Evening star., 1917-05-20
buy Bond for the Liberty Loan" Says Uncle Sar

~ ECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
McADOO christened the five
billion-dollar war loan the lib
~ erty loan," and this name con-
veys in a word to the people of the
United States and her dependencies
what the money derived from the sale
of these liberty bonds is to be used for.
It is the peoples loan, a mortgage on
the government. as it were. so arranged
as to be subscribed for by them, that
each one. no matter how old or how
young, may be able to do his or her
part in carrying to the nations Of the
earth their cherished liberty-loving
principles of justice, equality and the
right to have a part in the govern
ments under which they live.
Upon this loan the ability to help our
allies in the cause of democracy and
= humanity not only depends, but our
own liberty as well. The crucial mo-
ment has arrived, and it is now the
duty of every man, woman and child
in the country to lend as much finan-
cial support to the government as they
can. even at sacrifice, because this is
a patriotic measure of national defense.
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It is not fnanciers' loan, to enrich
a chosen few, but the man and woman
of small savings may have share of
1t, and the infant now in arms may, IN
fifteen or thirty years, reap the fruits
of these bonds, and many a boy and
girl will be able to have a college edu-
cation or a start in life that they
otherwise would not have had had the
liberty loan not been within the reach
OF all.
Robert W. woolley. head of the liberty
fG x-ivn cI,x
gans of Get behind the government; buy
bond The peoples loan needs your
help" "Old Glory calls you in the cause
xfelds Of Alaska to the orange groves Of
eFlorida, and from the pine forests of
Maine to the shores of the Philippines in
under the protecting folds Of the Stars
and Stripes may awake to the full re-
aEzation Of the countrys needs. This is
not to be a war for conquest or the ag-
grandiZement of the few. There are to
be no illegitimate war fortunes made. :
such as have disgraced the patriotism Of
some countries
Men are wanted for fighting the coun-
trys battles on the sea and in the
treuches, but they must have the where
withal to fight. Our allies across the
children Of Israel looked to the promised
land for food and help Thousands Of
little children in the war-desolated dis
tricts of France. and Belgium have been
lief and that they have now only short
time to wait.
The first thing the United States must
do is to provide these necessities. while
troops are being raised and drilled 1t is
n time when money loses all sordidness
and, instead Of the selfish greed for spec1,-
lation to afford the luxuries and pleas
ures Of life. one sees in this cry Buy a
bond' patriotic appeal. with Old Glory
waving and beckoning each citizen to
come and share in the preparations for
hnlIssnR brother IN Distress and
the enemy from our own door,
There has never been time in the his
tory of the world when there was such q
,:triotic call for money. Mr.. Woolley.
with his corps Of trained assistants, is
working night and day to arouse the
country to the needs of the hour and inn
press the people that this is the psyche
logical moment for each and every one
20 do his bit and at the same time to
rake seH-denial only a deprivation for
he time. For. while this is first and
foremost a call to show patriotism. it is
81, the same time a business proposition.
..Tie liberty loan is war loan to be