Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-08
DOLLARS MUST GO
ON RAND-T0-HAND
WITH De M0CRACY
OUR 10000 WHITE CROSSES IN
EUROPE CALL TO US TO
FINISH TIE JOB,
1T IS UP TO YOU AND ME-
Foolish to Assert Banks Can DO IL
When They Cannot and Main
tain Prosperity.

There are 10000 American homes
where the sacrifices we have made In
this war Will not soon be forgotten.
There are 10000 white crosses In
France above the graves of as MANY
American soldiers. These will stand
as monument to the American in
Vason of Europe, the greatest achieve
ment in American history
Already arches and memorial chapels,
historical buildings and towers of re-
lhembrance for American fighting men
are beginning to rise in American
towns and cities. Tablets are being
fabricated of bronze, roadways are be-
ing laid out and schools are being
named for the men Of America who
fought and for the battles wherein
they struggled
And all over Europe. In France, In
Belgium, in Serbia Italy, Rumania
and Russia are other monuments.
thousands of little white crosses that
mark the resting places OF the men
who fought and fell at Armageddon
These are the silent memorials to the
cauEe for which men died over a
period of the four bloodiest years that
have been since the morning stars
first sang together.
We could not forget If We would
The tremendous experiences through
"n1ch we have passed in the past
four years. will not let the sons of men
who inhabit the world forget what has
been.
Among the other things that will.
not let US forget are the new little re-
publics that are springing up I'M
Europe like strong young saplingsl
growing out of decayed tree trunks
They are arising out of soil that has
been watered by the blood of millions
IN the last four years. Some will live,
and some will die. but they show that,
foundations have gone from under the
old towers of Might makes Right that
stood In Europe for so many weary
centuries.
For many Of these happenings, for
the very capsheaf OF the defeat that
was placed upon the Germans, the,
United States is responsible We came
into the battle at a time when the
fresh strength Of q new contender
turned the tide.
Dollars Must Finish It
And We must not forget the part
the American dollar played and still
has to play in the war and the after.
math Of the war. The dollar and
democracy have gone hand In hand.
Without 1t democracy would have
been memory. It was fighting for
the allies and for America long before
single American soldier had turned
his face toward Europe. They were
helping hold back the Hun before a |
single American field piece had
barked in Flanders, Picardy or Cham.
payne
And the Job is only partially fln-
ished. There is much yet to be done.
Most of this can be done by the dor
lar. 1t will not be necessary to add
another white cross to the 10000 now
marking the resting places of the
American dead. The dollars can fin-
ish the work that is to be completed
The Victory Liberty Loan is the way
out of all these problems. 1t is needed
as much as the Fourth Loan was
needed last fall when we were putting
the finishing touches on the rout of
the Hun armies.
You and must furnish the dollars
that are needed to keep the thing 60
ing. 1t is foolish to assert that the
banks can and will take over the loan.
The banks ought not to. II we are to-
keep every day business going in this
country. The banks need all their
funds In the days of reconstruction to-
finance business. new and old, and to
maintain the credit systems of the
county. 1t is Job that Is before each
OF US. personally, and while we may
dodge it, we dodge a duty when we do.