Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-05-08
niece SNRY NOW
To SETTLE UP IF WE
MAY SETTLE DOWN
TOO EARLY FOR HISTORIANS TO
BEGIN THEIR STORIES OF
THE GREAT Struggle.
rZED L1UCH CLEANING UP
Country in Wonderful Condition to
Garry On Reconstruction
Work.

With Germany vanquished, the
League of Nations outlined and taking
shape, and the armies demobili2ing
and returning to their homes, it may
Look like the war is over and all that
remains to be done is for the historians
to sit down and begin TO tell the story
of the struggle.
But there is a tremendous amount
Of clearing up still to be done. Ie
world has just been swept by a ire
/ nendous tornado, the tornado of the
| Great War. Across Europe it has left
wake Of dcthroned kings and
smashed governments. There is chaos
from the White Sea to the AdriatiC
and from the Ural Mountains to the
English Channel.
AS a matter of plain fact, about the
only expense Of the war that has real
ly stopped is the fighting expense, the
cost of sending guns and shells to tae
soldiers and of raising and arming and
feeding more armies to keep up our
armed strength. That part Of the ex.
pense has stopped but just about All
the rest Of it is going on >nd will con.
tinue to go on You can't down A
wa machine such as we built for our
selves and straightway stop its cost
overnight.
There is a merchant marine to keen
on the seas, If we are to go on ana
have world markets. There is The jo5
OF putting all these soldiers back inc
industry, Both these Things will take
money and one Of the ways the govgrn.
nont has of getting the money is 70
sell you Victory Notes.
When this loan is complete and the
last solicitor has turned in his list OF
subscriptions, this country ought TO
have money enough to go ahead With
Its after-war plans Of rehabiltating
the soldier, completing the demobili-
zatlon Of the army looking after the
naval ami army appropriations and
programs and seeing to it that we have
an American merchant feet on the
seas.
If we all do our duty in the Victory
Loan this money will be available and
the nation can go on with it's great
plans for prosperity and plenty, as well
as peace, in the years of the future.
Settle Up to Settle Down.
But before the world can settle down
In its new ways Or even in it's old WAYS
OF work and quiet, there must be
| general reorganization in Europe
This country cannot turn its back on
q half-completed job and leave the
European situation in such a condi-
ton that there might be another catas-
trophe
N order to get ahead with the iob
this country must keep control of it.
! self; it must look ahead and it must
have the money in land with which 10
Get on with the rest of the Job. Wa
nave hardly been touched by the war
| Our dead in battle will number very
little more than 10000. Our casualties
are very small indeed compared with
these OF France, Italy and England
Our man-Dower has hardly been
touched Our financial resources have
hardly been tapped.
We are in the best position to f.
nance an after-the-war loan of anv
country in the,world. Labor has been
exceptionally well paid during the last
four years and wages have not begun
to decline in many Of the industries,
The farmer in America has had a pc
ROD of unexampled high prices and his
prices are still very high.
Both labor and the farmer are in a
position 70 respond strongly to the LAST
loan They have their years Of GOOD
times to look back upon and those
times are not ended as yet.
Capital, too, is in fortunate posi-
ton to help in handling the Victory
Loan. DUging the FIRST years of the
struggle all the allied nations were
heavy buyers at high prices. Our own
entrance into the war, while it mate
rally reduced profits in many lines.
greatly increased the volume of bust
ness and gave all manufactures
plants that got war orders a splendid
chance to make money. Capital is ex
pectedto take IN even larger share Of
the Victory Loan than it did of the
four preceding ones.
1t ought to be easy for us to fur.
nish the sinews" wherewith to get
on with winning the rest of the war.
The back wash" Of the struggle has
not caught Us and it will never catch
Us if we get in and back up the gov
eminent with our money as success
fully and whoie-hsartedly as the men
In khaki fought its battles only a few
months ago
The plain truth is that if we want
peace and prosperity we must helm
finance it. The government viii 90
its part if the people dc theirs. The
people, however. must act first. The
money must De IN the hands of the
government before anything can be
done toward carrying out various
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