Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-04-24


the highest praise for the achieve.
ments Of the American armies In
France. Carter Glass, secretary OF the
treasury, fired the opening broadside
for the Victory Liberty Loan at the
Minneapolis Auditorium the night OF
March 20.
After painting stirring picture OF
the record made by our citizen SOL
dtery against the best Of the German
empire. Mr.. Glass declared that the
fathers and mothers Of America who
gave 100000 sons to die II need be
In their country's cause will not has.
gle over the material cost of saving
the soul Of civilization from the per
dition OF Prussian tyranny"
Mr.. Glass spoke In . hall packed
with Victory Liberty Loan workers
from all parts of the northwest and
delegates to the Better Business con-
vention. His remarks were punctuat
ed with liberal applause and every
word was carefully followed by the big
throng. The secretary spoke in part
as follows:
when l am told of the difficulties
which will beset the Victory Loan
refuse to lose faith in the enduring pa.
triotism Of the American people.
"But. am told that we must ap.
proach the problem OF future loans In
q distinctly cold-blooded mood Some
men tell me II will be impossible again
to appeal to the patriotism OF the
American people. Frankly, gentle
men. | should despair Of my country
II these things We're exactly true.
should doubt our ability to cope with
the problems Of peace II so quickly va
should forget the obligations of war
] wonder II those who talk In this
fashion speak considerably! They
tell about the sacrifices the American
people have made, and in their voices
there Is metallic tone and in their
mind unconscious austerity.
What Are Our Sacrifices?
what Is meant by the sacrifices
OF war for America? Where are our
devastated fields and ruined cities?
Where our cathedrals destroyed?
Where our ,defiled women and starved
children and wrecked men? Where on
this wide continent does hunger stalk
abroad or pestilential disease claim
its thousands of victims? Is It, then.
serious sacrifice to invest ones
money In the interest bearing obliga-
tons Of ones government in order to
make everlastingly secure the nations
freedom as well as the nations prof.
'erty?
Our allies fought for us nearly
three years before we began to tight
with them. For nearly that period Of
time the United States profited tire.
mendously. In a commercial and IN.
dustrial sense. by the European war.
Immense fortunes were made; pros.
perity pervaded our land France and
Britain lost millions Of men killed and
millions OF others wounded. Less thar
sixty thousand American heroes sleep
beneath the sod Of France. These
men made the supreme sacrifice.
Should We dishonor their memories or
diminish the glory Of their service BY
pausing in the cheerful performance
OF an imperative duty?
when men undertake to compute
the sacrifices OF war for freedom In
terms of commerce would like them
to get vision Of some things saw
not long ago on the fAr-fiung battle.
fronts Of France and Belgium. I
would like 20 take them to the battle
field of Ypres. which will live In sons
and story. through time and eternity.
as the most memorable of which his
tory will ever give account There
they might perceive the real meaning
OF sacrifice. There they could see
what human heroism endured for tha
liberty OF the race here and the wide
world over. Here by night and day. 10
fair weather and foul. fighting their
way step by step. waist deep in mud
and mire, chilled to the bone. these
Incompatible heroes. these crusaders
in the cause Of liberty, fought theii
way through tncoAceivable obstacle
and drove the enemy OF the heights
from which the Hun had literali,
viewed the Promised Land Great
God. What = moment was that e.:
civilization: and how beyond the imaS
nation OF man to picture human Gu