The Parker post., 1917-10-06
THE SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN
OUTLINE OF THE PURPOSES TO
BE DERIVED THEREFROM AND
AN APPEAL TO ALL TRUE AND
LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.

AN APPEAL TO ALL TRUE AND
LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.
!
The Liberty Loan Is for the pur.
pose OF equipping with arms, clothing
| and food our gallant soldiers who
have been called to the field; main
tanning 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 congress passes,
the monthly allowances for the sup
port Of their dependent families and
to supply them with insurance; con-
structing great fleet of merchant
vessels to maintain the line of COM
munication with our brave troops in
France, and to keep our commerce
Of the German kaiser and his sub
marines; the creating of a great
fleet OF aeroplanes, which will give
complete supremacy to the United
States and the brave nations fighting
with us against the German military
menace; and for necessary war
purposes the congress OF the
United States has authorized
the secretary of the treasury
to sell to the American peo-
pie bonds Of The United States bear
ing four per cenr interest, with yalu~
able tax exempticns,aand convertible
under certain conditions into other
issues Of United States bonds that
may be authorized by congress. The
official circular of the treasury de
partment gives full details.
There is now offered to the Amer
lean people a new issue of $4,000, 900
OF bonds to be known as the Second
Liberty Loan. They will he issued
in such denominations and upon
such terms that every patriotic citi-
zen will have an opportunity to assist
the government by lending his
money upon the security of United
States government bond.
1t is essential to the success of the
war and to the support Of our gallant
troops that these loans shall not only
be subscribed, but over-subscribed.
No one is asked to donate or give his
money to the government; but every
one is asked to lend his money to the
government. The loans will be re-
paid in full with interest at the rate
of four per cent per annum. A gov
ernment bond is the safest .invest-
ment in the world; it is as good as
currency and yet better, because the
government bond bears interest and
currency does not. No other, invest
ment compares with it for safety,
ready convertability into cash, and
unquestioned availability as collater-
al security for loans in any bank in
the United States.
People by thousands ask the treas
ury constantly how they can help the
government in this war. Through
the purchase Of Liberty Bonds every
one can help. No more patriotic
duty can be performed by those who
cannot actually fight upon the field
or battle than to furnish the govern
ment with the necessary money to
enable it to give our brave soldiers
and sailors all that they require to
make them strong for the fight and
capable Of winning a swift victory
over our enemies.
We fight, first Of all, for Americas
vital rights, the right to the unmo-
Tested and unobstructed use of the
high seas, so that the surplus pro-
ducts OF our farms, our mines and
our factories may be carried into the
harbors OF every friendly nation in
the world, Our welfare and prosper
ity as people depend upon our right
of peaceful intercourse with all the
nations of the earth. To abandon
these rights by withdrawing our
ships and commerce from the seas
upon the order of a military despot
In Europe would destroy our pros
perity and bring disaster and humil-
iation upon the American people.
We fight to protect our people
against assassination and murder
upon the high seas while in the
peaceful exercise of those rights de-
manded by international law and
every instinct and dictate of human
ity.
We fight to preserve our demo