Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-10-05
THE LIBERTY LOAN


maintaining Navy and valiant tars upon
the high seas;
providing the necessary pay the wages of
soldiers and sailors and, if the bill pend
ing in the Congress passes, the monthly allow
ances for the support of their dependent families
and to supply them with life insurance;
constructing great fleet of merchant vessels to
maintain the line of communication with
brave troops in France, and to keep
afoat upon the high in defiance of
the German Kaiser and his submarines
creating great fleet of aeroplanes, which will give
complete supremacy in the air to the United
and the brave nations fighting us
against the German military menace
other necessary purposes.
The Congress of the United States has authorized
the Secretary of the Treasury sell the
bonds of the United States bearing four per
interest," with valuable exemptions, and convertible
under certain conditions into other issues of United
States bonds that be authorized by the Congress-
The official circular of the Treasury Department gives
full details.
There is now offered to the American people a new
issue of $4,000, 100000 of bonds be as the
Second Liberty Loan They will be issued in such de-
nominations and such terms that every patriotic
citizen will have opportunity Govern
ment by lending his money the security of United
States Government bond.
1t is success of the war and to sup
port of gallant troops only
be subscribed, but oversubscribed No is
donate give money the Government; but everyone
is asked to lend his money to the Government. The
loans will be repaid in full with
four cent per A Government bond the
safest investment in the world good currency
and yet better, because the Government
terest and currency does No other
with it for safety. ready convertibty cash.
and unquesoned availability collateral security
loans in any bank in the United States.
People by thousands ask the Treasury constantly
how they help the Government this Through
the purchase of Liberty Bonds every help. No
patriotic duty be performed by those can
not actually fight the field of battle than
the Government with the necessary money enable it
to give brave soldiers and sailors all that they
quire to make them strong for the fight capable
winning swift victory enemies.
We fight first of ALL Americas vital rights the
right to the unmolested and unobstructed the
high SEAS so that the surplus products of FARMS
mines and factories may be carried into the
harbors of every friendly nation in the world Our well
fare and prosperity people depend right of
peaceful intercourse with all the the earth
To abandon these rights by withdrawing ships and
commerce from the upon the order a military
despot Europe destroy prosperity and bring
disaster and humiliation upon the American people
We fight to protect citizens against assassina-
ton and murder the high while the peace
full exercise of those rights demanded by international
law and every instinct and dictate of humanity.
We fight to preserve democratic institutions
and sovereignty a nation against the
powerful and ruthless military autocracy by
German Kaiser, whose ambition is to dominate the
world.
We fight also for the noble ideal of universal dem
Ocracy and liberty the right of the smallest
nations equally with the powerful to and to
govern themselves according the will of their own
people.
We fight for peace for that just and lasting peace
which agonized and tortured humanity and which
not the sword the bayonet of a military despot but
the supremacy of INDICATED right restore to
distracted world.
To secure these ends I appeal to every man and
who resides upon the soil free America and
enjoys the blessings of her priceless institutions to join
League of Patriots by purchasing Liberty Bond