The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-04
GOOD SAglERg
R0UNDIY FLhYED
BY THIS SPEAKER
General PROTECTING at Ex-
pense Of Soldiers Fam
lies Condemned.
DIG JOB BEFORE Us
City People Must Help Far,
mers to Grow Their
Crops This Year.

field worker of the State Council OF
Defense, IN an address yesterday at
ternoon before eco people in First
Presbyterian church. Lets unload
graft" was the way he introduced the
subject. III there is business man
who Is charging more than reason
able forfeit. he's CRATER.
ITO make a big profit off the wife OF
a soldier boy. who is protecting his
(the merchant's) lie and property, by
service in the trenches OF far-away
France, Is 10 be CRATER Of the worst
type" The speaker pictured the sol
der boy at the front Drawing the dan
gers OF the gases and bayonet while
the unscrHouioTs merchant at home is
starving his wife "'If you are charg
ing more than a reasonable profit for
your coffee, clothes or other commo-
dities you are a CRATER
81 want you to aid in tilIjnS the soil
of West Virginia. The government
asked Us TO produce an increase OF
ten billions worth OF farm products
last year and we did it. This year il
asks the rural sections TO increase the
farm products thirty billions Of dol
lars over last year. With the man
power reduced twenty per cent on the
Farm. there is but one solution TO this
problem. The farmers cannot do il
unless you help them. The govern
ment IS going TO take what 1t needs
TOR the boys in France so II You want
to be sure Of your share you must
raise 1t yourself. Why should West
Virginia not be able to feed itSelfE In
UpShur and other counties the schools
are putting on an American propaSan-
da. Each meeting is addressed by two
speakers who tell about the war and
H. T0y-in to %}ris
there apparently was Ettie interest
due to the fact that the people %sere
not acduainted with the rea! serious
ness OF the situation. L would be IN
doIence net TO neL7 10 cultivate the
soil as has been asked OF us and re-
ally aiding the military GesEotism o.
Germany by this indifference.
III you are genuine American and
Tou are not directly contributing 70
the needs Of this war You should drop
your business during the var and
help to huiid ships: help y build
guns: help to manufacture firearms |
OF follow some other essential Pur-
suit.
Lets clean house and start b. m
loading politics for If we insist upon
rfav!r;s poGi-ics among ourselves we
are liable to get awake some day and
find the pa stmaster OF them all-tnc
kaiser. who PLAYED rings around a!
OF them in Europe. in our midst. Lets
unload sin. and may our prayers so
upwards to the throne OF grace far
our BOYS. I see a quickened pulse
iu'patriotism as a result OF this war
a great awakening in this direction
ON the way of introduction Mr- Gil
Ieaoie said that ever since the war be-
San on july 81 1914. that Germany
y S11rcaSSfIll Gamma lSEl
of warfare. and not one drop OF blood ,
was spilled on German soil by reason
of opposing forces. Today Germany
dominates three times as many peo-
pie and seventeen times as much area
as it did before the great world war
broke out. Since April 10 last 11I2
Sims have been sunk. which Is "a
ships more than the combined nations
of the earth had constructed. Accord
ing to Lord Landonne during 1871
there were 1900 less ships sailed than
there were IN 1914, which means thaf
seven millions less gross tonnage ven
acros the Atlantic.
'.Much hope cannot be placed IN .
revolution in Germany. especially /
when they are winning. Germany IN
20 this moment is a winner. II Is Ell
aeayo-iag to dominate the Meaiterrao p !
can and in par: i has been successful.
1; has spread the broad belt OF poi.
tics and miIi,ariSrn over Euro1e and
II is soon rslenaced orr rights on The !
high seas. Germany later NAV nave
made an tempt 10 capture US throusn
our friendly ally down in Mexico nat |
we hung aloof from the struggle and
Germany had conquered Europe,
: ~ hone vou'll all awake. II the
kaiser gets Won would not give you
a snap O! the finger for Marion cQlTn-
tv.' 'Dstroy German propaganda
which has been circulated in ruuorS /
that proper care and safeguard had !
not been given TO the boys when they +,
were transported across the Atlantic |
esoaciaiIv If a nishap should occur. In !
parts of West Virginia money was Sc
cured for the Kaiser under the pre- /,
tense OF real American upl!ft agencies. (
Never give any money unless Is 20 /
constituted authorities.
.sBe an American critic. but not an |
auarShistic kuocker- Let your cr1tt- I
t.isn be friendly and not OF destruc-
rive nature. The speaker declared !
that the allies had lost time in ship
building, manufacture Of war supplies
and on war plans. The allies he also
said had bungled In wasting time II
irving to line up Bulgaria as friend
IL ally; by permitting Germany TO cap
ture the Danube front which divided
its forces; In calculating that hrS
Constantine, OF Greece, a orotnerln-
Law Of the kaiser. would swing Greece
with the allies. and by wasting three
weeks in conference IN London while
German armies crushed little Serbia.
Difference of opinion has been ex-
pressed in this country by men high
ia public life, but none of It was with
the view OF dragging "old GLORY in
the dust. He urged a concerted move
ment with the slogan Lick the Kali
SER
Attorney Gillespie spoke caudouslyi