, 1918-06-06

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othor seem trivial and negligible, 10
the winning of the war. We are not
oniy In the midst Of the war; we are
at the very peak and crisis of It. Hun.
dreds OF thousands Of our men, carry
Ing our hearts with them and our for
n are in the field and ships are
crowding faster and faster t o the ports
OF France and England with regiment
after regiment, thousand after thou
sand, to Join them until the enemy
shall be beaten and brought to Q
reckoning with mankind.
There a be no pause or intermis-
sion. The great enterprise must on
the contrary be pushed with greater
and greater energy. The volume of
our might must steadily and rapidly
be augmented until there can be no
question of resisting it. II that is to
be accomplished, gentlemen, money
must sustain II to the utmost.
Our financial program must no
more be left in doubt or suffered to
lag than Il ordnance program or our
ship program or our munitions pro-
gram or our program for making mil
lions of men ready. These others are
not programs, indeed. but mere plans
upon paper. unless there is to be an
un~questionable supply Of money.
That is h situation and it is the
situation which creates the duty, NO
! choice or preference Of ours. There
Is only one way to meet that duty. We
must meet 1t without selfishness or
fear of consequence. Politics is ad-
journed.
War Record to Be Best Endorsement
"The elections will go to those who
think least of 1t; to those who go to
the rnnGfftunnnio without a-nIonoftnn
or excuses, with a plain record of duty
faithfully and disinterestedly per-
, formed.
Il, for one, am always confident
that the people of this country will
give a just verdict upon the service
Of the men who act for them when
the facts are such hat no man
disguise or conceal them. There Is
no danger Of deceit now. An intense
n pitiless light beats upon every
man and every action in this tragic
plot Of war that Ia now upon the
stage.
IF lobbyists hurry 10 Washington
to attempt to turn what you do in the
matter of taxation to their protection
or advantage, the light will beat also
upon them. There is abundant fuel
for the light In the records of the
treasury with regard to profits of ev-
cry sort. The p~rofiteering hat cannot
be got at by the restraints of On
science and love of country car be
profiteering now, and the information
with regard to It is available and In
disputable.
Il am advising you to act upon this
matter Of taxation now. gentlemen,
not because / do not know that you
can Q and interpret the facts and
the duty they impose Just as well and
with as clear q perception Of the OBJ
legations involved as 1 can, but be-
cause there In q certain solemn salts
faction In sharing with you the re-
sponsibilities Of such a time. The
world level stood In such case before.
Men never before had so clear or SO
moving q vision Of duty. / know that
you will begrudge the work to be done
here by us no more than the men be-
grudge US theirs who lie in the
trenches and sally forth to their
death. There is a stimulating COM
radeship knitting US all together.
And this task to which I invite
your immediate consideration will be
performed under favorable influences
II we will look to what the country Is
thinking and expecting and car moth
ing at all for what Is being said and
believed Il the Hobbies OF Washington
hotels, where the atmosphere seems to
make It possible to believe what is be-
lisved nowhere else.
People Ready to Bear Burden Bravely.
Have you not felt the spirit Of the
nation rise and its thought become a
single and common thought since
these eventful days came in which We
have been sending Dur boys to the
other sidef I think you must read
that thought, a. I do, to mean this,
that the people Of this country are
not only united In the ~resolute pur-
pose to win this war. but are ready
and willing TO bear any burden and
undergo any sacrifice that It may be
necessary for them to bear In order
to win II.
I'VE need not be afraid to tax them
II we lay taxes Justly. They know
that the war must be paid for and that
It Is they who must pay for IL. and II
the burden II Justly distributed and
the sacrifice made a common sacrt-
flee from which zone escape who can
bear II al all, they will carry 1t cheer
fully and with q sort Of solemn pride.
I have always been proud to be an
American, and was never moro proud
than now, when all that we have said
and all that we have foreseen about
our people IL coming true.
THE great days have come When
the only thing that they ask for or
admire is duty, greatly and adequately
done; when the only wish for America
is that she may share the freedom
she enjoys; when q great, compelling
sympathy wells up in their hearts for
men everywhere who suffer and are
oppressed, and when they see at last
the high uses for which their wealth
has been piled up and their mighty
power accumulated and, counting