Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-01
The Real Ammunition.

Ten ualllon subscribers TO the new
second Liberty loan bonds are TO be
sought It IS hoped TO run the aggre-
gate asked for up to $4,000 100000, an
oversubscriptlon 81 $4,000 .o0o
Judging by the spirit in which the
new loan ia being received by the pub
lie It is believed By Washington Off
cials that the larger total will be
reached
The Liberty loan affords oppor1u-
nitY for the majority OF the men ana
women Of the nation TO help win The
war. for. after all 1T is money thaJ
will eventually turn the scales In
Europe Without needed cash the ma
terials which the men I1ust nave 10
de their dghting cant be had neither
4 can the men be transported ana Tea
Rand clothed without that requisite. II
would seem little enough 10 expect
one in every ten Of the American pop
ufation to participate in the bond sub
scription. the campaign for which was
officially begun today. Mr. McAdoo,
the secretary of the treasury, begin
ming tonight at Cleveland. Ohio win
make a series OF public addresses
pointing to the necessity for the rails
second loan. There is no better or
safer investment in the world than q
United States bond And in addition
10 the sound security of your funds
you have the satisfaction Of doing
your part in assisting your country
in its great enterprise beyond the
seas
It viii also be a source OF pride to-
YOU and yours IN after years 10 know
10
your patriotic loyalty was put 70 the
test. To be sure it is not expected
that everybody viii have the ready
cash to invest i'm a Liberty bond, but
If you happen to be one of these you
need not be discourag ed- Arrange
ments viii be made so that those Of
limited means may purchase bonds on
the installment plan, paying a small
sum weekly or monthly, as the sub
scriber Is able. until the whole amount
is paid in, when The bond VIII be
turned over TO the owner to draw in
terest at the rate Of 4 per cent per
annum, one-half per cent more than
those who bought bonds Of the first
Liberty loan viii receive,
The thing we must all remember is
that il is up to each individual cjti-
zen To understand that bis govern
ment is depending upon him not 30
shirk his duty. Neither should any OF
us stand hack and assume that the
loan will be described anyway
and that the fact that we don't share
will not be noticed. Bear in mind that
If enough people did the same thing
that the nation would suffer humil-
fation and embarra ssment that it
would not soon recover from. Fur
thermore such a setback would surely
tend 10 the pr0longatlon OF the War
What we all are sincerely praying for
is an early termination Of the Euro
pean struggle so that we may get back
To normal living and working
status The quicker the war ends
fhe happier all of MS VIII be, for 50
long as it goes on il viii be an unin-
terrupted strain on almost every man
and woman in the land, for there are
few who haven't loved ones either all
ready in France or on their way there.
More billions VIII help to bring the
war to an end quickly. The only way
that the nation las of getting money
is through subscriptions by the pe0~
pie Germany already IS calling for
her seventh war loan. lis only our
second Let's make il . whopper that
viii throw a fresh scare into the
kaiser and waken him to full real
ization Of the size and strength of mis-
new enemy III the west