The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-16
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1918.
Insist on the Credentials.

$1,000
nosha are supplying every man and
woman in Kenosha who is contributing
to that fund with badge of member
ship. tt is not the patriotic half hour
button that card all done in read
and white and blue and tied with cord
which reflects the colors of the flag.
lit is a sort of "award for merit -
like some Of you used to get back in
the old days Of the District School.
Ii is not highly ornate but it means q
lot.
1t is going to have the same stand
Ing in Kenosha as the blood that was
sprinl1led on the door posts of the peo-
pie Of Israel way back in the old Bible
times. 1T is going to be the mark of
the real fel oW, the mark of loyalty to
the home own and loyalty to the ma
tion. Ii is one of those badges which
can not be camoufaged. If any man
or woman in town is entitled to it he
can get it. He can't get one of them
unless the committee knows that he
is contributing MS share every week
to the patriotic work Of the nation.
There win be none of these cards
delivered to "slackers" who are will
ing to have some one else pay for war
while they sit on the side lines and
take the clippings of war time prosper
ity.
This card is a card issued to men
and women in Kenosha who are on che
Back Home Roll of Honor" That
Honor Roll contains some ten thousand
names and it is expected that it will
be a close corporation. The only way
that you can recognize one of these men
who is doing lis full patriotic part is
ask him to see his card.
Don It take a chance Don It let some
fellow say, "Leave that TO me-" Just
be pert like and say, "Let's see your
card"
The fellow who is not for our coun-
try now is a mighty poor fellow to be
doing business with. The fellow who
is sneaking out of his duty to you
and to the rest of the people who make
up the nation is mighty poor man to
be taking the money that you are work
ing hard to earn. If you are going to
be part Of the burden bearers insist
that your money be spent with men of
the same stripe.
Don't let your dollars crawl into the
till of the man who would furnish aid
and comfort to the enemy by luke warm
support of his country.
The time has come to draw the line
ard draw it close. With the blood
flowing from wounds of Kenosha men
VINO are battling for a great principal
there is no time to honey around with
"slackers. -
The men who have the cards issued
ny the Patriots Fund are the men who
make up the great business interests of
Kenosha. Not the men who sell but
the men who buy. The man who buys
now from a man who can not display
the badge that he belongs to the same
patriots club that we do is not worthy
OF any consideration Tell him to get
out of this community and go to some
other place where men are so selfish that
they would not give handkerchief to
staunch the blood flowing from a wound
Of a friend.
These cards will all be distributed
within a week. Then the thing for
you to do is to insist that the card
be displayed just as prominently as pos
sible. The front window is the place
for this card-not back in drawer be-
hind the desk. Tt is mark of honor
and there is no place in the store or in
any other place of business that it will
not be an honor to.
The fellow who is ashamed of the fact
that he is contributing to the patriots
fund is just as much entitled to social
ostracism as the man who has not con.
tributed.
In this fellowship of honor men and
women want to know who are their
brothers and sisters in service.
No this ism t stabbing any one in
the back. 1t is simply throwing the pa
triotic light on the slackers and men
who are entirely insensible to the duty
they owe to their fellow men.
The day when selfshness can com
mand premium is past. Men who
want to be considered worth while to-
day must be men who are willing to
take up the sacrifices necessary to win
the war and proclaim to the world that
they are willing to take upon them
selves this burden.
The man or woman who trades with a
man who can not display his badge Of
membership in the Patriot s Fund is
traitor to his own best interests. The
meanest thing in the category of mean
things is a traitor. Don It let it be said
that yau are betraying your country by
trading with man who is unwilling
to bear his share of his country's bur
den.