Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-10-02
NA7ION-V|DE DR|vE
 BEd|Ns 10 P(}T OVER
 SECOND LIBERTY JOAN
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ordered that between ! October l and /: all postage stampsAke cancelled with a stamp bearing the 'rgend, "Back the boys Tn the trenches < x Buy Liberty pond. Inquire at a 3A bank or post office." N1t
 McAdoc's Statement.
 The campaign wa " prmally opened last night with thq:4 pllowing state- men5 from Secretai ,+k kIcAdoo: .
 "For the purposeDbt {equipping with arms, clothing and Aod our gallant field; I~t
 "Al2intaining c-r. <avy and our vali- ant tars upon the S yh seas;
 ffoVldlng thc ecssaTy means to l pay the wages or O, soldiers and sail | orS and, Ii the b' now pending in l tha congress pass tho monthly al- l loWances for the koport of their de- | penGent families - to supply them with life insuranc
 Constructing s|9 9raat fleet of mer chant vessels to intain the line of | cGmmunlcatlon VII our brave troops l III Erance, and to -Fep our commerce 1 afloat upon the h c Nh seas in defiance of the German lser and his sub- marines; oh,l
 Creating gre.eeae fleet of airplanes, which will give eo hplete supremacy in the air to the United States and 1 the brave nationf oiyjghting with us agamst the ermaF .a e. military menace; and for other neecsoil lrv war purposes;
 "The ron@ress tahe United States has authorized the f1secretav of the treasury to sell td thIe American peo- nle bonds of the Enllted States bear Ing four per cent Vntehrest, with valu- able tax exemptlots, and convertible under certain condilo sns into other is sues of Unlted Stages bonds that may be authorized by Ehel| congress. The oHlclal circular o1 tESe treasury de- partment gives fuTl da,tails.
 $3,00O,OOO,OQO elf Bonds.
 "There is now ffere to the Ameri- can people new 1ssuJ, of S3,00O,0O0,- 000 of bonds to bel kntDwn as the sec
 ond Liberty loan I hey will be is- sued in such denolh lhlna- tions and upon such terms that every patriotic citizen will have an oppo1tunlFy to assist the government by len4ung his money upon the security of lUnitted States gov ernment bond.
 Ut is essential tP thee success of the war and to the spppoart of our gal lant troops that tHese loans shall not only be subscribed,{ but soversubscribed. No one IS asked td don1 1atc or give his money to the govdrnmeAnt; but everv- one IS asked to lend hl1 money to the government. TheI loan will be re- paid in full with 1ntere |st at the rate of four per cent ker albnum. A gov- ernmont bond is tftesafeEt investment in the world; it is as gooV as currency and even beteer; because; the govern ment bond bears lntere,st and cur rency does not. No other investment comnares with it for safety, ready con- vertibiitv into cash, and unquestion ed availability as collateral security for loans in any Il Hank in the United States. &
 People by thoua| lands Ask the treas ury constantly how they can help the government in thid war. Through the purchase of Liberty bo1}ds everyone can help. No mora patri@tic duty can be performed by those who cannot actually fight upor} the fl leld of battle than to furnish the gove tnment with the necessary mon(ey to aenable it to give our brave soldiers an|d sailors all that they require t9 make them strong for the fight and Eapable\ of winning a swift victory ovet' our erlemies.
 Why Ame1ica Fights.
 "We fight. firsti of all. for Amer ica's vital rights, the right to the un- rooestad and obstEuctcd hse of the high seas, so that the Surplus pro duets of our farpfs, our ,ln1ines and our factories may be carrl4d into the ha1bors of every friendly nA Ation in the world Our welfare and prb bsperity as a people depend upon out right of noac aful intercoursle with All the na- tions of the earth. To abahdon these rights by withdrawing our ships and commerce from thd seas upon the or der of a military despot in Europe wc,ld destroy rrdsnerity hnd bring disaster and humiliation upoh the Am erican peonle. O
 "We fight to p5Stect ouE citizens against assassination andl murder upon thc high seas twhile in the peace ful exercise of tho|s SC rightsl demand cd by international law and }every in-