Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-30
PATRIOTISM OF
AMERICAN PRESS
Papers of Nation Have Civ
en- Valuable Aid in Liberty
Loan Bond and Red
Cross Drives.

sale of the Liberty Loan Bonds OF
1917 by the press OF the country Is
record evidence OF the generous pa
triotism OF the newspaper men OF
America. 1t is recorded in the pages
Of thousands of American newspapers,
many of them printed in foreign
Languages, from the largest daily to
the smallest country weekly. The
newspapers of the country came
across" with liberal donations OF
space in news, editorial, and adYertis-
ing columns.
Newspaper men have observed
N4.a deep and peculiar pleasure the
whole hearted activity OF the men of
their fraternity in the country in
promoting the sale OF Liberty Loan
Bonds. The influence and assistance
OF all publications in making the loan
a success are simply incalcuable.
Their efforts greatly contributed to
making 1t a double success in that 1t
was not only largely oVersubseribed
but the Liberty Loan Bonds were
placed in every community in the
United States, in cities and in remote
country districts, in mining and man
ufaeturing centers, among farmers
and merchants as well as city bankers
and large commercial and manufac-
turing houses.
1t was great educational cam
paign. Readers of their county pa
per in their county homes and new
American citizens from papers print
ed in their old languages, and others
just learning our language, who in
the evening spelled out the news in
the great daily papers, were informed
OF the purpose and objects of the Lib
erty Loan and instructed in the ma
ture, value, and terms OF Government
bonds, especially the Liberty Loan
Bonds of 1917. The whole Nation
has made long stride forward iii
financial education through the Lib
erty Loan campaign of 1917 as COZ.
Quoted through the press of the coun-
try.
The country press which without
compensation gave literally of its
limited space is equally deserving OF
praise with the larger papers. In
their respective spheres all classes OF |
publications in the country covered
their field thoroughly and we'll. The
press of America can look back on
the work it performed for the Lib
erty Loan as great public service,
ably, thoroughly, and unseldshly
performed.
In addition to the main result, that |
of selling the two billion dollar bond |
isue and the equally important re-
suit of placing the bonds in every |
section of the country and among all
classes of Americans, the campaign
for the sale of the Liberty Loan
bonds has had a great educational
value
The people of the United States
are much better informed now of
their Governments finances and
methods of finance than ever be-
tore. Hundreds of thousands of
people whose idea of Government
ponds was vague and indefinite are
1ow not only possessors of Liberty
Loan bonds but know what a Govern
nent bond is and the peculiar worth
Ind value of such securities.
They have been informed of what
'ther governments have done in the
way of bond issues, of the wealth
# this country compared with its
debt, and the wealth Of
ther nations as compared with
heir national debts.
The campaign has opened and de-
eloped a vast market for future
,ond issues of the United States
nd has opened up to the American
eople and made them acquainted
new little Of before, 1t has given
hem investments for their savings
he equal of which they never had
efore.
The newspapers and the banks of
he country were great instructors
1 this campaign. Scarcely a cit
zen of any town and scarcely a
ewspaper reader of any sort in the
nited States but has had the oppor-
unity thrust upon him during the |
ampaign of informing himself re- I
arding the Liberty Loan bonds of I
917 in particular, and United (
.ates government bonds in general, !
nd the nature and terms Of such I
and the resources and |
cans back of them
1t is believed that this will work /
ell for the greatness OF the nation |
Id will result in greater commun- I
Y of interest among the American !