The Lexington intelligencer., 1918-10-04
NOW is TIME To
MEASURE MORALE
OF OUR COUNTRY
SECRETARY M'Aooo TELLS LIB.
ERTY LOAN WORKERS THIS
IS GLORIOUS WORK,
Observation-Disclosures
Acid Test Is Applied In This Drive and
shirkers viii Be Marked
Forever.

In an address to Liberty Loan work
ers recently Secretary Of the Treasury
McAdoo declared that this is the time
10 measure the wonderful morale OF
| Americans. He said:
There is hard work before you be.
fore success can be secured, but it is
glorious work, Every dollar you pro
vide brings us nearer to victory and to
righteous and enduring peace. Sue.
cess means life to thousands of our
brave men who. il We fail, must pay
he price of that failure with their
blood and find their final resting
places far from their native soil, in
.orelgn lands across the seas.
Il was asked not long ago what argu-
nent could be made for the Fourth
Liberty Loan. replied Immediately.
Pershlng and our heroes IN France!'
No other argument is necessary. The
American people know and feel the
need OF those men and are prepared to
20 the limit to supply that need.
Who can measure the wonderful
morale Of great and glorious America
this unparalleled democracy OF ours
which military despots have hereto
fore amused and deluded themselves
oy describing as incapable OF organ
lzed effort and too cowardly to fight?
In lS months we have given the most
inspiring and conclusive proof, not
alone OF the spirit and ideals Of de.
mocracy, but OF its power to organize
and face successfully any foe, how ever
unscrupulous and brutal. The despots
who threaten democracy, the ideals #
represents and the liberties OF the
world will be vanQuished BY the sword
Of democracy.
Our Marvellous Strides.
What marvellous strides this great
democracy has made since the Civil
War! One has only to contrast the
wo periods to realize the splendor of
our achievements. In the Civil War
rich men hired substitutes to fight for
them at the front, and stayed at home
make money out of war activities.
In this war a draft law OF impartial
nd universal application throughout
ne country has been passed and no
INSTITUTES are allowed. Wealth and
poverty are leyeled to precisely the
anne place. The rich man fights be-
lde the poor man in the ranks and
The burden Of taxation, although borne
all the people and distributed wide.
=, is imposed more heavily upon those
ost able to carry the load. The great.
It tax bill in the history of the world
as just been passed by the House o.
representatives, unanimously. All
onor TO the men of both parties for
his superb exhibition Of patriotism.
Keep the Pressure High.
Who Is not thrilled by what Per.
'hing and his glorious men have done
already upon the field of battle? These
unframed freemen Of democracy have
met the veteran fighters and the bes,.
trained soldiers Of autocracy and have
'anquished them, not by foul means.
but by fair fighting They have al.
'cady demonstrated that the power Of
righteousness and Of democracy is ir-
resistIble; that the doom OF autocracv
s sealed and the day Of reckoning near |
ar hand.
What we must do in America is IN |
keep the pressure high. Now that we |
nave the Kaiser and his brutal horde
On the run, let us not relax effort bu.
intensity effort, Keep hitting hard and |
harder, That is the wav to
win surely and quickly That Ia the
way to eliminate the Rhine; that is
he way to omen an American parade
N Inter den Linden.
We must maintain steadfastlv The
standards we have already set and
'urpass those standards whenever II
Is necessary to do so. BY self-abneca.
ION and sacrifice we must match. as
I'r as we possibly may, the deeds OF |
our sons upon the field Of battle and .
hereby contribute to the victory which
we are determined to secure regard.
less OF the time required or the price
paid, either in blood or in treasure
because without that victory there is
neither security for the world nor hone
Tor the future
We Cannot Fail
"One cannot fail to do his duty in
This supreme time and expect to save
his soul In the eternity before us No
man can shirk his duty without incur.
ring the just apprehension of public
opinion. The acid test will be applied
and the shirker, whether from military
service or in the field Of labor or in
The ranks OF the wealthy, will be I'M.
able to withstand the finger of scorn
which will be unerringly pointed at
Elm. We must rise to the subllmest /
heights Of patriotism, of sacrifice OF
DEVOTION Of love of country. n we
would not deserve 20 be cast into tho
depths of defeat and oblivion
Glorious America, glorious for what