Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-25
who are going over there"
Strength at Home.

strength of America" was the mes
sage Of the man in uniform. ct was
recently said by well known Ger
man that the war would end when
the women of Germany refused to
help fight-not that the women of
Germany are to blame, but the ques-
ton is when the endurance of the
country will give way and that means
when will the women at home give
way. After all the strength of the
American cause is in it's homes and
in the hands of it's women.
when will the war end? You
have just as much to do to determine
that as the men who go to the front.
Your part is just as important as
that Of the man in khaki. The war
is going to end when the men and
the women together join hands and
move together across no mans land
and strike death blow to the kaiser.
We must do it together and when
the country calls on you to sacrifice
food, to loan wealth, to give your
children, it is just as much your duty
to respond as it is my duty to go
over the top when l get the COM
mand.
What does it matter that you are
asked to eat bakers bread, go with
out things to which you are accus-
toned, if your husband must close
store or office for days at time to
go off on patriotic duty? What does
it matter if you must place a mort
gage on your property to buy bonds?
What does it matter what you must
sacrifice to bring your boy or your
neighbours boy back an able bodied
manor perhaps home to die?"
Direct Blow to Kaiser.
Buying a Liberty Bond is a
patriotic duty. 1t shows good bust
ness judgment, and it is direct blow
at the kaiser. Just as severe in many
respects as military drive on the
western front, just as essential at
least as good fighting on the part
of our soldiers. Then as one united
people let us stand behind the boys
who are going to fight our battles in
France. 1t is your children and your
home that these boys are fighting for.
Then, why not do your part in sup
porting those who will perhaps sacri-
flee life itself for you at the front
Who is the Stacker!
"The world is coming to find an
added meaning for the word Stacker.
1t means, not only the young man who
has tried to evade military service,
but it means also the man or woman.
boy or girl who in the great crisis in
which we are living right now con-
tinues to accumulate wealth, enjoy
the privileges and comforts of home
life and refuse to answer the calls of
this government 1t seems to me that
no man or woman should go on living
as they have lived before Mr.. Hoover
has called upon us to sacrifice few
things. The treasurer is now asking
you to loan them money and anyone
who is not willing to cooperate in
every detail with our government is
unworthy of the protection of Old
Glory.
"The soldiers have given their all
and are willing to do so. I pledge
you, for them, that Old Glory
which you have entrusted to our
keeping will never touch the ground
nor suffer defeat until the last SOL
der has given every drop of blood
and every ounce of strength that is
his and all we ask in return is that
we may find you behind our govern |
ment Will you sacrifice or will you
fail in subscribing to these bonds |
and every call that in the future our
government may issue? AS soldiers |
we give our lives, will you do as
much?"
Mr.. Salzgaber was next called upon. |
The hour was late, however, and he |
refrained from making speech. He |
merely urged the people to ponder
deeply over the things said by the |
other speakers and to come out loyal
ly and Fundamentally to the fullest |
possible support of the government in
its campaign to raise money to main
tain the armies at the front who are
fighting our war.
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