The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-05-10
NECESSARY NOW
!: TO SETTLE UP If WE .
/ MAY SETTLE DOWN
TOO EARLY FOR HISTORIANS TO
BEGIN THEIR STORIES OF !,
The GREAT Struggle. F
NEED MUCH CLEANING UP
Country In Wonderful Condition to
Carry On Reconstruction
Work.


League of Nations outlined and takin
shape, and the armies demobilizin
and returning to their homes, it ma
look like the war Is over and all tina
remains to be done is for the historian.
70 sit down. and begin to tell the stor,
OF the struggle
But there, is tremendous amount
OF clearing up still to be done. he
world has just been swept by a ire
i1nendous tornado, the tornado of the
Great War. Across Europe it has left
q wake Of detflroned kings and
smashed governments. There is chaos
from the White Sea to the Adriatic
and from the Ural Mountains to the
English Channel.
AS a matter of plain fact, about the
only expense of the war that has real
~ stopped is the fighting expense, the
cost OF sending guns and shells to the
soldiers and of raising and arming and
feeding more armies to keep I'D orr
armed strength. That part of the ex-
pense has stopped, but just about all
tne rest of it is going on and will con-
tlnue to go on. You can't down a
war machine such as we built for our
selves and straightway stop its cost
overnight.
There is merchant marine to keen
on the seas, if We are to 90 on and
nave world markets. There is the lob
fof putting all these soldiers back into
INDUSTRY. Both these things will take
money and one of the ways the govern.
ment has of getting the money is to |
sell you Victory Notes.
When this loan is complete and the
last solicitor has turned in his list of
subscriptions. this country ought to
nave money enough to go ahead with
lts after-war plans Of rehabilitatine
TIE soldier. completing the demobiI.
1ation of the, army. looking after the
naval and army appropriations and
programs and seeing to it that we have
an American merchant feet on the
seas. ~ t,,+ l'-,,t
IL we al do Our duty in the Victory
Loan this money will be available and
the nation can g6yoKa with its great
plans for prosperity and plenty, as well
as peace. in the years of the future.
~ Settle Up to Settle Down.
But'before the world can settle down
IN Its new ways or even in its old WAYS
OF work and quiet, there must be a
general reorganization in Eurone i
This country cannot turn it's back on !
half'conpleted job and leave the l
european situation in such a condi. Q
ton that there might be another catas.
trophe
In order to get ahead with the iob s
this country must keep control of it. c
self; it must look ahead and it must
nave the money in hand with which 70 !
get on with the rest Of the job. We
have hardly been touched by the war !
Our dead in battle will number very
little more than 10000. Our casualties
are very small indeed compared with u
those OF France, Italy and England U
Our nnan-power has hardly been -,
touched. Our financial resources have u
hardly been tapped. ... o
We are in the best position to A. Z
malice an after-the-war loan of anv p
country In the world; Labor has been e
exceptionally well paid during the last :,
four years and wages have not begun :
to decline in many Of the industries :.
The farmer in America has had De
riod Of unexampled high prices and his !.
prices are still very high !.
Both labor and the farmer are in :
position to respond strongly to the last !.
loan. They have their years of good ,
times to look back upon and thos, :
times are not ended as yet :
Capital, too, is in fortunate posi- !.
tion to help in handling the Victory !.
Loan. During the first years of the !.
struggle all the allied nations were :
heavy buyers at high prices. Our OWE !.
entrance into the war, while it mate !.
rally reduced profits in many lines :
greatly increased the volume of bust ).
ness and gave all manufacturing !.
plants that got war orders a splendid !.
chance to make money. Capital is ex
Dected to take an even larger share Of
the Victory Loan, than 1t did of this
four preceding ones.
1t ought to be easy for us to fur !
Aish "the sInews" wherewith to gel =
oH with winning the rest. Of the war
T4e "bAck wash OF the str,iggle hat
not cauShttts and It Wilt never catcI !
fus II we get In and back Up the gov !
icrpment With our money Is success :
fuIly dndiwhoie-heartsdiy as the mel !
IN khaki fought It's battles only feI I
months ago.
The plain truth is that IL We wan {
peace and prosperity we must hell 1
flance It. Tho government will d 4
itS part u the people do theirs. Tbs +.
people, however, must act first Thl 1
money must be In the hands Of TIL (
government before anything can b, /