The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-10-24
THE SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN
(By w. q. McAdoo. Secretary OF the
Treasury


For the purpose OF equipping with
arms. clothing and food our gallant
soldiers who have been called to tho
field; maintaining our navy and our
valiant ars upon the high seas; pro-
viding the necessary means 10 pay the
wages Of our soldiers and sailors. and.
n the bill now pending In tho Con.
gress passes. the monthly allowances
for the support OF their dependent
families and TO supply them with life
insurance: constructing q great fleet
Of merchant vessels to maintain the
line Of communication with our brave
troops in France. and to keep our
commerce afloat upon the high seas
In defiance of the German Kaiser and
his submarine: creating a great, fleet
OF aeroplanes, which will give COM
plete supremacy in the air TO the
United States and the brave Nations
fighting with us against the German
Military Menace; and for other neces-
sary war purposes, the Congress OF
the United States has authorized the
Secretary Of the Treasury to sell 10
the American people bonds OF the
United States bearing four per cent
interest, with valuable tax exemptions.
and convertible under certain condi.
tions into other issues OF United
States Bonds thai may be authorized
by the Congress. The official circular
OF the Treasury Department gives full
details.
There Is now offered to the Ameri-
can people a new issue OF $4,000, ,000.-
600 OF gold bonds 10 be known as the
second Liberty Loan bearing 4 per
cent interest. 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 gov
ernment bond.
II is essential 10 the success Of the
war and TO the support of our gallant
troops that these loans shall not only
be subscribed, but oversubscribed. No
one is asked to donate or give his
one is asked to lend his money TO the
government. The loans will be repaid
in full with interest at the rate of 1
per cent per annum. A government
bond is the safest investment in the
wOyld it is as good as currency and
yet better, because the government
bonds bear interest and currency does
not. No other investment compares
with il for safety, ready converiibility
into cash. and unquestioned available
ity as collateral security for loans in
any bank in the United States.
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 1t to
give our brave soldiers and sailors all
that they require TO make them strong
for the fight and capable of winning
swift victory over our enemies.
We fight, first of all, for Americas
vital rights, the right to the unmolest-
ed and unobstructed use of the high
seas, so that the surplus products of
our farms, our mines and our factories
may be carried into the harbors of
every friendly nation in the world.
Our welfare and prosperity as peo,
pie depend upon our right of peaceful
intercourse with all the nations of the
earth To abandon these rights by
withdrawing our ships and commerce
from the seas upon the order of
military despot in Europe would de-
stroy 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 peace
ful exercise of those rights demanded
by international law and every in.
stinct and dictate Of humanity.
we ll6Hl " FC Jul bCihotid
tic institutions and our sovereignty
as nation against the menace Of
powerful and ruthless military autoc-
racy headed by the German Kaiser,
whose ambition 10 to dominate the
world.
We fight also for the noble ideal Of
universal Democracy and Liberty, the
right of the smallest and weakest naA
tions equally with the most powerful
to live and to govern themselves ac-
coriing TO the will Of their own peo-
pie.
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
military despot but the supremacy of
indicated right alone can restore TO
distracted world.
To secure these ends / appeal to
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