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can soldier. There is no doubt about
that. Th« American buy who is on
the draft list think* about bow *oon
IMMCKtl KVKKY TH UMBO AT BY
h«- may 1» called to the color», and
T. U l»VG<iKB. KtMTll* ANP PBoP
| hia parents, brother* and asters
view with sorrow the approaching
I
day
of parting which may be th«-
Entered at the i« at*, flic* at Scio.
last upon the land of the living.
Oregon as aae»md dass matter.
The very frequent drive t* raise
funds for the Red Cross. the Y. M
•UBNi'IUmoN. IN ADVANCB
SI 60 C. A. and numerous other purposes,
1.76 to aav nothing about the sale <>f war
AT KNt» or YKAk
.75 stamps, baby bonds and liberty
«II MONTH*
loan*, all serve to direct our thoughts
to the ultimate purpose the Amer-
ADVKKT1AING MATCH
ican soldier and hi* health ami com
!>x-al advertising, per line
6c fort.
Dur Federal government has done
much
to banish car* from the mind
Display advertising, long lime, see
of
the
soldier and to assure him
manager.
that
hi*
loved ones will not be al
Extended marriage or death notice*
lowed
to
suffer for the necessities of
i*r line
3c
life
during
hi* absence, and the *<»l-
Special rat«** rm long time display
dier
insurance
is a guar ante«- that
advertising.
they will be provide«) for should he
t«c so unfortunate as to furnish f«w<d
HER SUPREME EFFORT
for an enemy bullet.
All of thia car* on the part of the
It may I m * saf«*ly assume»! that Governm«nt and of the love«! ones
Germany i* now making her »up- at h<»me is moat worthy. f«»r the
rrmi' effort to br«- ik through the American soldier ia most willingly
British line* and «pen a n>ad to I'aria I offering all fur hi* country und the
There is *<»< k I reason to conclude protection of liberty.
that such i» the ca~-
< a rmany haa.
No man can give more than these
doubtl« «*, her full man power on American boy* are offering fr«*ely
the western front and also her div and without fear on the battlefield«
isions which were heretofore etn- In Franc*.
Many people may not
ployed on the Kiomian front
In reaiiM the fact, but American liber
man power and gun* th«- lluna were ty and th«* American home is th«*
largely superior to the English, and stake our boys are fighting for over
if it were possible to break through there
Hence we expect our boy*
now is the timo to make the try.
to stand firm at the battle front.
Germany als«> know* that th«* man Nor will w«* t* disappoint«*»!, for the
power of her etn-tv.-n is continually American soldiers and sailor* have
growing, «-«pecially on th«* American never ffukaoi in the face -<f an enemy
sector. and that an early movement and our boya in France and th«** to
before heavy artillery could be go will n»t prove an exception.
movtxi easily was th«* tini<* to strike. Therefore, we people who are k«*ep-
Also it should not Iv forgotten ’.hat ing the home fires burning cannot
Hindenburg haa promised to capture do too much for the men who have
Faria about April I
taken on th«* defense of <«ur lives
Moreover, if Germany ia to ever and liberties. If we can from our
make a preten* of offensive action abundance make the condition of our
and strike her enemy at a time boys at the battle front ur in the
when hr is weaker than he will prob hospitals more comfortable, it is an
ably I m * again, and when she (Ger obligatory duty which we must not
many I ia at her strongest. now is shirk.
the propitious time. It can there
Our boy* over there must I* pro
fore lie assumed that th«* Kaiser is vided with arm* and munitions, and
making hia supreme effort of the with food and medicines
Ships are
war an«i to that end h>* is at the r<*<|uir«*«l to carry them- auptdiea to
front ami in supreme command of them and the more troop* w«* aend
his troop"
over the more ship* will I m * re»)Uir«*«i.
Should Germany fail to gain an It is therefore dialoval on th«- (»art
important victory at this time she of men who are building them* shifM
will have lost the war and the end to in any way hamper their rapid
thereof i-. not many months away conatructi«»n
They r«quire f«xxi.
On th«- other hand, a reverse to the Therefore it ia disloyal for the fan
Allies does not mean the end but mer not to grow as much food pro
■imply a prolongation of the war ducts as he can that our country'*
with fresh levies of troops and their defenders may have an abundance
rapid rush to the front.
There never waa a tune in the his
Germany now knowa that her un tory of our country when team
dersea blockade is a failure so far as work on the part of the people was
starving Englnn«! and the prevention ao essential as now; nor wh«’n the
of taking American troops over is people, to the man or woman, should
concern«*«!
Her «»nly hot*, there get l*hind the Government with his
fore. of winning the war ia a crush or her support in every way possible.
ing victory on the land. She ia evi There is no room for the «lacker
dently attempting to secure that anywhere.
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victory at thia time
There i* no doubt whatever that
Unless Germany can make head we will win the war in the end The
way now when she haa a large pre only question i* the coat in lives and
ponderant* of troop* in front of the treasure. But whatever thecuet or
English. It would seem her chances how long It will take we must pay
for winning the war or a peace the price. There is no other alter
which would save th«* abolishment native. We know that we are fight
of Kaiaerism. the opportunity is at ing an inhuman and dastardly en
Display advertising, per Inch
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hand.
Even the heat! way she seems to
have made in driving back the Eng
lish is sure to result in the rushing
of reinforcements to the English,
and uleas she (Germany) can bring
other like new levies the present
gain ia not likely to be permanent.
The colossal battle of the world'a
hietorv t* now on and if it does not
result in decisive gains for the Ger
man arm* the great contest will
have been, practically, decided.
emv and the «lormoui price we
would I* compelled to pay should
he be the victor. The few dollar*
vou may have or will contribute to
the Red Crosa or invest in Liberty
lM>nd* ia but a drop in the bucket
compared to the tribute you would
be compelled to pay with Kaiaerism
the victor.
Our one line of defense and pro
tection i* our American soldiers and
sailors. They offer their lives while
we at homo are simply aaked to loan
our money to the Government with
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
, which to maintain our boys on the
firing line. I* there any doubt in
what will bo your duty
The rentrai figure of the Amen- your
thaught of today to Ute
ally, kicking themaelv««* for trotini
for
the measure.
It ia difficult fur us who are au
Of course th,- p*-«»i»l«• «-xpectMi
far from th«- theater of war to real
..IJI
Wollin
ise that we are up against th* mo that a Uxird of commix’i*
mentous war of all history. The I«* appotnl«*d to Itandl»* lin* fumi,
thr>
cause« of lh>- wars of tie*
seem which would be fair.
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petty when compared with the great we*r hutnbuggeil
m**» of th«« csum * of the present
Human liberty is
world struggle,
Drmocracy must
in the tialance.
win and th«* bur«l«m of U m * contest
in the «ad must I* borne by Ameri
ca. We must furnish the principal
man power, the money and I he food. ■
Wc cannot avoid it if we would. It
is ■ condition for which we are in
no way responsible. Yet it must I m *
met and it is infinitely better that
the slruggk* shall be decided in Eu-.
rope than for it to be brought to
our own land.
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So let us build ships with the
greatest speed, produce fisxj iffisi-
ucta as abundantly as possible and
buy bonds whenever n«-c«-sAary,
day* to buy liberty bonds?
th»* o inonissmn is said to be loo
closely I’l*11ritified with the irit«-rests
of Ike W a rrrnite |*>>pleand another
- if an uncertain >h»tM>at-
riM’inl«
' tmn. T im t events which have trane-
Min-d «nnI- th«* law (■•came opera-
»ntinu«**l < hi paire 3)
These are the duties of we people
at home, l«et us do them promptly
and cheerfully and the American aul-i
• • •
drer» on the battlefields in Europe
will do the rest.
“WE TOLD YOU SO
When th«* issue of state bonds
was before th«* people The Tribune
was on«- of the very few new»oa|>«-r»
of th«- »tat«* which i>|«p*>m*«i the Port
land program. This writer thought
hr could see th«- w*crvl purpose of.
th«- intrigu«- to Commit th«* stat«* to
the l><>n«iing system to secure r<«ad
paving
We thought then ami. in
th«* light of went» mnee th«* Port
land votes enacted the measure into
law. that th«* w-errt purpose was
twofold, via.: To furnish gilt edge
I mhx I n for the bond buyer* and to
incr«*aM* th«* lovalties of the Warren
Construction Company'* pat«nt r«ad
material.
Th«* bond buyers wanted the state
bonds
In their hearts they did not.
nor do not now, care a tig whether
or not the state road», other than
th«* Columbia highway, were paved.
Tliey just wanted the bonds for a
safe and profitable investment ami
they intemied to buy them as cheap
ly as they could
As ls«th I h XI* I IS-
sues which hate l*evn sold brought
les* than their par value, their in
trigue or scheme has w««n out. The
recent sale of $5< hi .< mmi was trimmed
n«-arly ten per cent
Now there is
no reason why <)r«-g**n bond* should
not sell at tlie.r full fa«* value. The
stat«* has never injur«*d its ci«*dit in
any way and at that time was not in
debt. At that tun«- there was much
idle money ami the state presente«!
a very inviting field for exploita
tion. As we now know, th«* people
were caught napping ami fell into
the trap which had t<«*n baited so
invitingly with automobile license
money. Now th«* auto owner who
cannot take his joy ti«ir over th«* Co
lumbia highway nlust I* content to
travel over an ordinary crushed rock
or gravel road and will probably do
so for many y«*ars to come.
The
bait of a paved Pacific highway has
gone glimmering.
With th«* Warren < <>n*truction
Co. the bond issue was simply a
Cold-blooded busin«MW prop««siti<in.
That company km-w its natent on
road material was *oon toexpireand
it simplv wanted to increase its roy
alties l*fore the patent expired.
The promise to build section» of
paved roads on various parts of the
Pacific highway was certainly a very
smooth piece of work on th* part of
the t«>nd advocates.
Hut we h«*ar
nothing about paving now. It ia
intimated by the alate commission
that paving will he laid only on the
Columbia highway and that any por
tion of the fund used on the Pacific
highway will I m » for gravel and
crush«-«! r»ck
They do not say so. but it ia safe
tn asaume that auto owners in the
Willamette Valley are.
American People
There ia no foundation for the alleged
violations of law attributed to our Com
pany by agents of the Federal Trade
Commission and 1 u ant to say emphatic
ally that Swift ¿fc Company is not a party to
any conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment. Nor has Swift & Company been
guilty of improperly storing fraxis or of
making false entries or reports.
Conference* of packer*, where prices
have been discus ed. have been held at
the urgent request and in the presence
of representatives of either the Food
Administration or the Council of National
Defense. And yet the packers have been
accused of committing a felony by acting
in collusion on Government bids I
We have done our best, with other
packer*, large mid small, to comply with
the directions of tlie United States Food
Administration in all particulars, including
the fori ashing otfixxl supplies kir the U. S.
Army pn<l Navy and the Al^< s, now be
ing handled through the Food Adminis
tration.
We will continue to do our utmoil.un-
der Government direction, to increase our
production and assist the Food Adminis
tration. Wc consider that the opportunity
to co-operate whoic-heartedly and to our
fullest powers with this branch of the
Govemrpent is our plain and must press
ing duty.
The Trade Commission Attorney ha*,
by false inference and misplaced empha
sis, given to disconnected portions of the
correspondence taken from our private
files and read into the Record, a false and
sinister meaning with the plain purpose
of creating antagoniUic public opinion.
The service* of the packer* of the
United States are most urgently needed,
and 1 regTet exceedingly that wc should at
this time have to spend our etiorts in
defending ourselves against unfounded,
unproved, and unfair assertions such as
are being daily made public.
ofunffc President
Swift & Company, U.S. A.