Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-10

The German Is something less than
half fed. He gets four slices of bread
day, five pounds of potatoes a week,
one egg a week, three-quarters of a
pound of meat a week, six ounces of
sugar week, and three ounces of
butter weekly. He is entitled by his
card to get these things If he can find
them for sale in the butcher shops or
groceries with which he is registered,
and outside of which he cannot legal
ly buy-Ness City News.
Business men do not need to be
afraid of a campaign of economy.
it. Savings banks do not need to be
afraid of it. This lesson of thrift will
do more to repair the money ravages
of war than anything else that can
be accomplished. 1t is going to be
a world hungry for capital, and these
millions of new springs of capital
springs that in the aggregate can flow
a gigantic stream of capital-win do
more to put US in the forfront finan-
cially in this new world that is a.
head of US than enything else you can
Imagine. Don't you see the impor-
lance of this War-Savings campaign
from so many sides? ?. 1t makes the
mere raising of two billion dollars
look insignificant beside some of the
greater results that flow from this
plan.
There is bill in congress, known
as the Chamberlain bill, that provides
for universal military training. The
Gazette advocated that measure when
the war first broke out in Europe.
Even then it was evident that should
we not get into war, it was the part
of wisdom to have trained so that
| they would be ready for any emer-
gency. A nation that is prepared to
defend itself is not as likely to get
into a war as the one that is UMPIRE
pared. Had England and France been
| as well prepared for war as Germany
was, there would have been no war.
| The utter military ineficiency of this
nation has been demonstrated to la
mentable degree since the war broke
out. We had not enough soldiers, OF
men trained in military work to form
even nucleus of an army. Today
there are thousands of officers in the
army who never had the slightest mil
itary training a year ago. They are
inefficient and of necessity their mer
are inefficient. 1t is only the natural
intelligence of the American boys that
will make soldiers of them in the
brief time they are given training,
And with few months of instruction
| they will have to go up against armies
trained for life time in the arts of
| war. We have learned the lesson, but
| it will be at fearful cost America will
never so long as the nation endures,
hear call to righteous war and an
swer, "Unprepared. "-Lawrence Gaz-
cite.
| On Tuesday evening, January 18th,
Rev. w. r. Woodward, of Quinter,
will fill the vacant number on the
| Lyceum course at the Garden Theater
and will deliver a lecture. Rev. Wood
ward does not need an extensive in
PRODUCTION to our people for his or
atorical ability as a public speaker
is too well known for that. He will
| furnish you a rare treat so be sure
and come and hear him and enjoy
one of the best lectures of the season.
The first of the week Mrs. H. S.
Givler received an honorary appoint
ment from Governor Capper as a
delegate to the War Council under
| the direction of the National and
State Councils of Defense to be held
in Topeka, January 17-18. Among the
noted speakers who will address this
couIicil are Sir Frederick E Smith,
Attorney General of England; Hon.
Franklin X. Lane, Secretary of In
terror and other notable men and
women. Mrs. Givler is chairman of
the Woman's Council of Defense for
Trego county.
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