Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-02
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there and hold our manhood cheap
while any speaks that fought" with
these at st. Mihiel or Thierry. The
memory of those days Of triumphant
battle will go with these fortunate
men to their graves; and each will
have his favorite memory. old men
forget; yet all shall be forgot, but
he'll remember with advantages what
feat he did that day."
AMERICA TURNED THE
ENEMY EVER BACK.
What we all thank God for with
deepest gratitude is that our men
went in force into the line Of battle
just at the critical moment when the
whole fate of the world seemed to
hang in the balance and threw their
fresh strength into the ranks Of free
dom in time to turn the whole tide
and sweep of the fateful struggle
turn it. once for all, so that thence
forth it was back. back, back for their
enemies, always back, never again
forward! After that it was only g.
scant four months before the COM
manders Of the central empires knew
themselves beaten; and now their
very empires are in liquidation.
And. throughout it all how fine the
spirit Of the nation was; what unity
of purpose, what untiring zeal; what
elevation of purpose through all its
splendid display Of strength, its untir-
ing accomplishment! have said that
those of us who stayed at home to
do the work of organization and sup
ply will always wish that we had been
with the men whom we sustained by
our labor; but we can never be
ashamed. It has been an inspiring
thing to be here in the midst of fine
men who had turned aside from every
private interest Of their own and de-
voted the whole of their drained
capacity to the tasks that supplied
the sinews of the whole great under
taking. The patriotism, the unset
fishness, the thorough-going devotion
and distinguished capacity that mark
ed their toilsome labors day after day,
month after month, have made them
fit mates and comrades Of men in the
trenches and on the sea. And not the
men here in Washington only. They
have but directed vast achievement.
Throughout innumerable factories,
upon innumerable farms, in the
depths Of coal mines and iron mines
and copper mines, wherever the stuffs
Of industry were to be obtained and
prepared, in the shipyards, on the
railways, at the docks, on the sea In
every labor that was needed to sus-
tain the battle lines. men have WED
with each ether to do their part and
! do it WELL They can look any man
! alarms in the face, and say. we also
strove to win and gave the best that
was in ns to make our feets ard
armies sure of their triumph. ~.
WONfAN's WORK TOO
GREAT FOR APPRAISAL.
| And what shall we say of the wom-
en-of their instant intelligence.
quickening every task that they
! touched; their capacity for organiza-
ton and cooperation which gave
their action discipline and enhanced
the effectiveness Of everything they
which they had never before set their
hands; their utter self-sacrif1ce alike
| in what they did and in what they
gave: their contribution to the great
result is beyond appraisal. They
have added new lustre to the annals
of American womanhood.
SHOULD BE MADE
EQUALS OF MEN.
! The least tribute we can pay t.
them is to make them the equals o,
men in political rights as they have
proved themselves their equals in ev
cry field Of practical work they have
entered. whether for themselves Of
for their country. These great days O.
completed achievement would be sad
ly marred were we to omit that ac
Of justice. Besides the immense prac
tical services they have rendered, tn,
women of the country have been th'
| moving spirits in the systematic econ
omies by which our people have vol
UNFAIRLY assisted to supply the suffer
ing peoples of the world and tn
armies upon every front with foot
and everything else that we had tina
might serve the common cause. TIL,
details of such story can never b.
fully written, but we carry them a
our hearts and thank God that w
can say that we are the kinsmen o
SUCH
And now we are sure Of the grea
triumph for which every sacrifice wa!
made. 1t has come, come in its com
pleteness and with the pride and in
spiration of these days Of achievement
quicken within us we turn to the task