The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-14
". WORK j WILL WIN
THE WAR SA US
LABOR LEADER
John Mitchell Appeals to Fellow
Unionists to Put Blows "
Back of Government
EVERY EFFORT TO COUNT
BY JOHN MITCHELL

(Mr Mitchell was formerly pres
ident OF the United Mine Work
ers and led the great strike OF
1912. He was appointed by Pres
ident Roosevelt member OF the
Anthracite Coal Strike commits
sion, and later was made chair
man Of the New York State In
dustrial commission. He is now
serving as food commissioner OF
New York;
1t is 2 wonderful opportunity for
service in defense of human rights
now presented to the wage earners OF
America We hear it said that foo0
will win the war, that ships will Win
the war, that men and munitions will
win the war. Men, munitions, food,
and ships are all absolutely vital to
victOry--but we can reduce 1t all to
one thing when we say that work will
win the war.
To put the strength OF our great ma
ton on the battle front in France, to
back up the men who have been called
to the cOlors and who are now giving
their lives that democracy may not
pOAAoA AAOn Iuo coll III, We ACA . a. AOAAo
must work as we have never worked
before.
With our hands and our brains, by
toll and sarciftce, we must produce the
ships and eestroyers and airplanes. the
guns and ammunition, the food, fuel,
and clothing, all the infinite variety
of war necessities, without which our
armies will be- powerless. Millions of
our people are. now tpiling On the
farms, in the factories, and in the
shipyards to produce the cargoes and
the carriers to be sent across the At
lantic. This Is the great work that
must be carried on by the army that
stays at home-the army Of the
workers, , H..
Every Mans Work Counts.
The work that one man does here
at home may seem to him very small
too small to be measured on the battle
front, but It is only through the toll
of individual workers, each doing his
part, that the big job can be done.
Take the building of cargo ships, for
example. In q shipyard the individual
workers output is less than q ton Of
shipping in a fortnight, but $4,000 men
in a big shipyard will turn out in a
year q million tons, or g great fleet
Of one hundred and twenty-five 5000
ton ships.
Sol is with savings. Each one of
us must save IN order to produce the
great savings the nation must have.
The purchase Of a, 25-cent government
Thrift Stamp seems very smali
thing when. we read that the war is
costing VS. thirty or forty millions q
day. But every thrift stamp will pay
for driving six rivets IN a ship, ana
two United States War Savings Certi-
ficates carrying forty IS stamps (nOw
costing $1664O) will build q ton Of
shipping. Already the treasury war
savings campaign has collected more
than $24O, OO0, 900 from these small
savings. This Use. enough to pay for
the. building Of 1900 900 tons Of ship.
ping to carry our men and food and
munitions to Europe.
THE Wage Farmers Opportunity.
Eyery member of the Industrial
ARMY here at home every wage earn.
er-has before him gerat opportun'
ity and q great duty. These are the
things he can do:
1. Do his part in speeding up the
production Of all the materials OF
war now SO urgently needed.
2. Help save more labor and mater.
ials In order that those who have
gone cover there" may not want for
anything.
3. Help the governmentflnance the
war by investing his money savings |
in United States securities-War Saw
ings Stamps and Liberty bonds.
On all sides are countless evidence
that men, women and children are
eager to. serve the country and the
world In this hour Of supreme peril.
An dour people are serving nobly, but
theer is still much to be done, which |
it seasily within the power Of most
OF W to delp to do.