Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-05-27
Payable In oneYear.

1885, S40-SS 4E.-4t.I
,a Moreover; S Ct The. sort WI
wear and the treasury must anticipate
them.8# 1T must use the, money they
are to produce befor1 It As due It
must sell short time certificates Of AM ;
~debtedness. In the autumn q muchl
larger sale Of long time bonds mustll
be effected than he's yet been Il
think OF the certificates IL they do not
certainly know where the money Is
to come from which Is TO. take them
lrp b and how! are investors to- ap-
proach the purchase s~of honda with
any sort of. confidence or knowledge
Of their Sown affairs + they do not
know. what taxes they are.to pay and
what economics and adjustments of
cannot assure the couhtry:tof a sue
cessful Administrat ton of the trelsufy
In 1851 the question of further tax
alton is to be- left undecided until
1918. n "a s.
The consideration that: dominates
every other now. and makes every
other 9 trivial and negligible, is
the winning Of the .war.sgsWe are not
only in the midst OF the war;$we are
at the very peak and crisis of It. Kun.
dreds OF: thousands, Of our men, car
rying our hearts with. them and our
fortunes, are in the field. and ships
are crowding faster and faster to the
ports Of France and England with
regiment after regiment, thousand
the enemy shall be beaten and
brought to q reckoning with mankind.
There al be nj pause or inter1nfs-
sion. The great enterprise must. on
the contrary. be pushed with greater
and greater energy. The volume OF
our might must steadily and rapidly
be augmented until there can be no
be accomplished, gentlemen, money
muet sustain It to the utmost. Our
financial program must no be
left in doubt. or suffered to lag than
our ordnance program or. our ship
| program or u munitions program or
U program for making millions of
men ready. These others are not pro-
grams. indeed. but mere plans upon
paper. unless there Is to be an I'M
questionable supply of. money.
Action Il Q Duty.
That IL the situation. and 1t Is the
situation which greatest the duty. no
choice or preference Of ours. There
Is only one way to meet that duty.
We must meet it. without self1shnees
! OF fear Of consequences. Politics Is
adjourned. The elections will go to
those who think least Of 1t.
To those who 60 to the constituent
cies without explanation o. excuses,
with a plain record OF duty faithfully
and disinterestedly performed. l., for
one, am always confident that the
people of this country will give a just
verdict upon the service Of the mon
who act for them when the facts are
such as no man car Disguise orScon-
coal them: There is no danger 8 de-
ceit now. An intense and pittlea
light beats upon every man and
every action in this tragic plot Of war
that Is. now upon the stage. II lobby
lists hurry to Washington to attempt
to turn what you do In the matter OF
taxation to their protection or ad-
vantage. the light will beat also upon
them. There is abundant fuel for the
light in the records of the treasury
with regard to profits of every sort.
The ~prohteering that cannot be got at
by restraints Of conscience and love
Of country can be got at by taxation.
There Is such ~proiteerinE now and
the information with regard to It is
available and indisputable.. -
Act at Once
I am advising you to act upon this
matter Of taxation now. gentlemen.
not because I do not know that you
can see and interpret the facts and
the duty they impose just as well and
with as clear a perception Of the obi
cations involved as I can, but because
there is a certain solemn satisfaction