Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-09
RESPONSIBILITY.

n 1OpQOuC ID no btIOuSSI lA1A IAe
realization by its individual citizens Of
their responsibility to their govern
ment. Each citizen OF the United
States owes his full support to this
government. The man who has made
money, much or little, in this country
must show now that he appreciates
what the government has done for
him By coming to its aid. Failure to
do this stamps him as ungrateful and
. Stacker.
The United States government is
asking the men and women who live
under its protection to lend It some OF
the money it has enabled them to
make. II does not seek donation.
For what you lend It gives you mort
gage bearing 1 per cent interest. pay
able semi,annually. That is what the
Liberty Bond is-a mortgage on all the
property OF the United States.
This ID the second request this gov.
eminent has made for loans to carry
on the war for its continuous existence,
Did you answer the first call? Did you
realize the responsibility that is
yourB1
A great many men and women did.
They not only made loans to their
government blu. they gave freely OF
their time and service In order to ex'
plain TO those who did not fully under
stand, the fact that the citizens some
times must help their government as
we'll az expecting it to help them.
The men in the trenches must do
he fighting, but the men and women
Who buy Liberty Bonds are doing big
part toward winning the war. BY the
same course OF reasoning. those who
neither fight nor buy bonds are failing
to do their part to help defeat the ma
TONS enemy.
You are not doing your government
q favor when you pay your annual
taxes. That simply Is paying part
of what you owe. Probably you ought
. tospay more taxes than you do. Many
pe6pye do not realize that the govern
NOM protects them and protects the
title to their property, makes ana main
fains systematic records which enable
its citizens to enjoy life and liberty
ana participate in property rights.
Tho men in France are fighting and
dying to protect your property rights.
Property rights and human life are IN
separable. 1t would be folly to work,
save and deny ones self Injuries IN or
der to get title to q home. unless one
lived under q government which would
protect property rights.
But you cannot expect your govern
ment to protect you and your property
unless you are willing to do your part
for the government and prove your
right to its protection. If you fail the
government at a time when 1t needs
your aid. It cannot protect you when
you need protection. II this govern
ment fails, then the title to your prop
orty fails with 1t.
The government asks you to help II
1t this time by buying a bond-in 9TH
Or words by lending 1t some OF your
money. OF course, you can lend money
for more than per cent We know
that as we'll as you do; we knew II
1ust a. soon as you did. But remember
this-your s per cent loan is good only
because and 80 long as some other per
son is protecting it by using his money
to buy a 4 per cent Liberty Bond. Are
YOU the sort Of citizen who wants
someone else to carry your Responsible
tiles for you?
Get into this work now. Take as big
a bond as you can and get your neigh
Dor to take one.
~ Il now.