Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-19
HELP OUR BOYS
WIN The WAR
Buy Liberty Bonds,--the Safest
Investment in the World.


cannot be won by men alone. We,
the people, must feed and clothe
the men; we must arm them
abundantly with all the machin-
cry of modern war. If we do
not, they will be defeated and
massacred. The better we arm
and supply them, the surer and
sooner will be victory, and the
fewer lives it will cost.
Every person whose boy has
gone into the Army or Navy and
who hangs back from supplying
the money to buy all Of these
things is no better than one who
sends his son out to the noun
tains to fight wild beasts with
his bare hands. He sends the
boy to be killed. He wastes a
precious life. Therefore, it is
the duty of every man and
woman to his son and his neigh
boris son, who have gone out to
fight, to buy liberty bonds. That
will put arms in their hands,
cartridges in their belts, that they
may win and live. Without these
things, they will lose and die.
The farmer should invest the
profits of his two-dollar wheat,
the sheepmen the profits of his
7O-cent wool, the hog-growe the
profit on his SIG to $3.50 hogs,
in liberty bonds. These bonds
provide a fund for defense of
freedom of the seas, which Ger
many tries to destroy. Farmers
have a direct interest in freedom
of the seas, for it keeps open the
way to their foreign markets. If
this way were closed, wheat
would probably go down to 80
cents a bushel and other farm
produce in proportion, for all
would then be sold in the home
market. Farmers have spent
much money and effort on agita-
ton for lower rates by rail to the
home markets. If some railroad
tried to shut them out of these
markets, they would spend large
sums on agitation and lawsuits to
open the way, and would not ex-
pect to get their money back.
They are now asked merely to
LEND their money to a fund for
the purpose of keeping open the
way to great markets in Europe.
They will get their money back
and will get interest on it.
Money thus invested will not
be locked up. 1t will be invested
in the best security in the world
a first mortgage on all the wealth
of the United States, which car
always be sold for it's face value
and on which any bank will read
lily make a loan of nearly its full
value. The saying, Safe as {
Government bond" has beer
common as describing the acme
of safety, and men who had Gov
ernment bonds have been re
garded with envy. Liberty bond
are Government bonds, and arr
placed within reach of all il
amounts as low as $50. They cal
always be turned into money O
used as money. They are bette
than cash in bank, for they earl
more interest
All investments in liberty bond
up to $4,000 are free from take
as long as a man lives. Onl.
larger amounts are subject to tn
income surtax, the excess profit
tax and the war profits tax. TIL
man of large fortune will pa,
these taxes; the man of moderat
or small means will escape. Lib
erty bonds pay a per cent inter
est, and, if the Government
should later. issue bonds at
higher rate, they may be eS
changed for new bonds at thi
higher rate. While there is n
possibility of loss, there is ever
possibility of gain. Though tn
highest motives of patriotism
should prompt a man to GIVE hi
money, the strongest motives {
self-interest prompt him to LEN
it, which is all that the Goverr
ment asks.
Our boys in France are watcl
ing. If the loan is subscribed
and more, too, they will kno
we are backing them and the
will buck up. The Germans, tt
are watching. If we raise tt
money, their failing courage wi
foil fastar Rut If the resnon,