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Show I TEN BILLION TO HE I SPENT DURING YEAR BSM SSB H War Will Urlng Gi-cAtrst Prosperity PH i Kvcr Experienced In This Country, PH , Says Secretary McAdoo; Liberty PPJ (l Bond 'Host Investment on linrlli.' B 3 New York, Juno 4. William 0. H ' n McAdoo, secretary of tho treasury, PH ,, was accorded an enthusiastic rccop- PH tlon hero tonight when ho addressed PB it two mass kneetlngs In tho Interest of B tho Liberty loan. Characterizing tho PBB V " government war bonds as "tho best H I Investment on earth," ho appealed to PH c all to buy within their means In or- H der that tho United States may bo PB supplied with money to equip proper- PB ly "our bravo men who havo to go H to the field of battle" to protect the Pbk lives, liberty and property of tho nn- H' Mayor Mltchel presided at ona Phm meeting and Oscar S. Straus, former pBa secretary of commerce and labor, at PhMi tho other. Ilcsldcs Secretary McAdoo. H tho speakors Included Governor Jhm Kdgo of Now Jersey and Frank A. Jhm, Vandcrllp. PBV! Ten billion dollars to bo spont dur- Phb lng tho coming year by tho United PBfl States nnd tho nllled governments pKfl for tho products of American farms, PH mines and factories, Secretary Me- PHB Adoo declared, will bring to tho coun- PH try tho greatest prosperity In Its his- K tory. I"Somo people profess apprehension about tho future of business," said Mr. McAdoo. 'Why gentlemen, pros- perlty In tho next twclvo months will PPp lo grerter than It over has been In PpV our country. You ennnot provont It M if you try. Tho only thing that could 1 stop prosperity would bo tho refusal B of the peoplo to support tho roason- PHH nblo measures of taxation that aro PHH needed, and to buy the boiuU of the PHH government. "To mo It Is a sad spcctaclo to soo PBH committees of various kinds coming 1 to Washington and urging Congress thot tho particular Interest thoy represent rep-resent bo relieved of taxation, when, v at tho same time, our gallant boys aro walking uncomplainingly to tho registration offices throughout tho g land, signifying their willingness to dlo If need bo, In tho country's cause. PHBJ You men and women who create pub- He opinion In this country must PHBJ inako yoursolves heard, und tell your BM u representatives In Congress that you H i aro not willing to support any policy PHBj which Is moro considerate- of tho In- PHBJ terests of property than It Is of tho PHBl lives of our brave and unselfish sol- V Mr. McAdoo said that whatever pHBJ differences there may havo been PBBl nbout war before it happened, and PHBR there wero honest differences of op- PHBl Inlon nbout It, tho present Is no tlmo PBBh to discuss them or to think of them. PBBK "The overshadowing danger to j civilization today," ho continued, "la PHBJ J ' the German military autocracy. Tho ! kaiser, with a limitless and lustful nmbitlon unparalleled in history, has . set out upon a schemo of universal dominion. In order to win ho has PHBJ determined that neither tho laws of J ' humanity nor tho rights of any nn- J tlon shall stand in tho day; that Is PBBB tbo reason ho has committed theso PBBB insufferable aggressions upon tho PBBH American nation. pHBB "Do you know what would happen PBBB it Germany should bo victorious is pHBH she would bo If sho could bring PBBB Krnncce and England to their knees? PBBH Sbo would take the cntlro British anil France and England to their knees? J fleet, which has been tied In tho Ilal- PBBH tic during tho war, and combining theru with the most destructive sub- PHBH marlno floct on earth becauso sho PBBH has it sho would como hero and PBBH put tho Iron heol of a conqueror up- PHBBJ on tho shores. Wo should hnvo to fall back to tho Interior nnd thuro is no telling how long It would t.iko to PBBH oxpol tho onomy, if wo over did. if PHBBJ we could not do It promptly, do 5 on know what would happen to America? Ameri-ca? Wo should havo to make the most humiliating terms that any great nation over made to got peace. Wo should havo to pay an indemnity that would represent probably half tho wealth of America, which ' Is $250,000,000,000, and you would havo taxation upon your shoulders to meet that Indemnity (or a centtiry to come. "Tho first thing wo must do is to raise tho money to equip our armlos and put thorn in tho field and to extend ex-tend credit to tho grc,t nations of Europe, which aro co-oieratlng with us. Wo must give them credit to enable en-able thom to purchaso hero tho necessary nec-essary suppllos and munitions of war, In order that they mako their soldiers sol-diers most effective for battle Tho more effectlvo we mako thom tho more wo enable thom to fight and to fight hnrd, tho moro quickly this war will como to nn end, and tho less I chances thero will be that wo shall ' have to send a great army of our own youth to Europe, and God knows wo want to avoid that If wo honorably honor-ably can." |