The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-11-29
LOUIS w. HILL.
(By J. M. Kennedy

Truly, as President Wilson wisely
said, these r the days of dedication.
These are the times that call to the
country's service the best there is in
its citizenship. Always it has seemed
in the past when a great crisis arose
in the nations affairs great men have
arisen to guide this country with wise
heads and steady hands, into the chan
nels of. national peace and prosperity.
We are passing triumphantly through
what looks today, thank God, to be
the closing hours of the greatest con-
flict the world has ever seen. This
is being proclaimed as the greatest ma
ton on earth; America is hailed
throughout the earth as the savior of
the liberties of men. The wrecked and
withered of two bleeding continents
lovingly refer to Woodrow Wilson as
the premier of the World"
An hour of great national peril
arose; continents were threatened with
humiliation; human liberty trembled
in the presence of an unmastered mil
itary master. Freedom shrieked as
the armed legions of the murderous
Hun marched into Belgium. Through
out the troubled world the bugle-blasts
of danger summoned to the AUS of
liberty the great men of the earth. To
the flag of freedom flocked "strong
men, patriotic men, ~far-seeing men,"
fearless men from every walk of life.
In Americas uniformed legions sent
overseas the millionaire mine owner
fought side by side with the penni-
less miner, the banker stood by the
side of the baker and the blacksmith
in the b~lood-soaked trenches. There
has been no caste in this a
Sometimes, during recent months,
it seemed almost that the world had
tipped upside down. Whilst two mil
lions of American soldiers were wag-
ing a terrifying and bloody battle for
humanity in Europe, an epidemic of
unusual and frightful fatality was
sweeping the country. Death invad-
ed uncounted thousands of already af-
flicted American homes. All the sor-
rows of mankind were apparently to
be heaped upon the earth at once. The
cup of humanity's suffering was fill
led to OVERLOOKING.
To heal the worlds extraordinary
wounds came the good men, the strong
men, the capable men, of all the world.
The property, the labors, the lives of
the best men and women of the earth
were willingly offered in an effort to
assuage the suffering, tighten the bur-
dens, and help the hurts of the afflict-
ed. The unanimity and s~pontaniety
with which all classes of the American
people responded to the call to service
and sacrifice was a national inspira-
ton. 1t has made this a better ma
ton; it has broadened and strength
ened, and bettered our people. 1t has
increased our love for our flag and
made most of US much o appre-
ciative of the value of American citi-
zenship. The political plug-ugly and
the industrial blackjack artist has
found his occupation of stirring up
strife and creating industrial and So
cial discomfort and disorder has be-
come an extra hazardous occupation.
The fellow who is not doing his best
to help this government in these try
ing and tempestuous times is not as
popular and powerful as he once was
in these regions. The cry that went
UP in the early stages of this war that
"this is a rich mans fight" draws
scant applause these days in the Sc
lect and secret conferences of the Boil
sheviki. That lie won't wash.
When the great war broke out Louis
w. Hill was at the head of n of
the greatest transcontinental railway
systems of the world. He was pres
ident and chief executive officer of the
Great Northern railway. Before this
nation called for help Mr.. Hill went
to Washington and rendered his for
tune, his personal services and the
use of his great railway to the SER
vice of his country. Promptly all were
accepted. Louis Hill put millions of
dollars into the governments war Sc
curities. The Great Northern rail-
way was taken over by the govern
ment and employed in the nations
service, and Mr.. Hill went to work
to help win the war. He didn't seek
high place in his country's service.
He didn't ask for title, power or pay.
He took the job Of a hired man and
did a mighty good, hard days work
every twenty.four hours. He made
motions like a real patriot. And he
is still on the job.
The other day General %Superinten-
dent w. R. Smith of the Great Nor
thern, an official who is well-known
to the public in this part Of the world,
called upon Louis Hill in St. Paul to
discuss some problems Of railway
management with him. Mr.. Hill saw