Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1919-07-24
NO., THURSDAY, JULY ~, 1919.
Wars Aftermath and Problems that Re
suit.

We had the idea when Germany
signed the armistice back in Novem-
ber that war would fade swiftly into
history. But we did not keep that
idea very long. 1t was not long till
we began to taste the aftermath of
the war.
We now know very plainly that we
are not free from the demands of
duty. We know that the silencing of
the guns did not end our obligations.
That every man in the army or the
navy would come straight home, take
up life where he left off. We always
knew better than that, but in the first
flush of Wars end, we never con-
sidered.
For many weary month now we
have seen the evidences of war, even
in peaceful America. A uniform is
the most familiar of costumes. On
every tree, on every bill board, on ev-
cry post and bridge we see the re-
minders of the war. The old bills
and posters and signs, the "signs of
the times" are there.
They are battered, weather stained,
water-faded. They tell tale of other
campaigns. You can't look alta fad
ed poster of the Victory Liberty Loan
without thinking of the crooked red
line of the front that ran up through
the Meuse Valley where Pershing's
men were hammering at Argonne
Wood. We can't see an old poster of
the Fourth Loan campaign without
recalling that chill of dread that ac-
companied the heavy German drives
against the Allies in the spring of a
year ago. And the Third poster tells
it's own story. AS does the first and
second and all the War Camp Drive
and Red Cross posters that still linger
in dirty windows and old bill boards.
These are the lighter parts of wars
aftermaths. Now and again you see a
khaki sleeve that is empty, or lad in
khaki, swinging along with crutch
instead of leg. Or a chap with his
face twisted and SCARED. Often and
often you see the chevron, the wound
stripe. These are more serious re-
minders of what war means.
And we know that the Government
is establishing schools to take these
brave manned chaps, men who will
be under lifelong handicap, and
teach them new and better ways of
getting along in the world, new and
better jobs to take the place of the
old ones that they can never fill
again.
Uncle Sam needs money yet to fin
ish all the big things he has under
taken. There are the war jobs to
finis hand the reconstruction tasks
The prosperity that has come to
America ought not cease. If it does
cease there'll be disaster. The people
have tasted prosperity and it is relish
ed by them. AS the small boy said,
sit tastes like more"
Deep students in matters of finance
and statesmen who have delved deep
into economics realize that now in
the time of plenty is Ehe time to save.
No prosperity that does not provide
for the morrow-for the lean times
that are inevltable-,,an be real pros
perity.
That is why this Thrift Campaign
now being waged by the United States
Treasury Department. is of such vital
Importance. 1t is making saving and
and thrift popular and profitable, and
it is serving dual purpose
cent that one invests in Thrift Stamps
and War Savings Stamps is real money
saved. 1t is as much money as any
thing can be. 1t is the promise of the
United States Government to pay,
with four per cent interest compound
ed every three months added. This
money from the people pours into
the financial heart of the country, the
U. s. Treasury, and is pumped out
through the arteries of trade and COM
merce, and keeps the prosperity pot
boiling