Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-01
Secretary Of Treasury Me-
AdOo Makes Formal An
nounCement of Appeal for
Everybody to Do Their Bit.
RIGHTS OF AMERICA
MUST BE DEFENDED
Soldiers Must Be Equipped
With Clothing and Arms
and Ammunition and Pro-
Vided With Food.
(By W. G. McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury

treasury
FOR the purpose Of
Equipping with arms, clothing and
food our gallant soldiers who have
been called to the field;
Maintaining our navy and our val
liant tars upon the high seas;
Providing the necessary means to
pay tho wages of our soldiers and
sailors and, If the bill now pending in
the congress passes, the monthly al
lowances for the support of their de-
pendent Families and to supply them
with life insurance;
Constructing great fleet of mcr-
chant vessels to maintain the line of
communication with our brave troops
in France, and to keep our commerce
aflOat upon the high seas I'm defiance
OF the German kaiser and his subma-
rines;
Creating a great fleet of ai,planes,
which will eirr complete, .fts !, ,.s ra,,,;s,
in the air to the United States and the
brave nations fighting with us against
the German military menace: and for
other necessary war purposes.
Asked to Lend to United States.
The congress of the United States has
authorized the secretary of the treas,
ury to sell to the American people
bonds of the United States bearing 4
per cent interest, with valuable tax
exemptions and convertible under
certain conditions into other issues of
United States bonds that may be au-
thorized by the congress The Of
ficial circular of the treasury depart
ment gives full details.
There is now offered to the Ameri-
can people new issue of $4,000, ,00O,-
600 of bonds to be known as the sec
ond liberty loan. They will be issued
in such denominations and upon such
terms that every patriotic citizen will
have an opportunity to assist the gov
ernment by lending his money upon
the security of United States govern
ment bond.
1t is essential to the success Of the
war and TO the support of our gallant
troors that these loans shall not onlv
be subscribed, hut oversubscribed. No
one is asked to donate or give his
money 10 the government: but every
one is asked to lend his money to the
government The loans will be repaid
in full with interest at the rate of 4
per cent per annum. A government
bond is the safest investment in the
world, ii is as good as currency and
vet better. because the government
bonds bears interest and currency does
not. No other Investment compares
with u for safety, ready convertiblity
into cash, and unquestioned availa-
hility as collateral security for loans
in any bank In the United States.
All Can Help.
People by thousands ask the treas
ury constantly how they can help the
government in this war. Through the
purchase of liberty bonds every one
can help. No more patriotic duty can
be performed by those who cannot
actually fight upon the field OF battle
than to furnish the government with
the necessary money to enable it to
give our brave soldiers and sailors
all that thev require to make them
strong for the fight and capable of
winning a swift victory over our
enemies.
We fight, first of all, for Americas
vital rights, the right to the unmo-
lcsted and unobstructed use of the
high seas, so that the surplus products
of our farms, our mines and our fac
tories may be carried into the har-
bors of every friendly nation in the
world, Our welfare and prosperity as
people depend upon our right Of
peaceful intercourse with all the ma
tons of the earth. To abandon these
rights by withdra wing our ships and
commerce from the seas upon the
order Of military despot in Europe
would DESTROY prosperity and bring
disaster and humiliation upon the
American people.
We fight to protect our citizens
AGAINST assassination and murder upon
the high seas while in the peaceful
exercise OF those rights demanded byi
international law and every instinct
and dictate of humanity.
We fight to preserve our democratic
institutions and our sovereignty as \
nation against the menace of a power
full and ruthless military autocracy
headed by the German kaiser. whose
ambition is to dominate the world.
We fieht also for the noble ideal of
universal democracy and liberty, the
right of the smallest and weakest
nations equally with the most power
full to live and to govern themselves
according to the will of their own
people.
We fight for peace. for that just
and lasting peace which agonized and |
tortured humanity Graves and which |
not the sword nor the bayonet of a |
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