stand in the
ratio OF England's namely, 5000 to
10000, while at least 100000 Amer
lean girls and women would be in
these factories eight hours each day
Every consideration of efficiency, ev-
cry nmotive for ending the war quick
ly, every thought for saving mems
lives, urges this immediacy i'll ac-
ton. Like our allies, we, we must
pour out our wealth by billions, and
fling into the breach for the freedom
of the world, not our material pos
sessions simply, but our immemorial
heritage, our treasured citizenship,
our innermost convictions, our heart
and mind and soul"