Mohave County miner., 1918-07-06
PRIORITY OF GOVERNMENT NEEDS

Frank B. Anderson the San Francisco banker, in taking up the necessity of not only conserving foods but also conserving man power and other necessi- ties to the winning of the war, says: ''When con gress appropriated S2OOOOOOOOOO for the first year Of the it consciously unconsciousy appropriat ed the labor and services of all the people of the United States-not S2OOOO,O 900, but raw material and the labor to that material into the fin ished product needed int he prosecution of the war" Few people know that the production of the United States is approximately s4O,OOOOOO,OOO yearly and that the consumption runs close to $35,OOO 100000, leaving a surplus of about s5,OOO,OOOOOO. It will readily be seen that governmental demands will sume within few billions of the entire production of the country. In the event that failure should in crops in the output of the mines the gov ernment would be handicapped during the balance of the year in which failure occurred And back of all of this production is the necessity of conserving the money resources of the government which the people or all nationaties and all creeds are pledged to do. 1. takes money to pay the soldier boys; it takes money to maintain our output of vessels and merchant shipping, and it takes money to maintain the vast civilian population in government service. And today while the government is using every en- deavor and calling into life every available means of raising funds for war work note that large re- Egous denomination is gloating the fact that it has succeeded in raising s27,OOO,OOO for what it terms it's educational work. Any religious Organza- tiOn that will Obtrude upon the raising of money for the war work of the government should be severely repremanded by the people, and it will be, we feel sure If our government does not win the re- igious denominations will take a back seat in it's educational work Its funds will go to build the mi tary power of Germany to greater dimensions and
 it's creed will be that handed out to them by the kali ser If every denomination was to step in and raise funds for educational work, how far, think you would the government get in it's efforts to if nance this great war? If we would win a stop must be put to the raising of funds by fanatical church workers.
 Our country is fighting in the most terrible strug- gle of history for the preservation of deals for a freedom which our forefathers dreamed and fought and established Nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of our successful prosecution of this war; We must win it no matter if every church lies dor Inant until the end of the war. And government is urging upon us all the conservation of every ef fort every pound of food, every man, and every dol lar that can be availed of in the building of that great army that must be sent to Europe to stop and beat back the beast of Berlin. It is not question of our lack of religious belief, but the knowledge that
 we have the antithesis of religion to combat and if the latter wins the former is lost to the world for years to come. Our government needs the aid of the churchman and athes Jew and Gentile to insure the happiness and welfare of the peoples of the world Let US subordinate every other consideration to the work in hand.