Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-03-23
Every Citizen Must Be Prepared
to Give Government Full
Share of Support.
ALL MUST MAKE SACRIFICE
Present and Future interests of Ma.
ton Are at Stake-Troops Must
Be Kept Fit to Bring the
Final Victory.
BY BEN r. M'cUTcHEoN.

| This great war In whIch the United
States now Is an active and determined
participant Is war Of the whole peo-
pie. 1t Is not being waged in the In
terest Of any one class or combination
of classes. The present and future In
| ferests of every citizen of the nation
are at stake, and because Of this there
can be no division Of duty or response
bility. As plain matter of self-de-
! Tense, every man, woman and child
must shoulder fair share of duty
and responsibility; must be willing to
make any sacrifice the circumstances
demand must practice the thrift that
works for the conservation of labor and
materlal--in word, must be prepared
to cooperate with the government at
Washington In the most wholesome
and effective manner possible.
The United States has been at war
with the German empire almost year.
Despite the fact that great strides have
been made In the nations vast under
taking, nany citizens, particularly
those Ia ba0lated parts of rural sec
lions, have not yet had the war
brought home" to them foreibly and
with the full meaning of the possibili-
ties OF victory or defeat.
Farmer Much Concerned.
Tile American farmer, however far
removed he may De from the eenters
nf war activity, however vaguely the
war has been brought home to him,
Is as much concerned with the outcome
Of the great struggle as any other cit-
gen.
America went to war with the impe-
rial German government partly be-
cause the kaiser and his advisers re-
fused TO let this nation send to Europe
Its vessels laden with the products of
American farms and fields and factor
les, The imperial German government
cruelty sank these vessels and murder
ed American sailors. Assuming that
ths German government had not been
called on account for its open violation
of international treaty right-for there
was nm understanding that neutral yes
sells should not be sunk without warn
lag and not then unless they contained
contraband of war destined to the en-
einy-what would have become of
American shipping in general?
The answer is that none of American
products would have reached the for
eign markets. The war has vastly In
creased the foreign demand for Amer
team farm products and the prices the
producers are receiving are the high
est they have received in many years.
SO, the war is being waged very largely
In the interest of the American produc-
er of foodstuffs, making it possible for
him to enter his goods in the foreign
markets, which, because of war condi-
tons, have been forced to rely almost
entirely upon the American producers
for the necessities Of life.
Men Must Be Kept Fit.
With conditions, intolerable and de-
struetive to the American producer,
brought about by the arrogant German
government, the United States, after
subjecting It's patience to the severest
test, took the bit into her mouth
and entered upon the task of preserv-
ing her rights and the rights of all who
live under her flag, This nation has
called many hundreds of thousands of
young men to the colors, many of
whom already are in the war zones OF
Flanders and France. Other young
men-sons of the soil as well as sons
Of the city--will be called to strengthen
these who already have donned the
khaki of the army and the blue of the
navy. Their voyage across the subma-
rine-infested seas must be safeguard
ed their bodies must be kept strong by
the proper nourIshlaeNilfsnle on the
European battleheldAher- On the war;
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