The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-08-31
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted 10 The Task OF Keep.
ing Up With North Dakota Editors

The Hankinson News asks the following per-
tinent questions:
How would you like to pool your interests
In one gigantic jackpot with every other
property owner in the state sitting in the
game2 Sounds rather fancifuI and far
fetched does it not? But when the Re-
publican state committee meets at the capI-
tai on September to frame platform for
the fall campaign for state officers it is ex-
pected that one topic will be a proposal to
favor a plank indorsing state ownership of
farm lands horses, cattle and machinery.
Amendments to the state constitution would
be favored by which the proposed socialistic
program could be carried out. Perhaps it
would be as well to make the campaign on
this issue, for 1t might have a tendency to
bring home, to our prosperous Richland
ward which we are drifting.
The New Rockford State Center makes the
following observations on waste:
''Extravagance costs blood, the blood Of
heroes" says Lloyd George.
War savers are life savers. The sinews
Of are gathered largely from thrift The
war perhaps can be partly by stored -up
resources. We must save out of the present
products of labor. The British people and
services must be saved by all. Saving must
become a habit. For is battle OF re-
sources Germany saves with efficiency be-
cause she saves scientifically. She CON-
serves her resources.
ITO waste in these times is to fight on the
side Of the Kaiser.
The Bismarck Tribune has the following ex-
cellent editorial on "Perpetuating Foreignness'
THE Tribune would recommend to the
executive committee of the North Dakota
Council of Defense, in session today, close
analysis of Judge Amidons address in SEN
fencing Rev. John Fontana Of New Salem.
1t seems apparent from Attorney William
Langer's letter to a German parochial school
board in Cass county that he either has not
read Judge Amidon's mastery arraignment
thoroughly American stand in opposition to
perpetuating foreignness.
MIR. LANCER has given the German par
ochial school at Armenia permission to per-
petuate in the name OF religious liberty.
Mr. LANCER was born in America and edu-
Gated here and he owes everything that he
has today to the public schools and the uni
versities Of the adopted land Of his father
ut is not necessary to insure religious lib
erty that American children born in an
American community be taught 70 worship
their god in an alien tongue. There is no
more reason why American born boys and
girls in North Dakota should receive their
religious instruction in German than there
Is for teaching them to pray in Afghantst
These boys and girls must grow American
souls in their American born bodies.
The Sheldon Progress discusses Supporting
we want to tell the people Of Sheldon
and vicinity why they should subscribe the
full quota of the Fourth Liberty loan as
signed them. Sheldon and the country inn
mediately surrounding and tributary has
sent Sc soldiers into the service of the
United States They are in the army the
navy and marine corps. They fighting
the battles Of this country; Of this COM
munity. Sheldon has a vital interest in
winning this war; the same vital interest
that every other part of the country has in
preserving the honor and integrity of Amer
lea and safeguarding humanity for all time.
1T costs in round numbers about $1,000 a
year to. maintain soldier. To send that
soldier overseas, clothed, armed and equip
ped for modern warfare costs about $1,000
more and consequently the Sc men from
Sheldon in the service of the United States
cost the government $4,000 Isn't that r
enough why we should subscribe our
share to this Liberty loan?
"Of course we have already furnished the
men, but just remember we are not doing
the fighting. The boys are in the trenches
and facing the storm of German shot and
shell on that long battle line in France. We
people of Sheldon have something more to
do besides proudly waving our flags as our
boys go to the front. We've got to help pay
for keeping them at the front. They are
making the supreme sacrifice. We only
required to make a sacrifice in money, Hold
on bit! Is 1t a sacrifice to buy a govern
ment bond? Not bit OF III. The only sac
rifice Is in using the money that you have
or the money that you get lin the next
few months to buy q bond, the best tn the
world, and which will pay you good interest
on your investment.
Sheldon is going to subscribe her quota
all right We know that, But let's go
quickly when the campaign opens Septem-
Der 90, and get into the honor roll like a
lot of other cities and towns did on the last
loan. Let's make a record that VIII put
Sheldon on the map.
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