The Farmington times., 1918-02-22


lected for service in the army. The
child group is the largest single group
from which additions can be expected
and they can be summoned the more
enthusiastically because participation
gives the children the proud con-
sciousness of being factors in the ma
tion's life and helpers in the nations
time of need.
In the matter of conservation, all
can have a part for while less than
half of our people may be counted as
producers to any extent, every citi-
zen must be counted in calculating
the demand for food.
The furnishing of money to carry
on the war is as necessary as the fur
nishing of men, and a failure to re-
spond to the country's call in the mat
ter of money would be as disastrous
to our cause as failure to supply the
soldiers needed. The government OBJ
tains this money usually from two
sources, taxes and loans. If anyone
is tempted to complain of additional
burdens laid upon him through the
new revenue law, he should remember
that taxes, however high, are paid out
of income and that the capital is u.s.
ually left untouched; whereas, those
summoned to military service are
called upon to surrender principal as
well as income.
Taxes, therefore. are less burden
some upon the individual than mill
tary service and loans are still less
burdensome to the present generation
than taxation. When the government
collects money through taxes it does
not promise to return it, but when it
borrows money it not only pays back
every dollar that it borrows but pays
interest on the money while it keeps
it. Interest at per cent, the rate on
Liberty Bonds, is more than the av-
erage rate paid by the saving banks
of the country. When one responds
to a call for money in the form of
government loan, therefore, he not on
ly answers a call upon his patriotism
but makes a good business inveset-
ment; he exhibits the most profitable
form of patriotism which he will have
a chance to manifest. Whenever a
government bond ceases to be good Sc
curity, there will be nothing else in
this country worth investing in; since
a government bond is not only first
mortgage on every dollars worth of
property under the flag, but has the
nations honor thrown in to make the
security doubly good.
The citizen has not, however, done
his full duty when he pays his taxes
and buys Liberty Bonds; there are
certain unofficial organizations that
have a claim upon the purse Of the
citizen--organizations which, though
they have no power to compel re-
sponse, have an undeniable claim up
on the nations resources.
The Red Cross society is an estab-
lished institution with the world for
it's field of service. 1t has no rival in
ministering to the comfort of the sick
and wounded, When it asked for one
hundred million dollars for it's work
the country gave one hundred and
| twenty million--proof of the organi-
zation's4 hold upon the copadence Of
the people and proof also of a ma
tion's -liberality. The Red Cross so
ciety must be supported in its work
no matter how often it calls or how
much money it needs.
But the soldier needs to have nour.
ishmen for his spiritual nature as well
as food for his body and the Young
Mems Christian Association takes the
lead in looking after the morals OF
the men. The strength of its position
has also been proven by the geneorus
response which the public has made to
its call for funds. When last spring
it asked for three lhillions it received
four millions and when it made its re-
cent call for thirty-five millions the
country responded with more thar
fifty millions.
The Knights of Columbus, young
er organization, has recently entered
the field and is sharing with the Y
M. C. A. the task of trying to main
tain in the army the moral standards
of home. 1t, too, found willing pub
| lie when it called for funds. The Luth-
eran Brotherhood and the Jewish or
ganiZations have also heard the call
from the camps and are preparing to
do their part, as is also the Young
Woman's Christian Association, which
has long been engaged in rendering to
young women a service similar ia
that which the Y. M. C. A. has been
rendering to young men. All of these
organizations are worthy Of their
united efforts, taken in connection
with the efforts of the governmnet
are surrounding the soldiers with an
environment more wholesome and
more helpful than has ever been fur
nished by any other government or
ever before by our own government.
But / have merely suggested some
of the ways in which the citizen can
| serve his country. / have not at
tempted to exhaust the list. Every
day records some new evidence of
thoughtful interest in the soldier at
the front and in those who stand be
hind the soldiers helping him in his
work-the women bearing their full
share in this as in every other altru-
istic undertaking.
And back of all this is the spirit
Of loyalty which furnishes a guarantee
that the nations support of the gov
ernment will be complete and con-
stant---a support which will be both
united and enduring. w. ]. BRYAN