Rock Island Argus., 1917-06-06
SPEECHES AIDING
SALE Of BONDS
Local Orators WiI Resume Talks in
Interest Of Liberty Loan
IN Theatres.
TELLNG ARGUMEYTs ARE TsED
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James Fitzpatrick Warns Of What May
Happen IL Full Amount Loan
Is N0t Subscribed,


Toastmasterst club will continue their
talks tonight in the local movie houses
Ia the interest oe the Liberty loan.
Charles Atkinson. who is III charge of
the brigade Of speakers. has arranged
the schedule for the remainder of the
week Theatre patrons are being made
acquainted with the purposes Of the
big lean and the methods used 10
raise it
Following is a sample o1 the talks
delivered bv the "Four Minute Men
This talk was made recently by James
Fitzpatrick.
president Wilson has summoned
5000 Of our boys to France and soon
tbev Will be fighting shoulder to shouI-
der with our allies and 1l another few
months there alI be q stream Of
American soldiers crossing the ocean
10 fight for democracy. Is 10 any more
than fair that those who stay al home
should stand behind these hoys& They
are ready 60 lay down their lives. is
it any more than fair that we should
lay down OUR dollars
Germany alone has 5000 0oG men
under arms That means we cannot
win this war by waving d8Gs and sing
ing The Star 5panBled Banner II
we want 10 protect our country and
our homes Il NE are going to protect
dau0craev all over The world II we
are E0luE fo make Belgium free. Ser
hla free and Poland free. and keep
England free. and France free. and
Russia free and make Ireland free.
we must fight. net with cheers and
flags and songs. but with men and with
dollars.
1.-THE government must ratsC at once
81 600 600 600 and the loan is called
the Liberty loan And what is thls
Liberty G0suz It's our answer 70 the
invasion Of Belgium Its our answer
80 the Scrap Of Paper Speech lis
cur answer To rae sinking Of the LUsL-
lania-
"Dont forget that until we get our
army and navy into shape the English
navy and the armies Of our allies are
6Ehtl1g this war for Us and the least
ws can do Is 10 supply our share of
the money to- pay for it.
"Wna is going to win this war2 II
wa are. we must dGHr 80 the last dol
lar TO the last man. and 10 She last
heart beat Are EDu zCinE to stand bg
and suffer defearz Are Eou going to
meet a CC1Querors terms Ara you
going to look -5utdLy at long process
zIcu5 of c0nG GEer-ng troops tramplng
down our srreetse
either we VIII walk down the kaIs-
er-s streets or his soldiers viii march
ur0uGlE and arrCgautIE along Pen0sEI-
raTrla avenue and sign the treaty Of
peace under the dome cf our capitol
I'm Washington. or In the same room
where Lincoln signed the EuanclpH-
zion Proclamation.
"Lr IS not question whether we viii
or VIII nos buy our government bonds.
tths best investment in tha worldf and
get wouT money back with ~ per cent
interest but whether YOU Will pay The
kaiser. not TWO billions Of indemnity
1ut ten billions. II we should be beat
eu ln tals war, we'll have 10 pay. Just
as the poor 8a5Elaus had to paw. The
City Of Autwe erp-cne little city il Bel
zluu-Gad 90 pay 100000 to the in
Vadars or have their ucbLesr citizens
shot down Ike dogs. and remember
they were defending their owu land
against invasion. What do sou sup
pose you will have to pay il we are
defeated Ten thousand mi1Eou-
tell E0G ten thousand million
And it's not charity our government
asks out loan liberty loan. q loan
tor freedom ana democracy
Most 1L YOU cannot 60 TO the front.
but you can help by buying Liberty
bonds SO we can buy food and cloth-
ing and guns and ammunition ships
and shells and horses and caunons-
Y 2 must care for those who are left
behind by the BOYS at the front.
And you can pay cash or buy on
EEEE GeLFs anr~ Read naraTG and