Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-02
Add to Funds That Will Forever
End Germany's Desired
IrOn-Hand Rule.
DUTY OF EVERYBODY TO HELP
Question is Not Whether We Feel
Like Subscribing, but Our People
Must Spend or Be
Spent.
BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART,
Of the Vigilantes.

so runs lne leHend On lhe i>ip'i ~ 'N''
which by a favorite tradition pealed out
to the world the tidings OF the birth OF
the United States OF America on that
famous July A. 1916. We thought that
message had gone ont once for al; |
| that freedom In the United States was |
| q rock of Gibraltar that could not be |
scaled nor penetrated nor moved. we |
,ave thought that the old days of ma |
| tional sacrifice and anxiety were for
ever passed What so strong, so per
manent. so vigorous, so dominant as
government of the people in these
United States?
If the American Revolution had been
only bell ringing and the passage OF
resolutions, we should not now be the
foremost republic of the world nor any
other kind of Il republic. The Declare
ton of Independence was bold state
ment of liberty which had still to be
made good The heroes of the Revo-
luton knew how to watch rs well as
TO pray. how to march as well as to
resolute. The Declaration of indie
pendence is a mighty force In the
world because when the country called
soldiers sprang into the ranks. Liberty
had to be spelled out by such big capt.
tai letters as Lexington. Illinois. Ben
nington. Eutaw. Rocky Mount, Trenton
and Yorktown
We Are Better Fortified.
The hard fighting in the field won
only half the battle. Our forefathers
were able TO proclaim liberty
| hnx
found the sinews of war. 1t was one
thing. to raise the flag. another to raise
troops and still another to raise the
, wind" There was not bank in the
United States till the Revolution was
nearly over and few were the people
who had money enough to lend 10 any
body. yet that 100000. of whom
fourth were slaves who could have no
property. somehow induced the people
of the country to turn in their small
surplus OF provisions, clothing and
military supplies and take for ii the
obligations of the government. which
i toward the end of the dark period OF
the Revolution seemed little likely ever
D to be paid They furnished about &c.,
100000 in taxes. contributions and sup
e plies and at the end of the war the ma
I tional debts incurred in behalf of the
J. Revolution were. including arrears OF
= interest, ST0.OOO,0O0. which was then
about $50 a head on the population.
man, woman and child, whites. In
dams and negroes, seamen. farmers,
plantation slaves as they ran.
Must Spend or Be Spent.
4 Make no mistake; this is not Ques-
ton of whether we feel like subscrib-
ing TO loan any more than question
: of whether we feel like receiving news
OF break on the war front and the
: capture or retreat of the American
l. troops. The nation is compelled TO
choose either to spend or to be spent.
There is only one possible way TO end
!, the war to the honor and safety of the
United States and that is TO fight for
It. Our sons fight in the army. our
daughters fight In the Red Cross. we
elders must fight with safe deposit
n boxes and mortgage deeds and sheets
OF securities.
In the days when the French were In
!, the habit of recruiting troops in Swift
zerland. there was saying. "No
. money, no Swiss = Nowadays II Is
:, mo money, no NanF Tor unless you
= subscribe to the loan your son cannon
:, be trained or equipped or req OF trans
ported over seas or carried TO th'
front or protected ny barrage OF ar
tillery nre or put where ne can attach
. the enemy
'e Remember the Liberty Bell.
l. The battle is going on from day &c
day in the national banks and the saw
ings banks and the trust companies
and the treasures OF the fraternities
!. and the clubs and the churches and