Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-04-22

I MONDAY, APRIL %, 1918.
WEBSTER CITY FREEMAN
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Now is the time for the gov
eminent to take over the coal mines
& of the country. Next winter will be
too late. NOW is the time for action.
-W.S.S.-
Well, that western line is thirty
miles closer than it was when Secre-
tary Baker intimated that speed was
not necessary because the war was
5000 miles away.
-W.S.S-.
With thousands of Americas young
manhood, of all nationalities, taking
their places in line of battle in Europe,
will come new inspiration of loyalty.
Let us at home bend every energy in
providing for their needs and that of
our country.
WIS.,
Although several weeks have passed
& .,r,o +,,o uy;coonoip o1octiOn proSi-
dent Wilson has not told the country
what he thought of the result. Nor
has little Tommie Marshall. But then,
nobody cares what Tommie thinks
about that or anything else.
WIS.,
At the beginning of the great world
war the debt Of the United States was
little more than $1,OO0,0OO,00O. We
will get through easy if at the end of
the war we do not owe $20,000,000,0 00
It is costing us right around $29,OOO,-
900 daily, or more than $4,000, 900
per annum.
-W.S.S-.
The titanic struggle in France
seems to have simmered down to one
Of man power and supplies. This
country is surely helping greatly
but is it helping all it can? That is
the question. 1t is to be hoped that
history will give us the credit OF
doing our best.
MSS
Germany hasn't issued casualty
list for many months. Her military
masters know that such list would
not look good in print. Moreover, it
might create CONSERVATION among the
people who are pouring out their
blood wholly and exclusively for the
benefit and vanity of the house of
Hohenzollern.
W.SS.-
Wait until we get that American
gun cover there which will shoot one
hundred miles. Berlin had better look
out.-Boone metropolitan.
"Wait" is the right word. This
country has been mighty strong on
that. Now if we could only convince
Germany Of the beauties of the
'.watchful waiting" policy the war
would be almost won.
-W.S.S-.
Eleven of the forty-eight states of
the union have already ratified the
proposed constitutional prohibitory
amendment. They are Mississippi,
Virginia, Kentucky, South Carolina,
North Dakota, Maryland, Montana,
Texas, Delaware, South Dakota and
Massachusetts. Thirty-six states must
ratify in order to make the amend
ment effective.
-W.SS-.
The German Lutheran congregation
at Fairmont, Minnesota, has voted to
discontinue the use of the German
language in the parochial schools in
that city. Professor Banke, the prin-
cipal of the school, is quoted as say
ing that the pupils eargerly welcomed
the change and that they learned their
Bible lessons and their catechism
more easily than before, says the
Blue Earth Press.
WIS.,
If the interests of the country are
conserved by letting the people know
the. real situation they should be told
no matter what officer or individual
may suffer. Where the government
has fallen down the search light
should be turned on and where it has
succeeded publicity should shine,
with due consideration, of course, to
what might be the result upon war