The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-27

disputable.
II am advising you to act upon this
matter Of taxation now, gentlemen
not because do not know that yol
can see and interpret the facts ant
they duty they impose just as well an(
with as clear perception OF the OBJ
legations involved as ! can, but be
cause there is a certain solemn salts
faction in sharing with you the res
possibilities Of such a time. The
world never stood in such case be
fore. Men never before had so clear
or so moving vision of duty.
know that you will begrudge the work
to be done here by us no more than
the men begrudge us theirs who lie in
the trenches and sally forth to their
death. There is c stimulating com
radeship knitting us all together. AND
this task to which l invite your Inn
medite consideration will be perform
ed under favorable influences If we
will look to what the country is think
ing and expecting and care nothing at
all for what is being said and believed
in the Hobbies in Washington hotels,
where the atmosphere seems to make
it possible to believe what is believed
nowhere else.
Spirit Of Nation.
Hove you not felt the spirit OF the
nation rise and it's thought become
single and common thought since the
eventful days came in which we have
been sending our boys to the other
side? | think you must read that
thought, as | do. to mean this, tnat
the people OF this country are not
only united in the resolute purpose to
win this war, but are ready and will
ing to bear any burden and undergo
any sacrifice that it may be necessary
for them to bear in order to win IT.
We need not be afraid to tax them. II
we lay taxes justly. You know that
the war must be paid for and that 1t
is they who must pay for it and If the
burden is Justly distributed and the
sacrifice made common sacrifice
from which none escapes who can
bear it at all, they will carry 1t cheer
fully and with sort OF solemn prlde'
| have always been proud to ne an
and was never more proud
than now, when all that we have SAID
and all that we have foreseen about
our people is coming true. the grea;
days have come when the only thlne
that they ask for or admire is duty
greatly and adequately done; when
their wish for America is that she
may share freedom she enjoys; when
a great. competing sympathy wells up
in their hearts for men everywhere
who suffer and are oppressed ana
when they see at last the high uses
for which their wealth has been piled
IN and their mighty power accumu-
lated and countyin neither blood or
trea sure now that the final OF oppor'
tunity has come, rejoice to spend
and to be spent through a long night
of suffering and terror in order thai
they and men everywhere may see the
dawn of a day Of righteousness ana
Justice and peace. Shall wesgrow
weary. when they bid us act?"",
..ulvPr ofiteerins Evident. tgr,.
There is sipaispntable evidence o:
at present, the president
said, and he q, deffllarea it must be
reached by the neWo lsgiks11atlon
"Profiteering that cannot De got at
by restraints of conscience" said the
"can be got at by taxation.
"There need be no hesitaney in tax.
ing the country the president told
congress, IF it were taxed justly
He appealed to congress to approach
the great task without selfishness or
fear Of political consequences.
AN intense and piteless light beats
upon every man and every action in
in the aragic part of war that is now
upon the STAGE said the president.
49,. Extemporaneous.
The president concluded with an az
peal to congress, to do its work un-
and said he could not
guarantee "a proper administration OF
the treasury unless he question were
settled at once. y.g.
When he had concluded his address,
the president Unexpectedly made
brief extemporaneous statement, in
which he said that just as he was
leaving the white house for the cap
itol he had heard that the new Ger
man drive apparently had Just begun
and that it added to the solemnity o:
his conception of the country's duty.
PRESBYTERIAN LADIES' AID At
COUNTRY CLUB TOMORROW.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church will spend the after
noon of Tuesday at the Country club
sewing for the Red Cross. This is the
first OF series of meeting for this
purpose planned by the officers OF
the club for the various women's Or
CARNATIONS of the city. The ladies
will meet a. tthe church between and
2 o'clock, and conveyances will be fur
ni-hed for all desiring to 60 to the
club house. The meeting there will
take tho form of sunrise social All