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LOCAL MAN TALAS TO ROTARY CLUBWARD GITTINGS. OF THE GOLD MEDAL CAMP R'RXITI RE COMPANY. SPEAKS ON GROWTH OF WAR IXDFSTRIE8. .Ward Gitt:ngs. of the Gold Medal ('amp Furniture company, was the speaker before the Rotary club luncheon at noon today. HU talk on the war Industry ana growth of the eoin-l'.»yn‘s business is txpical of many concerns In Racine and of the growth of the city at large. He said In part: On looking up the sa^es or several years ago. In 1893. the entire sale*, of our company amounted to less than $9,000, but there has been a steady Increase due to the various demands tor this class of supplies. In 18'.*T the demand had almost doubled. In the latter part of 189S. during th? Spanish-American war. Helen Gouid. In order to give the soldiers some of the comforts which th* ■ needed, placed an order for 50.Ooo cots and presented the**e t«* the government for the usements to any great extent are those to the Philippine government.Carter Talks.The Rev. John Carter spoke for a few minute* on the work he has been doing in the War Recreation service. F. C. Rogers also spoke. A resolution was adopted to back a non-conditional” surrender club In the city. Another resolution was passed in support of the Greater Racine College campaign.I 11|S!iflt;! *tlOSAYS WAR SITUATIONIS SERIOUSn[a(Continued from Page 1.)ward. In France there arose exten-i-lve war literature whg-h referred to I Impending war with Germany. A us- J trln-Hungary's influence in the Balk- i ans was to be eliminated. The Run- | sinn expansion movement und the pan- I I Slavic idea demanded It.Klames Hu**. for War.. The match was not put to the pow- I her by the Prussian military party, but I ' whjic the Germun emperor, was up to; the last moment, endeavoring to pre-ibrvOf the soldier: nient. after re seeing the nee the camp. plalt; (»oo additional, cots being use American war mand for theThe r. •«. go vein-■oivlng tli^se cots and p.--ity for the same in •el an order for 100,-The result of these d during tile Spanish-resulted in a great decots after the soldiersind from that time on-md for camp supplieshad returne-ward. the dIncreased rapidly.Government Adopts Cot.The I'. S. government adopted this cote with a few suggestions of improvement on our part as scan lard in • and it has been so ever ract* from that time on c«-d as the requirementsthe Isince and con have been pi: demanded.Practieallj also adopted In the varioueverva :t:theA*bedtre?wetwhw*roiis. o lt;es and ■ design *h have When th the Ainencjth* ed he* • Know *r men re the ' chairs articlesme th opearR»larg*Usecoun wore t: -niimu' •r their. thlar»!y i sup C*»tlt;*'•jd.fam-a INational Guard ■ ami were used ninps.rmip comforts 1** manufacture rncimling many standard l i and officers, army litters, ramp n.at-*11 of whichmpany a ml andard. r broke out. requested a etchers for the various I”' of these use at that went into this requiring it 's. immediate-racts for these it two million stretchers, to-de other sup-llstrlbuted sthrouen-Kn'it »?lt;in _thftpeace. the Russian military party put through the mobilization against the weak will of the czar and * thereby made war unavoidable. jThe official count of the Stikhom- t lir.off trial made this clear to everyone j who desired to see.We can look calmly forward to the i ! Judgment of posterity. For the pres-; ent it is true those who are in power | in the enemy countries have succeeded by an unparalleled campaign of lies : nd calumny in obscuring the truth. When a result was not obtained by the spoken or written word it was achieved by pictorial representations - productions of absolutely devilish fanasty from which one turns with horror and lt;disgust.Frople Hate Germany.The object has been attained. A | hatred ha- been raised among the en- * emy populations against the central ! powers and particularly against Ger- ] many - a hatred which eschews all moderation and hok**s otr all Just j Judgment.You have all read Premier C’lemen- t rea u*s !n-t speech,^ ;t speech which) seemed in it- fanatical hatred and the lt;roars'-ness of mind displayed to surpass anything hitherto achieved. But in A merlon it found a many-voiced echo, as I- proved bv the pronounce, ments thr.t are reaching our ears from j across the oc an.The wildest war furv is at present raging In the I'nited State.- The peo-H are intoxicated with the i«iea that* America must bnng the blessines of | modern liberal kullur (?• to the enslaved peoples of central Europe, while a* the same time they a*-c re-joicing »ii th** many millions of dollars which the wit- •imamen’s arc causing tu How into the pockets of the nessmen «busi-t\v• wer concf whirld proverbmand OUR t35 ne pan\ the \ lng i' Aust Zeals ment parts the vGrowingThere ha for si;f tin11IPdult;ittortedi:id. T been of the ilds ofthese go* m issimuir •he last • porting h mum. s*Demand for Supplies.de-»vi-about 3 to ■t of our *-lt;ni-o all parts of luantitles be-s«»uth Africa. 111 ppines and New however ship-to nearly ai! other among them being il Afrlea. evidently first introduced by explorers. During however, this ex-ut down to a mini-esent the only shlp-Marrti Into BelgiumThe them and practice different things. The o the mote In another's e beam in one’s own, ilnds constant illustration In the machinations of the entente. They are never tired of con-»ht*UGent being and v#*.i r Iioph r at rdenv they pass lt;Greece, th* countries iir march into Belgium, but ive the oppression of•nterference with tha* item: 1 affairs and the enforced abdication of its king as if theywere matters of course.They assert tha* they arc fighting to protect oppressed nations, but the century-old sorrows and the justiahle grievances of Ireland, nowhere hearing, not even In America, the people are acquainted will through the numerous Irish grants Tlie British government is especially fond of talking ofnno a where them immi-whlch rightand Justice recently found Itcompati-recognize
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Racine Journal News
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Sep 25, 1918
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