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In speech that fairly rang Will
patriotism and that was filled will
the highest praise for the achieve
ments Of the American armies In
France, Carter Glass, secretary of the
treasury, fred the opening broadside
for the Victory Liberty Loan at the
Minneapolis Auditorium the night ci
March 20.
! After painting q stirring picture OF
the record made by our citizen sol.
diery against the best of the German
empire, Mr.. Glass declared that the
fathers and mothers Of America who
gave 100000 sons to die il need bs
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 al parts of the northwest and
delegates % 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 Ike in part
as follows:
when I 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
distinctly cold-blooded mood. Some
men tell me it will be impossible again
to appeal to the patriotism of the
American people. Frankly. gentle.
men, l should despair of my country
II these things were exactly true. I
should doubt our ability to cope with
the problems Of peace If so quickly We
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 'sacrinces'
Of war for America? Where are our
devastated fields and ruined cities?
Where our cathedrals destroyed?
Who're 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 1t, then,
serious sacrifice to invest ones
money in the interest.bearing obliga.
tions Of ones government in order to
make everlastfngly secure the nations
freedom as well as the nations prop
erty?
Our allies fought for Us nearly
three years before we began to fight
with them. For nearly that period of
time the United States profited tre.
mendously, in 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 than
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 a war for freedom In
terms OF commerce l would like them
to get vision Of some things saw
not long ago on the far-aung battle.
fronts Of France and Belgium. I
would like to take them to the battle
field of Ypres, which will live in song
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 the
liberty Of the race here and the wide
world over. Here by night and day, In
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 their
way through inconceivable obstacles
and drove the enemy off the heights
from which the Hun. had literally
viewed the Promised Land: Great
God! What q moment was that for
civilization; and how beyond the imag
ination Of man to picture human a.
durance and courage 80 everlastingly
sublime.
"Is there no obligation upon 10 to
recompense vicarious suffering? Do
We quite fully appreciate the sacrifices
made by these boys for us when we
talk about dischargfng our debt on
commercial basis, in a c0ld-bloodei
way? want to be, sensible in dealing
with the Victory Loan; my own life
has been too hard and too real to even
suggest an excess Of emotion. But, a.
the question looks to me, we should
not approach 1t in cold blood. We