The Washington herald., 1918-01-06

workers, and growers Of wheat and
potatoes, and demands from other
workers are now pending which II
granted win triple this total Grants
on this enormous scale necessarily
force prices up. when new demands
are made. the government IL there
fore entangled In q vicious circle
from which escape seems difficult.
This question Of finance Is regarded
here by labor leaders as well as
business men as one OF vital impor-
tance to the war. II hostilities are to
continue through next year.
When all these problems which I
have sketched are considered, the
same appeal to Uncle Sam Is soon to
be attached to each Of them. Ameri-
ca must send over men. or the Ger
mans cannot be beaten on the west
front. America must send supplies
and munitions to the armies OF the
allies. America must feed her friends
and stint herself. America must build
ships frantically. or her men and sup
plies and food canot be transported.
America must lend money in a con-
stantly Increasing stream, must send
back to Europe perhaps not only all
she has made out OF the war. but all
that her industry has piled up since
the Civil War.
U. 3. Must Sacrifice.
So It is. The winning of the war
depends entirely. now. upon whether
the United States is prepared to sac
rifice everything, to carry. ultimately.
the whole alliance on her own back.
This may seem at first sight too much
to ask. too great a demand. unfair.
II there 10 any American who feels
this. let him consider that. while 1t
Is true that this war canot be won
without the United States, the United
states cannot win the war IL Eng
land does not rise to undreamed
heights of greatness in the next six
months, just as England would have
gone under IL France had not thrown
her bleeding body across the Their
mopylae of civilization when the Ger
mans came through In 1914.
Sometimes at the close of a desper-
ate football game the ball is carried
by short plunges down the field in an
effort to score and top the lead won
by the enemy in their first half.
Player after player is carried to the
side lines. but the ball goes on. Then
n new man is sent into the game. The
stands hold their breath, he steps
back. kicks a goal from the field, and
the game Is won.
There are people who say. carelessly.
that he won the game. But the other
players know better. and he knows
better himself. IL he Is the right Sort
The game was won by the team, who
put the ball in the position from
which the goal was possible. 1t was
won as much by the fullback, who
was taken out when he had given his
last ounce of strength in gaining a
few yards at a time by bucking the
center, as by the man whose toe made
the points.
America is the fresh player who has
came in late and who is to kick the
goal and make the winning points.
She must make sure that she does
kick it. But when she does, credit for
the victory will belong as much to
battered France and Britain, even to
Serbia and Belgium. who were carried
OF in the first half. 1t, is the team
that wins. II the war were lost
America would go under with the rest,
a little later, perhaps. but Just as
surely. And France and England
know that America will not grudge
anything she has to win it, IL she
knows that they. too. are putting for
ward their last ounce of strength.