Denver labor bulletin., 1918-05-18
LABORS PART IN WINNING THE WAR
IS TO WORK AND SAVE
By MITCHELL,
Commission Food Commissioner
of York.

fered indescribably while we have
been safe and comfortable shall have
enough to meet their needs.
We are still not freeing our rail-
roads from the necessity of trans
porting and our factories from the
call to be making thousand and one
things which habit has made US feel
are necessities, but which the ruined
homes and people of Belgium, France,
Serbia, Rumania and Armenia fur
nish proof are "trifies light as air."
If we selfishly insist that workers
needed in the work of war must con-
tinue to produce the full volume of
peace-time comforts and luxuries, we
are making it impossible for them to
produce the things needed by the ma
ton for the prosecution of the war.
Give Until 1t Hurts"
Every hour of the day, it sometimes
seems, brings a call for funds for this
or that worthy purpose, for this or
that plan or project that appeals to
US as being one that we Just cannot
fail to support. We are urged to
give, to "give until it hurts" And
so we should. Can those of US who
(on account of age, of sex, of some
physical condition over which we have
no control) are unable TO serve our
country on the field of battle ever give
enough mere money to pay for the
protection the soldiers of Belgium, of
France, of England, of Canada, of all
the allied nations have given US? For
the protection our own men are now
giving US and will give in fullest
measure? Can any amount of money
repay those noble men whose sacri-
! fees have kept the Hun from our
shores and from our homes?
No call that comes to US for sac
rifices of comfort, of pleasure, of
/ treasure should Be- unheeded or un-
generously responded to. In further
ance, in perpetuation Of the great
principles of elf-government, liberty
and justice it is the solemn and i'm
| perative duty of every citizen, of
every child who expects to live in
/ freedom in the years 10 come, to do
| his full share to the end that the war
shall be brought to speedy and sue
] cessful termination.
War Saving Made Easy.
1t is difficult to realize how easy
the way has been made for each one
| to help, for each one to help win the
war and at the same time to help
himself From the penny which the
child at school may save until he has
] enough 70 DuN u -o-Nt4L AllIAlN STAIN p'
| up thru the gamut of the war savings
stamp, which costs fraction over 81,
1 the Liberty bond at $50 or any multi
Pile of $50, all, poor and rich alike,
| may serve and save-serve by lend
ing to the government the pennies
and dollars, save by having invested
at interest money which might other
wise have slipped thru the fingers.
In this struggle for self-govern-
ment and the triumph of democracy
none are more concerned and none
will be more vitality affected than the
wage earners Of our country; there
fore, they should respond as gener-
ously as their means will permit in
the purchase of the various securities
offered by the government.
The representatives of the organized
labor movement of the United States
in convention assembled at Buffalo in
November last pledged the support
and cooperation of the wage earners
for whom they spoke to the govern
ment of the United States in the
! prosecution of the war for the estab-
lishment of democracy among all the
\ peoples of the world. There is no
doubt that organized labor will assist
the government in this dark hour by
lending money to il as we'll as by lend
ing every physical and moral and
spiritual effort TO bring about the
triumph of the principles of freedom
and democracy.