New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-03
Roosevelt Urges
The Nation to Back
Third Liberty Loan
He Greets 300 Patriotic
Workers at His Saga
more Hill Home

"The greatest good that can come to the
individual is through putting his money
in the Liberty Loan" declared Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt yesterday to 300
business men working for the success
of the third Liberty Loan, who had
gone to Sycamore Hill. adding that by
doing so he evil serve the country,
himself and his family by strengthen
ing his economic position"
The visitors went to Oyster Bay
aboard a special train as the. guests
of Colonel Roosevelt. The latter had
received many invitations to speak be-
fore various organizations on behalf OF
the loan, and as he felt that he could
not accept some and decline others he
took this method of speaking to the
members Of the New York committee
and through them to those similarly
engaged throughout the country.
Colonel Roosevelt received the 300
on the piazza at Sycamore Hill. Many
of them he knew personally, others
brought messages from friends, and tor
ell he had hearty handshake and a
smile.
Among those in the party were S. II.
Emery, president of the Emery Bears
Company; Thomas G. Desmond, who is
building ten 9,ooo-ton, ships at New
burgh and is six weeks ahead of his
contract; Fred sterry, of the Hotel
Plaza; Charles Scribner, of Scribncr &,
Sons; G. NJ. Brown, Samuel Ullman,
Nelson Gray, Russell J. Perrine, Shep-
pard G. Schmerhorn, Guy Emerson
vice president of the National Bank of
Commerce; Benjamin Fox, Frank +.
Wise, r. II. Swartout and George De b.
Greene chairman Of the Advisory
Trades Committee.
Loan Work vitality important
"The actual work OF boating the
Liberty bonds is vitality important
work. and it is as laboriods and ex-
hausting as it is Important" said the
Colonel in his address. IL wish that
the worthy people who think the gov
ernmental processes, even so far as
they affect the public, 90 on without
effort, might have little Of the ex-
pcrence you have had in handling this
work that you have been on, and they
would learn the necessity Of co0rd-
mated effort.
"Thc thing that primarily counts in
this war is the strength of the fight
ing man. The primary work is the
work of the men at the front, but the
men at the front cannot do that work
unless they have the weapons, the in
strumentalitics with which to do it. 1t
is only you and those like YOU who can
furnish the means to secure those in
strumentaltes.
"a loan does not float itself. No
governmental work does itself Some
body has to do it. You and your asso-
ciatcs in the other districts Of the
country have assumed this burden of
disinterestcd service to the country.
| appeal to our people to back YOU to
the fullest limit.
"Ihe American who is not now heart
and soul against Germany and heart
and soul in favor of fighting this war
through to victorious conclusion, to
the peace of overwhelming victory, is a
traitor to this country and a traitor to
mankind. He is unfi to live in Amer
lea. He is unfit to be a free man. for
his soul is the soul of slave. And if
that American has associated himself
with other Americans in order to work
against the interests of America. as has
been done in the case Of the German
American Alliance, then | hope with all
my heart that Congress. and the state
legislatures will act, will dissolve the
German American Alliance, and if
there is a method of getting ut the
leaders Of it, will get at them in anv
way that is necessary.
Should Work for Common Cause
"No man nowadays should be able TO
feel that he has Il right to nights
sleep at the end of the day unless dur
ing the day he has done something for
the common cause. Each Of us should
gladly and cheerfully sacrifice every
war. The men at the front, the men
whose high privilege it is to be ut the
front, stand ready to sacrifice life and
limb and health for our dear land Wa
who are not given that high privilege
we who cannot 60 to the front, must ut
least back them TO tao limit with tho
work Of head and Of hand. with our dol