Smyrna times., 1918-02-06

Inc Dover index expresses the
views of all patriotic citizens when it
says: Don't forget that Uncle Sam
needs your help every day. With
nearly half a million men in France
and twice that many nearly ready to
go, with the guns, clothes, ammuni-
tion, shelter, food, hospitals and
everything else necessary for a mod
ern army so big already as to stagger
US, and still growing, we at home
must be busy every minute. Just
now we can't grow things but we
can plan for growing later. We can
also save and make plans for saving
this year. Uncle Sam needs money
all the time, as we'll now as when
the summer sun makes US forget these
frigid days. We shall not later than
March probably be called on to take
another Liberty Loan. This is being
deferred by the taxes coming in, the
Thrift Stamps. War Certificates and
other means of raising money. 1t is
said that each soldier must have at
least five behind him at home. If
you are one of the FIVE behind one of
our boys, and every patriot at home
wants to feel that he is of the home
army, you must not lag or loaf The
soldier in this war fights on time and
by system. His hackers at home must
do the same"
The Milford Chronicle in touching
upon the same line of thought says:
"We fought and won the Spanish war
with $50. 900 soldiers and a 5000, =
600. 900 bond issue. In men under
arms we now have ten times that
number. We issued ten times that
amount of bonds in the first Liberty
loan. We are proposing to spend and
loan TO the allies in the first fiscal
year of the war $40, 900. 900, 900.
From now until the end of this fiscal
year the treasury anticipates needing
$500 600, 900 a week-that is, the
treasury has got to fight financially a
Spanish war every four days. That
indicates a money measure of the size
of this work, but that is not the real
measure. We have just seen that
one might have plenty of money, but
an empty coal bin. In just the same
way the government can have plenty
of money. but an un equipped army.
This army cannot be equipped as mod
ern warfare demands if the man power
of the country is at the same time
calico upon to produce all of our or
binary comforts and luxuries. 1t is
as plain as two and two that all OF
US must make personal sacrifices, must
give up comforts and luxuries, ever
necessary expenditures that can be
postponed, if there is to be labor anC
material enough to equip the army ir
time for it to fight while it will dc
some good to have it fight.
In war the only effort that is Of
any value is that which is ultimately
translated into gun fire on the field Of
battle. The gun fire that will wiz
this war cannot be delivered until al
America recognizes Individual respon
sibility, until the whole people joil
in the effort by giving up things tina
they can do without, so that the labo
that would have been employed il
making those things can do work tha
will ultimately result in gun fire
The government has offered the op
portunity to translate at once ever,
ones personal patriotism into the sor
of help that will win the war. Foreg
buying something that is unnecessary
loan the money you would have use
to the government by buying $5 wa
savings certificates. You will thu
have released labor, you will hav
given credit to the government, 20
will have acquired the best security
the world. A. United States govern
ment bond