The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-22
FACES FRONT!'

GarnelQ naQ no authority 10 OIlcT III oll"e-
down of shops, stores and places of amusement: The
commander-in-chie Of our army and navy had, and
he exercised it.
The order means sacrifice by business concerns,
great sacrifices in wages of workingncn and women,
much Inconvenience to everybody Is there a business
man or worlingman who believes that President VIII
SOL, or any other patriot, would bring such effects
upon the country unless driven to it by unavoidable
necessity? TO so BELIEVE is TO CLASS TIE
PRESIDENT AMONG FIFE TRAITORS, BOMBERS
AND THE MOST RABlD PRO-GERMANS.
We cannot know all the features of that lnavoid-
able necessity, because their publication would aid
and comfort to the enemy. But we do know some Of
them, enough Of them to justify, in the minds Of those
who will sacrifice as patriots, the order to Shut down
for five days in January and the Mondays following:
We KNOW these things:
That England, France and Italy are harder up
for fuel, food and munitions than ever before since
the war started.
That we must get hundreds of thousands Of
troops, with their food and munitions, into Europe, in
the next few months.
That, for weeks past, hundreds Of ships, loaded
with fuel, food and munitions, have been lying in
Atlantic ports unable to move by reason of lack Of
fuel. IA"
That millions of domestic users of coal through
out the country designated by the embargo have been
suffering miserably, under conditions steadily grow
ing worse.
That the month of February is always the most
severe and exacting of the winter season.
These facts have all been published again and
again. We don believe that we have a reader, en-
ployer or employee, but knows these things to be true.
All know, too, that H WAR WILL DRAG ALONG
UNTIL WE GET OVER to Europe with ability to
aOI tho ,var Wo,va J,ooctoJ Of 4L;r. Aha, ,l;o,
have repeatedly admitted it.
What then are the questions involved in this
coalless period against which many are kicking :?
They are plainly these questions, and they are very
simple and direct:
Shall we adequately supply the Allies with
troops, food, fuel and munitions? Or, SHALL WE
PROLONG THE WAR AND EVEN RISK VIC.
TORY.
Shall we have five more coalless days in Jan
uary? Or, A COALLESS FEBRUARY?
Shall we be self-sacrificing patriots and win this
war? Or, shall we HANG ON TO ALL WE'VE
GOT, reach out for more, and E THE WAR
SLIDE?
This paper votes to stand by President Wilson.
1t is confident that he would not impose upon the
country the smallest part Of calamity without an end
yielding 100 per cent advantage on his action. We
are not ready to lie down and cry "Don't Let Uncle
Sam Do It!'
God help our nation and the devil take our vision
Of Freedom, for All, Forever!!' if, at the first
demand of the commander-in-chief of our army and
navy for great direct sacrifice, a very considerable
number of our business men and workingmen become
cutters TO believe that this can be SO is to befoul
the flag under which our best and bravest young
men are to fight and suffer and die before the guns of
the beastly hun.
First, the people must have fuel in their homes,
IN order to be efficient for any purpose. With them
supplied, our business is WAR, WAR, WAR! And
the man who lies low on that should go to school
to the Hun.