Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-09-20
IOWA MEASURES
UP TO TEST0F WAR.
PORTER SAYS STATE HAS GIVEN
EMPHATIC DEMONSTRATION
OF ITS LOYALTY. ~.
PEOPLE BACK UP BOYS
State Will Measure Up to Future De-
Sr,- mands Of Present World .~.
4a Conflict.

ter to Democratic state convention.)
"That the people Of this country are
in the war to win cannot be doubted
by the most reasonably inclined. The
accomplishments Of our country in lit
tie more than single year have been
the wonder of us all, more than mil
lion men in that short time now on the
battle front three thousand miles
away, transported through submarine
infested seas with loss Of less than
three hundred lives, due to the valor
and efficiency of the American navy.
Never in all history has any army been
so well provided for, as to both their
physical and moral requirements, as
the American people are caring for its
army. s
I'm all of this, and so much more
that might be written, no state has ex-
ceeded the glorious part done by the
people of Iowa. One hundred thousand
Of her brave sons are wearing the uni
form of the soldier or sailor, and a
larger proportion Of them are volun-
teers than of any other great state in
the Union. ~
1--WE are splendidly represented in
every branch of the service. No true
Iowan but who is justly proud Of the
noble part her soldiers have already
played on the western battle front.
Her own regiment, the Fighting 16Sth,
has demonstrated to the world the
qualities of which American soldiers
are made. sl-'lE
"The first fight in which American
soldiers participated, cost us the life
Of one Iowa's bravest, and though 1t
would seem that the part this coun-
try is to take Is hardly commenced,
even at the present time not single
one of our counties but has read in
the list of killed or wounded from
over there the name of one of her
own, 49,.
'"The folks at home are loyal to
those across the sea, and are going to
back them up to the limit. They have
answered every call-Liberty loan.
War Savings, Red Cross. Y. NJ. g. A..
Knights Of Columbus, with generos-
ity far exceeding the bare demands.
"We have a right to congratulate
ourselves on the fact that no general
organized effort was made in Iowa
to resist CONSUMPTION, as in some of
our sister states, and that sedition and
disloyalty have exhibited themselves,
only in few isolated instances, and /
are conspicuous by their very rarity;
that in this crisis. as in every other
through which they have passed, the
vast majority are true to the faith and
are unanswering in their devotion to
their country. II here and there
occasionally one has proven un-
state. the regularly constituted author
tiles have dealt with him speedily and
in manner befitting his delinquency.
1.-THE end is not yet in view. The
sincerity of our professions of loyalty
will yet in all probability be subjected
to the acid test of thorough self-denial.
We will be compelled ito economize
and save in order to make available
to our government the money indis-
needed" This as individ-
uals, and as state. and in the latter
case there is much room for improve
ment. -....
Sacrifices heretofore unknown to
us of the present generation may be
called for. Perfect unanimity Of pur-
pose and action of us all is necessary.
The people of the state of Iowa always
have in the past. are now, and will in
the future measure up to every re-
quirement of the times.
'The fate of our country has been
and will continue for two years more,
committed into the hands
of the present administration. Is it
not the part Of wisdom that in all, at
least of the more important Offices of
the state and nation, that only those
shall be chosen who are in complete
n ccOrd with every purpose of our pres