El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-04-03
WE'VE LICKED the Hun. Now let's
everybody get his coat off and

everybody get his coat off anC
pitch into the new enemy.
Who is he? Why, the professional
pessimist, the arch enemy OF progress
Not the pessimist who says, 1T looks
hard to do. but it ought to be done
and weql do our best" Not that fel
low. But the real Blue Monday pes.
slmist who says, you fellows are go
ing to have a hard time putting over
the next loan That's the enemy VIC
are after.
You felloWs-2" Where does he get
that you fellows stuff? Whose war
was this, anyway? Whose country was
indicated When we punished the
blackguard gang that sank the Lusi-
tania? Whose children and whose
ehildren's children in America will be
saved the disgrace of paying homage
and treatment to a cut-throat monarch
and his b~lood-thirsty bunch because
American heroes gave up their lives?
Who is This Government, Anyway?
you fellows" Whose Liberty
Loan Is this going to be? Whose life
and lands have been saved by the sac
rifice Of young men called upon to
tight for America and humanity? Was
this war fought for any particular
American? Was it for any one mans
liberty or that OF any n set Of men?
Wasn't this war for all Of humanity
Didn't everybody believe America was
justified in fighting? If any American
didn't believe we were justified in
winning the war why didn't he voice
sentiments while we were fight
If any one In America Is disappoint,
ed because we won the war; il any ono
Is dissatisfied with the results, let him
hold up his hand in plain sight. This
was his war just as it was his neigh
boris. There is ne place in America
for the term you fellows" when 1t
comes to talking Of the war or its
benefits. 1t was a vindication of all
America. The victory benefited the
as much as 1t did the most
loyal nan or woman III the land.
Well, then, any man who stands in
the way Of the Victory Liberty Loan is
an enemy to the loan, to the victory
and to the country. And, right on the
heels of this thought ram this one
home: Any man who spreads pessim-
ism regarding the loan Ia an enemy to
the loan. That may stick in your
throat a little but gulp 1t down: it's
truth and you might as well swal-
low II now.
America is richer today that it ever
was. Any one who disagrees with that
hasn't read the figures. The wealth,
per person, In America is at its zenith
today. Despite'the four Liberty Loans
and the various war work campaigns,
America Is richer than over before In
her history.
But in becoming rich, America has
CROWN a crop OF people who r selfish
IN their ideals. When anything Is COM
Ing into their pockets IL Is a personal
and they are on the job like
Fido at the rat hole, Everything is
Iovely and this Is a fine world. But
when the money In question concerns
he government and it Is going OUT
sven to pay for victory--it Is not 2
personal matter with them and they
see the rainbow. They become
Dessimists whereas a moment before
hey were personal optimists.
This Is the sort OF man who would
crab" the Victory Liberty Loan-but
ne can't do II. This Is the sort OF man
who c~riticises the government because
{ spent money for war and now asks
another loan to complete the price OF
peace. This is the pessimist who Is
to throw q monkey wrench into
tho cog wheels OF a victorious nation
He'll resent it.if you ask him. Yes,