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Show TOBACCO FUiSD 18 POPULAR 3 & & S PEDERAL OFFICIAL INDORSES i HERE are shown the boys in the trenches "over there," crying "Good luck, old fellow," to the trench postman ! who has brought them cigarettes. Adds to Tighting- Erfi- J y.srvs ciency of Soldiers. y 1 v CAUSEi may be judged by its re- l ! sult6, and no other cause has met ! Comfort in Good Smokes Adds to Fighting" Efficiency Effi-ciency of Soldiers. ACAUSEi may be judged by its results, re-sults, and no other cause has met ivith the immediate and enthusiastic enthu-siastic response from patriotic-minded patriotic-minded citizens that The Tribune's Tobacco fund has enjoyed during these first few days of the campaign to provide pro-vide the Sammies in France with real Americau smokes. Letters of congratulation and goodwill good-will pour into The Tribune office every day, commending this paper in its efforts ef-forts to satisfy a pressing need of the soldiers in the trenches for tobacco, and to mitigate the sufferings of the boys over there. Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield yesterday added his endorsement endorse-ment to the Smoke Fund plan for furnishing fur-nishing tobacco to the boys in the trenches. He said: I am sure the American people will be glad to add to the personal comforts of our boys who aJe fighting fight-ing our battle. It is our right, you know the cause of every one of us. .bet tue ooys nave tneir smoKes, and have them generously. Let them feel that we are behind them, and that we think and care for them. So shall we add at once to their comiort and their fighting power. Supported Everywhere. Public men everywhere are supporting support-ing the idea of tobacco funds for the soldiers. A big patriotic movement is sweeping the country, and it is a source of pride to this paper that it was among the first to take up this work. Lots of people in this country have not as vet realized that tobacco is almost al-most as important as food and munitions, muni-tions, but the men who have been over there during the last three years know and do not hesitate to say so at every opportunity. "Tommy," writes Arthur Guy Empey in his famous book about- the war, Over the Top. 'Ms a great cigarette cigar-ette smoker. He smokes under all conditions con-ditions except when unconscious. ' ' And what applies to Tommy certainly applies to our men with equal force. The American soldier and his cigarette cigar-ette are always together, and as soon as he -ets into the trenches he is going to want smokes just as badly as anyone any-one else. An officer In acknowledgment of the receipt of a kit of tobacco, snt word, ''Your smokes have arrived. My men are once more cheerful.". ; For this patriotic, cause The Tribune' has started its Tobacco fund to senr 1 cigarettes and tobacco to our men in France. Jt is a great enterprise and everyone in this city is counted on to1 holn. Tt is an easy way to do tho right thint? by the men who are fighting our! battles, and even the smallest contribu- j tions bring results. Address all contributions to the Tobacco Fund, Tribuno, Salt Lako City, Right Kind of Spirit. Following; is a copy of a letter tvpimi of the kind being: received by The Trib-j Trib-j une Tobacco Fund editor in every mail: Salt I-ake Tribune; "Ure nre both over seventy. We are imposing our mite for the fighting boys. "We hope they will come homo victorious. I Signed) MR. AND MRS. J. BR ANN AN. ISach of these elderly people contributed con-tributed 51. And here is a letter from our friend at the Semloh hotel, who sent in a check day before yesterday for ?24.ri, contributed con-tributed Jointly by the guests of the hotel: Tobacco Fund, Salt L.ake Tribune. Gentlemen: My experience was this: On Wednesday morning T noticed the article in The Tribune regarding the fund a nd decided to call a nd place my small contribution personally. Then it struck me that about all the male guests in the lobby of my hotel were smoking and could very likely appreciate the good that such a fund would do for the boys in t he trenches. Any man that smokes can realize the determination with which you can carry out a difficult task if only you have a. good cigar to bite down on when going through the knotty places, or a pipe full of good tobacco tor company during the long, lonesome ' hours spent in the lobby of a strange j hotel. So it is with the boys in - i France that are going to fight for us ! and will have many more, hardships I to go through than any of us i can understand. Our tobacco can be a world of company and put a lot of j pep in their fighting if they only real- ; ize that someone at home was only ! thoughtful enough to say "have a smoke on me, boys." When I started this J did not ex--pect to ask the ladies to "come in." but found that they wanted to do their part also ami would have been slighted if not allowed to "sien on the, dotted line." Oh, wpII, most of them like the smell of a good cigar, anyway. : i |