Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1917 — EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS [ARTICLE]

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS

Your country! It feeds you—it needs you. ’ Fight Or produce. Both' are equally honorable. The stage hero is now afforded an excellent opportunity to prove his prowess. te ,■ i The army of the tillers will rank among the immortal patriots of history. Get a hoe. ■ " . j There are three classes of men today—-fighters, producers, and slackers. Your choice! Funny thing, but since this war commenced few people ever think of picturing the horrors of hell. . They’re stale. v 4 | By the time the producer, the middlemen and the retailer get through, about- the only thing left for the consumer is the bill. j Tlie dime novels take a back seat when the war extras are. cried. Which but emphasizes the fact that truth is stranger than fiction. England’s present national debt I is $18,499,200,000, according to figures included in the budget introduced in the house of commons Wednesday. In a recent lecture in Berlin Dr. Naumann stated that to date 1,300,000 Germans had been killed, and considering the decreased birth rate the population of Germany has | been reduced by 3,800,000. When Zimmerman proposed to the Mexicans that they make war on the United States and annex Texas, he invented a new and painless method of instant suicide. All you have to do is to mention “annexation” to a Texan.

Speculators in foodstuffs create high prices. High prices sap the vitality of the people through lack of sufficient nourishment. Vitality is essential to a successful prosecution of the war. Jail the speculators—or make them fight. \ The resolution for the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the American emblem was passed by the Continental congress June 14, 1777. An American ship, the Columbia, carried the American flag around the world ip 1787-1790. There is one patriotic thing we can all do. That is to buy at home and keep our money in circulation at home as much as possible. And the local dealer can demonstrate his own patriotism by keeping his prices down as much as possible. Every little helps—both ways.

The conscription board in Newton county has been made complete by the appointment of ten precinct registrars, the township trustee being chosen in each case. They are as follows: Grant township, James Bell; Jefferson, William Martin; Iroquois, J. R. Hershman; Washington, Frank Brewer; Beaver, C. W. Timmons; Jackson, G. A. Hopkins; Colfax, Forest Tolin; McClellan, Ora Sellers; Lake, B. F. Davis; Lincoln, Dr. C. M. Rice.