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The Thrift Club

You read i'll the papers recently
what the German Chancellor had 10
say about peace. Germany's mill
tary position, he declared, was never
SO favorable as now. Our highly
gifted army leaders face the future
with undiminisned confidence in vic
tory. Throughout the whole army,
In the officers and men. lives I'M
broken the JOY of battle The Ger
man lusters after world power; the
rulers responsible for theravishing
of Belgium, the sinking of the Lusl-
tania, the murder of Edith Cavell
and innumerable other horrors and
atrocities, are still bent on victory.
Victory for them means defeat for
the Allies, defeat for the United
States. defeat for law and order and
right, for democracy and civilization.
To prevent that defeat this country
must play heroic part in the strug-
gle, It must send men and NUM-
tons to the front. 1t must build
ships. 1t must supply food and
goods to England and France and
Italy. To do these things money is
necessary.
You read in the papers yesterday
the speech of Secretary Baker, in re-
ply to the attacks made upon him
LOT
the men are ready-5OO,000 soon to
be in France; and 100000 to fol-
low. Every man in the service has
q rifle, and ships are being rushed to
completion to convey the troops to
the other side, and to carry food to
our partners in arms.
So righteous is our cause, so dan
gerous the threat to- our own safety,
that if America asked her sons to
give outright the money needed for
defense she would be demanding
nothing unreasonable. But that isn't
necessary. The people are asked on
ly to lend their money. The sacri-
fee required is trivial compared to
that which the people of all the 9th
er belligerent countries have made.
It is not worthy of comparison with
the sacrifice which our own soldiers
and sailors are making. 1t doesn't
call for any great heroism. But for
that very reason the greater will be
our shame if We fail to do the little
that is asked of us.
All of these things have been said
so often that they have become trite
and commonplace. But they are
eternally true. If they have not en-
tered into your heart, Mr.. Reader,
think the matter over again for your
self and then act upon the only con-
clusion that loyal and patriotic
American can reach. The joy of bat
tie still lives unbroken in the officers
and men of the German Army. does
= ariYe-out- that Joy and
replace it with the fear of God.
You can do your part in that work
by the simple and homely act of join
ing Thrift Club.
Thrift Clubs have been organized
throughout the county, and people
from all sections of Dorchester coun-
ty are subscribing literally. Thrift
is something which should be encour-
aged among all ages and classes of
people, but especially should it be
instilled into the minds and lives of
the children. The schools of Cam
bridge and the county have been
busy organizing thrift clubs among
the students and the boys and girls
OF Dorchester have done splendidly.
But the children are looking to the
adults for an example, and will per-
haps manifest more enthusiasm If
given more encouragement by their
parents and other relatives.
II the American army is going to
crush the 10y of battle" to which
the German Chancellor refers, it is
going to take the combined efforts
Of the men, women and children of
the United States, and that includes
YOU AND YOUR MONEY.