Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-25
AMERICA IS WASTING
MONEY SAYSA BRITON
& Sacrifice OF Dollars, However, Means
Morn Speed and a Quicker
End OF tho War.
OUR DEEDS ARE MARVELLOUS
Americas Accomplishment IN Eu-
rope Is Beyond All other
4 Countries.

Tie Is member Of tho British
commission TO this country, and he
was commenting on tho achieve
ments OF America In France.
when tho full story In told. II
will be one OF the most inspiring
records Of history" he said. mo
enc who has not been there can
imagine It. The port where your
troops land has been transformed
~ II by a miracle. Great piers
stretch out into the hnrbor; lines Of
railroad, laid with American rails
by American engineers and travelled
by American locomotives. stretch
away toward the battle lines. Huge
store houaos cover the adjoining
acres for miles. l tell you. II is
marvellous what you have accom-
plishedl"
And then no added. In after
thought:
You are pouring out mopey as II
u didn't cost anything"
Pouring out money as II II didn't
cost anythlng-that is our record In
the war thus far. Our first year
cost us billions more than tho first
year OF any other nation. And now
we are asked to raise in three weeks
the largest loan ever subscribed by
the people OF any nation.
We are running this war In the
most oxtravagant fashion; and there
10 not q man. woman or child In
America who wants II conducted in
any other way. Why7 Because we
value speed more than money; and
AnaAA In al~AV ~
Speed means more guns brought
more quickly into play. and more
ammunition to feed them. Speed
means ships built At high cost be-
cause Of overtime wages; II means
airplAne plans discarded as fast as
new improvements come along. II
means all this-and we bear the
cost Of II gladly. without regret For
speed means q quicker, surer victory,
and our boys earlier homo again.
II beat the Austrians because they
did not know the value OF five min
utes." said Napoleon. His rule for
victory was TO be on the ground first
with the most guns. II owe all my
success in life TO having been o quar-
ter OF an hour before my time"
Lord Nelson once remarked. His VIC |
tories. too, wTe victories Of speed. |
The cry OF every American woman |
TO her government today should be
Spend more money fasterl" Every |
ounce Of her thought and energy |
during tho three weeks dedicated to |
the fourth Liberty loan should be |
employed In arousing In her own |
household and the households OF |
her neighbors an eagerness to lend |
every possible penny, and to lend 1t
quickly.
Thus the fourth Liberty loan may
become q message of far flung en-
eouragement to our boys across the !
seas: q message OF unpleasant aug
ury TO their foes. For every bulletin |
OF the mounting millions will cry
out in tones unmistakAble!
We are raising q greater fund |
than men and women have ever
raised. We are rAislng II In three
weeks, when smaller loans have
taken four, Money 10 nothing to
us-we sacrifice It gladly for the
sake OF speed. For the sake of
quicker victory. and the return of
our boys to their homes"
In the spirit Of that message lei
m face the, greatest loan In history;
. loan too large to be subscribed by
banks and business houses--so large
that II must come out Of tho little
economies Of women. A Mothers
Loan--a cry from the heart Of
American WomAnhood for anead