Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
LOAN OR TAX; WHICH?
BY DIR. FRANK E. DAY, ID. D.
Pastor, First Methodist Episcopal Church.

right. BUT II we enouio lose, ~ 1850
we shall not, Germany would exact a
toll of money tribute from US, which
would stagger imagination, and our
great wealth, piled up under the benef.
icent laws which democracy has writ.
ten for the seIf-9overning masses OF
America, would be wasted In the pay.
nent Of levies made upon us by the in
human German war party.
Patriotism will loan to its nation
even when the risk 10 heavy. ~.
SHALL AMERICANS HESITATE
WHEN THERE is NO RIsk7
Three of our canvassers were told
by one man who refused, that friend
of his had bought 5000 of the 3k per
cent bonds and had been compelled to
sell them to a certain citizen of q
neighboring county at so cents on the
dollar. was so interested that called
the alleged purchaser by long distance
telephone and discovered that the
whole tale was base lie. The gentle.
man declared that he was not FORUM
ate enough to own a Liberty Bond OF
the first issue, purchased directly or
indirectly, though he was arranging to
buy good block of the present issue.
Listen:
A man who will sen United States
Bond In these days at so or any other
considerable per cent discount IL Z
traitor.
A man who would buy a United
States Bond in these days At so per
cent discount, is a, traitor.
A man who peddles such statements,
even II true, az an excuse for not pur-
kas;n~ hind IL q fP93fAP
A man who peddIes such state
not purchasing a bond, Is we'll,
words fail me.
The money is here in Wapello coun-
ty. 1t is in the possession Of our farm
ers, our worhngmen, our merchants,
our manufacturers, our capitalists. II
patriotism is real here, our allotment
will be over-subscribed. II we appre-
ciate the gravity of the crisis, the
meaning of vast over-subscription OF
the offer of $4,000, 100000 Of United
States convertible 35-year bonds, the
Interpretation over seas which will be
put upon the response Of our people to
the call of their government, these six
days remaining, will register an unex-
pected and reassuring response by the
whole nation so that at the govern
ment's disposal will be twice the
amount of bond purchases asked.
There is scarcely any one who can
not purchase at least one bond.
The banks will assist the people
without surplus to secure bond on
payment of 81 per week for fifty
weeks. The government terms require
only 2 per cent when application is
made, IS per cent November Is, 40 per
cent December Is, and 40 per cent
January Is, while the bonds begin to
bear interest November l.
1 regard it as patriotic duty and
think, when review the sacrifices our
glorious boys are making on land and
sea-your boys, your very own-it Is
small thing for US to buy these bonds
and further, If our money is tied up, OF
we have none, it is a duty we cannot
escape to buy the bonds, even If we
must borrow money to make the In
vestment.
A loan or tax: Which? The tax
will be paid to Germany, in event OF
our failure. The loan Is being made to
ourselves and will be returned In the
end Of this quarter-eertury in which
shall be written the fruits Of our vic
tory, in an emancipated world and
gIobe-girdins democracy, the only
guarantee Of the peace which has been
50 criminally broken by the ruthless
hand Of the brutalIy ambitious William,
The lnhuman.