The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-16

risk anything. 10 you take any shAnses
Think what the American boy does when
| he goes out. Docs he ask that his lie
be protected, az you are your money
Doss h ask that h :: Nct See i
We don't have to - out soliciting him:
he Zoos out with the love q hberY In
his soul. with that fsrv4nt and matchIess
/ patriotism that makes him glad TO give
his lie FOR his country (Applauss).
/ What sacrifice II 1t that you make. ~
COMPARED to his, when you exercise the
9, '1S,nx Ds, to so os
Is doing something which makes any
thing you do behind the lines fade into
utter and absolute insfgnificance. CAD
plause).
A Noble Sacrifice.
1 had a. letter the other day from .
woman. splendid American woman, and
/ want TO read 1t to you
i We passed great insurance law, with
the sanction of your great commander
in-chief. / had the privilege TO propose
lives Of our soldiers ana sailors: and for
i making allowances to tho dependent
wives and children of those splendid men
when they have gone to the front. Of
| all the things that have been done in
| this great war the thing that the great
American nation may feel most proud Of.
aside from the fight it il making for the
OF human and noble legislation. the like
| Of which was never passed ny any other
nation in tho world. tApplause).
Our soldiers couldn't get life insurance
told me that they would charge $5S per
thousand or $3.50 year, for 40. 900
policy. on the life OF an american boy
he puts On the blue 5sskst or khaki
you know what you pay that soldier! You
pay him $3.50 a year while serving on
American soil and 1896 = year when he
/ IL ia fAx.
| IN France They would have, charged
HIM more than the government pays him
in wages year to let him have 10000
life insurance. don't blam: the insur-
sand on his life Insurance. companies
have not got unlirnited means. They
| have to charge compensating price for
the risk they take. and this risk is 50
hazardous they have to charge $5s a
thousand for it. In other words. when
your Uncle Sam takes your boy. hs de-
stroys his insurabifity Isn't 1t right that
Uncle Sam should remedy that by giving
him insurance himself? (Applause).
| And this is what we have done. This
great insurance division OF the govern
ment is the greatest insurance company
on earth. Today we have insured the
lives Of 100000 grand American sailors
and soldiers and women nurses m the
/ army and navy. and tbs total aggregate
lion dollars. We also provide that the
soldier. il he has wife. that soldier or
i sailor must allot one-kalf OF his pay
for the or 81 1 w1
then. Uncle Sam takes that $3.50 month
iy from this soldiers pay. and we add
$3.50 out Of Uncle Sans treasury, $as,
and we send it to the wife Of that sol
der to help support her while he is
away. (Applause). And II she has three
children. the government gives IS a
oa e TOR ,ts sen 50 sas hs we
tributing $3.50. And il he has a depend
emit mother. he can say whether he viii
allot some Of his pay to her. and II he
eminent will match that with $40 more,
so that the dependent mother can be pro-
tected while the son 10 out fighting for
his country. lApplause.
ter. 1t is from Salston. Pennsylvania.
She calls me Director General Nc
Adoo." Iaughter). That is good one,
isn't it. She says: Dear Sir: Will you
kindly excuse the liberty l take In writ
ing you, but 1 feel / must write and
thank you for the interest you have
pendents in Introducing the insurance
bill / will state that I urged my only
son. a mere lad. to enlist in the navy in
1914. I felt that this war was coming.
An. this was splendid mother: she
! had the preSclence of mind and patri-
0tsm Of an unqualified character. Il
felt that this war was coming, and I
wanted him to be trained Only God
! had lust buried my idolized husband.
and was Just recovering from spell OF
typhoid fever, and the hospital and medi-
cine bills had nearly taken all had, but
knew my God would take care Of my
little girls and myself il | gave my brave,
handsome boy to Uncle Sam. My only
regret is that | have not six to send to
fight for the flag my father fought for.
(Applause). Although do not know just
how much insurance I will get, or allow
ance. know it viii be a help: In one
afraid to 60 into battle II / have to
give my life for my country. will do IL
gladly. But 1 cannot sleep at night.
thinking what will become Of my sweet
little sisters and you" All, the pathos
OF that letter: but he went. lust the
same. and Is serving his country gallant
" at this time. Later lie wrote: To-
day anti am the ,h hap p SIT boy on the At
great ships). for the insurance bin has
passed and am to take the full amount.
Now can face anything with a smile.
for lADplause). Then tho mother
adds: God grant he may return. May
God and his angels forever bless you II
a mothers daily prayer"
Uncle Sans eenssicsnee.
Now isn't that a splendid woman, I
sensible woman? He gets $3.50 mont,
in the navy. allots $50 a month to his
mother, and then pays $3.50 thousand
tOF nlS $1UsVVu uiS lIiSulduC0 LII OLu0K
words. Uncle Sam gives him the oppor-
tunity OF insuring for the benefit of his
mother and sisters to the extent OF &c.,
900 year. at a total cost OF SIS a year.
rs against $3.50 a year which a private
insurance company would have charged
him. (Applause) And Uncle Sam adds
$50 a month to that widows allowance,
and she gets that much money to help
support herself and those two little
Eirls, one five years OF age and the other
fifteen. All. aren't you proud OF your
country. my friends, when the great peo-
pie Of America do things like that? Gap
plauSe).
Now. this money you lend to your gov.
eminent and get back at par and interest
ID used in part to take care Of the moth
srs and the widows and wives Of Ameri-
can boys who die to make your liberties
safe. (AppIause).
Ladies and gentlemen, we are facing
and passing through one OF the most
critical periods of this great war. We
have got to hold that western line, and
We are going to do It. {Applause). We
are going to II you people do your part.
but you have ell got to do your part.
Don't let it be said OF any man or WON
an in America that they failed to do
something in this great time. We must
see to 1t that every one does as much in
his way or her way as we expect q sol
der to do in his. When you get that
spirit In America, and when you support
our splonGid and noble boys that way in