The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-04-17
COST NOT COUNTED
WHEN II CAME TO
SAVING OUR BOYS
THINK OF SITUATION YEAR AGO.
AND HOW READY WE WERE
TO STAKE ALL.
BIG DEBT WAS INCURRED
War Closed Earlier Than Anyone
Expected. and We Must Finish
Paying For H.

Paying For IL
When your boy was on the fighting
front over there last fall. or was In
one Of the training camps over here
being hardened for the most terrible
task that ever confronted man: when
Countless mothers with sad eyes were
canning the death lists with hearts
atremble. fearing lest the name OF
loved one might be there; when the
fate OF the nation and of the world
lung in the balance, then the thought
uppermost In every mind was the win
ming OF the war and the avoidance Of
continued loss OF life.
Then during the fali months OF 1918
The purse strings OF Americas citizens
were cut with willing hands For the
Fourth Liberty Loan-the Fighting
Liberty Loan-the almost inconceiv-
able sum OF six billions OF dollars was
asked by the United States Govern
'nent 10 prosecute the war What the
answer was is history-glorious his
tory.
Americans not only met the call, but
threw in another billion for good
Measure.
II required the most sanguine opti-
mist then to predict a victory over
Germany before the summer that Is
now approaching Thousands of
Americas best and bravest young
men. the flower OF the country. were
daily Offering up and giving their lives
for the veal OF humanity. They were
suffering Fhastly wounds. inflicted by
weapons such as only the brutality OF
Germanys most vicious minds could
fashion; they were being blinded and
tortured with poisonous gases that
Germany introduced against all usages
into modern warfare. and they were
lying in the mud OF Shiny trenches. de-
prived of every comfort. with each
recurrent day sapping their vitality.
that America might be saved.
Total Wealth Pledged.
Then could anyone In absolute au-
thority have promised a victory before
Europe was locked in winters grasp
the total wealth OF this rich land
would unhesitatingly have been placed
az the nations disposal, that the lives
OF countless thousands OF the flower
OF American manhood need not be sac
rificed
Those who were planning and d.
recting the war, or that part of IL
being enacted by America. were domi-
mated by the idea of ending the war
quickly AMI saving every American
life possible The cost was not
counted. The money that flowed from
the peoples purse was spent unstint-
eddy. Millions were spent to equip
the grandest army the sun ever shone
on. Other millions were spent for
ships TO convey them across the Attain
tic. Factories were kept at work
night and day turning out munitions
and supplies.
America surpassed even herself.
She arose even above the glorious
traditions OF the worlds greatest coun-
try. that has never tasted defeat She
accomplished the impossible. At the
very moment when the German war
machine seemed invincibie, when that
which was intended as the final drive
that was TO wipe France on the map.
then Pershing's ads were thrown
against that terrible army In gray.
The onslaught was all that Germany
had planned. But the stolid German
mind had not adequately valued the
fighting ability OF the boys In khaki.
The gray clad hosts attacked with all
the confidence of their training. But
the Americans did not yield Their
depleted ranks were filled as II BY
magic and that which German mill
tarists CONTEMPORARY termed an UNI
trained mob. displayed soldierly quail
ties and persistent fighting qualities
that has elected the warmest admirar
ton OF the whole world.
Finish the JobI
Every day the war was shortened
thousands of American lives were
saved For every day II was short
ened your boy or your neighbor's boy
will be returned to the family freside
just that much sooner. and this fact
that he viii return sound in body and
mind is due to the splendid preparar
tons his government made for HE vel
fare and the prosecution OF the war.
Now more money IL needed To pay
the bills--the debt that was incurred
that the life of your boy and your
neighbours boy might not be offered up
ON the sacrihcfal altar Of war, must
be paid Money II needed to bring
him back to the land that gave birth
to the Stars and Stripes. Money u
needed TO complets the reconsideration
and TO Finish the Job
Just how much viii b asked. 1ust
how much interest will b paid, Just
what form the securities offered viii
take. and just when they will mature
have not been announced. They are
mere details- The nations honor has
been pledged. and the American peo-