Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-03-21
PA1H1l0TIC SUPPORT OF
GOVERNMENT IS THEME
Loyalty ,ention Attended by Representatives Of Nearly
Every nty in State Hundreds in Audience The
Speeches.

dound to the honor and glory of the
United States of America.
A -Four Nlinute Man.
The evening meeting of the' 10y,
atty convention was opened at 500
o'clock Saturday evening by Judge
John knauf in the chair. After the
high school orchestra had played a
number of selections, the audience
rose and sang "The Star Spangled
Banner" Judge Knauf, in his open
ing remarks, stated that, with the
exception Of four counties, every
county in the state was represented
at the afternoon meeting. The at
tendance at the evening meeting was
even greater, nearly thousand peo-
pie being In attendance.
w. G. Wooledge of Fargo, lead
er of the -Four Minute Men," was
introduced as the first speaker. His
speech, he stated, would not be a
defense of the rich, but defense of
the patriotism of the rich. 1--WE are
called the melting pot,'" he said,
but we have let the fire go out un-
der the pot. We started the fire
again, however, in April, 1917" He
stated that the, fire was now such
that q fusion and amalgamation was
going on. And there naturally comes
to the surface scum. It is the scum
that is going around and saying that
this is rich mans war, that the rich
are making money.
The speaker characterized this as
q lie. He stated that he had gone
over the income tax law very care
fully and that she had only found
two matters which did not seem to
be entirely fair. A poker player must
report his gains but not his losses. A
travelling man may. deduct his lodg-
ing, bnt not his meals.
Mr. Wooledge then, thru the use
ofa blackboard, showed the tompar-
ativel amount of income taxes paid by
men of small means, and by the very
rich. One comparison that was es-
pecially telling Was the following:
Four hundred men, each with q sal
ary of $2508, would pay an agere-
gate tax, If they were unmarried, of
$4,000; one. man who had the same
income as the 400, that. is, mil
lion dollars, would pay a tax of
$475,1SO. ', 7..f5' y % ,.'tes >
He stated that England's taxes for
the lower incomes are far in excess
Of those in America. England's taxes
on large incomes, however, are not
nearly as great as on the correspond
ing incomes in the United States.
Speaks for Third Loan.
"A. r. Rogers Of Minneapolis, chair
man of the Liberty Loan committee
of the Ninth Federal Reserve dis
trict, was the next speaker. He said
that every one must feel that this is
his country, and then he will feel his
responsibility to support the govern
ment, financially and otherwise. Mr..
Rogers stated that two of his boys
were in the service. AS the older one
left for France, the German gard
ner who has been In the employ of
the family for many years. and who
served In the German army many
years ago, said to him, When you
get over there. do as you are told;
do It with smile; and don't find
fault. =. =, .s,a u 81:
Tho father recently received . let
ter from France, in which the young
man requests, in case he should new
er return from the front, that his
father will see that "old Carl has ev-
erything that possess in the world. !"
The speaker made plea for the
purchase Of Liberty bonds. He said }.
when used to work in q lumber
yard in Valley City, and darn my
own socks and other things and used!
to COME up and wallop the tar out Of
the Stutsman county baseball team,
I used to wonder II would ever be-
come a stockholder In anything. Now
you or I can buy Liberty bonds that
are a better Investment than stock
In any concern In the world"
What We Are Fighting For.
Mr.. Marion Shutter Of Minneapolis
who next addressed the meeting.
spoke Of the coming of the German
heroes Of the revolution of 1848, to
shores after the putting
down Of that popular movement to-
ward democracy, and Of the great
part that these Veterans these "4S'-
ers''-had had In our own country in
the abolition smoYem ent, Il and in the.
Civil Wal, He spoke, ii particular
Of siegel and Carl Sschurtz. He spoke
Of the help thAt Am ericans Of Ger
man descent gave In our war with
Spain. noW,s' heE b Fleaid, I'VE are
lighting for the, same principles as
in 1861 THIS is q. new war for lib
erty- for the Aberty Of the world.
:"The ancestors Of all Of US have
come from the old country. They
have come here because here ma
tion has arisen which was founded
on principles distinct from those on,
which any other nation was built,
not the divine right Of kings, but the
natural rights Of mankind. "S .sl.;
Two principles were laid doWn as
In our country lnathe'
first place, governments exiSt. totse
cure ti:ns right Of the p., IL to life,
lsgeTty and the pursuit ii: happiness
That Il. her, the state EXISTS for man
and not III d for the state. u tie
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