The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-10

NIL out the quota. In this we have sell
nshly underestiInated our duty and have
not measured up TO our responsibility.
We have not done all we could to win
the war. This is due to the fact that
we are not fully aware OF the peril
confronting US. We must not lose sight
Of the fact that the west front IS only
one hundred miles from Paris while II
is six hundred miles from Berlin. and
we must not be lulled into a feeling of d
sense of security because the war seems
to be going well with US Just now and
the HohenzoIlerns and Hapsburgs are
stealthy and in bad faith clamoring loud
~ for an opportunity to shut down on
hostilities and bicker for an autocratic
victorious peace. The time is not ripe
to relax one iota in our determination
to bat the Hun and bat him hard. We
must knock him down and blindfold and
gag him first. A lot Of US must sub
scribe a second time on this Fourth drive
and do better than we have done the
first time. We must wake up more fully
10 our responsibility and square our
selves with our solicitors. our con-
science and above all our government.
!, for one. am going to come through
subscription on this Fourth drive.
can do il, so can you. Just do it, and
that viii be all there is TO 1t, Hunt up
your solicitor and surprise him with
another subscription. 1t Will do him
good and make i'm feel good. and il viii
make you feel even better. We do not
want it ever to be said that the l. s
Government could not, in time of peril.
depend upon the rank and file Of its
mature men and women to come TO its
financial assistance, Do your part and
that cannot happen. If your flag is up
you will. If it is not up. run 1t up
quick None Of us intend to shirk our
responsibility to the Government. but
we will IL We do not wake up now and
do our duty and do it quick
1t matters not whether your local
street community. town or city may or
may not have gotten over the top. The
Government itself has not and it is up
to us to tackle the big job Of helping
the L. s. A. over the top. That means
all hands together and one big lift at
the plank IF that is done We VIII fill
her war chest to overfiowing.
No man who holds liberty dear will
not refuse to hear his country's call in
this hour OF crisis. Do all possible now.
Forget about the next drive. We will
take care of that when it comes Then,
too by heroic work on this drive we
may make it possible to avoid the ne
ccssity of another. Be that as it may,
yet US acquit ourselves like men now.
Be strong; come through If you square
yourself as you should you can look your
fellow countrymen squarely in the face
and be able to say. 4 have bought TO
my limit; have you?"
If YOU do that you viii kill the hope
of the kaiser and his brood and next
thing TO killing that brood is 10 kill his
hope. If this Government fails to 90
over the top in this drive it viii be an
evidence OF a weakening of our forces
and Of our support Of the war at home,
and nothing Will so encourage the enemy
as that. May such a condition never
happen. Let US kill his hope rather
/ than heighten it.
If you do your part you will have the
right as a patriotic American and a
lover of liberty. 10 read your paper and
enjoy the glad news as the reports come
in of how that dirty. Shiny. bloody
handed, hobnail booted bard of Bar
barians are being driven out of northern
France. Belgium. Serbia and Russia, and
they must be driven out of there. back
of the Rhine to Potsdam and defeat be-
| fore we can relax in the least.
| If we all do our part and do it well
now. the end is IL sight. There is a big
task yet 10 be performed and we are
! big enough for the job We must be
good Americans-men who do things.
What must be will be. We are going to
get right right now and square ourselves
with our conscience and do our part.
There is no happiness in store for us
until we do. We VIII not Buy Till 1t
Hurts" We Will buy till it makes US
happy We will then be sure of winning
the war. preserving free institutions and
delivering the punch that will put brute
force beneath the eternal law of justice
and righteousness. We cannot go broke
in doing it, for we Will have the bonds
which we can sell for cash TO save our
hides in case Of pinch Do not pass
the buck" Buy. Buy to the limit.
Yours truly.
FRANK e. PATTEE.