Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-04-14
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EDITORIAL.
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THIS IS AMERICA!
TO many people within the con-
fines Of this country
TO all prO-Germans-
To all Anglophiles-
To all paci6sts-
TO all pussy-footers-
TO William Randolph Hearst
To the Irishites-
To the I. w. W
. To Big Bill Haywood
To Big Bill Thompson
To Western Europe
TO Eastern Europe
To Japan and the Orient
TO Mexico, Carranza and Villa
TO those whose devotion to the
league Of nations without reservations
surpasses their Amaricanism-
TO high or loW-rich or po0r-cap-
italist or laborer- bolshevist or con
seryative-to all time-servers-
all politicians to the nation-to the
world
THIS IS AMERICA!
America wants no mandates for
other countries. America wants no
place in European politics. America
wants no position as a bolster for
worldwide Imperialism. America
wants no l. w W., soviets, militar-
ism, socialism or capitalism.
THIS is AMERICA!
Burn it into your heart Speak it
live it! We may blaze the wayne
may lead but other nations to be
free must tread the paths our fathers
trod. BY great example America can
do the world much good But
Preserve Americanism. Preserve
the flag. Preserve every star and ev-
cry bar. Preserve the eagle shot tri-
umphant from the blue. AS a great
democratic entity, united and proud if
you please of our ideals and our
achievements. Solving our own prob
lens, fighting our own battles, max
ing our own peace.
The old constitution is good enough
for true Americans. We must never
forget our duty as citizens to it. Al
ways remember that without an in
tense nationalism America would
have lost and not won the war.
THIS IS AMERICA!
THE STARS AND STRIPES IS
OUR FLAG!
LONG MAY 1T WAVE!
CONFUSION TO ITS ENEMIES!
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Editor Bishop takes the Herald Wig
orOusly to task for saying that the
acid plant at Cuba City was built on
the ruinOus cost-plus system" The
Record as usual is bitter and viudic-
tive using q half column of its more
or less, valuable space. The Record
quotes the Platteville News our
source for a part Of our information
as follows:
During the war\ and since, there
have been persistent reports of the
extravaganza in connection with the
building of the government acid plant
at Cuba City, and recently purchased
by the Vinegar Hill Zinc Co. These
reports coming from many sources,
stated the plant was built on a basis
of the government paying the cost,
plus a ten per cent profit to the con-
tractors. Since the publication of an
article in the News stating the above
as facts, we have been permitted to
see a Photographic copy of the con-
tract which sets forth the fact that
the government was to pay to the
contractors or construction company,
a commission of $4,000 for their ser
vices in building and pay the actual
cost of material and construction
which was not to exceed $765,000, ex-
elusive of commission, but including
$4,000 paid to New York firm for
engineering services"
The Record also says:
But with regard to the 'cost-plus'
charge and resulting extravaganza III
the construction of the plant, the item
from Platteville News proves the falls
ity of The Herald's statement and is
pretty good evidence that there has
been a lot of loose talk about this and
other war wastes and eXtravagances
that the real facts will not substan-
tiate"
$4,000 commission on top of $685.
600 for building may not be cost-plus
but it has all the ear marks of it. The
whole truth of war profteering will
probably never be known
-ooo--
The Democratic party has had
great place in the country's develop
ment and a sound position principally
as a party of protest since the days
of the civil war. 1t has numbered
among its adherents millions of good
citizens whose Judgment might be
questioned but whose motives could
never be impugned 1t is only lately
since it began to listen to strange
gods and to follow a leadership that
would bring the nation to the laby-
rinth Of destruction and despair-that
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