Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-18

THE millions Of men in the trenches
= would be impotent II IL were not for
the billions of money which is fighting
with them.
Money buys the intrenching tools.
Money buys the guns. Money buys the
cartridges. Money buys the big cannon
in the rear which prepare the way for
taking the German trenches. Money
buys the shells fired by the big guns.
Money buys the ambulances, the surgical
instruments, the anesthetics and the
medicines used in treating the wounded.
Money buys the food and pays for its
transportation across the ocean.
There can be no victory for democracy
without the sacrifice of money as well
as Of lives. It is imperative that all the
money called for by the Government be
supplied without delay.
Two great Liberty Loans have already
been foated. The campaign for the
third loan is to be started on Saturday.
April 8. Particular attention is to be
paid by the men in charge of it to the
West and the South. But the East and
the North will not be neglected. Secre-
tary McAdoo will begin the drive with a
speech in this city on April 6 to dedicate
the Liberty statue. The campaign will
not succeed, however wide the appeal
unless every man, poor as well as rich,
is ready to do his utmost.
The rich have responded handsomely
to the appeal in the previous loan cam
paigns. They have done more than that,
for they have prepared themselves to pay
the enormous income taxes levied by the
Government. The Federal Treasury puts
its hand in their pockets and takes out
right between so and so per cent of their
income above certain amount. Under
this law John ID. Rockefeller is mulcted
in the sum of S34,OOO,0O0. To say that
he will not miss it does not affect the
situation. The point is that the burden
of war taxation is being laid in proper
ton to the ability to bear it. The very
rich must pay an immensely greater pro-
portion of their wealth than the men of
moderate means.
We should keep continually in mind
that the purpose of the loan is to fight
the Huns. The man beyond military age
who cannot go into the trenches in
Europe can do his bit by fighting with
his dollars. He will not be called upon to
ooSiniSt HIS itlc, VI SNci W iOSc oil arm
or leg or an eye, but before the war is
over it is likely that he will be called
upon to lend money to the Government
until he has to live with the strictest
economy, without any luxuries and even
without some of the things which he has
regarded as necessities. He must face
the situation with the same courage that
the soldiers show when they go over the
top.
The father whose son is now in France,
or will soon be there, can reduce the
chances of injury to that son by putting
his hand down in his pocket and supply
ing money to keep that son properly
cared for and properly equipped and
properly sustained with e-enforcements.
There are some fathers who do not real
ize yet that there is anything they can do
here at home which will help their boys.
They will not be allowed to remain in
ignorance long. The harder they work
to keep industry here from demoraliza-
ton and the more diligently they dis
courage strikes and lockouts the sooner
will the Hun be whipped.
Money is called upon to volunteer. So
long as it responds it will be unnecessary