The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-02-28

tirely by the current savings of the
people. There was no impairment OF
the capital which had accumulated
from the savings of former years.
More capital is available today for the
financing of legitimate business than
! ever before in the history of the ma
| ton. Moreover, it must be remember
ed for at least two years prior to the
entrance of this country into the war
American business enjoyed unprece-
denied prosperity, with enormous
profits untaxed beyond the normal le-
vies.
In effecting the savings by means
of which they bought liberty bonds,
the American people learned the les
sons of thrift, the benfts of which
will be felt by our children and our
children's children. The billion dollar
indemnity which Bismarck levied in
| the belief that it would keep France
PROSTATE rejuvenated France ard en-
abled her to become the chief STUN
bling block to Germany's dream of
world domination. So Americas war
debt, if rightly viewed and rightly
handled, should make for the content
ment and prosperity of our people. To
see in it an obstacle to business prog
ress is to see ghosts and hobgoblins
and other things which have no exist
ence outside the realms of fancy.
The coming issue of government
bonds has been designated the victory
liberty loan. 1t might well be termed
, the thanksgiving loan, for if ever a
people had cause for thanksgiving we
are that people.
Consider if the war had lasted an
other year what would have been our
state. Instead of sixty thousand dead
we likely would have had hundreds of
thousands. In time we might have
aqualled the record of France, with
ner two million slain. And yet some
# US grumble because the government
-1st spend further money to maintain
w. = comforts and bring home in safety
-7za bows whose lives were spared.
Congress is writing off the books
zen billions Of dollars, expenditure
which had been authorized and
tich would have haid to be expended
I'm billions of other dollars, had the
." gone on another year. We are
Ill. q course, that it is not necessa-
'. 70 spend these additional billions,
"1c had t been necessary the spend
g # them still would not have
brought the nation down to ruin.
We still would have been far behind
france in the amount of our debt,
compared to wealth and population.
With our man-power practically in
: t2ct. with out towns and f&ctoriea anG
| farms unchanged, should we be coweG
: by a monetary obligation lighter far
: than the one France faces unafraid?
, Those American who today have
joined the carpers and the quibblors
, are not worthy of the name. They are
{ not worthy of the boys they sent forth
= to make, if need be, the supreme sac
! ryfice that liberty might live.
: 1t is incomprehensible to me that
: any of the men who gave their sons
t so gladly and so proudly to their coun
r try in it's hour of peril should turn 81
: quickly to cold and calculating con
J temptation of the dollar. Had the wal
5 gone on they would, with equal pride
5 have offered other sons and would
, have continued to give of their wealth
| ungTudgingly. Now that the cominl
r of peace has restored their sons t,
: them, will they tighten up their purs
strings and adopt ar attitude whicl
= would seem to say: "Let the govern
, ment go hang?
think the number of croakers rela
} lively is very small, but their wailing
r and lamentations travel far and ten,
= to discourage others who are not stou
| of heart.
7 do not believe that the plain peopl
/ of America are fearful of the futur
, or distrustful of their government
: When the next loan is offered l hav
| every confidence they will understan,
its necessity and will gladly meet it
! requirements.
= Plain fathers and mothers through
/ out the land has not so soon ceased
to be thankful that the ending of tn
war has restored their sons to them.
A CORRECTION