Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-10-03
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN
BONDS NOW on SALE
Secretary of the Treasury Declares
Liberty Loan is One Way in
Which Everyone can Help.
PEOPLE ASKED TO LEND
THEIR MONEY TO GOVERNMENT
50, 900, OOO, 900 of Bonds Now Offer.
ed to the American People. Will
Bear Four Per Cent
Interest.
BY w. G. MADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury.

BY w. G. MADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury.
For the purpose Of:
EQuipping with arms, clothing and
food our gallant soldiers who have
been called to the field:
Maintaining our navy and our val
liant tars upon the high seas;
Providing the necessary means to
pay the wages of our soldiers and
sailors and, If the bill now pending
in the congress passes, the monthly
allowances for the support of their
dependent families and to supply
them with life insurance;
Constructing a great fleet of mer-
chant vessels to maintain the line Of
communication with our brave troops
in France. aad to keep our commerce
afloat upon the high seas in defiance
Of the German kaiser and his submar-
ines;
Creating a great fleet Of airplanes,
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 purpos-
es.
The congress of the United States
has authorized the secretary of the
treasury to sell to the American peo-
pie bonds of the United States bear
ing per cent interest, with valua BILE
tax exemptions, and convertible un-
der certain conditions iato other is
sues Of United States bonds that may
be authorized by the congress. The
Official circular of the treasury de-
partment gives full details. m
There is now offered to the .Amert-
can people a new issue of, $4,000
100000 Of bonds to be known as the
Second Liberty loan. They will be
issued in such denominations and up
on such terms that every patriptic
citizen will have an opportunity to
assist the government by lending his
money upon the security of United
States government bond.
It is essential to the success of the
war and to the support of our gal
liant troops that these loans shall
not be subscribed, but over-sub-
scribed. No one is asked to donate
or give his money to the government;
but everyone is asked to lend his mo-
ney to the government.
1.-THE loans will be repaid in full
with interest at the rate Of per cent
per annum. A government bond is the
safest investment in the world; it is
as good as currency and yet better,
because the government bond bears
interest and currency does not. No
other investment compares with it for
safety, ready convertibility into cash,
and unquestioned availability as col
lateral security for loans In any bank
in the United States.
people by thousands ask the
treasury 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 battle than to furnish the
government with the necessary mo-
ney to enable it to give our brave SOL
diers and sailors all that they re-
quire. to make them strong for the
fight and capable of winning a. swift
victory over our enemies.
1--WE fight. first of all, for Amer
ica's vital rights, the right to tina
unmolested and unobstructed use of
the high seas. so that the surplus
products of our farms. our mines and
our factories may be carried into the
harbors of every friendly nation in
the world. Our welfare and pros
perity as a people depend upon our
right of peaceful intercourse with all
the nations of the earth. To aban-
don these rights by withdrawing our
ships and commerce from the seas
upon the order of a military despot in
Europe would destroy prosperity, and
bring disaster and humiliation.
We fight to protect our citizens
against assassination and murder
upon the high seas while In the
peaceful exercise of those rights de-
manded BY International law and ev-
|1ry iastiuct and dictate Of humanity.
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