Sharp County record., 1919-04-11
COST NOT COUNTED
WHEN Il CANE 10
SAVING OUR BOYS
THINK OF SITUATION YEAR Am
AND HOW READY WE WERE
TO STAKE ALL.
BIG DEBT WAS INCURRED
War Closed Earlier Than Anyon
Expected, and We Must Finish
Paying For It.

When your boy was on the Hghth,
front over there last fall, or was m
one of the training camps over her,
being hardened for the most terrhl,
task that ever confronted man; yh4,
countless mothers with sad eyes war,
scanning the death lists with hear,
atremble, fearing lest the name Of Al
loved one might be there; when u,
fate of the nation and Of the wora
hung In the balance, then the though
uppermost in every mind was the win
ming of the war and the avoidance d|
continued loss Of life.
Then during the fall months Of lsD|
the purse strings Of Americas Citizen
were cut with willing hands. For th,|
Fourth Liberty Loan---the Fightr,|
Liberty Loan--the almost inconceIv|
able sum of six billions of dollars wal
asked by the United States Govern
ment to prosecute the war What I'D
answer was is history-glorious bill
tory.
Americans not only met the call, tu|
threw in another billion for good
measure.
II required the most ssnguine opA|
mist then to predict o victory oys|
Germany before the summer that n
now approaching. Thousands n
Americas best and bravest yound
men, the flower Of the country, wNlI
daily offering up and giving their LIVED
for the veal Of humanity. They wsl|
suffering CHASTITY wounds, inflicted NJ
weapons such as only the brutality N
Germany's most vicious minds cocl|
fashion; they were being blinded aa|
tortured with poisonous gases ta|
Germany introduced against all usasa|
into modern warfare, and they wGI|
lying In the mud OF shiny trenches, "
prived Of every comfort, with sA
recrrent day sapping their vitsllt
that America might be saved
Total Wealth Pledged.
Then could anyone In absoluts
thority have promised victory bsa1
Europe was locked In winters Uaq
the total wealth Of this rich lu
would unhesitatingly have been plrs
at the nations disposal, that the llvs
OF countless thousands Of the fowl
Of American manhood need not be Ia
riflced.
Those who were planning and
recting the war, or that part o.
being enacted by America, were doH
mated by the idea OF ending the NJ
quickly and saving every Amsria
life possible. The cost was
counted The money that flowed HI,
the peoples purse was spent unsti
edly, Millions were spent to eat
the grandest army the sun ever sha
on, Other millions were spent
ships to convey them across the Aai
tic. Factories were kept at vd
night and day turning out munlhul
and supplies.
america surpassed even herss|
She arose even above the glort1
traditions OF tho worlds greatest cou
try, that has never tasted defeat )
accomplished the impossible. Az
very moment when the German
machine seemed invincible. when %
which was intended as the Anal dTl
that was to wipe France of the M
then pershings lads were thro'
against that terrible army In 81
The onslaught was all that Germ
had planned, But the stolid Germ
mind had not adequately valued
lighting ability OF the boys In kn'
The gray clad hosts attacked WIN
the confidence OF their training
the Americans did not yield w
depleted ranks were filled as u
magic and that which German
tarists contemptuously termed ah
trained mob, displayed soldierly qa
ties and persistent nghting guam
that has elected the warmest admp
ton OF the whole world,
Finish the, Jobl
Every day the war was shor'op R
thousands Of American lives w
saved, For every day II was Su
oned your boy or your nolghboIb
will bo returned to the family nrv
Just that much sooner, ana tne
that he will return sound In body
mind Ia due to the splendid pler
tlons his government made tor np
fare and the prosecution OF the W.
Now more money Ia needed "
the bills---the debt that was inou,
that the life OF your boy ano
neighbours boy might not be oho,sa
on the sacri1oIal altar OF wM' IN
be paid Money Ia needed 70
him back TO the land that gave
10 the stars and Stripes Moa% .a%v
needed to complete the reooh'"''
and to Finish the job"
Just how much will be asse,'
how much interest will be ps,J
what form the securities one's" .,ld