The weekly Alaska citizen., 1917-10-15
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INCREASED EFFORT

From the tenor of information received from the States regarding the progress being made for the Notation of the second series ot liberty Loan bonds there Is WoetuI drop in subscriptions from the original estimates Ot the treasury department There IS no reason on earth why these bonds are not being eager ly sought unless it be that the people ot Am erica are still dead to the danger of our pres ent position.
 Armies are being equipped and trained for oyersca service, Supplies for these arm1es and for helpless neutrals have been obtalned or are i'll the process of being secured; the government is endeavoring to conserve all the food possible at home, i'll order that it may have a sufficient quantity left on hand to iced her allies. But important as these other things are they must fail in their ultimate purpose which is the crushing of the German autocracy, unless money to acquire these things Is available. Unless America can raise the necessary funds at the proper time, our fight against Germany is hopeless, and we are dangerously close to being defeated be fore we start fighting. It is vital that the entire country should know the absolute truth of this without further delay.
 Once the realization of this is brought home to the great mass of Americans, the bond issue will be moved. In these days ot plenty of work and good wages, every work ing man can afford to buy at least one $50 bond and most of them more than that amount. The government in its endeavor to make these bonds popular with the wage earner and investor. has fixed a payment plan whereby they are easily acquired and a. easily paid for. It is not necessary to have the entire amount in cash, although cash may be paid if so desired by the purchaser.
 The bonds are interest-bearing, carrying four per cent, and are as sound as the gov crnmcnt of the United States itself. This rate o1 interest is in excess of the average con servative safe and sound investment rccom- mended by reliable bankers and brokers to inquiring customers. The average safe and guaranteed bond investment carries around two and one-half per cent interest
 At any time and under any circumstances government bonds are considered the Wisest of purchases for the small investor His money Is always safe, and there IS no way in which he can be jockeyed out of it or forced to put up more in order to save what he has. The investment is just as sound to- day as at any former time, and the govern ment needs the money and must have 1t at once.
 The money is in the country and is more evenly distributed than for years. If the present campaign for subscriptions is not a complete success, not only will 1t be dis, grace on the American naton but it will be the greatest victory that Germany has ever won.
 Locally the present issue is receiving more subscribers than the first one did. We should not be content with merely that. The question to be answered Dy every Alaskan is: Have 1 done all I can?" Have we invest ed every dollar nat we can spare? If we have not 1t is time that wo DO. Are you going to hang on sefishly to your money, in vest 1t for personal gain, or are you going to the aid of your country and buy liberty Loan Bonds? Are we patriots for profit, or for love of our COUNTRY and HU- VANITY: Upon the answer may well de pend the very existence of America and the the democracy of the entire world.
 THE NATIONAL. UNITY LEAGUE