Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-13
August Is. 1918.
REPORTS
Thin EXCUSES
RumOrs That Have No Foundation in
Fact That Are Being Used as Film
sy Excuses for Failure to Pay Sub
scriptiOns to War Chest Fund =

Monday of this week we were in
formed that reports were being cir
culated that heads of some of the va
rious war activities in the county had
voted themselves $3.50 each out of the
War Chest fund, and certain parties
have been giving this as reason { p
for discontinuing the payment of
their monthly subscription to the War
Chest fund.
There is absolutely no truth what
ever in the report referred to; not
one of the workers or heads in any
of the departments of war work in
Fulton county have received, is re-
ceiving, or expects to receive any
compensation whatever for such
work. On the contrary, every one of
them is taking time from his own per-
sonal affairs and business to devote
to this work, and besides giving their
/ time and energy they are, every one
of them, giving to the limit of money
to every one of the war activities.
These workers, and we are speak
ing of all of them-Red Cross, Lib
erty Loan, War Savings, War Chest,
and the many other lines of work
z
dong these things because they real
ize that they must be done in order
TO win the war. They have not re-
fused TO work or give because some
o5her people were sidestepping their
responsib lity and obligation as Am
erican citizens or because some other
people are trying to get out of Civ
ing their money to the organizations
that are caring for the soldiers and
sailors, or refusing to loan their
money to the government because
they can get two or three per cent
more for it elsewhere. These men are
men to be proud of, and we are still
more proud of them that, through all
the ''yapping" of yellow ours and dust
of criticism from those who always
know how things should be done but
never lift a finger to do them; these
same people. men and women, stand
right by their posts doing the best
they can and according to their own
honest convictions of what they ought
to do under the circumstances.
Our American boys, boys from Full
ton county, are now on the firing line
: and in the trenches; some of them are
! being wounded some of them have
; given their lives; but none of them
! are trying to excuse themselves from
! doing their individual duty because
: few conscientious objectors" are
, failing to do what real Americans
= think they ought to do. The Ameri-
} cans that remain at home have their
: dut.es to perform just as surely as
the American soldiers who are under
r orders in France today, and one of
e those duties is to give every possible
; bit of help they can to those b. rs un-
( der arms in France. That is exactly
4 what the War Chest fund is for; to
{ furnish the means by which the Red
; Cross, Y. NJ c. A., and kindred or
r ganizations are enabled to minister
to the needs, save the lives, nurse
!. back to health and strength, and give
what comforts can be given to these
boys that are fighting for US, every
one of us, slackers and all, on the bat.
C tie fields of Europe.
G Draw your own conclusions, as tC
the kind of an individual you mus
appear to be to an unprejudiced OBJ
- server (the Infinite One, for instance
i if you are trying to find an excuse
l. of any sort for not doing your utmos
r sacrificing your personal comforts, K
a help those men who are placing ALI
d they have and are, even to life itsel
Is in hazard for your sake and mine.