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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
War Loan Organization Predicts
That Many for Ninth Federal
Reserve District.
WAR JOB NOT FINISHED
Americas Great Power of Production
Whipped German Spirit and Now
Bill Must BE Paid--Cheap
at Any Price.

War Savings societies are being or
ganized in all parts OF the Ninth Fed
eral Reserve District as the first i'm
portant step in the national Thrift
campaign for 1919.
A. II. Rogers, Chairman of the Dis
trict War Loan Organization, predicts
that by the closing of Savings Society
Week, February "a, there will have
been organized al least 10000 active
societies for the encouragement of
thrift and the sale of government So
curities.
Asked for a statement of the aims
and plans of the 1919 campaign, A. r..
Rogers, Chairman of the War Loan
Organization, dictated the following:
The fighting is over but our war
Job isn't finished. The world has
progressed thus far toward permanent
peace because America stepped in and
with her millions of men and billions
of money made 1t impossible for Au-
tocracy to win. BY our marvellous pro-
duction Of wal materials and our abil-
ity to use them. we convinced Ger.
many tnat q continuance OF the ngnt-
ing mean national suicide.
what IL our American-made can
non, motor trucks, tanks, rolling
kitchens, airplanes. poisonous gases
and ammunition did not reach Europe?
They were IN readiness and would
have gone into the lines In the spring.
Germany knew this. She was whipped
In spirit by the tremendous show of
power displayed by America.
Our production Of these things
ended the lighting, They saved
money and hundreds of thousands Of
precious lives. Now they have to be
paid for and they are cheap at any
price. Our Government must a. for
them and we must temporarily loan
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MYSTERY OF LIFE
Who Knows Where 1t Comes
From or What 1t Isl.
Marked Difference Between Mankind
and the Wild Things, In Their View
OF oeath-Lower Animals Lit
tie Impressed.

Some folks talk about "the mystery
OF Hfe.' and 1t Is as good a way as any
to speak Of 1t. For, truth Is, nobody
seems to know anything about life.
Yet everything pays more attention to
living than to anything else. Prac-
tically every motive in the world,
among the wild things, is to live.
Not even man, with all his knowl-
edge. knows where life comes from, or
what II Is, George r. Burba writes In
the Columbus Dispatch.
It Is just the opposite of death, he
will tell you; n either lives or dies.
II he is living. the body is In a certain
condition. The blood flows through
the veins. The heart beats. The body
Is warm. One is conscious of that
which goes on about him. The very
opposite Is true when q thing is dead,
whether the thing Is a man or a dog
or q bird or a fish. But the why of 1t
~all-nobody understands that.
The wild things strive with all their
might to escape death, but they pay
little attention to the dead things about
them. 1t doesn't seem to make any
impression upon an animal to run up
on another animal that is dead, out In
the woods. They fear death, but they
do not respect the dead. nor show any
emotion In the presence of death.
They do not know what 1t is-that Is,
they do not know that the dead crea-
tuwe they encounter In the woods Is
dead and done for. If 1t is something
they want tos devour, they devour 1t;
II Il Is not, they pass on without pay
Ing much attention to 1t.
Death Is more of a mystery to
That Is. II impresses him I'd a great
er extent. He thinks more of it. He
tries no harder to live than do the wild
things. but there Is something In cor
nection with the presence of a dead
creature that impresses a human be-
Ing. This Is especially true If n en-
counters death ont In the fields or
woods. Tramping through a forest, and
coming suddenly upon a dead animal,
one pauses In contemplation of the
mystery before him. Yesterday a
splendid stag. let us say. roaming the
woods In triumph; strong and swift
and beautiful; conscious of his strength
and fleetness; living-breathing, see
Ing, feeling. Today-there he lies.
His coat roughemd by the winds or
rain, his eyes sightless. his limbs with
out NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he lies there
like q log rotting In the elements. Can
this b the stag OF yesterday? Is the
thing called life all he needs today to
rou him from the slumber-to
smooth his splendid coat, to bring the
CLEAN Of light into the eye, to give
speed to the limbs2 Then, whence the
thing called lifei Or, from whence did
Il come In the beginning7
Thus do we mediate and marvel
Ct the mystery Of life and death when
~ r In the presence Of death-espe-
cially II we encounter 1t In the great
shadows Of the forest-out where there
II nothing to. interrupt US. out where
reigns that which gives life and which
recalls I'll
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
must BE NO SAGGING"
R00SEvELT'S LAST PLEA
Applies In Most Direct Manner to Pop
ular Support of Nations Finan-
cling Projects.

That Theodore Roosevelt's last plea
to America, There must be- no sag
ging back" has the most direct appli-
cation to popular support of govern
ment financing projects, including sale
OF War Savings Stamps was the state
ment made today by A. r. Rogers,
chairman OF the central committee,
War Loan organization for the Ninth
Federal Reserve District.
Roosevelt with his keen American
ism saw the possibility of a sag com.
ing with the actual fighting at an end
and was a most earnest worker TO
keep the hearts and thoughts of the
people placed right during the period
Of rebuilding the same as in the war
period" Mr.. Rogers said.
Every argument that applied to the
habit Of thrift during the war applies
to 1t today. The personal benefit of
saving is al great as ever, the profit
from interest or the investment is still
as good as 1t vas. The security of
any loan made to the government was
unquestionable and today, with fight
Ing at an end and ven the possibility
that Germany might triumph gone, 1t
10 perfect.
When Roosevelt said there must
be no sagging' he meant that the hab.
its Of right action developed by the
war must be continued. IL he had
been asked he would have said that
for the American ri to keep, for
their future benefit and the bene-
at Of their families. a part Of
their earnings, was Just as i'm
portant as any of the big national
policies. He would have said that to
the Garner and saver himself savings
are immensely important.
ITO stop saving and buying War
Savings Stamps today would be as
bad for the man at home as 1t would
be for the soldier holding the Rhine
to go on duty from now on without a
rife. Cashing the stamps now which
q person has bought before, is simply
aretreat, IL II the army that fought its
way to victory should run back to the
Marns and beckon to the enemy to
pour into France once more"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

our money to our Government for that
purpose. VIII we do it gladly and in
the spirit of t~hankfulness? believe
we will.
Changed Conditions.
"The condition of the world In
which we live and OF our country have
been wonderfully changed by this war.
Formerly, whenever we wanted to
finance a great development project
In America VIZ went to Europe for the
funds. AT the beginning OF the wal
Europe owned six billion dollars worth
of our securities. Today these have
been paid up and we hold practically
eight billion dollars worth OF Europe's
promises to pay Think OF what that
means! 1t means that when we need
money for our Governmental projects
or Industrial development we cannot
60 to France or England for 1t. We
must get 1t in America. In order that
these necessary sums OF money may
be available, we OF America must Gre
ate new wealth, must eliminate waste,
must save-not q few individuals but
the great mass of u people must
ave and thus amass the dollars that
will make possible our development
and prosperity
The Governments Program.
with these facts In mind the Gov.
eminent has, decided to carry on =
widespread and intensive educational
campaign OF Thrift and Americaniza-
ton.
"The War Savings Campaign Of
1919 Ii the first step In this program.
The Treasury expects to realize this
year from the sale Of War Savings
Stamps : sufficient sum to materially
assist In financing the war budget be-
fore the end Of the year.
The Government hopes through the
1919 campaign to establish Thrift ~
q permanent habit Of the American
people Tor tho lasting prosperity and
enduring strength Of the nation.
Regular saving Is the sound test
Of thrift and Z sure foundation for In
vestment. The backbone OF the cam
paign II the War Savings society.
I'm this great Ninth Federal Re-
serve District we hope to do full
share. Our people have never hiled
= respond to the call q duty. 40
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

to see me and told me of your won
derful medicine - Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. l began taking
it, and after taking six bottles / feel
we'll and strong, do my own work and do
dressmaking for others. cannot speak
too highly of your medicine and recon-
mend it to others who suffer with female
trouble. 1t is a Godsend to ailing
women, and you may use my name at
any time. Mrs. PERMILLA HULsIzER,
2l8 E. Fall St, Ithaca, NY.
Women who suffer from any such all
ments shCuldn not fail to try this famous
root ard herb remedy, Lydia E. INK.
hams Vegetable Compound.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
The World Does Move

The war has made many>changes In
world conditions. None perhaps is
more picturesque than what has hap
pened in M~esopotamia, the land over
which ACKNOWLEDGMENT once ruled.
This years harvest tells the story.
While not busy fighting the Turk
and his Teutonic associates, the Brit
ish found time to dig out a hundred
ancient irrigation bitches and to bring
into cultivation 100000 acres. They
have also given to Bagdad electric
lights, paved streets, waterworks, sew
erage, a fire department and a police
force.
The natives must be rubbing their
eyes In establishment and wonder.-
Modern brotherhood.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

Studious lovers OF London will not
fnu to notice how swiftly, true to her
marvellous gift OF eternal youth, she Is
obllterating every trace Of the air raid
period ~ II It had never been. Some
Of the cars made by enemy bombs
sun remain, az in the wholesale mar,
let In Covent. Garden. but they might
posD - unnoticed as the effects OF re-
cent fires which are always to be
found Ii the great city. Notices of the
cir raid shelters are. however, already
hard to nnd; an odd n may be dis
covered on Q lamp post in Tottenham
Court road, or at Gresham college.
which had not found leisure to tear
down the shabby poster about its use
~ an air raid shelter; while in
Southampton row the New Zealand
record once has not yet demolished Its
sandbag revetment. Speaking general
y. however. all signs Of the reign Of
toeror By night have vanished like
~ baseless fabric Of q dream, leaving
not Z wrack behind."-London Globe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

An excelIent and durable quality Of
underclothing has been made Of a fine
0xained paper BY Japanese manufac.
toeers. After the paper has been cut
% ! pattern the different parts are
ee1vn together and hemmed, and the
p1oces where the buttonholes are to
~ formeG are strengthened with calico
~ linen. The paper Il very strong and
q ~ 6nme time very flexible. After
earrnont has been worn a few hours
q win interfere With the pe~rspiration
q ~ nody no more than do garments
moto q cotton fabric. The paper Is
~ ulsed. MOI Ii Il Impermeable. After
tocoming wet the paper IL difficult to
teor. When IN endeayor Is made to
TER 1t " hand It presents almost as
uncA reQistance - the thin skin used
~ making glovss.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

severe JnaC i could
not raise my feet
from the floor. Pains
would shoot down my
limbs and through
my back, and the
doctor said 1 had
an abscess. / was in
bed two weeks with
an icebag on my side
and expeo tied any
day that / might
have to go to q hos
pital for an opera
ton. A friend cane
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
NOT TIME NOW TO LAY
YOUR PATRIOTISM ASIDE

: We are spending at the rate Of
I" two billion dollars a month, and
" 1t Is not the time for people to
lay their patriotism aside. To
' the contrary, II Is a time when
' people must exhibit a higher type
than ever before. IL Is not so
: very difficult to induce people to
: respond to an appeal when we are
: feeling the fever Of fighting in our
: veins, but II Is a little difficult
: when people think the war is at
: an end.
: There are two million American
: soldiers In Europe, and the obIiga-
: ton 10 just as much on the Gov
I" eminent today as when the guns
" were firing to see that they are
. maintained in comfort, to provide
: for their return home, and to pro-
' vide when they shall return for
" their places In. the social and in
: dustrial life Of the country. 1t is
: Just as important, and even more
I" important, to impress upon the
' American people the necessity of
: cultivating the habit of thrift and
. saving.
CARTER GLASS,
Secretary of the Treasury.
, December 80, 1918.
4,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
DAILY MARKET REPORT
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Feb. floats, Febru
airy, 57Ac; May, 59Ac. Rye, May
$1.39. Barley, choice, 84@S9c. Corn
No. 3 white, $1.18@1.20; No: 3 yellow
$1.23@1.25.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
South ST. Paul Live Stock

South st. Paul, Feb. 17.-Estimatet
receipts at the Union Stock Yards
Cattle, 1000; calves, 500; hogs, $500;
sheep, 2,.7oe; horses oes 4; cars is lso
1900: calves, 800 @i4.00; hogs, SIZE
@17.30; sheep and lambs, $5.00@16.50
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb; Il. UNITED States
6 $1,000; bulk sIz Of sal ssl e. sIIbbi7S 81 SS 9
1890; packing, s16.S5Q17.70; throw,
choice, si5.SSaY7,$5. cattlesR Rec pts
5000; beef cattle, good, choice and
prime, S16.50@20.00; common and me
dunn, $1,000 @16.50: butcher stock
cows and heifers, s7.25@15.25; Gamers
and cutters, $5.S5@7.25; stockers and
feeders, good, choice and fancy, .$14.0C
dunn, $5.00@11.00; veal calves, good
and choice, $15.00@15.50.
Minneapolis Butter, EGGS and Poultry,
Minneapolis, Feb. II. - BUTTER
Extras. 44c; extra frsts, Ale; tirstsl
Acc; seconds, 39c; diaries, SAC; pack
ing stock, gle.
EGGS = Fresh, prime firsts, new
cases, free from rots, small, dirties
and checks out, per doz, 35c: current
receipts, rots out, $3.50; checks and
seconds, doz, soc; dirties, candled, doz,
soc; quotations on eggs include cases,
LIVE POULTRY--Turkeys, fat, 10
and culls, unstable; stays and cocks,
19c; ducks, 23c; geese, ID, 1Sc; hens,
4 lbs and over, 25c; under 4 lbs, 21c;
springs, young, smooth, 23c; guineas,
doz, $500.
New York, Feb. 17.-Butter, firm;
receipts, 1926 tubs; creamery, high,
score), 53c; firsts, 47652c; packing
stock, current make, No. 2, 33h 134c.
Eggs - Steady; receipts, 36,104
cases; fresh gathered, regular packed,
extra hrsts, 44h Q45c; do firsts, 430
44c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

SAVED FROM
OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
in Time.

Ithaca, N. Y" Three years ago I
suffered from pains in my right side, so
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
Fla,
Chicago Grain.

Duluth, Feb. II. - F~1axseed, Ma,
$3.47; July, $685..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

mat call is as urgent now as it was
In 1917 or 1918. Because an individ
ual has done his duty conspicuously UP
until now does not excuse him from
further efforts. There can be slack.
ers In peace times as well as in var
times, and our organization will work
untiringly to see that all of the peo-
pie Of these Northwest states realize
their duty and do it. Incidentally,
while we are performing duty to
the nation and u%pholding the honor
of our district, state and community,
will be doing a favor to ourselves
by learning habits OF thrift and the
value of service.
There will be a Fifth or Victory
Liberty Loan, a movement in which
we can show u thankfulness for the
safety of our country and the saving
OF the lives of hundreds of thousands
OF those dear to us.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
DO YOUR BIT WILLINGLY

:
: BY spending IavIshly the United
: States ended tho war, saved bill
: llons Of dollars and hundreds Of
: thousands Of lives. Pay your
: share Of the bills thankfully.
> .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Corn, February
Oats, March, Sic; May, Gle; July, soc
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Organize Societies.

Just now we are most vitality in
terested in properly starting the 1919
campaign for Thrift. In order that
this shall be a complete success, we
are convinced that it is necessary to
organize War Savings societies. They
are the means to a great end. We
should organize $4,000 of these soci-
cites In the Ninth Federal Reserve
District. With the cooperation of all
the people this will be an easy task.
1t will burden no n and it will bene-
fit all of u.s."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-02-17
DON'T PART WITH THEM


Governments securlties-Givo In :
; aprancs for the family against
Wqnt. Don't part with them.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-06
WAR INSURANCE

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
More than 4 million officers and
men in the American Army and Navy
held life insurance with the national
government December l. The total
of insurance was more than sc billion
dollars. In its present form this is
annual renewable term insurance is
sued against death and total perma-
nent disability. Every person holding
this insurance may keep it in this
form even after he leaves the service
for a period of five years. Not later
than five years after the official ter
minatiOn of the war, however. the gov
ermnent insurance must be converted.
without medical examination, into
some other form.
The establishment of the war risk
insurance bureau by the national gov
ernment was one of the far sighted
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-06
TO TALK FOR CONSTITUTION
President Hill Scheduled to Speak in
Kansas CITY today,

President A Ross Hill of the Uni
versity was scheduled to speak al
noon today at a luncheon at the Hotel
Baltimore in Kansas City. The meet
ing was called by James Cowgirl, John
l. Williamson. chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the New Constitu-
ton League; r. A. Long, W. T. Kem-
per. William Volker and z. F. Swim
ney to discuss the needs of a new
state constitution.
Sentiment in favor of a new con-
stitution is widespread, according TO
Sydney J. Roy of Hannibal. Mo-. who.
as secretary of the Constitution
League. is in close touch with the
movement to obtain legislation from
the state assembly calling for a vote
on the question of holding a constitu-
tiOnal convention. Mr.. RAY was in
Kansas City last week to consult with
E. NJ. Harder, president of the league,
and others who are active in the con-
stitutional campaign. He said that
today's meeting was TO enlist the SUP
port OF the business men of Kansas
City.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-06
SHALL WE STILL SAVE!

When the restrictions laid upon us
by the United States Food Administra-
tion are taken away, will the people
of the United States revert to the
same old wasteful, selfish habits of
before the war?
Will some people again go back to
using four and five teaspoons of sugar
in their coffee? Or throw in their
garbage cans enough every day to
keep three or four Belgian children
from starving?
The time has not yet come and will
not come for a long time when we
can afford to disregard these things
with a clear conscience. We are told
that there are people in the Allied
countries who are living only on the
roots of weeds and on the buds of
trees; that some have been driven in
sane with hunger.
The United States is a hundred times
better off today than any other ma
tiOn which was engaged in the world
war. Out of our abundance we must
feed the starving Allies until they
can once more adjust their lives to
the abnormal conditions into which
they were thrust.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-01-06

acts of Congress at the beginning OF
hostilities. 1t has conferred a val
liable favor upon thousands of SOL
diers and sailors and upon their de-
pendents. 1t should prove a safe
guard against one of the evils re-
sultant from some of Americas previ-
Gus wars.
One of the last statements by Sec
retary McAdoo before his retirement
from the Treasury Department was an
appeal to the men of the army AMI
navy not to let their insurance lapse
now that the fighting had ceased and
they were about to return to civil
ian status. 1t was a timely sugge5-
ton. Were any considerable number
to surrender their valuable policies
now the loss would be large. In
very few cases will such surrender be
necessary.
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mitted through Secretary Glass, OF the
Treasury Department. contains as
surance that safeguards will be adopt
ed to make certain that populations
which are capable of helping them
selves shall do so; but it also points
out the actually helpless position of
vast numbers of people.
The amount named is large one,
vet il is, as the President said, COM
paratively small in relation to the
sums that America has spent in car
rying on the war. That being the
case. it is hardly to be supposed that
the United States, having gone this
far. would withhold the additional
amount that may help to save what
this Nation fought for.
Hunger knows no law. The civiliza-
ton which stands firmest is that in
which all classes share in prosperity,
rather than that in which few are
fat and the rest are hungry. A hun
CRY man or a hungry nation is bad
neighbor. A hundred million for food
will go farther to prevent anarchy
than a hundred billion spent on pam
phlets.
But putting aside all considerations
of self-interest, isn't is enough that
they are hungry and we have food?