The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-05

0' perbans OTHERS are az anxious as ]. and You
NAV thru your paper, put us more ~ ease
Yours sincerely
MRS ELISE 81 COATS
Oct g. 1917 's9 Braiaa'aa''
If Mrs. Coats held Henry Ford's note
for $50 or 500 or $500 and that note
were indorsed by John d. Rockefeller
] p. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie. we
wonder if she would worry
If she had Henry Ford's l. o. Y. for
$50 or 500 or $500 in one hand pending
the making of note in due form, and
the WE o. L. Of John D. Rockefeller,
]. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie IN
the other hand, we wonder if she would.
worry.
You have in your possession. Mrs.
Goats, receipt, issued b5yf HE American
State Bank. sound and responsible IN
stitution of your city. pending the max
ing Of a note in the sum mentioned by
Uncle Sam. with the WE 0. L. attached
of 10000, 900 of your fellow citizens
the Endorsement of the very rich men
whom we mentioned and then some.
You have in your possession a paper
that is worth it's face value in gold OF
the United States, just the same as II
IL we're paper money to tfe afffetifitt named
in it-that would be readily taken by any
one of hundreds of Detroit merchants at
its face value, many of their number hav-
ing made that announcement publicly.
Uncle Sam found himself in this war
very suddenly, Mrs. Coats
The decision to put the obligation and
its expense upon the present generation
thru taxes, and loans made to the people
was reached as suddenly.
You must appreciate the size Of the
printing job involved and. also, the cler-
ical work necessary to placing every
body's bond in his possession.
We would say off-hand, Mrs. Coats,
that if you receive your bonds by Nov. /,
the officials in charge Of the work in
Washington will be entitled to pat on
the back for remarkable dexterity.
We have done our best to answer you
and to reassure you, Mrs Coats, because
there are among US, unfortunately, some
who are not as friendly to the United
States as you would expect them to be;
who are, in fact, great deal more in
sympathy with the Kaiser than you
would expect them to be, and they would
not hesitate to do anything or advance
any proposition, no matter how absurd,
if they thought they could discourage
the second Liberty loan to the slightest
extent.
These enemies of the country know
that the loan will be subscribed and over
subscribed, because they have met the
spirit of the United States and know It's
possibilities, but any sign that any num-
Der are holding back, no matter how
small, would be cheering to the Kaiser
and they realize that above all things else
at the present time, the Kaiser needs
cheering.
BE ready with your money for the sec
ond loan. Mrs Coats, and forget 10 worry
about the first one.
It is drawing interest all the time and
it is one of the best investments you
could have made
You cannot lose, and We wouldn't want
the responsibility Of placing your money
for you anywhere else at this time and
giving the investment the same guaran-
tee.
We want you to be ready with your
money, too, Mrs. Coats, because the men
who have volunteered TO act as Uncle
Sans statesmen, are all busy men with
large interests dependent upon them.
drawing heavily upon their time and
energy.
II is no little sacrifice they are making.
We should not ask them for any more
Of their time than. actually necessary.
so the quicker everybody responds to
Uncle Sans proposal for a slight loan,
the better.
Besides. there is a good-natured COM
petition on among the cities and Detroit
must be found up where she belongs in
All the other statistics that arc coming
out these days.