Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-05-09
Add TO Funds That viii Forever
End 6ermany's Desired
Iron.Hand Rule.
DUTY OF EVERYBODY TO HELP
Question 70 Not Whether We Feel
Like Subscribing. but Our People
Must Spend Of Do
Spent.
BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART.
OF the v~ioilantes. a

Proclaim liberty throughout all me
land unto all the Inhabitants thereof
SO runs the legend on the Liberty bell,
which by a favorite tradition pealed out :
to the world the tidings Of the birch OF
the United States Of America on that
famous July 4. l778. We thought that
message had gone out once for all;
that freedom In the United States was
a rock Of Gibraltar that could not be
scaled nor penetrated nor moved. We
have thought that the old days OF ma
tional sacrifice and anxiety were for.
ever passed. What SO strong, so per-
manent, so vigorous, so dominant as
government OF the people In these
United Statesf
II the American Revolution had been
only bell ringing and the passage OF
resolutions, we should not now be the
foremost republic Of the world nor any
other kind Of q republic. The Declara'
ton OF Independence was a bold state
ment Of liberty which had still to be
made good. The heroes of the Revo-
luton knew how to watch as well as
to pray, how to march as well as 70
resolute. The Declaration Of lnde-
pendence Is n mighty force In the
world because when the country called
| soldiers sprang into the ranks. Liberty
| had to be spelled out by such big capt.
tai letters as Lexington, Illinois, Ben
nington, Eutaw. Rocky Mount, Trenton
and Yorktown.
We Are Better Fortified.
The hard fighting In the field won
only half the battle. Our forefathers
were able to proclaim liberty
throughout the land" because they
found the sinews Of war. 1t was m
thing to raise the flag. another to raise
troops and still another to raise the
wind" There was not q bank In the
United States till the Revolution was
nearly over and few were the people
who had money enough to lend to any
body, yet that 100000, Of whom a
fourth were slaves who could have no
property, somehow induced the people
Of the country to turn in their small
surplus OF provisions, clothing and
military supplies and take for 1t the
obligations Of the government, which
toward the end Of the dark period OF
the Revolution seemed little likely ever
to be paid. They furnished about $685.
100000 In taxes, contributions and sup
plies and at the end Of the war the ma
tional debts incurred In behalf OF the
Revolution were, including arrears OF
interest, $7O,OOO,O 900, which was then
about $40 a head on the population,
man, m and child, whites, In
dIans and negroes, seamen, farmers,
. plantation slaves as they ram.
, Must Spend or Be Spent.
? Make no mistake this Is not a ques'
ton of whether we feel like subscrib'
ing TO a loan any more than a question
. Of whether we feel like receiving news
, Of a break on the war front and the
capture or retreat of the American
troops. The nation Is compelled to
!. choose either to spend or to be spent
9 There Is only II possible way 70 enc
the war to the honor and safety Of the
r United States and that Is to fight FOL
II. Our sons fight In the army, gu
Q daughters fight In the Red Cross. VIC
D elders must fight with safe deposit
boxes and mortgage deeds and sheets
Of securities. :.
In the days when the French were II
the habit Of recruiting troops In Swift
xerland, there was a saying, IN
money, no Swiss" Nowadays 1t Is
mo money, no Yank!" for unless yo'
subscribe to the loan your son canno
o he trained or equipped or fed or trans
Q ported over seas or carried to tn
front or protected by a bnrrage Of ar
q tillery fire or put where he can attacl
. the enemy.
t Remember the Liberty Bell.
= The battle Is going on from day +
! day in the national banks and the say
. ines banks and the trust companie
. and the treasures Of the fraternitle
|. and the clubs and the churches an
" the restaurants Just a. much a. I
northern France or Belgium. No on
. soldier can win at the front nor q hur
. dred thousand together. Fonld tax
n million, but II every one Of that mi
s lion hangs back, there u no army, .
= war, nothing but shame and mlser
2 for the nation. Just 10. you cennt
!" save your country all alone BY YOU
y subscription to the third Liberty loan
y but you can unite with a million otl
= err. DO your duty and expect and urf
others to do theirs. That makes q VI
= ~torious army Of people pouring In the
y. sattIing dollars al the boys at the fro'
huri hand grenades.
"Ail the inhabitants thereof" That
what the Liberty bell aroused. N
che soldier only. not merely tho RI
Cross, the 7. n. g. A. and the 9TH
noble co.workers and co-hghtcrs VII
tho troops. You plain farmer. y
banker. investor, manufacturer; y
doctor, lawyer. teacher, scientific M
enginser, hasiness man. railroe0 ma
mschanic, working man; ron sthoolb'
u and sxhooiCrl, listen to ths Liberty b
suseerjhe TO the Liberty .soaa.
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