Baxter Springs news., 1918-05-17
The Red Cross and Baxter Springs
WE HAVE BIG JOB ON HANDs-LErs DO IT WELL

The Red Cross yet This week will be de-
voted to preparation Springs Everybody will have half
little propositions put to them you have done all you
patient and for the people chosen in Baxter
Springs quota not doing for profit fame
They without asking for the job and the
soliciting harder than being solicited It is time to
everybody be ready Make mind what
give and don't committee to call twice
body Baxter Springs lives their Red Cross obligations
they did the Third Liberty Loan this reminder wasted The
Red drive will differ the Loan drive that the
subscriptions necessarily smaller and The
fact that Third Liberty Loan quota put in day
preparation and the towns ability make large sub
scrptions remarkable and commendabe but while taking
ranked first in the should
forget number of subscriptions smaller than in
county where the total less and the popua
other words small percentage Of the people
Springs subscribed the Third Liberty Loan when
population crowds 5000 pretty close This at
dpaage the splendid results of the Third Liberty Loan
drive the months roll these be
thoroughly based figures and percentages those
each community who have given largely these first campaigns
compelled reen and the who have not must be rated
and called do their part Every will be checked
up after greater and
percentages figured into fractions.
point subscriptions
y than Loan subscriptions The little fellows buy
$50 helps wonderfully but look the big fellows with
plenty surplus bring Carefully checked
comparing wealth big fellows Baxter Springs
meaning the big only for money bged to their Obga
much better than the fellows the $4,000 to $4,000 class of
wealth, in the Third Liberty Loan drive.
In bettlng subscriber requires dollars
and practical patriotism the REAL TEST OF PATRIOTISM
CROSS Follow this closely people of Baxter Springs
borrowed something like $6000 build five cent
Money in smaller parcels be worth little than
people who bought bond perhaps could
used their money business for expansion and realized
greater people perhaps have pnced themselves
little bond which be borrowed and
figure money about five Using
remainder of the 191819because
par and forced by circumstances part
local bankers at good old wheat
m bond buyer really sacrificed hreequarters of
bought the bond the bonds bear four and quarter
per who bought thousand dollars worth Of Third
Liberty Loan bonds might the present
Of $3.50 for this the This bed rock figuring
we'll SIS allow for little item fit the individual
subscriber. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS BIG
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN BUT 1T is
NOT so LARGE AS $50 TO THE RED CROSS AND THE RED
CROSS BECOMES THE REAL TEST OF PATRIOTISM TO THE
PEOPLE IN BAXTER SPRINGS AND TO EVERY COMMUNITY
PEOPLE WHO STAY AT HOME. The Daily Citizen has
pages of Red Cross matter sent out by national and
state which the editor may what he
print his conjunction with the local Red Cross drive
point try make is not contained only in part Some
people might that line of reasoning might be dscouagg
to future Loan drives but ought help he Tor any man with
surplus dollar ought hesitate to loan the at
fairly healthy
there no arguing gives $25 the Red Cross
patriot with the who buys $1,000 worth of Lib
ery The bonds nonaxab and really Of the best
offered this time Your Red Cross dollar is gift to
mercy alleviate suffering; THE REAL MEDIUM
OF PATRIOTISM FOR THE STAY AT HOMES. Who would
price saunchg the flow of life blood from the body of
the boy fighting make possible for to stay at home
possible the sending home for the boy who
mangd lays dying the field of bat to make death
pain beaab The Saturday Evening Post in recent
told Belgian and French driven the line to the
Allies worked without food and until consumption
useless put much sunshine in the few
months allowed these stricken that Red Cross
dollar
Don't forget this OUR THIRD LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA WAS
100000 AND THE MOST CAN POSSIBLY CLAIM WE HAVE
GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SUBSCRIPTION OF $780,
OOO-AS A GIFTS $1,000 OUR RED CROSS QUOTA is SIX
TIMES AS LARGE OR $6OOO THE RED CROSS DRIVE CALLS
FOR SIX TIMES AS MUCH SACRIFICE AND SIX TINES AS
MUCH PATRIOTISM. THE RED CROSS CALL is THE REAL
TEST OF THE HEART AND SOUL OF BAXTER SPRINGS AS
AMERICANS AS BROTHERS IN THE GREAT CAUSE. IF A
MAN WERE STRICKEN DOWN ON MILITARY STREET AND
HOPELESSLY MANGLED IN SOME MANNER, WHO WOULD
DENY HIM MEDICAL AID AND THE FACILITIES FOR CON-
MUNICATION WITH HIS FAMILY AND YET BETTER HAD HE
LAY IN THE STREET UNHEEDED UNTIL A STIFFENED
CORPSE THAN THAT ONE OF OUR BOYS DIE WITHOUT AID
IN THE BATTLEFIELD. THE CROSS is THE PRACTICAL
RELIGION WHILE THERE is NO NEED FOR 1T, 1T WERE
BETTER THAT EVERY CHURCH IN BAXTER SPRINGS WENT
WITHOUT FUNDS THAN THAT THE RED CROSS QUOTA is
NOT MADE UP.