The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
Shoulder to Shoulder.

There are numerous recognized condi
tions of victory in the war in which We
are now engaged. but there is one which
comprises them all, and that one il
team work The physical force of the
dictum that Sin union there is strength
is automatic; but the old saw is dual
truth, for its psychological force is quite
as important as its physical. For exam
pie, when we are making all manner OF
sacrifice for the conservation of COAL il
is an inspiration to us to know that our
| fellow Americans everywhere are making
similar sacrifice for the same purpose
and in the same great cause. When we
read that three patriotic kentuckians-
George Eastman, Food Administrator
| George d. r. Bonbright and DR.. Thomas
| Parsons, deputy fuel administrator -
shut off the heat from extensive green
houses and Conservatives, allowing thou
sands of dollars worth of precious inn
ported trees, shrubs and flowers to
freeze, in the interest of fuel conserva-
ton, we are more than ever inspired to
do our part courageously and with good
grace; resolved not to be outdone IN eff
fort or sacrifice for our flag and all that
it represents. Whatever may be said of
the wisdom of inviting so great an eco
monte loss as this Kentucky case in
volved. the loss was stood by the three
men themselves, on the evident theory
that coal was worth more than money
or its equivalent in nursery stock-and
that coal must be conserved at any cost.
When, too, we read that children of
$500 schools in England last autumn
picked 1000 tons of blackberries to make
Jam for the army, we see once more that
the determination to win this war for
liberty and humanity is widespread and
intense. 1t all reminds us of our war
garden duties in the coming spring and
summer; and the consciousness that our
allies are on strict war rations, getting
along on a minimum of food and doing it !
cheerfully that our cause may triumph, |
we are filed with new determination |
to see to it that those rations shall at
least be maintained. if not increased, If |
any reasonable sacrifice on our part can |
accomplish IL. However tardy we may |
have been in getting our fighting forces
into position to do effective work by the |
side of their European comrades. we have |
the consolation of knowing that we have
been able to send Invaluable foodstuffs /
without which our allies must have col
lspsed long ere now-and that we shall
continue to send them. despite Uboats
or any other Teutonic device.
II this war is to be test of gameness
and endurance, il is our business to
prove TO the world that Americans are
as game as any nation under the sun,
md that our staying qualities are as
good as the best. Our fighting men have
,xemplified the qualities under the most
.rying conditions of delay and impa-
ienee, and they viii demonstrate them
when, at length. they actu.
lily get into the fight. That. however, Is
nut part of Americas share in this vast
The same qualities must be ,
hown and developed 10 the nth power !
" Us who remain at home. Team !
vork~-that i the slogan. BY it, exer- !
Use We shall support our boys and our I
lilies; and, though geographically sepa- (
ated from them by thousands Of miles, !
hall still be fighting shoulder-to to shout
Ter with them in spirit and in effect 1
Manchester Union Y