The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-04-11

the government has in looking after
and equipping all these men to say
nothing Of the job of getting them
across to France. American destroy
ers arrived at British port for SER
vice % days after war was declared;
the first contingent Of American fore
e slanded in France SO days after war
was declared, and 1877 days after war
was declared the American soldiers
got their first baptism of fire at the
front and gave good account of
themselves, too, as was to be expected.
Ships, guns, and aeroplanes are being
turned out in great numbers, Isl
plants are turning out ships while the
government says that $1,000 ma
chine guns have been delivered.
The enormity Of the governments
job is really not understood, we think
It would be great if every person
could read the report as given in the
Minneapolis Journal of Sunday. No
conception of the magnitude of the
task can be had unless you can see the
government figures, after reading
which you will go away back and sit
down with a lot of your criticism.
True, it is, perhaps, in some things,
the war department has appeared to
be slow, and to the anxious hearts Of
American men and women who have
boys in the trenches, and others who
have boys yet to 60, it must seem that
the war is dragging, but really,
friends, we are accomplishing great
things. It has taken England four
years to develop her vast army, yet
in one year we have over 1000, 900
men under arms in the navy and army.
Think of this seriously. We are now
into the third liberty loan drive. We
must put it over handsomely, and we
will, and show the Hun that America
is backing it's fighting men to the last
cent, and is fighting for that freedom
which has made for us a name that
has been handed down from our pill
grim fathers to the present time
equality, freedom of the seas, free
dom in thought, and Just and equit-
able equality to the peoples of all the
earth. This is no time to talk of
strikes, like we hear every once in
while-we call that treason in times
like these. If working men have any
grievance let them be patriotic like
the men in the trenches, and bide
their time until the war is over, then
let them 60 after what they want,
but they, the men who have to build
ships, mann the railroads and other
institutions that need their help, must
make sacrifices that will put this
country winner against an enemy
that knows nothing but brutality and
militaryism.
t.. -BUY W. S. S.
We have completed one week of run
ming this old rag o freedom, and dur
ing these strenuous six days we have
been told by considerable portion of
the population just how to run the old
craft and the size the paper ought
to be from it's present dimensions up
to that of the size of the Chicago
Herald-just as the enthusiasm of
the person mapping out the destinies
of the Times Record allows his imag-
ination to roam in the lofty sphere of
newspaperdom. All these kind sug-
gestions are taken good naturally and
filed away for ready reference in case
we are unable to get by with the job.
Many of the suggestions kindly vouch-
safed us are timely, and to. the point,
and are no doubt intended for our
good-but did you ever stop to think
how far the editor would get if he
went into our big stores and told the
proprietor how to run the business
and point out the way you could
do it better than he could? He would
not get very far, would he? Well,
that is the way we feel about it, just
at this time. It will be the aim of the
present editor to give the best paper
possible as we stated in our first ef-
fort last Monday. We want real, we'll
founded criticism, but this kind where
you happen to say something that may
be little off in the main but is right
as to the generalities, this carping
kind of criticism that does nothing but
tear down, only adds to the burden of
the one who is trying to do his level
best for the city and country. We are
not hitting at anybody in particular,
but giving a few thoughts as they oc-
cur to US. The way to build up a good
daily newspaper in Valley City is to
overlook whatever faults it's manage
'ment might have and by your loyalty
and business, help build it up so that
! it will be useful implement to the
community in keeping Valley City and
Barnes county on the map. When you
see word left out or a name spelled
; wrong, or comma inverted and the
like, don't cuss the editor under your
breath and give him crack in the
neck, but think Of some of the good
things he has said and some of the
things he said right and thus help
him along the stony paths. Unity
and community spirit is what we must
look forward to and only is it true of
your daily newspapers. but all of our
business men. Let's get the habit of
laying aside the hammer and apply
the galvanic current Of cooperation
and community spirit. You will find
the Times-Record right on the job
along these lines. We are grateful to
the many people and business men Of
the city who have come forward with
their help and kindly words and will
try to merit q continuance of the same.
Did you ever stop to figure without
SOMEBODY outside telling you what a
very fine city Valley City iss and what
a great location we have for more
wholesale houses. Travelling men,
many of them, make Valley City
headquarters. Why? Because it has
splendid train service, the best school
system in the state paying and first
class municipal light and water plant
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