Oxford eagle., 1919-04-03
COST NOT COUNTED
WHEN It CAME To
SAVING OUR BOYS
THINK OF SITUATION YEAR AGO
AND HOW READY WE WERE
TO STAKE ALL.
BIG DEBT WAS INCURRED
War Closed Earlier Than Anyone
Expected, and We Must Finish
Paying For 1t.

When your boy was on the fighting
front over there last fall, or was ir
one Of the training camps over here
being hardened for the most terrible
task that ever confronted man; wher
countless mothers with sad eyes were
scanning the death lists with hearts
atremble, fearing lest the name of a
loved one might be there; when the
fate Of the nation and Of tie world
hung in the balance. then the thought
uppermost in every mind was the win
ming Of the war and the avoidance OF
continued loss of life
Then during the fall months of 1915
the purse strings of Americas citizens
, were cut with willing hands. For the
Fourth Liberty LOan-the Fighting
Liberty Loan-the almost inconceiv
able sum Of six billions Of dollars was
asked by the United States Govern
ment to prosecute the war What the
answer was is history-glorious his
tory.
Americans not only met the call, bur
threw in another billion for gooG
measure.
1t required the most sanguine opti
mist then to predict a victory over
Germany before the summer that is
now approaching. Thousands OF
Americas best and bravest young
men the flower Of the country, were
daily Offering up and giving their lives
for the veal Of humanity. They were
suffering ghastiy wounds inflicted by
weapons such as only the brutality o.
Germany's most vicious minds coulC
fashion; they were being blinded anC
tortured with poisonous gases thai
Germany introduced against all usageS
into modern warfare. and they were
lying in the mud of Shiny trenches, de
prived of every comfort, with eact
! recurrent day sappng their vitality
| that America might he saved
Total Wealth Pledged.
Then could anyone in absolute au
thority have promised victory before
Europe was locked in winters grasp
the total wealth Of II is rich lane
| would unhesitatingly have been placed
| at the nations disposal, that the lives
/ Of countless thousands Of the flower
| of American manhood need not be sac
| rifced
| Those who were planning and di
recting the war, or that part Of il
! being enacted by America, were doml
mated by the idea Of ending the wal
; quickly AMI saving every American
life possible. The cost was moi
counted The money that flowed from
! the peoples purse was spent unstlnt
edly. Millions were spent to equlI
the grandest army the sun ever shone
on. Other millions were spent fol
ships to convey them across the Allan
tic. Factories were kept at work
night and day turning out munitions
and supplies.
America surpassed even herself
She arose even above the glorious
traditions Of the worlds greatest coun
try, that has never tasted defeat she
accomplished the impossible At the
very moment when the German wal
machine seemed nvincible, when thai
which was intended as the final drive
that was to wipe France Oft the map
then Pershing's ads were thrown
against that terrible army IL gray
The onslaught was all that Germany
had planned But the stolid German
mind had not adequately valued the
fighting ability of the boys in khaki
| The gray clad hosts attacked with al
the confidence of their training. Bu
the Americans did not yield, Theil
| depleted ranks were filled as II D,
| magic and that which German mill
| tarists contemptuously termed an IN
trained mob, displayed soldierly quail
ties and persistent fighting qualities
| that has elected the warmest admira
ton of the whole world.
| Finish the Job!
Every day the war was shortened
thousands of American lives Wer'
saved. For every day it was short
ened your boy or your neighbors DO,
will be returned to the family hresid
| Just that much sooner, and this fac
that he will return sound in body ant
mind is due to the splendid prepare
tions his government made for his we
fare and the prosecution of the war
Now more money is needed to pa
the blls-the debt that was lncurre
that the life of your boy AID you
neighbor's boy might not be offered u
on the sacrificial altar OF war, mus
be paid Money is needed TO ofln
him back to the land that gave Drt
to the Stars and Stripes. Money
needed to complete the reconstructio
and to Finish the Job.
Just how much will be asked JUS
how much interest will be paid, JUS
what form the securities offered WI