Williston graphic., 1918-04-18

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SHARE IN THIS WAR
Mr.. Julian Street makes very clear in his article
in the last issue of Golfers that who stay over here
cannot have share in this by investing our sur
plus income in Liberty Bonds or War Savings stamps
Setting aside convenient amount for the purchase OF
bonds is profteerng 1t is only buying to the extent
of real sacrifice that is sharing. There still some
of US who do not understand this The variety OF ex
cuses offered the salesmen of the Third Liberty Loan
is tribute to the ingenuity of the minds which offer
ed them That the given for not subscribing
more money are, by and large, excuses and nothing
else is proved by comparing our balance sheet with
that of the other nations engaged. We are indebted
for the figures to an article by Mr. Thomas Morrison
in the current issue of the Century Magazine":
ESTIMATED INCOME
United States Ooo'oOo'VVo
France - - 6OO0,OOO,O0O
Great Britain 1z'oVV'VOV
Germany 1lOOO,OOO,VVo
In a word, the annual income of the United States
is very much greater than the income of France, Great
Britain, and Germany together We are not only the
richest nation the world richer than any 9TH
er three nations together Now, what is the relation
of national debt to annual income? Mr. Morr-
son saws it is 1850 per The comparative figures
are as follows:
PERCENTAGE OF DEBT TO INCOME
United States . 49,. ........-.. 1880 per cent
France 555.o4 per cent
Great Britain ...-:l9zOO per cent
Germany .-.... ..:.-. ..zoO.zi per cehI
If France could devote every cent of income to the
national debt it would require three years and four
months to pay it of; if Great Britain could devote
every cent of income her national debt would take
nearly two years to pay it off; If Germany could DC.
vote every cent of income the national debt would
take considerably more than two years to pay on
II the United States could devote cent OF income
to the national debt it would take little more than
two months to pay it of. Taking annual income as
basis of power pay France has gone in nearly twen
ty times as deep we have England has gone IN
more than ten times deep as we have Germany
has gone in nearly twelve times as Deep We've got
the money; we haven't begun to shell it out-no mat
ter what we tell the Liberty Bond salesman.
G-R-A-P-H|IC
LETTERS WILL WIN THE WAR
In the May American Magazine Corporal Holiness
writing about how the has changed his ne' says
81 believe that the mothers and fathers in this
country who are receiving letters from over there will
say that these letters are revelation TO the 1oo
bovs never used to write they do now Ihese are
mt the casual notes they scrbbd at college, nor the
matter epistles you received after they nad
oone to the city to work. After they have been over
there longer and the thought of death has become
something that never absent from their mnoS' you
boy.
"Somehow the best side Of man is the one he takes
tho most pains to hide He can't talk about tho things
he threshes out in secret He doesn't tell you about
hs strueeles with temptation. He'd almost bite his
tongue off before he would admit that somewhere deep
;r.de If his heart or mind is ideal that he is more
or less intent realizing.
"But when he thinks that he may die before he can
do much about that ideal, he wants his mother and
father to know that least he did have one The war
may take your boy away from youbut it will also re-
veal him to you. When he feels that he may never
have another chance after he has sealed his letter. to
tell his mother that he loves her, he isn't going to et
that chance 20 by. Over there in the trenches, with
the thunder of the guns and the screech Of the Shells
he can and WILL talk to you he never did here at
home That will be one Of the compensations of war;
G-R-A-P-HIC
NAY GET SOME OF OWN MEDICINE
m. Kansas City Star: In the Franco-Prussian war
tho German government commandeered British vessels
at Rouen to sink in the Seine in order to block the
river against French gunboats. These vessels were
seized under the rule Of international law giving
beRerent the right to seize common carrier on pay
1nent for the carrier and its cargo. similar instance
was the seizure of Swiss railroad coaches for military
use in Alsace, in the same war.
In the seizure Of the Dutch shipping this govern
rnent following the same rule OF lnternatlona IL"
that Germany recognized But it does not depend on
a merely technical justification. AS has been pointed
out the worlds need for shipping caused by Ger
nanvs violation of all the rules of international a"
and the future of Holland itself which can be assured
onv bv the allied victory, constitute the moral ground
for President Wilson's action