The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-02-22

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80 PRODUCTION and conservation OF
food. Those who are in authority IN
Washingtn make their calculations as
70 the amount of food needed for the
army and navy and the kind that
Is most needed. And in this way we
have to consider, not only the needs
az our own citizens and soldiers Dus
also the needs Of those who are IN the
6gbt with us and in whose welfare
therefore, we have an interest scarce
IL less than our interest in our own
neonle 1t is the duty of the food
producers to give special attention TO
tba forms of food which are most I'M
neratively needed and to call to their
aid new recruits to take the place Oh
food nrodueers selected for service IN
the army. The child group is the
largest single group from which adj
ditions can be expeced and they can
be summoned the more enthusiastleai-
/ " because participation gives the
poud consciousness of beng factors
in the nations life and helpers IN the
nations time of need. =
In the matter of conservation, all
can have a part, for while less tnan
half of our people may be counted as
PRODUCERS to any extent, every citizen
must be counted in calculating the de-
mand for food.
The furnishing of money to carry
on the war is as necessary as the tur-
nishing Of men, and failure to res
pond to the country's call in the mat
ter of money would be as disastrous
to our cause as failure to supply
the soldiers needed. The government
obtains this money usually from two
sources. taxes and loans. If anyone
is tempted to complain OF additional
burdens laid upon him through the
new revenue law, he should remember
that taxes, however high, are paid out
Of income and the capital is usual
Nv left untouched; whereas, those sum
moned to military service, are called
upon to surrender principal as well as
income.
5 Taxes, therefore, are less burden
: some upon the individual than military
4 service and loans are still less burden
: some to the present generation than
I taxation. When the government col
d lects money through taxes it does MOI
promise to return it, but when II
borrovs money it not only pays bach
i every dollar that it borrows but i
paws interest on the money while !
, keeps it. Interest at per cent, thu
: rate on Liberty Bonds, is more thar
/ the average rate paid by the savings
" banks of the country. When one res
: ponds to a call for the money in tn
!, form of government loan, therefore
: he not only answers call upon nj
y patriotism but makes good bushes
investment; he exhibits the most prof
+ table form of patriotism which h
l. will have chance to manifest When
y ever a government bond ceases to D
~ good security, there will be nothin
4 Use in this country worth investing
= ga, since. a.eoys Under the fiags BIC
mas the nations honor thrown in to
make the security doubly good.
The citizen has not, however, done
his full duty when he pays his taxes
and buys Liberty Bonds; there are GER
tain unofficial organizations that have
claim upon the purse of the citizen
organizations which, though they
have no power to compel response,
have an undeniable claim upon the ma
TONS resources.
The Red Cross society is an estab-
lished institution with the world forts
fed Of service. 1t has no rival in
ministering to the comfort of the sick
end wounded. When it asked for one
hundred million dollars for its work
the country gave one hundred twenty
millions-proof of the organizations
hold upon the confidence of the people
and proof also of nations liberality.
The Red Cross society must be sup
ported in its work no matter how Of
ten it calls or how much money it
needs.
But the soldier needs to have nour-
ishment for his spiritual nature as
well as food for his body and the
Young Mems Christian Association
takes the lead in looking after the NOR
ais of the men. The strength of its
position has also been proven by the
generous response which the public
has made to its call for funds When
last spring it asked for three millions
it received four millions and when it
made its recent call for thirty-five mil
lions the country responded with more
than fifty millions.
The Knights of Columbus a young
er organization has recently entered
the field and is sharing with the Y.
M. G. A. the task of trying to main
tain in the army the moral standards
OF the home. 1t too found a willing
public when it called for funds. The
Lutheran Brotherhood and the Jewish
organizations have also heard the call
from the camps and are preparing to
do their part, as also the Young Wo-
mans Christian Association, which
has long been engaged in rendering to
young women a service similar to-
that which the Y. NJ. C. A. has beenI
to young men. All of these ]
organizations are worthy and their
united efforts. taken in copnact;o, !