The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-10-05
THE LIBERTY LOAN.

By v. G, McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury
For the purpose of
equipping with arms, clothing and food our gallant soldiers
who have been called TO the field;
maintain our Navy and our valiant 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 sup
port of their dependant families and to supply them
with life insurance;
constructing a great fleet of merchant vessels to main
tain the line of communication with our brave troops in
France, and to keep our commerce afOat upon the high
seas in defiance of the German Kaiser and his subma-
rines;
creating a great feet of aeror.anes, which will give COM
pIete supremacy in the air to the United States and the
brave nations fighting with us against the German mil
itary menace; and for other necessary war purposes,
The Congress of the United States has authorized the Sec
Rotary of the Treasury to sell to the American people bonds
OF the United States bearing four per cent interest, with val
liable tax emptions, and convertible under certain conditions
into other issues of United States bonds that may be author
lied by the Congress. The official circular of the Treasury De-
partment gives full details.
There is now offered to the American people a new issue
of So 600 0 OOOO of bonds to be known at the Second Liberty
Loan. They will be issued in such denominations and upon such
terms that every patriotic citizen will have an opportunity to
assist the Government by lending his money upon the security
of a United States Government bond.
1t is essential to the success of the war and to the support
of or. gallant troops that these loans shall not only De SUB
scribed, but oversubscribed. No one is asked to donate or give
his money to the Government; but everyone is asked to lend his
money to the Government. The loans will be repaid IN full
with interest at the rate of four per cent per annumL. a Gov
eminent bond is the safest Investment IN the world; II 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 converibility into cash,
and unquestioned availability as collateral 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 pur-
chase of Liberty Bonds every one can help. No more patrl-
otto duty can be performed by those who cannot actually hight
upon the field of battle than to furnish the Government with
the necessary money to enable it to give our brave soldiers
and sailors all that they require to make them strong Tor the
fight and capable of winning a swift victory over our enemies.
We fight, first of all, for Americans vital rights, the
right to the unmelested and unobstructed use OF the hlgh
seas, so that the surplus %productes of our farms, our mines
and our factories may be carried into the harbors OF every
friendly nation in the world. Our welfare and prosperity as
a people depend upon our right of peaceful intercourse with
all the nations of the earth. To abandon these rights by WIN
drawing our ships and commerce from the seas upon the order
of a military despot in Europe would destroy prosperity and
bring disaster and humiliation upon the American people.
We fight to protect our citizens against ASSASSINATION and
murder upon the high seas while in the peaceful exercise OF
those rights demanded by International law and every instinct
and dictate of humanity.
We fight to preserve our democratic institutions and our
sovereignty as a nation against the menace of a powerful and
ruthless military autoracy headed by the German Kaiser,
whose ambition is to dominate the world.
We fight also for the noble ideal of universal democracy
and liberty. the right of the smallest and weakest nations E.
ouaUv with the most powerful to live and to govern themselves
according to the will of their own people.
We fight for peace, for that just and lasting peace which
agonized and tortured humanity Graves and which not ue
sword nor the bayonet of a military despot but the supreml-
acv of indicated right alone can restore to a distracted world.
To secure these ends l appeal to every man and woman VINO
resides uron the soil of free America and enjoys the blessings
of her priceless institutions to Join the League OF Patriots by
purchasing a Liberty Bond.