The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-04-05
American People Must Lend Part.
or Pay All to Finance
Great Conflict.
BUYING OF LIBERTY BONDS
Liberal Loans to Government is Ae-
vancino Financial Assistance to
Our Children, Obviatino Total
Cost by Taxation.
10y EUGENE p. LYLE, JR., Of The
Vigiiantes.)

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thing, 1t comes highest. No people IL
worthy Of freedom that Is not willing
and eager to pay dearly for it. In
fact. you will find no people possess
! Ing freedom that has not paid dearly
for II, and you will find no people con-
tinuing TO possess freedom that does
not stand every ready to pay dearly,
over and over, TO retain Ii.
If this were not true. Belgium,
France, Italy and England with her
oversee dolninioHs would now be- a.
Russia is today. IL this were not
true. America would stin be Neutral,
contemptibly awaiting her turn to pass
under the yoke.
Blood and treasure, anguish and sac
| rifice-these are the coin we bring
| 10 market the coin we must pay. Yet
| the coin may be, and, Is expressed in
| dollars and cents not alone AZ a sym
| bol of the real price we pay, but be-
cause this real price would be wan
tonly squandered or paid IN more
| CHASTITY measure than need be, IL the
| cold, calm. practical business of dol
| lar-andcents financing were not at the
/ heart of the heroic transaction.
Vainly would the soldier shed his
blood II he were not trained and
| equipped TO make his blows count 10
the utmost, and the cost Of this train
ing and equipment is an item that may
be, and is, expressed in an exact NUN
Der Of dollars added TO IN exnct num-
her Of cents. His country must spend
precisely this amount to enable him 10
defend her.
Consequently we Of America are
now confronted with the biggest war
bin in history. One year Of this war
is costing us as much as all the wars
we have had before added TO all the
other expenses of our federal govern
ment since we first won our freedom.
Lending to Our Children.
Ungrudgingly, yes! OF that we are
proudly conscious that there is no
question. The one and only question
is the practical question Of finance.
How shall the money be found? We
ourselves must supply it, since it can
not be borrowed elsewhere. But how?
The bin is too big to pay cash on
the nail as we go. And, Furthermore,
10 pay all as we 20 would be just
neither to ourselves nor to our pos
terity.
1t would not be just to ourselves
because we alone will not be the bene-
ficiaries. The generations to come viii
benetit-incalculably benefit In the lib
critics preserved to them-ana il y
proper that they should be left TO as
sumo fair proportion Of the debt.
They are buying freedom today as
much as we. But we shall have 70
lend them the money now to pay their
share. In lending to our government
in buying Liberty bonds we lend 70 our
children; and gratefully our children
will pay II off.
Any other arrangement would NOT
be just to them for the reason that.
should We strip ourselves bare TO pay
all now, We would be crippled in pre-
pairing our children for the ordinary
duties of citizenship. Better far thar
we retain enough TO so equip them for
success In life that they may without
undue hardship take over their quota
Of this wars burdenl Better fer Us.
and better for themi
Sound common sense. then, as well
rs equity. points the way. TAe wars
burden should be divided Let us pay
In cash as heavily as We wisely may
that Is taxation. But the rest let ~
leave 10 the future beneficiaries. lend
ing them the money now-that is buy
ing Liberty bonds.
Freedoms Great Price.
The present moment Is n good time
10 contemplate what will happen-in-
evitnbly happcn-if we do not lend ro
posterity 10 help pay freedoms huge
price. Nothing Is clearer than the al
tentative
II we do not lend our government
what II asks Of us In loans. then we
must consent that the total cost be
taken from us outright by TAXATION
even by n prornted confiscation-
Before such nm alternative even the
German. or pro-Germnn. havtng prop-
crty interests In this country. should
choose to subscribe for Liberty bonds.
In our own selfinterest. apart from
the issues vital 10 the integrity of our
manhood, we can do no less-no less
than lend to the last cent We may DOS
sibiy save: and this not once merely.
but each and every time that Uncle
Sam steps from his counting house 10
tell us that he must have more money.
Uncle Sam is telling Us this now.
He awaits our response. But he Is
not the only one who waits. Wherever
men are free or suffer TO be- free. there
they await our response as the answer
10 their hopes. Add there is vet an
other who waits-ihe enemy. IN
whatever degree our answer fails of :,
reverberating affirmative. in exac,ly
that degree wiz he take heart TO pro-
long the hid<aous slnushfs.r