The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-25
DRESS RANKs! FORWARD!

what about the tnlec nlluIcu llou>dHu |ouhS
Americans whom we have put within rcach OF lhe
Hun guns or gases i'll Europe!
They are the sons and daughters of storekeepers
and factory owners who are asked to close their
places of business for five continuous days and ten
Mondays. They are the SONS and daughters OF work
ingmen who are asked to sacrifice some two week s
wages.
10 say nothing about curtaiIing the misery of
thousands Of poor whom VIC have about us-What
about the hundreds of thousands of our dear boys
and girls whom WE'VE PUT AT THE VERY FOOT
OF THE ALTAR OF BLOODY SACRIFICE?
WE'VE got to feed them, clothc them, doctor and
nurse them, supply them in every way; we, nobody
else. TO fail is like narrowing them on a barren
island, helpless and at the mercy Of barbarlc head
hunters. If we do not periodically SACRIFICE a
PART OF OUR PROFITS and our wages, we will
surely SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES.
Only a littel while ago, we saw them marching OFT
on their dreadful mission. We waved flags and we
cheered; mothers and sisters and wives wept a little;
fathers and brothers swallowed hard at the Jumps in
their Threats. 1t was a sad but glorious parting that
left chairs empty in many, many homes. The cause
was God's The boys in khaki were His. Rcmem-
Der how their faces gloWed with the inspiration OF
patriotic duty and determination to do their bit?
And in the heart OF every one OF them, even in the
heart of the poor fellow who had no wife, mother or
sweetheart to cling to him and kiss him, was this;
81 AM YOURS. | will fight and die for you and
your children. | have confidence. Behind me are
you thousands Of people who pack the streets to see
me off. l will not suffer for food and clothes. YOU
WILL SACRIFICE FOR ME-, as l sacrifice for you'll
Mcrciful God! Shall we hesitate and make wry
faces over sacrifices Of five days profits when these
young heroes and heroines too, gladly offer sacrifice
of their whole lives, their youth, their hopes, their
careers, their bodies? Or, shall we coal the hundreds
of para yZed ships that are waiting to take food and
clothes and medicines OUR backing-over to them?
Let the territory east of the Mississippi, H
RICHEST, BEST PAID, MOST ABLE REGION ON
EARTH, answer.
The Hun eats sawdust for the foul cause of world.
enslavement. Our friends, the Frcnchmen, the Eng
lishman, and the Italian, tighten their belts over three
or four thin slices Of bread per day, that their boys
at the front may eat. Millions Of men, women and
children, in Poland, Rumania, Armenia and the Holy
Land starve to death, because the food goes to the
fighters.
SHALL WE SACRIFICE TO FEED OUR BOYS?
1t is a question written in blood across your pro-
fits and loss statement, Mr.. Businessman. 1t is al
interrogation mark Of fire that blazes upon your pay
envelope, Mr.. Workingman.
Let's give the answer, w WILL" so loudly
that it will cram the hearts Of our fighters and crack
the eardrums of our enemies.
We're behind you boysy We sacrifice for you!
WE'RE COMING to you with food, clothes, all the
help We have, our brave boys of the trenches, our
brave girls Of the Red Cross! We are they who
cheered you off on your God-givcn mission. We
glory in you. In this dark hour of trial and sacrifice,
WE FAIL YOU NOT!