Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-04-04

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In q speech that fairly rang with
patriotism and that was filed with
the highest praise for the achieve
ments of the American armies In
France, Carter Glass, secretary Of the
treasury, fred the opening broadside
for the Victory Liberty Loan at the
Minneapolis Auditorium the night of
March 40.
After painting stirring picture of
the record made by our citizen sol
diOry against the best of the German
empire, Mr.. Glass declared that the
fathers and mothers Of America who
gave 100000 sons to die If need be
In their. country's cause will not hag-
gle over the material cost Of saving
the soul Of civilization from the per-
aition Of Prussian tyranny"
Mr.. Glass spoke In q hall packed
with Victory Liberty Loan workers
from all parts of the northwest and
delegates to the Better Business con-
vention. His remarks were punctuat-
cd with liberal applause and every
word was carefully followed by the big
throng. The secretary Ike in part
% follows:
When I am told Of the difficulties
which will beset the Victory Loan !
refuse to lose faith In the enduring pa
tEiOtiam of the American people.
"But, l am told that we must APP
prOach the problem Of future loans In
Q distinctly cold-blooded mood. Some
men tell me It will be impossible again
! 20 appeal to the patriotism of the
American people. Frankly, gentle
men, should despair of my country
Il these things were exactly true.
should doubt our ability to cope with
the problems of peace IL so quickly wa
should forget the obligations Of war
] wonder IL those who talk In this
fashion speak considerably? They
tell about the sacrifices the American
people have made, and in their voices
there IL . metallic tone and In their
mind unconscious austerity.
What Are Our sacrIfiessf
What Is meant by the sacrifices
Of war for America? Where are our
devastated fields and ruined cities?
Where our cathedrals destroyed?
Where our defllsd women and starved
children and wrecked men? Where on
this wide continent does hunger stalk
abroad or pestilential disease calm
lts thousands of victims? Is 1t, hen,
q serious sacrifice to invest ones
money In the interest-bea Obliga-
lions Of ones government in order to
make oVerlRstingly secure the nations
freedom az well as the nations prop
OrtyH
Our allies fought for US nearly
three years before we began to fight
with them. For nearly that period Of
time che United States pronted ire
mondCw3ly, In q commercial and In
dustriAl sense, by the European war.
Immense fortunes were made; pros
parIty pOrvaded our land. France and
Britain lost millions OF men killed and
millions Of others wounded. Less than
sixty thousand American heroes sleep
Beneath the sod Of France. These
men made the supreme sacrifice:
Should we dishonor their memories or
diminish the glory OF their service by
Dausing In the cheerful performance
OF an imperative dutyf
when men undertake to compute
the sacrifices Of q war for freedom In
terms Of commerce I would like them
90 get q vision of some things saw
not long ago on the far-nung battle.
fronts Of France and Belgium.
would like to take them to the battle
Asld Of Ypros. which will live in song
and story, through time and eternity,
as the most memorable of which his
tory will ever give account. There
they might perceive the real meaning
Of sacrifice. There they could see
what human heroism endured for thu
liberty OF the race here and the wide
world over. Here by night and day, In
fair weather and foul, fighting their
way step by step, waist deep In mud
and mire, chilled to the bone, these
Incompatible heroes, these crusaders
IN the cause of liberty, fought their
way through inconceivable obstacles
and drove the enemy of the heights
from which the Hun had literally
viewed the Promised Land: Great
Godi What q moment was that for
civilization; and how beyond the imag-
InAtion Of man to picture human en-
Gurance and courage so everlastingly
sublime.
els there no obligation upon rs to
rOcompense vtcarious suffering? Do
we quite fully appreciate the sacrifices
made by these boys for US when we
talk about discharging our debt on q
commercial basis, in a cold-blooded
way? / want to be sensible in dealing
with the Victory Loan; my own life
has been too hard and too real to even
suggest an excess of emotion. But, as
the question looks to me, we should
not approach 1t in cold blood. We
haXa 4 right to invoke the Datriotism