The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-12
Rogers Has Completed
Preliminary Work for
Loan Campaign
FLYING SQUADRON
UNIQUE ADJUNCT
Many Agencies Enlist to
Aid Government In FL
/ nancing New Loan

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northwest.
He Also Fights Who Helps =
Fighter Fight" and Buy Liberty
Bonds the Best investment in the
World. !" win everywhere be caption
lines.
This means that emphasis is going
to be put on the patriotic duty Of all
the people to buy and also on the
great fact that as business PROPOSE
ton, IL for no other reason, everyone,
farmers, bankers. laboring men,
clerks, women, even children should
buy.
In acknowledgement and Pierce
Arrows. and Packards, and little
cars, and limousines and runabouts.
a great army of patriotic men doing
service for Uncle Sam will be at
work.
All is ready for the big selling
campaign in the vast rich country
from Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. to the
big western Montana line, in North
and South Dakota, western Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota.
Sunday is Liberty Bond day in the
churches and many stirring
patriotic sermon will be preached.
Monday is the day the big sale
begins.
Farmers Are Buying.
Speakers who are in the field this
week are stirring up enthusiasm every
where. Many men and women who
are keen to see the investment posi-
bilities OF anything offered to them
are figuring that with their money
in bonds that are better than actual
gold, and bringing them in 4 per
cent, they are secure. The fact that
t. New Sua
making a great appeal to those who
have less than $1,000 to invest. Many
farmers are already buying the
bondR E8s .-# . aEsgel
lThe great rioh Ninth Reserve dis
trict Is counted on to- do more than
its share and to back up the gov
eminent by loaning it. the money
that IL needs. --.-s
The United States is the richest,
strongest country in the world. and
10 ID not asking anybody, not even
it's own citizens to give Ii money.
II wants to BORROW your money.
1t win pay it back with good inter-
est.
There does not exist in the entire
world, q security so safe as United
States government bonds.
For thirty-e eight years, the United
States has never issued a bond at n
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The last issue above I per cent was
-Four per cent bonds of the govern
ment in ordinary times. have sold at
ia TO I19.
Value Of U. Q. Bonds.
A one thousand dollar (S1,000l
bond of the United States govern
ment could be sold through these
thirty-eight years at anywhere from
one thousand one hundred forty dol
lars (s1,14O) 60 one thousand one
hundred ninety dollars (S1,1s0).
That's the kind Of country the
United States Is.
There, is only one thing In the
world better than actual gold or gold
certificates and that is the United
States government bond.
III you have the gold or the paper
money hidden away, it brings you in
nothing.
III you have 4 per cent bonds rum
ming twenty-five years, the interest
you will get in that time viii be
Asequal to the full amount Of the bonds.
And you still have the bonds that the
government will pay OF at full face
value in gold.
No state, city, county or even the
government itself can tax you on
these bonds unless you own more
than $4,000 worth.
Readily Negotiable.
But IL you own bonds, and you
need money, you do not have to wait.
twenty-five years. Any bank will
buy them from you or loan on them
virtually to the full amount. The
interest coupons that are attached
to the bonds can be- taken off as the
interest periodically comes due, and
any bank, or the postmaster in any
town will pay them In cash.
The second Liberty Loan OF 1917
Is the greatest Investment opportunl-
tv ever put before the people.
Even IL q man looks at II merely
as a business proposition, it is the
best thing in the world today. But
when you consider that by loaning
your money TO the government at
this time, you are doing a service OF
loyalty and putting yourself on rec
ord as a patriot, II offers to every
man, woman or child who wants to
enroll as a patriot, the opportunity
OF lifetime.
Flying Squadron.
Seventeen men who comprise a
flying squadron' are starting into
the field from Minneapolis tonight to
check up the entire Ninth Reserve
district on the Liberty Loan.
These men are fully authorized by
the executive 20 travel on trains, by
automobile, afoot or any way and to
everywhere and find out how the
Liberty Loan campaign Is going
and what the prospect is for big
sale Of bonds when the selling starts
Monday.
They are going to talk to farmers,
labofing men, merchants, women
everybody. They are going to report
to Minneapolis every night and II
they find anything that is important
enough they will wire headquarters
or call on q long distance tele-
phone.
The executive committee is going
TO keep these men in the field until
the campaign closes. Some Of them
already are going through Minnesota
and they win be In Montana, North
and South Dakota, and northern
Michigan and Wisconsin.
II they ind q community where
the bonds are not selling they viii
find the reason why and report. liz
there are not enough OF them to
cover the whole district more men
win be sent out.
The names Of these men selected
for this special and important duty
(which they are doing as volunteers
i. C. Wynne, Dana Stone, r. c.
Rfbbee, IL. T. Mcbride M. ~. ASH
mum. James +. Coleman, Charles r.
Bornefield, John b. Spencer, r. l.
Cowell, r. 2. HerteIl, r.. j. Kennedy,
Ben Claus Isl. y. Young, q. ". Nc
Clintock, s. =. Castle M. =. kiddeFi
and ]. i. Root.