Putnam patriot., 1917-10-12
LOAN WILL HELP WIN
OR SHORTEN THE WAR
Millions Who Cannot Fight Can
Provide Food, Guns and
Planes for Fighters

The response of New England. city
hy city and town by town, 10 the Sec
ond Liberty Loan OF 1917. is bound to
be positive and reaching farther into
different sections and homes than
even on the First Loan.
The first week OF the campaign for
the Second Loan proves how thor
oughly ready New England is to do
its share to carry on the work The
sense that both duty and interest re
ouire OF every citizen the greatest
effort to make certain the success OF
the Loan has spread throughout the
community The fact which will be
presented. and must be pressed in, in
the effort TO secure the $4,000 900, 600
OF the Second Loan is that its failure
would be national calamity. II
would not only check the war for
liberty, and deal blow to the Nation
and the national credit, but II would
affect every individual in the Nation.
The success OF the Loan will mean
that the Nation il united and firmly
resolved to win the war, and to sue
coed the Second Loan should be
subscriptions than the First more
than half of the First Loan (57%o) be
ing from persons who subscribed to
bonds of $4,000 OF less. The bonds
offer in themselves direct appeal to
such buyers.
Az an investment yielding 40,
without taxes, the bond Is the most
vut, D. Ia ri
We're 1t not for this emergency Of war
no such investment could possibly be
offered to buyers The fact that the
bonds are not subject to the normal
Income Tax, and not taxable for
State or local purposes, adds material
ly to their value.
l. AS these bonds are issued by the i
Government to provide money TO carry ]
Oh the war. the success of the Loan |
must have direct tendency to cut |
short the war. The money that will |
be loaned by the people at 40 to our
Government will enable the United |
States and her Allies to press the
battle against Germany with greater
effectiveness
u viii also be a convincing demon
stration to Germany that we are de
termined to fight 10 the end, to the
last man, and the last dollar, TO make
the world safe for Democracy. Such
Q showing must convince Germany
that while she LIS growing weaker In
resources. the Allies are steadily
gaining through the enormous strength
thrown On their side by the United
States.
Every Liberty Bond bought helps
10 shorten the time of service re
Quired Of our soldiers, and brings
nearer the day on which they win
come back from the battleheids OF
Europe Only few million Ameri-
cans in all will ever take active part
In the fighting. bot those who cannot
carly . rife, or taan . gun. drive a
motor ambulance, or 60 a2Oft In an
airplane, must provide funds which
shau furnish food. clothing and weap-
ans for those in the field This Is a
sacred duty. and \ duty To be done In
. most patriotic spirit. and In geser>
ouf rivalry with one anothee
The Loan is barely a week old and
rs the subscriptions period ends Octo-
bar 2Tth. he who acts promptly at
this time does even moro than his
share by revising others to join In the
contribution.
New England n out to raise $500
Cs.o-cN0 rs her share to prove that her
people are not mere tender Of their
dollars than with The lives Of her soma