The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-01

excuse 10 IN, people and at the same
time at the peace conference give Us
rather than England the credit OF stop
ping the war
"On the other hand. il these >ubma-
rlne statistics show the kaiser that IN
the course II two or three years he can
clean the sea OF ,hlps and thus s,arve
the allie, into submission. he is Ger
talnly gong tu continue along the pres
ent lines until every ship OF every ma
tionalty is sunk or tied up.
Thus ! say that the entrance OF the
United States into the war is much
more serious matter than most people
realize II will be no half way affair
Either Germany will sue for peace be
fore our army gets into action or else
~ will continue for two or three
'onger and wc will be obliged to
he whole burden during the lat
.griOd
Sees Food Tickets Here.
The chances are more than even
that conditions in this country within
two or three years will be the same as
they now are in England Our own
people will be using food tickets: our
factories will be operated hy the gov
crument, our amuSementS will he
closed Wen he engaged in a life and
death struggle
This condition OF affairs will come
about in spite Of the fact that no in
vadcr will be upon our shores; it will
ccnc abou, even though We do not
lind II necessary TO place trcmeu-
douS number OF men under arms Our
big job is going to be the feeding
oi the allied nations, and il will be
a ,ln?end"u< task
For the Slst year or more we have
had harS enough Job feeding our
own people while sending rather lin
tied amount OF ioodS,uiis to England
and France Now we will be up
against lar worse proposition, for a
large share Of the food ,ha, leaves our
shores will go TO the bottom of the
sea in ships, victims Of the ruthless
campaign
80, from uuw uu We must send a.
least twice maybe three times. as much
food To- Europe as we have been We
must ll, the burden oi feeding their
peoples from their shoulders and bear
It all We must ship so much that our
own people will have to he put upon
limited tatonS, we must he satisfied
with the same amount oi food that our
partners m this war must get along
with
"ll war rontlnues two or three years
| (which a. have said, i, the only safe
6,idg for u, 10 figure on. We must go
on the same basis IN everything that
these partners o' ours have gone on
Up tn the present time. We have been
seller, and they have been BUYERS and
our pro,pcrll, has been due TO their
misfortune
"rrom now ou. however we must all
be partners and share as partners II
England and France use bread tick
cts we must uSc bread tickets: ii Eng.
land and France close their amuSe
meulS. We must close ours. II they
prescribe hut two dishes at each hotel
meal wc must do the same. We arc
now partner, and together we must
share profit, and losses.
'Mrreoyer We won't he doing th,
ont oi any sympathy nor out Of any
charitable point of view We will be
doing II ip save our own nccks For
! think that Germany knows exactly
what u is doing i, would not have
embarked upon TIN, submarine warfare
had II not though, 1t held probable
chance of victory A long war will he
great lcycilcr ol condition, The rich
will be heavily taxed and forced to IN
vest all their capital m government
loans while the working ch,, will have
greater wages than ever before
viii Hasten Reforms.
" say this because know that the
greater par, of the billions oi dollar,
which congress will raise through tax.
alton and bond issues will he di,rih
uted to the working classes Surely
after this war the rich are going TO be
poorer aud the poor richer
u believe that the war will bring
universal suffrage, national prohibition
and various other reform, with which
we have been PLAYING during past gen
eratiuns"