Arizona republican., 1918-03-18

 TAKE SUBJECT
 OF BRASS TACKS
(Rv Edgar Kennisonl


 Faithful performance of every prom ise, or getting down to brass tacks was the dominant theme at the Brotherhood Luncheon at the Central Methodist church Saturday noon.
 Promptly at the minute indicated about fifty members were seated at the table. Dr. w. w. Wilkinson. in calling the meeting to order called on Dr. Buchanan of the Christian Church who delivered the invocation with much feeling, asking divine guidance in these times of sore trial and divine aid in tlte work of supporting and caring for the soldier boys at the front.
 Dr. Wilkinson then called to the attention of the meeting that Dr. J. B. Brown of San Francisco, Con- gregational minister recently returned from Turkey, was present and ne was invited to address the meeting. pr. Brown declined to speak at this time but said that he would be glad to respond to their wishes at another time.
 pr. Wilkinson then called on Harry Welch, secretary of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, to act as chairman of the meeting.
 After the luncheon, Chairman Welch introduced W. D. Mellet who had been announced to speak for the Liberty Loan Mir Mellet said in part: Gentlemen, 1 take it that the spirit of Christian brotherhood is a duty indicated, is a duty performed. know the earnest and virile spirit that nas animated you in your work and l take it that you are in sympathy with any plan to make that work more ef- .ective. Splendid as the work of prep aration is 10 win this war, there IS much yet to be done before we reach Inc line of duty Do you realize that for every roc earned in England, there is 76c expended to win the war? That France bleeding, but heroic and splen- did, spends 55c for every 49c of her income to rid the world of the curse of German autocracy? Do you know that the United States, for every $1.O5 of income is as yet eXpending only 1Sc for the prosecution of the war?
 What does it mean to finance the United States in this great world struggle anyway? Suppose each of you had a pot of gold buried in your back yard and when the government called on you, you should each take your pot of gold and dump it into the United States Treasury. Your gold would not win the war. We do not shoot gold at the enemy. We do not wrap our soldier boys in gold leaf They cannot eat gold We can not feed it all to the printing press. Paper and proclamations will not win the war. We cannot make paper mache ships.
 What is it the government needs? It is iron, steel, coal, wool, cotton; and work, work, work-always more work; for in the last analysis it is intelligent, efficient work that will win the war. Suppose you have purchased Liberty Bonds. If you use them to buy a fine automobile, you are defeating the gov- ernment in it's object. How often we see the signs Liberty Bonds taken for goods." Do you understand that in eX- pending these bonds for goods you are defrauding Uncle sam of the help you promised him? You must not make the secretary of treasury an Indian gift The government can finance this war in just two ways; direct taxation or bonds. The government may take your goods; may tax your incomes; your in heritance or take complete supervision of all your property under the taxation plan. The better way in the service fol perfect freedom is open to all. Buy the bonds. and yet more bonds. Though you should invest all your earning in supporting the government that is pro- tecting and shielding you, you are do- inging no more than your duty"
 Chairman Welch then introduced MT Thompson, cashier of the Phoenix Ma tional Bank, who said: Gentlemen, will try not to consume much of your time. Bankers, I believe, are not SUD- posed to make very lengthy speeches Sometimes, however, it takes long time for a banker to say yes and sometimes it is difficult to say mo- Ii is hopeful, indeed, to see the church men getting togetter in this brother hood to have an honest heart to hear talk on ways and means of winning the war. l was at little meeting of the Rotary Club a few days ago where Governor Kibbey spoke. Governor Kib. bey told of a man who said he did no feel he owed the government anything The governor said the very postoffict where the man got his mail, the street: that he walked on, the ,.ouse that h, lived in, and all things about him cried out against this man. The government protected him in his home, in his bus. mess, in his life, and all his duties. IT tact and in truth, he owes everythine 70 the government that thus safeguard. the lives and liberties of all. If tho people only knew just what the govern. ment is doing to sustain and uphold the hands of the president, how i reaches down through the banks to al