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Show p THE RICH IN WAR H eIIE preposterously rich captains of industry are coming forward with H J singular alertness these days as though to belie the turbulent dema- M ' - gogue of press and bema. The millionaires of Wall street, the rich H pork packers of Chicago, the bankers everywhere are bubbling over with H i enthusiasm. They are eager to help their country. For three years they have H r been sending their money to Europe to help the wounded, and distressed, and H now there are no "ifs" to be stipulated in the bond as in the case of some M of Samuel Gompers' co-workers. H On the whole the rich of the United States are behaving very much like H the aristocrats of Europe, like men who have been bitten with patriotism. j Their behavior is not at all what we might have expected, so long have we M listened to the fomenters of class hatred. Through the years we have been M repeatedly told that the rich were eager for war for what they could make out M ofvit. Wo were urged by college professors to despise the men who spend H their time developing the resources of the country and accumulating money H i wherewith to promote great enterprises and increase the wealth of the na- H tion. The rich we were taught to regard as miscreants who dined at their H clubs, rode in motors and played golf. Now there is danger of the man in H ! k the street doing a little thinking and coming to despise the academic social- M J' ists; for the truth may occur to him that the promoter of class Hatred is a M pretty mean citizen. In truth the virtue of self-sacrifice is not confined H to any class or creed. H ,' Human society is a great providential fact established not by men but M , by nature itself in order that; intellectual and moral life may be developed on ,'j the surface of this sublunary sphere. It is the direct product of the supreme M I ' will,' and the paramount function of society is not performed as ti result of J ' the simple co-existence of individuals. As Renan has said, Society is a m great hierarchy, and ever."- individual composing it is noble and sacred, all H part of an universal organism which is accomplishing a divine work. The H , i negation of that work is the hatred instilled' by the magazine And newspaper H J J proprietor who goes about appealing to the mean instincts of the ignorant. M 1 ( Through the years the rich of this hierarchy have been doing things that H T today make it possible for this country to save civilization from the ruth- H lessness of the Prussian baribarian. The rich in all ages, as well as the poor, H ' , really do the business of the country. ' I Once the people of this country were led by Washington, one of the H richest men of his time, and among those who helped to form tne country H was Thomas Jefferson, the wealthy planter, a man of the type of rich men H who are now rushing to the defense of their country, who revolted against M the popular apathy in which the nation was threatened with humiliation and Ht disgrace. Town Talk. H fl '', OUR ENTRANCE FEE f yaHREE billion dollars for our allies against Germany! Four billions to H j vO pay for our own flSatlnS Tlie world says we love nothing but money. H' S 0ur anSwor js to snow 10W we -will spend it in a good cause. The H ! loan was ordered by congress without a dissenting vote. If we have made H money out of the war thus far we devote our profits now to the ending H f ot the war. H And this country will, if necessary, give more than money. It is prepared H to lose life that thereby the world may have life more free and more abund- H antly. Who lives if freedom die, who does if freedom live? to paraphrase Mr. Kipling. I The American navy is mobilized and in action, though we have no news of Its operations. The American army is in process of formation, work has 1 begun to provide a merchant marine of many small tonnage wooden ships with which to supply the nations at war with the Teutonic powers. Organi- zation is in progress for the increase and conservation of food production H for the sustenance of all the peoples in arms against autocracy. All this- H work is of such vast detail as to be difficult of adequate visualization. We H , know it is being done. We know that much of it should have been done H ' long since, in preparation for what has come, but the way we did not do it H f is the way of democracy. For liberty a certain inefficiency and unpre- H ; paredness are a part of the price we pay. Reedy's Mirror. WORK FOR THE HOME GUARD H i Hi- j yHE large numbers of Americans who are being rejected for enlibtment H J m the military forces, and the larger numbers who have not made H; m 'W' application because they knew themselves to be disqualified by age B' I) or other physical disabilities, undoubtedly has caused many to ask what there H ' is a man can do Avho is not suited to service in the field. Patriotism is not Hsl confined to youth. Tho number of men who want to make themselves useful Hij'1 but do not know how to go about it is large. Hk Europe has answered the question in large measure. It is estimated R b that the number ofl those doing real national service behind the firing lines is H ' larger than tho number in tho armies. There are many millions who have M j never heard the firing of a gun, even on a target range. They" are employed Hi M . not alone in the manufacture of munitions but in the making and tho assembling assem-bling and tho transportation of supplies of al) kinds. Tho organization of an army is a work of vast detail. The clerical work alone is a huge task, and it can well be performed by men unfit as soldiers. There are so many departments in the English army, not fighting units, that they are referred to only by their initials, to save time. Our army will be no exception to tho rule. There will be plenty for the home guard to do iby the time our fighting fight-ing forces aro trained for action. But there is (meanwhile a pressing patriotic duty that devolves upon every man and woman, situated so as to be able to perform it. This is to raise food. The schoolboy can do his share. The farmer past 45 can do more good in his own field than he could possibly do with a gun. City dwellers are not out of the running. Every home garden is going to count by reducing reduc-ing the pressure at other points. And every other man can practice thrift, which is an ever-present patriotic duty. The more food wo raise ourselves, the greater our surplus will be for war purposes. Those who sincerely want to give service ought to keep In mind that thespectacular is only a small part of war especially war for defense. Cool heads as well as stout hearts are going to help win the fight, and tho coolest-headed coolest-headed men of all will be those who do the work they can do most efficiently, regardless of whether the (band is playing or not. Republicans aro, and always have been, patriots. They sustained Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln when some of the states, sought the disemberment of tho Union. They sustained Grover Cleveland when he issued the famous Venezuelan proclamation. They are sustaining Woodrow Wilson in the crisis that con- . fronts the country at the present time. |