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About Western world. (Bandon, Coos County, Or.) 1912-1983 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1918)
FIGHT, BUY OR SHOW WHY That's What We re Up to In the Third Loan. THE HUN ANO GOES AMERICAN WHILE THE MARCHING BOYS TIGHT ON L. D. FELSHEIM. Editor JAS H. HOWE. Bu» Mgr. Entered aa second-class matter at the poet office at Bandon, Oregon, January 2d, 1913, under tbe Act of March 3d. 187». SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (In advance) 11.50 Six Months (In advance).......... .75 THE OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER Phones: Office, »01; Residence, 311 DOUBLE EFFECT OF ECONOMY When an American citizen, in stead of spending $100 tor some thing he wants, denies himself and lends the money to the government he performs a double service. In the first place he furnishes the nation with $100 to use in the pros ecution of the war. Secondly, he has relieved to the ex tent of $100 the drain on our “goods and services"; that is, materials and labor. To make the article or ar ticles he would have bought, or to manufacture others to take their place in the market, would require materials and labor. In addition, to get the article to him labor and freight space would be required. By doing without tbe article, he has left free a certain amount of material to be used for war purposes, a certain amount of labor to be used in the same way. and he has also relieved to a certain extent the transportation facilities of the country. This may not be much in the individual case, hut when hundreds of thousands and millions of Americans pursue this course it means millions and millions of dollars loaned to the nation, tre mendous quantities of materials left for uses of the country In this war, millions of hours of labor free to do war work, and a vast amount of freight space free for national uses These sacrifices are easy to make; are small and trivial compared to the sacrifices that our soldiers and sail ors mako dally while they offer con stantly their lives for their country, the greatest sacrifice of all. WADS It's up to thia—fight, buy or show why! Every American who can afford to buy a Liberty Bond will be expected to buy. If he refuses, tbe searchlights of public opinion will be so turned upon him that he may be put into tha post tion of having to explain why be de nies the government the use of his surplus money, if the plans of the National Liberty Loan headquarters at Washington are carried out. Information regarding tbe standing of every individual, his worth, his in come, his Red Cross activities, amounts which he has subscribed to ths First and Second Liberty Loans, war work which he has done, his patriotlo attitude, and other details, will all be carefully listed on a ques tionnaire which will be kept on file by the government. Questionnaires, prepared in Spo kane for use in Eastern Washington, contain 34 questions. One has to be filled out for every man, woman and child above 15 years of age Among the inquiries were, nationality, pres ent occupation, name of employer, other trades or occupations qualified in. Liberty Loan subscriptions, earn- lugs, Red Cross war funds. Red Cross members in family, miscellaneous war donations, war activities engaged In, patriotic attitude, general reputation, opposition to war work, if any. Considering the fact that Oregon’s percentage appears to be rather low in comparison with other federal dis tricts. the local Liberty Loan Commit tee feels that it may be necessary to adopt some such means here of re minding the people that they must do something to save the reputation of themselves and their state. Cards are now being prepared. The Information for these cards will be gained by the captains of the different city pre cincts, after the cards have been as signed to their proper districts by postal employes. In the rural dis tricts over the state, the work of in dexing the inhabitants has been going on tor some time. Authorization for obtaining the in formation comes front Washington. When the system Is finally complete, and when Uncle Sam makes the ac quaintance of all his citizens and knows their means and their obllga tlous, then John Jones must be In duced to make him a loan or be able to give an excellent reason why. WRITE A LETTER Coos and Curry's booster citizens, regardless of political affiliations, are asked to write letters to Oregon friends, urging the nomination and electit n of L. J. Simpson for gover nor lie Is the only candidate for the office who Is not a professional politician. This is the first time Mr Rimpson has aspired to public office Mr Rimpson must, of necessity, rely upon his friends -upon those who know him best. And for this reason his friends are asked to co operate In a campaign of personal publicity, where each individual can do his share In the work Let your acquaintances and friends all over eastern Oregon, In the Willamette valley, along the Columbia or In Portland, know that you are person ally back of Mr Rimpson ’A rite Jii.'.t ss you would talk, enthuslastleal'v. Straight from the (boulder, and tell them to pass the good word along RISSIMI THE l i t«! Compelling pro tiermans to kiss the American flag Is nothing leas than desecration of the flag This seems to be the sentiment gradually forming following the recen* wide spread epidemic of making the mln Ions and deluded advocates of the kaiser and his coterie, publicly nestle their faces In folds of the banner of our nation And such a more sane view of sama Is hut a reiteration of the fact that the great American p pulace goes ahead with its efforts f r brlng'ng the »ar to a victorious c nclustin, unwilling to follow th> leadership of the unthinking mob *1 lie g'“aiost i isult offered t> Christ waa the kiss if Judas fo let the kslsei worshipper neat le his lips mu! face in the f i|<L. of our emblem, I Judas up to date Rendon has the longest distance punch. Adt plane stock from this faithect west c> mmimlty Is now on ita way to help blow up tin* kaiser From th* fashion reports It looks a* If the Sprint gowns this year ate going to be smaller than the bills they coat Cheer up America's aoldferv In France will do their sham of the worlds work Never fear It's the girl who can't sing that aeettu anxious for everyone to know It It la now nr never with Germany, and now and forever »¡th the Allies ■w - I I I | | , All Americana know the moral value of rooting for the home team. DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR TEETH ■y EPHRAIM DOUGLA68 ADAMS Executive Head, Hietory Depart ment Leland Stanford Junior University A Clean Tooth Never Decay» BLEED WAVER. Owned and published by FELSHEIM & HOWE WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY SOME REASONS WHY WHEAT MUST BE SAVED “A Man Cannot Think. Work or Fight When He 1s Hungry”—We Must Feed Our Soldiers "Th* object of this war Is to S*llv*r th* fr** pooplss 0« ths world from th« woeac* and th* actual power of a vast military •stabllshmont controlled by an Irresponsible government, which, having eecretly planned to dominate the world, procooded to carry out the plan without regard either to the sacred obligation* of treaty or the long-eelabllehod prac tices end long-ohorlehed principles of In ternational action and honor: . . , Thio power io not the German people. It le the ruthless master of the Gorman poo- Filo. ... It Io our buelnoea to too to t that the hietory of the root of the world Io no longer loft to Ito handling.” —Freoldent Wlleon, Auguet Z7, igi7. THE NATION AND MORAL DUTIES The rulerg of Germany bellev* thal they have the right to prevail over all other nation*. They also believe that the power ot the state is the only ob ject for which Its rulers should strug gle. Still further, they believe that moral principles and ideas have no place in determining tbe actions of the state, since the sole duty of the state is to get power. This is Ger man political philosophy. American political philosophy, from tbe very be ginning of our institutions, has op posed this theory, and now in this war Is fighting against It. For the Ger man theory necessarily carries with It utter denial of the claims of moral feeling, of international right, of hu man decency and chivalry. The German historian, Treltschke. at whoee feet princes and rulers sat, eagerly absorbing his teachings, de voted his life to spreading this gospel of Power. It Is true, he said sneer- lngly, that "a stock of Inherited con ceptions of integrity and morality is a necessity for government,” (useful, that subjects of the state be obedient), but "the end all and be all of a state Is Power.” "The state is the sole Judge of the morality of its own actions. It Is, in fact, above morality, or. In other wjrds, whatever is nec essary is moral.” From this It follows, in international relations, that there is no rule or guide to conduct except self-interest In this present war a follower of Treltschke, one of the leading com mon-school educators of Germany, Kfrschanstelner of Munich, drives home the theory. “The great lesson which the German people has had to learn la to think in terms of power, j . Let no one here say that small state», too. can have a national. life of their own. True, so long as the great stat** around them allow them to exist. But any day may see the end of their existence, in spite of all treaties to the contrary. Neither alliance, nor treaties provide the least security . . . There are no ethical friendships between states in our day . . . There are only friendships of convenience. And friend ships of convenience last Just as long as the convenience itself.” Professor Eulenberg of Leipzig sums It up, “All ethical considerations are completely alien to the state and the state must therefore resolutely keep them at arm's length." Can we wonder that the German Foreign Secretary spoke of the broken treaty with Belgium as a "scrap of paper?" or that the school children of Germany celebrated the sinking of the l.usitamaf or that German agents In America, smoothly friendly in ap . pearance, secretly plotted, before we were In the war, to destroy our in duatrlea, our railways, even our Ilves'’ Is there no such thing any more its a common humanity—no "decent respect to the opinion of mankind." as Thomas Jefferson stated It In the Declaration of Independence’ Is our Meal of righteousness, yes, even of unselfishness. Impossible In Interna tlonal politic*? This war. if Germany is defeated, may deride these gues tions. but if Germany wins, the strug gle has but lUSt begun This American democracy of denies. and has always denied. German theory; It asserts that laws which formulate the duties of men toward each other are binding u pon nations equaliv with individuals For centuries civilisation has been slowly advancing from Ignorance. prejudice and selfishness toward sym pathv. understanding, and a desire to see 'ustice done, whether between In dividual* or nations, Tbe 'be all and i end all" of a state is not Power—it la Justice And the German government has left us in no doubt as to the results of her theory. In application That government has broken a solemn treaty with Belgium, ordered the mur der of innocent hostages, bombarded unfortified towns, torpedoed unarmed passenger ships, destroyed works of art where they could not be carried to Germany, plotted secret war against neutral nation» all of them actions she once pledged herself to forego - has lost. In short, all sense, appar ently, that she Is dragging the former good name of the German people through a mire of dishonor, the stain of which will not be removed for generations Against this mad phi loaophy and mad government the war must be waged, until they are de- feated. or there Is no safety for m< n or nations. "We have the preservation of the world on our hands Every single living human being In this republic, from ocean to ocean, should make It his or her special purpose to save food • These are the words of E F Cullen, personal representative of Herbert C. Hoover, in a recent address “Men will resist any power but the power of starvation,” said Mr Cullen "Hunger In the final analysis, is the only force that can weaken a nation and demoralize an army Food Is strength, and without a perpetual sup ply of strength, the world can stand in danger of tottering, weakening and falling Into utter chaos A man can not think, work or fight if he is hun gry "The allies today ar* practically wholly dependent upon the Unite,! States for food. Upon this nation rests the responsibility of preserving the world from I'russianlsm This is the task of the people of this nation— to produce and save food enough to keep a steady stream of essential sup plies moving towards ths front so long as it shall be necessary to wage this war If at any time we fail in this, we must inevitably go down, with the allies to defeat This Is no ex sggeratlon, but a serious fact It is •he purpose of the United States Food Administration to bring the realize tion of this fact home to every Amerl can man. woman and child, and to en > list the individual aid of our hundred million people tn producing and sav ng food The Food Administration Is not asking you to oat less; it only urges that you substitute one nutri tious food for another equally nutri tious food, thus saving the vital ata plea needed by our armies and the armies and peoples of the allies We must, during the next three months save wheat especially Our aurplu« has already been ahtpped abroad, and ' a hundred million bushela more are needed When you eat a altce of bread ’ lea*, omit the crackers with your soup i or otherwise conserve on wheat prod nets you are contributing towards thr hundred million bushels needed over | there by our fighting men and the 1 exhausted people of BUgtUM. Franco Thls Is the third of a serl»* of ten and England who have for more than I artlelos hv Professor Adams. three years been bearing the brunt of this war. which is our war Keep this In mind, and bring it before the minds 1.116.OOC tons of sugar will be save,! of your thoughtless friends and neigh the first year if each of us uses one bora ” ounce less each day This will keep suxar plentiful and cheap. If you want work that lasts; if you want it done with no mor* pain than th* prick of the needle; if you want your Pyorrhea CURED, or if you want to KEEP FROM GET- TING PYORRHEA, see are authorized Thrift Stamp »elJlng stations. This profitable, simple and safe investment draws four per cent Uiterewt, compounded quarterly, with the privilege of turning it into mon ey upon ten days' notice. Sav* for those who are fighting for you, and do "your bit" to win the war. Coos & Curry Telephone Co. 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TAXES Mark Windle THE TAILOR CLEANING PRESSING We have a request from our tax collector asking that taxpayers co-operate in cutting down the expense of hi» office by sending for their statements at once. If xeni for now the prewent office help can get Giese statements out. thereby saving expense of extra help anil rush of work toward the last of March. Wolverton REAL ESTATE Insurance Conveyancing Abstracts and Notary Public Opposite Bank of Bandon Bandon, Send your statement now. State If you wi»li to pay half or all your taxes.—Pay your taxes thru us and help your home town and community. * ’ ' .1 ! .4 Bank of Bandon Bandon, Oregon ooooc-ooooooooooooooooooooo Oregon S. S. ELIZABETH Prof. A RICHARDS Professional Teacher of Piano Q Eight Day service between Coquille River and ’Frisco SAILS FOR BANDON CHRIS RASMUSSEN 112 First 8t. Bandon, Ore. FIRST CLASS Passenger Fare $10.00 SAN FRANCISCO RESERVATIONS: J. E. Norton,Coquille Perkins', Myrtle Point; Hillyer's Cigar Store. Marshfield, E. 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