AI.I1AX HKRAI.D. THt'RHDAV. OCT. 11, 1U17
THE ALLIANCE HERALD
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THE SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
The second Liberty Loan dating from October I will be unlimited
in amount above the thrt billion dollars required for the govern
ment's immediate needs. This ofTer of bonds for an unlilhted total,
though new in this country, lias been Um universal practice in the
case of foreign governments at war. For example, (Ireat Britain's
Victory Loan fixed only the minimum at three billions and the British
people subscribed five billions. But if we now float a five billion
issue of bonds, the people must subscribe seven billions, for it has
been decided to issue bonds for only half of the amount subscribed
above the minimum of the three billions. The government's object
is said to be not merely to insurane an oversubscription but to stim
ulate the saving habit among the people. It is desired that the citizen
will take all the bonds he can with the understanding that he may
be apportioned fewer than he subscribed for.
The people of western Nebraska responded in a material way to
the sale of the bonds of the First Liberty Loan. However, it took
Home little time to wake many up to the realization of their duty in
this connection and to make them realize that while they were per
lorming a duty they were making a safe, sane, and sound investment.
Jt is hoped that western Nebraska will respon dquickly to the buy
ing of bonds of the Second Liberty Loan.
The new bonds will pay a higher internet four per cent. They
arc for twenty-five years redeemable in ten. The subscription terms
eall for payment of 2 per cent down, 18 per cent on November 15, and
46 per cent on December 14 and January 15, there being thus four
payments instead of the five allowed on the first loan, a saving to
the Washington authorities and to- banks and bookkeepers. Nearly
all the money raised will be spent in this country, the government
paying out the money for necessary supplies. No doubt millions will
mow a seoond time come to the country's aid in order that a just war
may be vigorously prosecuted, and, while answering the call of
patriotism profit by an interest -bearing and absolutely safe investment.
his armies and that he could be captured or killed on the firing line
in a fair fight? Do they not know that, he is commander-in-chief
only in the sense that President Wilson is and that he could be
reached only by a stealthy assassin, who, like an anarchist bomb
thrower, would inevitably pay for the effort with his life? There
is little danger that any American after reflection, would undertake,
such an outlawed mission, but there is great danger of bringing
frightful suffering upon American prisoners in consequence of Ger
man rage, and for this reason as well as for others the insensate prop
osition ought to be promptly discouraged.
ARMS FOR THE SOLDIERS
There has been wide circulation of a story to the effect that there
is a great shortage of lilies for our new army, that rifle, manufac
turing concerns arc idle, and that in consequence our soldiers, when
trained and readv to go to France, will have no arms. It was as
lerted that, the National army is now being drilled with wooden guns
and sticks. This tale, obviously originating in pro-German imagina
tion, has been taken up by alarmists and partisans with a view to
convict the government of carelessness and general incompetency.
The inevitable effect originally aimed at- is to breed distrust and
check popular enthusiasm.
In order to counteract the harm thus accomplished, General
(rozier, Chief of Ordnance, has issued a statement of the truth, show
ing that the rifle factories have been working intelligently and indus
triously to meet the great demand for a modem weapon of the best
type, that late in September they were delivering to the government
1,200 such rifles a day and that the daily deliveries will gradually
increase. 1 his means that by next spring at least two million rules
of the desired type will be available. Moreover, there are now 5,000
rifles suitable for drilling purposes, as the companies can drill at
different hours."
The explanation shows that the War Department has not failed
to meet the needs of the situation and the right kind of rifles will be
available in abundance as soon as the men are trained and ready for
active service.
THE SENATE AND LA FOLLETTE
The demand for the expulsion of La Follette from the Senate
comes from all parts of the country, those voicing it including our
two ex-Presidents and other eminent persons. When President But
ler of Columbia University called upon the Senators from New York
to take the lead in this matter and denounced La Follette for treason
and sedition, he was wildly cheered by an audience of American
bankers. The expulsion of La Follette is even urged by organizations
in his own state. Everywhere he is recognized as a persistent oppo
nnt of the war, as a foe of its effective prosecution, and as a cease
less propagandist of pro-German doctrine. The damage he is doing
his own country and the service he is rendering Germany arc self
evident, concrete proof being furnished by the trunkful of his
speeches found in the possession of one of the men actually convicted
of actively supporting the enemy. Nothing could more clearly reveal
the estimate placed on La Follette s work by German spies and prop
agandists. t The grave question is whether the government and people of this
country can afford to give such a seditious orator the freedom and
prestige of the United States Senate. The Senate itself, with or with
out popular pressure, can deal effectively with an obnoxious mem
ber, and surely there would be wholesome results from the exercise
of its power in this instance. Speaking of the Congress, the Consti
tution says: "Each House shall be judge of the qualifications of its
own members." And it is provided that either House may expel one
of its members by a two-thirds vote. In any warring country of
Europe a La Follette would long since have been disposed of.
A WORTHY EXAMPLE
Ex-Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, erstwhile pacifist,
is a shining example putting to shame the obstinate obstructionists
who persist even in the midst of war. Mr. Bryan did all that he
rwml.l rln in nroi-Piit wnr but when war name he nromittlv rejected
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pacifism, took a sound position and planted bis feet upon firm ground,
arguing, before the people everywhere that the only thing to do is
to tight hard, that the more vigorous me prosecution ot me war ine
sooner the restoration of peace, and that a united people is as neces
sary a means to that end as a great army. In a recent speech in
Chicago he said:
"Criticism of the government is not now in place. It
creates a wrong impression among our enemies abroad.
After this government has acted, discussion has closed and
is no longer patriotic or . American. After Congress has
acted in declaring war it is a matter of law, and the man
ho criticises it is not law abiding. He is resorting to an
archy. 1 don't know how long the war will last, but DO
matter how long it may last 1 know that the quickest way
out is straight through."
tt is a pity that Mr. Bryan can not deliver his common-sense
n ssage in his usual effective way before all the gatherings and con
ventions of the weak-minded and misguided, the foreign-influenced,
tie mar-traitors. He might le able to call not a few out of the evil
company of this country's masked foes.
"RAISE A PIG"
iJoys' corn clubs have been famous for years, in the Central and
St i thern states, the record yields achieved by some ot these young
a s beinsr astonishing, but it is not so widely known that here in
1 luaska and nearby states there are boys' poultry clubs, "baby
I t' club," garden clubs, and pig clubs. The boys' and girls' clubs
..:iducted in Box Butte county and many other counties m this and
other states are worthy of the notice and praise of Mr. Hoover, who
is trying to interest every sort and class of people in the great work
I fore this country. In every instance the winners in the different
clubs have succeeded in producing better products, greater yields, etc.,
than have the regular farmers of any given territory. Bight now
Mr. Hoover is trying to "bring home the message of the hog." Wars
are not won by men, money and munitions alone, as has been said,
but there is a fourth requisite vast food supplies. Mr. Hoover real
izes that of all the meat food sources available for rapid development
the hog. an exceedingly prolific animal, stands first, and tor that rea
son he has asked the business men of the country to stimulate the
breeding of pigs in their sections.
Many hogs are now being raised in this section of the country
where but a short time ago but one hog was raised. Western
Nebraska farmers are awakening to the realization that there is real
money in the hog raising business and as a result this branch of the
business of farming is receiving greater attention now than ever
before.
As hogs can be multiplied much more rapidly than cattle, it is
recommended as a patriotic duty to "raise a pig" as well as to "plant
h garden," and there will be a response, but as a practical means to
the desired end, one very promising means, the various Farm Bureaus,
Community Clubs and other active organizations could hardly do
better than encourage competing pig clubs among their farmer boys.
TO GET THE KAISER n
A proposition to raise a million dollars as a reward for the Amer
ican who "gets the Kaiser" was recently reported from Texas and
later from from several other states of the Southwest and South, in
some cases the popular subscriptions having actually started and the
amount contributed bv citizens listed. Probably the promoters have
not realized what their project involves as otherwise they surely
would have hesitated to become responsible for such an undertaking.
To "get" in popular American slang means to knock out, to shoot
or to kill, according to the connection in which the term is em
ployed. That the proposition is of such seriousness is shown by the
use of accompanying terms as "capture," "get his scalp," "a price
on the head of," etc. Baldly stated, the proposition is to send an
American into Germany to asainate the Kaiser in retaliation for
his alleged offer of a price for 'the capture of the first American
soldier.
If this project persists and is heard far and wide, the effect in
Germany will be similar to the effect in the United States of a project
to send a German to Washington to assassinate President Wilson,
and the result will be that the lot of American prisoners in Ger
many, cruelly hard at beat, will be literally unendurable. Do the
authors of this proposition suppose that the Kaiser personally leads
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