Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-10
LIBERTY BONDS ARE
BEST INVESTMENTS
Lawrence Chamberlain, Lead
ing New York Bond Author
ity, and Dwight Hills Talk
to Commercial Club Men.

Washington, June 9.-With only
week left in which to subscribe
to the Liberty loan, subscriptions
must come at the rate of 100000
900 day to make up the total Of
$4,000, 100000. The daily average of
subscriptions has been only $54.-
100000.
This is national crisis; the soldier
must protect the state; the business
man must equip the soldier, otherwise
the republic apd our allies cannot
survive" said Rev. Newell Dwight
Hills Of Brooklyn in his Liberty loan
talk to Commercial club men at the
club rooms at noon.
~lt is Americas best investment
Everyone should buy bond. The pri.
vate investor must take good share,
said Lawrence Chamberlain OF New
York, recognized authority on bonds
in his talk on the same subject.
The men are travelling together
Their itinerary includes thirty cities
in eighteen states. They are holding
mass meetings to stimulate the pur-
chase OF the Liberty bonds.
Judge w. D. McHugh presided at
the luncheon.
Crisis Upon Us.
Like an advancing storm, suddenly
crisis has come upon our beloved
country" said Rev. Mr.. Hills. "Not
since Fort Sumpter was fired upon
has the sky been so black, With
France and England we have now
entered upon the most terrible war
that ever shook the earth.
"One hundred and forty years ago
our fathers founded this republic,
dedicated to independence, equality
and self-government. In 1776 three
millions of people, controlling a little
fringe of land on the Atlantic coast,
founded our free institutions. Soon
France and Switzerland followed our
lead, until today there are more than
twenty republics, including eleven
hundred millions of people, control
ling nine-tenths of the land of the
globe. Over against the democracy
OF the free people, with their manu-
featuring life, stands the autocracy OF
Germany, with her military life. In
this terrible war autocracy and DEM
ocracy are in death grapple.
Against Free Peoples.
"Today we behold a nation using
every power Of the intellect, every
secret Of science, every form of or
ganized efficiency, not to build up and
better the Germans, but to strike
down and ruin peaceful Belgians and
the French peasants.
Over against the free peoples, en-
phasizing industry, stands autocratic
Germany, that has turned its land
into military machine, and for years
prepared for a calculated and re-
tnorseless use of steel, fiery gas, dyna-
mite, torpedoes, for killing any people
whose industrial prosperity either ex-
ceeds theirs or stands in the way of
their ambitious schemes.
"Once Rome was over against
Carthage, like two castles over
against each other, with cannon shot
ted to the muzzle. Today, German
autocracy and militarism is over
against the free peoples as a castle
with cannon belching fame is over
against cathedral or the library OF
Louvain, the picture, gallery, the fac
tory and the home"
Loyalty Bids Support.
The speaker declared that LOYALTY
to our fathers bids us support the Lib
erty loan, and that even self-interest
urges support. He pointed to the sit
uation in Russia in which democracy,
50 recently born, has given place to
'mobocracy," which brought about
he collapse of Russia.
He concluded by saying: "The vic.
tory of the Liberty loan and this war,
safeguarding democracy, is to be the
most glorious victory that has ever
blessed the human race"
Mr.. Chamberlain urged that large
percentage of the $2,000,000,000 Lib
erty loan bonds be taken by private
investors. He held this to be es.
sential. He referred to the $25,000,00C
bond purchase made by the steel
corporation, and held this to be ex-
cellent, but cautioned, ut is sound and
proper, within certain limits, that in
stitutions such as that to which have
referred, shall join in these subscrip-
tons, but if they buy too much, the
money thus employed is diverted
from the ordinary channels Of bust
ness with detriment to the national
prosperity"