The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-10-06
The Liberty Loan

equipping with arms, clothing and food
our gallant soldiers who have been
called to the field;
maintaining our Navy and our valiant
tars upon the high seas;
providing the necessary means to pay
the wages of our soldiers and sail
ors and, if the bill now pending in
Congress passes, the monthly allow
ances for the support of their de-
with life insurance.;
constructing a great fleet of merch-
ant vessels to maintain, the line
Of communication with our brave
troops in France, and to keep our
commerce afioat upon the high seas
in defiance of the German Kaiser
and his submarines;
creating a great fleet of aeroplanes,
which will give complete supremacy
in the air to the United States and
the brave nations fighting with us
against the German military menace;
and for other necessary war pur-
poses,
has authorized the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell to the American peo-
pie bonds of the United States bear
ing four per cent interest, with valu-
able tax exemptions, and convertible
under certain conditions into other is
sues of United States bonds that may
be authorized by the Congress. The
off io1 air Of tho
partment gives full details.
There is now offered to the Ameri-
can people new issue of $3,O00,0O0,-
600 of bonds to be known as the Sec
ond Liberty Loan. They will be is.
sued in such denominations and upon
such terms that every patriotic citi-
zen will have an opportunity to assist
the Government by lending his money
upon the security of a United States
Government bond.
1t is essential to the success of the
war and to the support of our gallant
troops that these loans shall not only
be subscribed, but over-subscribed. No
one is asked to donate or give his
money to the Government; but ev-
eryone is asked to lend his money to
the Government. The loans will be
repaid in full with interest at the rate
of four per cent per annum. A Gov
eminent bond is the safest invest,
ment in the world; it is as good as
currency and yet better, because the
Government bond bears interest and
currency does not. No other invest
ment compares with it for safety,
ready convertibility into cash, and I'M
questioned availability as collateral Sc
curity 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 bat
tie than to furnish the Government
with the necessary money to enable
it to give our brave soldiers and sail
ors all that they require to make them
strong for the fight and capable of win
ming swift victory over our enemies
We fight, first of all, for America S
vital rights, the right of the unmolest-
ed and unobstructed use of the high
seas, so that the surplus products of
our farms, our mines and our factor,
les may be carried into the harbors
of every friendly nation in the world.
Our welfare and prosperity as PEG.
Iple 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 a
military despot in Europe would de-
stroy prosperity and bring disaster and
humiliation upon the American PEG.
pie.
We fight to protect our citizens
against assassination and murder upon
| the high seas while in the peaceful
exercise of those rights demanded by
international law and every instinct
and dictate of humanity.
We fight to preserve our democratic
institutions and our sovereignty as a
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 fight also for the noble ideal of
universal democracy and liberty, the
right of the smallest and weakest ma
tons equally with the most powerful
to live and to govern themselves &C
cording to the will of their own peo-
pie.
We fight for peace, for that just and
asting peace which agonized and tor
tured humanity Graves and which not
the sword nor the bayonet of a mill
tary depot but the supremacy of vim
dicated right alone can restore to q
distracted world.
To secure these ends appeal to ev-
cry man and woman who resides upon
the soil of free America and enjoys
the blessings of their priceless institu-
tions to join the League of Patriots
by purchasing Liberty Bond.