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Show Time Here to Ignore Croakers and Go Ahead With the War Work By GEORGE ADE It was all right six months ago to spare an hour a day in trying to convince someone with a vacant eye and a dark mind that we were really justified in accepting accept-ing the insolent challenge thrown at us by Germany. You are to be forgiven if, even three months ago, you spent valuable time trying to convince a sluggish minority that First Government bonds are a safe investment. I Second Pro-German propaganda is to be bit in ! the head. 1 Third The allies are to be trusted. Fourth The Red Cross is above suspicion and does not obtain either money or knitted goods under false pretenses. Fifth All taxes which have been levied are justified by extraordinary and unprecedented conditions. Sixth This is not a rich man's war; it was not precipitated by any Wall street influence; it is not concerned over private investments; it is not a grand benefit for munition makers. Seventh Fair promises have no value when they are made by a criminal who finds himself backed into a corner. Eighth The men in our training camps and aboard transports and btationed somewhere in France are being safeguarded as American soldiers sol-diers were never before looked after, as regards wholesome food, proper sanitation, prevention of disease and moral guidance. Why enumerate further? ' In every community you will find a contrary-minded sediment of the human race people who keep themselves somewhat in evidence by noisily denying facts which are self-evident to all of their neighbors who happen to be in the full enj"oyment of sanity. They are somewhat like frogs, i. e., they make an awful noise in proportion pro-portion to their number. The time has come to ignore them. If we cannot lock them up for safekeeping, at least we can shut them out from our daily program and go ahead with the important work laid out for us. |
