The copper era and Morenci leader., 1919-03-21
TAKE UP THE TORCH.


 Humanity may be 'likened to who, in the prime of young manhood, has beel threat ened with a foul disease, and by an almost su- per-human effort has been saved from death.
 With fortune impaired, friends dead, life 10 be readjusted, humanity yet lives
 Upon those of us who have lived away from the ghastly struggle, devolves the duty of nursing back still suffering humanity to health and happiness.
 Let no man say that such course calls for too exalted spirit of unselfshness, greater than our people are capable of Such a man lacks vision and does not read the hearts of There has been a spiritual awakening; unenlightened selfshness IS dead Millions have given freely body and soul to the cause of humanity; Christlike they have given their lives that others may be saved. Mothers have given flesh of their flesh and bone of their bone; the sacrifice of Abraham has been laid upon many home. Millions have been chastened, enobled by a great sor- row. People nearer to their real selves today nearer to each other; in the eyes, and in their hearts is deeper earnestness, a ten der fellowship; our understanding of each other is more pitiful and more profound. Use less conventions, habits pretenses, are being swept away and judge ourselves and each other more and more by invisible and spiritu- al standards.
 This cry to the soul of America will not go unheeded- appeal to complete the good work of saving humanity.
 And it is not such thankess task. There are many cancellations, spiritual and material.
 To continue to lend goods, service and money to Government is actually an act of but common justice. By the time the Gov ernment calls upon us for subscriptions to the Fifth Liberty Loan we shall as a Nation, have received from contractors, ship builders, our soldiers and sailors and others, goods and service to the value of several billions of dol 1ars-all credit To pay the bill incurred under such conditions is but measure of hon. esty in accord with our dignity.
 To lend freely will bring us the satisfac- ton to be derived from a truly patriotic act. For after all the next loan will be the true test of patriotism. We subscribed to earlier loans from mixed motives-many of them ir- reproachable, but let us not hide from our selves the fact that our subscriptions were in part life and business insurance for very existence nation, our well being as indi- viduals, depended upon victory
 In the Fifth Liberty Loan we shall stand stripped of every immediately selfish motive and our actions will proclaim to our fellow men to what extent we have caught the spirit of high and enlightened patriotism.
 On the material side must realize that nothing but a reconstructed world will be good to live in, or to trade in. The first es- sential of reconstruction is, of course, the pay ment of our own just debts. Then may have to extend credit to almost exhausted allies. we may have to invest many millions of dollars with present and future customers in Europe But as sane, far-seeng business men let us do it. and do 1t gladly. We work not alone for the moment but for the future, that which Lolds out to the promise of every good thing spiritual and material that future which is to make people the master builders of the worlds destinies.
 We have fought, bled and died for the right to establish peace, democracy, material prosperity, on a worldwide basis. All these things are LOW within our grasp Shall we draw back and weaken because more ef. fort is required?
 From the grave voice
 ''To you from failing hands we throw
 The torch; be yours to hold it high.
 If ye break faith with us who die
 We shall not sleep, though peoples grow
 In Flanders Fields.'
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