The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-17
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

It end? Are we going to keep on
until America becomes thoroughly
socialized and our people regiment
ed until we are little better than
birds in a gilded cagei It Is SO easy
to break down the morale Of q
people. We have seen how 1t has
been brought about in Europe and
the same processes are at work
over here.
On many occasions I have used
this smile: Back in the winter OF
1929 the government-owned elk
herds in the Jackson Hole country
in Wyoming were threatened with
starvation and extinction because
Of deep SHOWS that made 1t impos-
sible for the animals to do for
themselves. Thereupon the govern.
ment sent in large quantities OF
choice alfalfa hay, which was dis
tributed to the various feeding lots
that had been established. The elk
were driven into these concentra,.
ton lots where they proceeded to
live the 'life of Riley" When
spring came and the pasturage
was again plentiful the elk refused
to leave the feeding lots and it
was necessary to use bull whips
to drive them back to the hills,
where they could feed for them
selves.
1t does not take much imagina-
ton to foresee the day that we will
become so soft and helpless as to
invite in a man on horseback who
will order our lives and take from
us the liberties we now enjoy. If
that day ever comes 1t will be be-
cause we ourselves have paved the
way for such a tragic ending to the
greatest country on earth, through
selfishness and Incidence.
Italy Expels American Govern
ment
About two weeks ago the New
York Times correspondent in
Rome sent a message to this coun-
try to the effect that the dictators
of Europe hoped for Mr.. Roose-
velt's defeat. It will be recalled
that the President read this article
at one Of his press conferences, no
doubt hoping thereby to align be-
hind his candidacy every American
who is against dictators. The ar
ticle was Mater repudiated by the
italian government in an expulsion
order against the correspondent,
which read as follows:
1.-THE American journalist, Herb
ert Matthews, has been asked to
leave Italy because of his dispatch
to the New York Times in which
it was falsely affirmed that Italy
and the Axis were interfering in
some way in the United States
Presidential election and there
fore meant to disturb relations be-
tween the two countries"
The Cost of War
One evening last week Colonel
Robert Mccormick, editor and
publisher of the Chicago Tribune,
delivered a radio address that
should have been heard by every
American. It was an analysis of
the cost Of sending an American
army to Europe In the event Of
war. Colonel Mccormick said such
an invasion would cost the United
States at least 400 billion dollars,
a million deaths, and several mil
lion ruined lives. Said he, IAN in
vasion Of Europe would involve
landing in and establishing base
in England. If the Germans could
not land in England, when the NOR.
ale Of the British army was low
after the panic in Flanders, could
we hope to land on the mainland
of Europe, in the face Of a trump.
hant Germany"
General Marshall, Chief of Staff
and the nations outstanding sold.
Ter, in testifying as to cost said
that 1t would take 100 billion dol
lars to duplicate Germany's wal
machine. Since no one would at
tempt to invade Europe without an
army twice as strong as the defen-
ders, let us set the initial invest
ment at 200 billion dollars. Said he
IF the war were to be over in four
hundred days, at a cost Of half bill.
lion dollars per day, we find a
cost of four hundred billion before
the cost Of rehabilitation, hospit'
alization and pensions"
Expert Statisticians tell us that
by the time the last veteran Of the
World War and his dependent wi.
dow has passed away the total
cost Of the war to the American
peaple will have reached the stag.
gering sum of one hundred billion
dollars, which is about one-third Of
our total national wealth.
Those who clamor for Americas
entrance into this war apparently
do not take into consideration the
terrific cost inciden. to modern