Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1917 — WAR WILL BE WON BY LAST DOLLAR [ARTICLE]

WAR WILL BE WON BY LAST DOLLAR

By THOMAS H. BARRY,

Major General 0. S. Army, Commanding at Camp Grant, Rock- ———*— ford, Illinois. "—''■v'V The United States Is now engaged In a GREAT WAR. It is no ordinary war. It is the culfhination of a struggle centuries old between two forms of government opposed to each other—Autocracy and Democracy. Under Autocracy the government dictates to its people. Under Democracy the people dictate to their government. Under the one the people are servants of the government. Under the other the government Is the servant of the people. The government of the United States is a great democracy. The central thought of its fundamental law is HUMAN LIBERTY. It was established by our forefathers and bequeathed to us. For nearly a century and a half we have lived under it in the fullest measure of human liberty that any. people have ever enjoyed. We are at WAR to preserve the principle of Democracy. Upon VICTORY depends whether we shall continue to enjoy our liberties or whether they shall be curtailed or terminated by Autocratic Will. If there be a man or woman living under the Stars and Stripes who has enjoyed the privileges that our Flag symbolizes, it is his or her d’’*y, to ancestors and progeny, liberally to contribute to Victory. Munitions! Munitions!

To achieve Victory, the government must have MIGHT and MUNITIONS. Its MIGHT is In its young men. takes money to get MUNITIONS. In response to the call for Might the young men have come forward unflinchingly—but they are useless without Munitions. The Government now calls for money. No man or woman who has shared in the benefits of Liberty and Freedom—guaranteed by our government and which are now assailed —can withhold their means without failing in their duty to their government and to the men who have gallantly responded to its call. To withhold money will discourage our arnfies and give comfort to pur enemy. To provide money the government is issuing bonds, popularly known as LIBERTY BONDS in amounts so small that they are within reach of all. JUST AS THERE IS A LAST STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL’S BACK, SO THERE IS A LAST DOLLAR THAT WILL WIN THIS WAR. I therefore urge everyone who can spare that Last Dollar to place it at the disposal of the government with the satisfaction and thought that it may he that last dollar that will win the War and preserve the wives, mothers and sweethearts from the indignities in the next generation which those of Belgium are suffering now. Every community, no matter how small or isolated, is expected by the United States government to stage some kind of a demonstration in the interest of the Liberty Loan. Patriotic mass meetings are finding much favor in almost all parts of the nation and entertainment “geniuses” are putting on many attractive “side shows” in connection with them. An abundance of patriotic music is provided at all the meetings, The garden of James Swartz of Holter Dam, .Montana, is heated by a stove from the inside, and is protected on the outside by a curtain which is lowered about it on a frame. The garden is seven feet square and consists of a series of terraces built around a hollow center to a height of ten feet. Mr. Swartz believes this arrangement will permit a longer growing season. An armload of old newspapers for a nickel at The Democrat office.