Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-04-03

The Third Liberty Loan campaign
will be waged with enthusiasm and
determination, if the County Liberty
Loan Convention held at the court
house last Wednesday is any criter-
ion Almost hundred men and wo-
men, representing every township and
almost every city and village in the
county, were present and perfected
plans for carrying on the campaign.
The meeting was called to order by
County Chairman c. H. Baxter who,
in greeting the delegates, impressed
upon them their responsibility for
Grant county's showing in the Third
Loan campaign. Mr.. Baxter express
ed the belief that by putting courage
and enthusiasm into the effort the
county would easily exceed it's allot-
ment. The banks in the county were
never in such good financial condi-
ton, and the thought of another fail
ure was not to be tolerated.
Mr.. Baxter then introduced Mrs.
David Crichton, County Chairman of
the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee.
Mrs. CrichtOn spoke on co-ordinating
the work of the mems and women's
committees, asserting that the wo-
mems committee offered to the men
cO-OperatiOn-not competition. Mrs.
CrichtOn gave definite instructions to
the women chairmen for carrying on
their work in the schools, in the
churches, in clubs and societies, and
through house to house canvas. She
urged the chairmen to postpone house
cleaning during the month of April,
and every other task not vital to the
hour and devote themselves to put
ting over the loan.
Mr.. Victor Coffin representing the
Seventh Federal District Campaign
Committee, spoke of the help to be
derived from the adoption of the al
lotment plan, known as the WHINE
bagO Plan" and urged that it be used
in this and future campaigns. A vote
unanimously adopted.
County Supt. Bray, publicity man
ager and manager Of the speakers
bureau, outlined some of the publici-
ty plans for the campaign, which are
more comprehensive than any before
undertaken. Speakers on the loan
will cover every part of the county
ia the next thirty days, and meetings
and rallies will be held in every school
district in the county. If there is any
one in Grant county who has not
heard about the Third Liberty Loan
at the end of that time, Mr.. Bray
wants to meet thenl.
a stirring patriotic address by the
Hon. j. w. Murphy of PlatteviIle,
closed the convention.
Recognizing that the women Of a
community are largely responsible
for the sentiment Of that community,
the government is enlisting the help
of women in the Third Liberty Loan
Campaign in degree never before
attempted. Almost forty women were
present from all parts of Grant coun-
ty at the County Liberty Loan Con-
ventiOn in Lancaster on March 27
In talk to the chairmen, Mrs. Dav-
id CrichtOn county chairman for wo-
men said:
The government has asked you to
do this piece OF work. When asked to
take UP this one thing more your first
impulse was to refuse. You already
are working for the Red Cross, you
sew, you knit, you conserve food; you
are continually contributing time, eff
fort and money, You feel you simply
cannot do more. And yet, the vital
civilian war work of the hour is rails
ing this loan. If your township in
Grant county, Wis, fails to meet it's
allotment because you scattered your
efforts; because you did not realize
that everything must be subordinated
to this bis task during the month of
April, you will have been guilty of OBJ
structing the governmental giving
aid and comfort to hte enemy.
"The possibility Of a speedy termin-
alton of the war is remote. To raise
our allotment in tbs loan, our efforts
must be"doubled and redoubled. We
can tolerate no listless Indifference
We cannot leave the result to spon-
taneous patriotism plus four and a
loan does not so much depend upon
the rate Of interest the bonds bear as
upon the interest we shall be able to
create for them among those able to
invest
"The women of France are blowing
in the fields. The women of England,
from the highest to the lowest, are
laboring in munition factories. The
women of Belgium have suffered
thousand deaths. Do our sacrifices
loom large in comparison to these?
"The time has come for us to act
without asking why. To do as we are
told for our country as our boys are
doing. No sacrifice we can make can
equal the sacrifices thy are making.
eve are busy women. We were
busy before this war began. We are
buster now. Housecleaning tasks con-
front us. We want to wage war on