The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-04-22
Ex-PROSECUTOR
OF ANDERSON IS
ROTARY SPEAKER
Oswald Ryan Says Boys Did
Not Lay Down" When the
Final Stroke Came.

Oswald Ryan, formerly prosecuting
attorney of Anderson, Ind, spoke at
the regular meeting of the Rotary
club Tuesday noon at the Arlington
Hotel In the interests OF the Victory
loan. The speaker was introduced by
w. w. Keller
Mr.. Ryan recalled the battle Of Get
tysburg and the words of Lincoln
when he spoke of the unfinished
work" The Americans faced after
that battle an unfinished work, but
they did not stop until they had COM
pleted that work by freeing every
slave in the union, he said.
I'VE again face an unfinished
work." said Mr.. Ryan, "of carrying to
successful conclusion the great bat
tie which we have just fought. We
not only owe it to the history Of our
country and the boys that are over
there, but to those boys over there
whom no amount of money can
bring back
Appeals to Patriotism.
THE war is over and the spirit of
patriotism has changed to that Of COM
mercialism, but we will not appeal to
that spirit of commercialism for this
victory loan. We will appeal to
still higher degree of patriotism.
THE men on the other side did not
ask for high rate of pay nor did the
men on this side, and what was their
spirit when insurance allotments,
canteen fees and various other things
were taken out?
1T must be nothing but patriotism
that we appeal to when we ask for
payment for the expenditures that
fy,p,
we prepared that were not used. 1t
must be patriotism that is appealed to
TO pay to have the boys brought home.
The expenditures in December were
larger than In any other month in the
history OF our republic. In July we
were making more munitions than
either France or England We had
got upon a war basis. In November
the Wilhemstrasse got information
about the great bulk of men and mu-
nitions that we were sending to the
battlefields in Europe and 1t was
learning about the bravery of Ameri-
can men, and so 1t ran up the white
flag and cried 'Kamerad.'"
True, the paying power in the
country now is not what it was. There
are men on the streets now how a
few months ago were demanding high
err wages than they had ever before
received. Thousands of women who
few months ago were receiving high
wages are now out of employment. It
is difficult thing to ask man to
buy bond when he Is scarcely able
to buy bread and milk for his family
And this is all the more reason why
representative organizations and rep
resentative men should subscribe to
the full limit.
Germans Not Inefficient
The boys over there have done
their part. They have given their all.
And | have no use for the people over
here who want to minimize the Ameri-
can soldiers by saying that the Ger
mans We're an easy lot of inefficients,
Because that IS not true.
Indiana has made record for her.
self. She has offered more volunteers
in the army than any other state She
has oversubscribed to everything. 1t
was a Hoosier who fired the first can
non in the war and it was a Hoosier
who shed the first drop of blood At
the close Of the first day of this Vic
tory loan campaign all indications
pointed toward another record for In
diana
Lieutenant Wilbur Fox, son of Frank
Fox and grandson of Judge Henry c.
Fox, was a guest of the club and talk
ed for few minutes on his experience
in Europe. He was abroad for eighteen
months and handled battery of the
artillery. He saw brilliant service in
several battles.
Other guests of the day were DR..
], w. Kemper of Detroit. l.. B. Sum-
mCrfie!d of Decatur, ILL.,, II. c. Gala
tely of Indianapolis, E. w. Steinhart
OF Indianapolis and l.. J. Rase of In
dianapols.
The election of directors of the Ro-
tary club will be Sald next Tuesday.
Seventy-five were present at the
meeting today.