Evening journal., 1917-05-24
BUYING LIBERTY
BANDS To help
CLEAR trenches
tcontlnued From TIrst -

speakers. ~ AihNH iA' Hfff''
caused the orators TO cease talking
until the applause subsidized The
meeting opened shortly after s o'clock
with Colonel Benjamin f. Nields. a
veteran Of the Civil War and presi-
dent OF the Security Trust and Safe
Deposit Company. acting as temper
airy chairman. The object OF the gath
cring was 10 stimular purchase OF
Liberty Loan Bonds. Thomas +.
Bayard was chosen chairman OF the
meeting, and in opening he said that
1--WE as citizens OF great republic,
we're engaged in a struggle between
democracy and autocracy, and the
first step towards making our battle
a success is 20 get behind she Liberty
Loan and for each to DO our pant
Joseph Wayne. Jr.. president OF
the Girard National Bank. OF Phila-
delphia. was introduced by Mr.Bay-
ard. and he said in part
II have been pondering why ] as
a Philadelphia banker was invited
down here to discuss the Liberty
Loan az town meeting, which
think Is a good idea, in the past the
government has floated similar loans
and il was possible for one man or
set OF men TO subscribe TO them. IN
the War OF the Revolution IL was a
Philadelphian. Robert Morris, who
after the hard winter at Valley
Forge in i777 financed the war. Dur
ing the War or 1912. when the gov
eminent was having difficulty in
hoating the war bonds, stephen Gil
rard. another resident Of the Quaker
City. came forward and offered TO
buy the bonds and the people see
ing that he was taking them started
10 buy them.
Net Asking for Charity.
During the Civil War. Jay Cooke,
another Philadelphia, stepped for
ward and finance that war. In this
case no one man can finance the
government, and while the banks
could take the bonds II the people
do not. it would cause the money
needed for commercial use TO be tied
up and the business Of the country
would suffer The success OF the
Liberty Bond must come from and
depend on the people alone.
when the Government asks you 20
take these bonds II Is not asking yon
for charity or is Il asking you for q
gift. II lis offering you an invest
ment and II those bonds are worth
less so is the grcenback in your
pocket You receive from them 100
per cent value and in addition your
interest al the end Of the year
"Tho public IS responding nobly To
the call OF the Government and all
banks are arranging TO place the
Liberty Bonds in peoples hands
through the partial payment plan Al
IS easy 70 secure a bond-you merely
steD IN 10 the counter OF the bank
and buy the bond
"Delaware is expected 20 take ST.
300. 600 worth OF the Liberty Loan as
its contribution to this work and lets
all work for the common cause lh'
man who buys a $50 bond Is as muei
: a patriot as the man who buys @luV'
or $40 900 900 worth
Buv Bonds 10 Clear Trenches.
James L. PeQuignot. OF the Nationa
City Company, Of Philadelphia was
the second speaker
chairman and fellow american
citizens.r he said. philadelphia eX
tends the hand OF co operation to WI
mington and. all OF Delaware and We
hone you will be with us. We are
learning from you. and you can learn
from us. Tho success OF the Liberty
Loan Is as sure as the success OF thu
Allied armies in Europe, and like tbs
elimination OF caste on the battlcheld'
of Europo. the Liberty Loan depends
on tho cooperation OF all citizens W.
are hrhting for democracy. and In Tn
trenches and training camps the son.
OF the rich and the poor are hnkes
arm in arm, fghting the battles o
their country on the hlood-staine'
flcld OF Europe.
.'The wagc.carncr here is the ma
who is going TO put across the Lipcft
Loan. and It will be done m such r man
ner that il will astonish the worl'
Within a short time IN these seriou
times Il will be possible to buy thos
bonds on the partial payment plan, an
In Philadelphia the department. store
hnve opeued booths and clubs have bee
formed among the employees for the sa
Of tho bonds. Our Board of Educatio
Is sending out literature TO teachers an
70 the parents of the children, explain
ING how easy it is TO start saving Il
the children by buying bond. Lars
electrical signs arc being erected adve
Using the Liberty Loan, buttons are
he distributed to those who buy bon
and other ideas are being carried out
make the sale % the bonds a success.
DPaci6sts failed with their cry Of g
the bows out of the trenches by Ohrs
mas The only way to get those who
we hold dear home again IS through u
Liberty Loan. This is the message
bring to you Delawareans from the Ci'
Of Brotherlv Love"
Handy Stirs Audience.
Former Congressman Handy WI
the last speaker and he had his aud
ence convulsed with laughter
times. and again he had them stilr'
10 the utmost by his patriotic refe
ences In opening his remarks
said that il was queer how we are q
Influenced more or less by the
auence of other men, In this come
ZION he explained that his gran
fathers grandfather. George Hand
had passed where the Hotel duPol
row stands in 17I7, driving a gig an
under the seat he had his treasul
chest with $4,000 specie. which
took to the Continental Congress
Philadelphia as his first contribute
to the country's first liberty loan.
Because I know what my ancest'
did. one hundred and forty years ag
accepted the invitation to be hei
tonight" Mr.. Handy added
Mr.. Handy caused some laughtt
when he said that by converting
dollar into Liberty Loan Bonds nov
when wheat is selling at S375
huehol II ,would ho noccfl,lo ~ n