Hammond Times, Volume 13, Number 52, Hammond, Lake County, 10 August 1918 — Page 3

AU2Ti?t 10, 1918.

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Wlienever there Is a far-reaching disaster two kinds o! men always come fo the surface hose who forget themselves to aid their fellows and relieve distress, and those creatures who see in the disaster

an opportunity to plunder. Today as never before in America stand out these two classes. There are snen rich and poor who have made common lot of the nation's danger, and have put aside every selfish consideration to do what they can do to save the country's honor and insure Its safety. There are rich and poor, so low and sordid, so blind, so souliess, that these stirring times mean nothing to them but a chance to "better" themselves as if the forcing out of a little more money at such a time could by any stretch of imagination do anything but degrade them in their own and the eyes of their fellows. A crises is here and the ghouls are out not robbing the dead but doing worse, by , Delaying when delays on war work in America aid Germany in deluging France with blood our blood. Shirking when shirking at home means the piling of American dead on French and British dead. Profiteering when money made so filthily takes toll of the blood of better men, of men who are offering THEIR BODIES to sava OUR BODIES. ) Striking when to strike now is aiding barbarians who have enslaved millions of men, women and children, and are working them at the point of the bayonet. Scheming thinking in terms of money, dollars and dimes, when such practices prolong the war and open wider the bloody floodgates of German destructiveness. Like the muckracker in Pilgrim's Progress who would not look up when offered a crown of glory, these men are unable to see the things of great price freedom, justice, the attributes of Christianity, the sanctity of womanhood. Let men of other cities degrade themselves and bring their home places into disrepute, if they will, but let the record of this city be such that, come what may, the people of this city can proudly look the whole world in the face, saying, irwe did our duty; we paid our full share; we gave to the flag without stint our uttermost of labor, of money, of men, of loving devotion, and ask nothing of the flag in return but an honorable and enduring peace made certain by a decisive victory. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS

HENRY A. WISE WOOD, Chairman.

RAYMOND B. PRICE, Treasurer.

JAMES E. CLARK, Secretary. Metropolitan Life Building, One Madison Avenue, New York City. Patriotically Contributed to the Winning of the War By TRI-CITY ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. L. J. GRANGER, President.

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