The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-08
SLOGAN SUGGESTED TO ROUSE
INTEREST IN THE BUYING OF
LIBERTY BONDS.
STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN Is ON
Every American Will Be Shown II Is
His Patriotic Duty to Own at Least
One of These United States Sc
curlties.
BY EDWARD 8. CLARK.

interest in the buying or Liberty Loan
bonds and also to impress on Ameri-
cans that they should do whatever they
can to help their country.
do your bit" is an English express
sion, but 1t has been used to n great ex-
tent in this country. II. p. Stevenson
of River Forest, H., has suggested
Hold up your end" as good Ameri-
can expression and one with SUM-
cient amount Of pepper in 1t.
BY whatever slogan or by whatever
other means the government directs at
tention to the Liberty loan, it may be
said that the campaign in behalf or
this bond issue of the country is one of
the most strenuous ever engaged in by
the official representatives of the peo-
pie.
Washington holds that 1t is the pa
triotic duty of every man who is able
to do so to buy Liberty bond. They
are issued In various denominations,
beginning with bonds as low as $50,
and the means Of their purchase is
made easy. The government hopes
that this bond issue will be oversub-
scribed.
Funds Should Come From All.
The government holds that the funds
to prosecute the war should come from
men and women of the nation at large
and not from certain classes. The Of
ficials ask that all the newspapers OF
the country from the smallest 10 the
greatest shall work together in cam
paign giving the common cause 1.-THE
impetus and force of nationwide con-
certed action and correlated effort"
Robert w. Woolley, at one time d.
rector of the mint and a newspaper
man of years standing, is the director
Of the publicity bureau of the Liberty
Loan of 1917. 1t is the belief of Mr..
Woolley and of all the officials OF the
treasury that the advantages of the
loan need only to be made clear to the
people to secure a prompt response in
the form of purchase.
"What are the terms of the Liberty
loan bonds?" asks Mr.. Woolley, and
then he gives this answer:
Liberty Loan bonds of the first Is
sue of S2.000,0O0000 are to bear date
Of June Is. 1917, and to run for 30
years except that the government re-
serves the right to buy them five years
after date. If this right is not exer-
csed by the government ID years from
date, the bonds will run the full 30
years.
"These bonds bear interest Mt 3k per
cent per annum and the interest Is
payable semiannually on the fifteenth
day of December and OF June in each
year."
They Are Nontaxable.
These Liberty bonds are nontaxable.
If city, county or state tax on mans
property amounts to three cents on
the dollar, which is said not to be an
unusual tax, the bonds are said to be
equivalent to ordinary corporate bonds
or other investments bearing 615 per
cent. The reason for this is that no
federal tax which war conditions later
may make necessary will affect the
bonds. The only tax to which they are
subject Is an inheritance tax, which APP
plies to all property of all kinds what
soever.
"Of the billions loaned to our allies"
an official statement declares, "none of
IL is going out of the United States to
be expended. Every cent Of 1t is to be
used in this country for the purchase
Of things needed for their armies and
navies. Much of the money which is
to be loaned to the allies will be spent
for cotton for clothing, and for explo-
sives, and much Of 1t will be used in
the purchase Of wool for clothing and
later for shoes"
The president Of the United States,
and with him other high officials of
government, has said that every Ameri-
can who subscrbes to the belief that
Americans should stand by their coun-
try should subscribe to the Liberty
loan bond issue.
do your bit"
"Hold up your end"
British Missions Farewell.
The members of the British mission
to the United States have left
Washington. 1t was keen disap-
pointment to them that late-day
duties In connection with their work
with the officials of the state depart
ment Of this country prevented them
from visiting the middle West and
other sections of the country, with the
people Of which they were anxious to
come in personal contact.
IT was possible for your correspond
ent to secure from the members Of the
British commission, of which Mr.. A. j.
Balfour, Great Britain's foreign secre-
tary, Is the chief, message to the
people of the sections of the country
which they were unable to visit. This
is the message from the visitors to
this country:
"The primary duty Of this, as of any
other diplomatic mission, was to pre-
sent ourselves III Washington, there to
pay respectful tribute to the presi-