The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-07

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Stacker, be There.
Those persons who hear Hon. How
ard Bryant speak at the Grand OPP
era House tonight will hear one OF
the best speeches they have ever lis
tened to upon the subject OF the
present war Mr.. Bryant is a most
pleasing speaker, one of the KIND
who just simply makes things SO
plain that one cannot fail to see eX-
actly what he means, and not only
this, but one can follow his argument
point by point He is not only for
chile and convincing, but ne is a
very eloquent speaker as we'll.
Billie" Hall is known as a
'Scrapper; he is a fellow who has
the courage to come right out and
say just what he thinks, and he is
not meaIy-mouthed about it, either.
AS a member of the Legislature he
generally had tn evotes with him be-
cause the people there believed in
him. AS an active member OF the
Baltimore city bar, participating in
some of the big cases, he has been
very successful on account OF his
knack of being able to get right at
the meat in the cocoanut Natur-
ally he is very forcible speaker, and
can be counted upon to hold the at
tention of his hearers.
The local committee on the War
Savings Stamps is very fortunate in
deed, to secure the services of these
two gentlemen, and the people OF
Cambridge and the county are very
fortunate in having the opportunity
of hearing them. There seems to be
misunderstanding about the war
Savings Stamp campaign. There are
many persons who apparently do not
think that it is their duty to help
support this phase of the Govern
ment's financing. They will tell one
that they have purchased Liberty
Bonds; they have contributed to the
Red Cross, etc, but they do not just
seem to understand that the raising
of billion or more dollars by the
Government in this manner means
just that much that will not have to
be raised by direct taxes or through
the issuing of that many Liberty
Bonds
Ii these War Stamps (Baby Bonds)
are not sold, then the Government
will raise that billion or more dollars
in some other way, as previously
stated, by direct taxation or by an
other Bond issue. Then, too, there
are some people who seem to think
that they have done enough, they
have bought Liberty Bonds, etc, and
they have done enough. The greater
number of these is found among the
business classes, among the people
he lii of %
war; whose profits have been in
creased by it: for instance, if one
used to buy an article for &c., and
there was profit of 25 per cent. on
it then, the profit amounted to- &c,
but if now the same article is selling
for l Sc, the profit on it now is
3 3-4c. instead of &c. Of course, ev-
eryone knows there is some more
expense attached to doing business.
it requires more capital, ETC., but the
fact cannot be overlooked that the
increase in profits more than over
balances the increased cost. For in
stance again, pair of shoes that
used to sell for SIS, now sells at from
$10/ to $12 per pair; now everyone
knows there is a great deal more
profit in selling a $40 pair of shoes
than there is in selling SIS pair.
An automobile which used to cost
say about $500, now sells for about
$500 or more. The percentage of
profit is the same on the new price
as on the old, consequently, the deal
er makes more money, although the,
percentage of profit is the same.
What is true of the articles mention
ed above is true of almost every
thing else, with some few exceptions.
There are very few lines OF business
that can be excepted from the above
statement, and such as may be excep-
ted are those that are selling articles
with a fixed price, which price has
not been changed since the war be-
gan, and it requires very little calcu-
lation to see that there are very,
very few of them.
In these days when men have plen
ty of money to invest in industrial
stocks, when the stocks of War Ba-
bies" and other concerns that give
promise of exceptionally large divi-
dends, when wheat is selling from
two to three times the normal price,
when corn is selling just as high,
when tomatoes are selling at from
two to -four times the usual price,
when everything else is the same
way, there is no excuse for people
refusing to lend their money to the
government
Got any money to buy stocks? Yes.
Got any money to lend the Gov
eminent? No
What kind of patriotism is that?
The Kaiser kind.
Got money for pleasure? Yes.
Got money to have a good time?
Yes.
Own an automobile? Yes.
Take pleasure trips now and then?
Yes.
Find business pretty good? Yes.
Making more money than you ever
made before? Yes.
Making it because you live in the
United States? Yes.
Like to live in any other country?
No.
Any other country as good as the
Old L. S. A? No.
Mr.. Plain Man has the best oppor-
tunity here of any country in the
world, has he not, and that is the
reason why millions of people from
other countries have come to Ameri-
ca, the land Of religious and politi-
cal freedom, the land of opportunity,
the land that is free from castles and
classes, where ones ability counts,
where personal application in con-
nection with knowledge and deter
mination make such men as Lincoln,
Cleveland, Bryan and Woodrow Will
son; proud of your country, aren't
you? Yes.
Well, all of these things being
true, and there being a million other
reasons why one should be proud of
this country, and the country having
done so much for US, what have we
done for the country?---
Got Liberty Bonds? Yes.
Helped the Red Cross? Yes.
Helped the Y. M. c. A? Yes.
Helped the Knights of Columbus?
Yes.
Helped the Salvation Army? Yes.