The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-09-06
The Second Liberty Loar.

Kenosha has million dollars in
vested in war. This amount has been
expended in the purchase of Liberty
Loan bonds in the city and it is ex-
pected that within the next three
months an equal sum or more will be
handed over the counters of banks and
counting rooms to prove the belief OF
tie people of Kenosha in the stability
Of the government and in the
righteousness of its cause in battling
for world freedom.
Right now is the time to begin to
make your preparations to go into
partnership with your government.
War costs money, but the ends sought
in war are worth paying for.
All that has been said in regard to
the sale of the first issue of Liberty
Bonds is doubly true now. The United
States has outlined its definite war
aims. 1t has told its own people and
the people of the world just what it is
fighting for. These sentiments have
been acclaimed by the people of
nation as their sentiment and it
is up to these people to finance
the proposition.
In financing the war the govern
ment is not demanding sacrifice, but
simply business sense.
There is only one thing certain about
the financial and commercial conditions
that peace is going to bring and that
is their uncertainty. 1t may be that
coming peace will usher in an era Of
unparalleled prosperity; it may be an
era of unequalled business stagnation;
1T may be an era of the severest com
petitioA that we have ever experienced
Economic war is pretty certain to fol-
dow the staunching Of the wounds of
The battle field. The doubt in regard
to the future makes the investment in
The bonds of the government doubly
attractive. Liberty Loan Bonds are
not only patriotic, but they are sound.
IF the government stands these bonds
are going to be paid principle and
the interest--when they come due. If
The government falls the money which
might have gone into the battle to win
will fall as the booty to some nation
which has more patriotic people who
are willing to back it to pay the price
of successful war.
The present war is a people g war
Ut is a war for the freedom of all peo-
pie and it is entitled to the support of
The people. The Liberty Bond is the
badge of your support. It means that
you have said, ''I can It fight, but I am
going to give" The Liberty Bond
stands out as your moral ard financial
support Of the war witt the further
consideration that it represents as well
your excellent judgment in saving
something for the time when the roar
of the cannons cease.
We have only started the work and
st must be finished. If it is to be fin
Gshed with honor to the nation it must
Se finished by your dollars, loaned-not
given-to nation in which you have
confidence.
When you consider your part in the
Liberty Loan you must consider for
what we fight and what we fight. The
clarion call Of the United States for
the freedom of the world has stated
clearly for what we fight. What
we fight has been told by President
Wilson when he said:
"The war was begun by the military
masters of Germany, who proved to be
also the masters of Austria Hungary.
These men have never regarded nations
as peoples, men, women, and children
Of like blood and frame as themselves,
for whom governments existed and in
whom governments had their life.
They have regarded them merely as
serviceable organizations which they
could by force or intrigue bend or cor
rupt to their own purpose. They have
regarded the smaller states, in partic-
Ular, and the peoples who could be
overwhelmed by force, as their natural
tools and instruments Of domination
Their purpose has long been avowed
If they succeed they are safe, and Ger
many and the world are undone; if they
fail, Germany is saved and the world
will be at peace. If they succeed,
America will fall within the menace.
We and all the rest of the world must
remain armed, as they will remain, and
must make ready for the next step in
their aggression; if they fail, the world
may unite for peace and Germany
may be of the union.
The pertinent message to Kenosha
men and women is to get ready now
so that you will be ready to back your
nation with your dollars when the call
comes month from now.