The Ordway new era., 1918-06-07

every other now anu makes every
other seem trivial and negligible. is
the winning of the war. We are not
only in the midst of the war; we are
at the very peak and crisis of 1t. Hun
dreds Of thousands of our men, carry
ing our hearts with them and our for
tunes are in the field and ships are
crowding faster and faster TO the ports
of France and England with regiment
after regiment, thousand after thou
sand, to Join them until the enemy
shall be beaten and brought to q
reckoning with mankind.
There can be no pause or intermis-
sion. The great enterprise must on
the contrary be pushed with greater
and greater energy. The volume OF
our might must steadily and rapidly
be augmented until there can be no
question Of resisting it. If that is to
be accomplished, gentlemen, money
must sustain It to the utmost
"Our financial program must no
more be left in doubt or suffered to
lag than our ordnance program or our
ship program or our munitions pro
gram or our program for making mil
lions of men ready These others are
not programs, indeed, but mere plans
upon paper, unless there is to be an
unouestionable supply OF money.
THAT is the situation and 1t is the
situation which creates the duty, no
choice or preference of ours. There
/ is only one way to meet that duty. We
must meet 1t without selfishness or
| fear OF consequence. Politics is ad-
| journed.
War Record to Be Best Endorsement.
"The elections will go to those who
think least of it; to those who go to
l ,,fith h,,,tt xt.1u N
or excuses, with plain record OF duty
faithfully and disinterestedly per-
, formed.
81. for one, am always confident
that the people of this country will
give a Just verdict upon the service
| of the men who act for them when
the facts are such that no man can
disguise or conceal them. There is
no danger of deceit now. An intense
and pitiless light beats upon every
man and every action in this tragic
plot of war that is now upon the
stage.
"If lobbyists hurry 10 Washington
to attempt to turn what you do in the
matter of taxation to their protection
or advantage, the light will beat also
upon them There is abundant fuel
for the light in the records of the
I ery sort. The profiteering that cannot
be got at by the restraints of CON
science and love OF country can be
got at by taxation. There is such
profiteering now, and the information
with regard to 1t is available and IN
disputable. ,-
Il am advising you to act upon TINS
matter of taxation now. gentlemen
not because | do not know that you
can see and interpret the facts and
the duty they impose Just as well and
with as clear a perception OF the op-
legations involved as | can, but be-
cause there is certain solemn satis-
faction in sharing with you the re-
! sponsibilities of such time. The
world never stood in such case before.
Men never before had so clear or SO
moving a vision OF duty. l know that
you will begrudge the work to be done ON
here by us no more than the men be
grudge us theirs who lie In the
trenches and sally forth to theii
death. There is a stimulating com
radeship knitting us all together.
And this task to which i invite
your immediate consideration will be
performed under favorable influences
IL we will look to what the country is
thinking and expecting and care moth.
ing at all for what is being said ana
beIieyed in the lobbies of Washington
hotels, where the atmosphere seems TO
make it possible to believe what is be
lieved nowhere else.
People Ready to Bear Burden sraveiy
Have YOU not felt the spirit OF the
nation rise and its thought become
single and common thought since
these eyentful days came in which we
linn
other side? ! think you must read
that thought, as do, to mean this
that the people of this country are
not only united in the resolute pur
nose to win this war. but are ready
and willing to bear any burden and
undergo any sacrifice that 1t may be
necessary for them to bear in order
to win 1t.
~ we Law taxes Justly. They know
that the war must be paid for and that
It is they who must pay for 1t, and II
the burden is justly distributed and
the sacrifice made common sacri'
flee from which none escape who can
bear 1t at all. they will carry II cheer
fully and with sort of solemn pride
! have always been proud TO be an
American, and was never more proud
than now. when all that we have said
and all that we have foreseen about
our people is coming true.
1.-THE great days have come when
the only thing that they ask for or
admire is duty, greatly and adequately
dome when the only wish for America
is that she may share the freedom
she enjoys: when a great, compelling
sympathy wells up in their hearts for
men everywhere who suffer and are
i, oppressed, and when they see at last
the high uses for which their wealth
has been piled up and their mighty
power accumulated and. counting
neither blood nor treasure. now that
tho final day of opportunity has come,