The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-04-17
= KNOWN FACTS ABOUT I
+ VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN I
y Speaking and Organization :
9 Campaign opened. Mar. "a =
= Opening Day Of Drive
= Apr. 81 4
= Amount Of Loan Probably 4
.$6,0OO,OOO,OOO
= Kind Of Securities
..............5-Year Notes !
X Interest ..,...,...,:.......
= Undecided, but higher than 4
= Fourth Loan Bonds. i
= Selling Appeals ..
~ Governmen Must
= Have Money. d
+ (2) Good Investment. d
\ (3) Patriotic Duty.
1

patriotism and that was filled with
the highest praise for the achieve
ments of the, American armies in
France, Carter Glass, secretary Of the
treasury, fired the opening broadside
for the Victory Liberty Loan at the
Minneapolis Auditorium the night Of
March 20.
After painting q stirring picture of
the record made by our citizen sol.
diery against the best of the German
empire, Mr.. Glass declared that the
fathers and mothers of America who
gave 100000 son 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-
dition of Prussian tyranny"
MI. Glass spoke in a 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-
ed with liberal applause and every
word was carefully followed by the big
throng. The secretary = IKE in part
as follows:
when I am told Of the difficulties
which will beset the Victory Loan I
refuse to lose faith IN the enduring pa
triotism Of the American people.
"But, I am told that we must ap-
proach the problem of future loans In
q distinctly cold-blooded mood. Some
men tell me 1t will be impossible again
to appeal to the patriotism Of the
American people. Frankly, gentle
men. I should despair Of my country
II these things were exactly true. I
should doubt our ability to cope with
the problems Of peace If SO quickly va
should forget the obligations of war.
] wonder If those who talk in this
fashion speak considerably? They
tell about the sacrifices the American
people have made, and in their voices
there Is q metallic tone and In their
mind unconscious austerity.
What Arc Our Sacrifices?
What Is meant by the sacrifices
Of war for America? Where are our
devastated fields and ruined cities?
Where u c~athedrals destroyed?
Where our denled women and starved
children and wrecked men? Where on
this wide continent does hunger stalk
abroad or pestilent1al disease claim
its thousands Of victims? Is It, then,
q serious sacrifice to invest ones
money In the interest-bear1ng obliga-
tions Of ones government In order to
make everlastingly secure the nations
freedom as well as the nations prop
erty?
y Our allies fought for us nearly
three years before we began to fight
with them./ For nearly that period of
time the United States profted ire
mendously, In 2 commercial and in
dustrial sense, by the European war.
Immense fortunes were made; pros
peritX pervaded u 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
pausing IN the cheerful performance
Of an imperative duty?
when, men undertake to compute
the sacrifices OF q wal for freedom Ii
terms Of commerce ! would like them
to get q vision Of some things I saw
not long ago on the far-dung battle
fronts Of France and Belgium. Il
would like to take them to the battle
Held Of Ypres, which will HIVE III song
and story, through time and eternity,
rs the most memorable OF which his
tory will ever give account. There
they might perceive the real meaning
lof 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, lighting their
way step BY step. waist deep In mud
and mire, chilled to the bone, these
Incompatible heroes. these crusaders
81 the cause Of liberty, fought their
way through Uncomfortable obstacles
md drove the enemy on tho heights
from which the Hun had literally
Viewed To Promised Land: Great
s0odl Whax moment was that tot
E~eayuisation: an1 how bayond the imAg-
nataon e maht epioturehuman -
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