The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-09-26

ne knows how to keep mot only the
home fires burning" but these four
minute men going also. Give him
hearty cooperation in this important
branch of war work. The following
items will give you better idea of
the work than we can personally.
On the evening of Saturday, Sep
TENDER %, it is estimated that nearly
one hundred and fifty thousand allied
speakers will go into action in all
parts of the United States, all speak
ing on the Fourth Liberty Loan, and
all basing their speeches upon infor-
nation contained in the latest bulle-
tin published by the Four Minute Men
of the Committee on Public 1nforma-
ton. =.
A great many of these speakers will
be ministers of all creeds, who have
recently become affiliated with this
organization of official spokesman for
the government.
Between forty and. fifty thousand
of the total will be commissioned Four
Minute Men who have already "car-
ried the message" through at least
three campaigns.
The bulletin of information for the
use of Four Minute Men during the
Fourth Loan drive is the product
of more than months careful COM
pilation of material from official
sources, all of which has been check
ed over by responsible government Of
ficials.
The material is arranged in logical
order, opening with comparison Of
the new loan with great loans Of the
past, demonstrating that this will
break all previous world efforts.
A complete history of the Liberty
Loans to date follows, after which
come the details Of subscriptions to
each loan by states, the quotas and
percentage of the Third Loan being
added.
A summary of U. S. war finance
follows, appropriations and expendi-
lures being balanced against income
and estimated receipts. This section
concludes with comparison Of Amer
lean with German finance which may
60 far to cheer the faint-hearted.
Where the money goes is the subject
of the next section; interesting figures
being brought out in relation to the
comparative cost of the first draft and
of former recruiting.
The cost of constructing canton
ments is covered in this section, as
also is the great mass of material in
cluded under the supervision of the
Quartermaster's Corps.
This latter part sustains the state
ment that the American Army is the
best clothed, best fed, best paid, and
healthiest army in the world.
The artillery and general ordnance
program is then gone into very
thoroughly, the necessity for vast ex-
penditures in this branch of the bus
mess of war being explained.
Then, having raised the army, call
ed it to its environments, supplied,
equipped and armed it, the question Of
the bridge of boats is answered very
thoroughly and conscisely.
Guarding this bridge-the work Of
the MAXWELL deserves the attention
it receives at this point; and so the
bulletin brings the finished product to
our LibertyLoan dollars cover there"
An extremely interesting study in
the costs of general action along a
ten-mile front follows, in which the
need for adequate financial support is
made very evident.
A suggestion to ''hold your bonds"
concludes this phase of the bulletin.
It is followed by several pages of
ideas for speakers, outlines, opening
phrases, little stories of service and
sacrifice, illustrative speeches and
sermons, etc.
The whole is thoroughly cross-in-
dexed alpha betically by topics, so that
any described point of information
may be turned to readily.
The bulletin is published only for
accredited speakers, but all the valu-
able and interesting information con-
tanned in it will eventually find its
way to the general public during the
course of the campaign.