Putnam patriot., 1917-10-12
RIGHT NOW!
Eaieh Barnard Delano
 Of the Visilsutes

r your neighbors house is burning. snd Inc sparks are falling on your shing cd foef, arc yoa interested in the fre2
 r the boy next door has sore throat. and there's q iot of scarlet fever about. and you have four chii- dren of yoar own, does it mean any thing to you?
 If the man who owns the farm just across the road from your orchard won't spray his apple trees, what do you care?
 If folks in the house back Of yours persist in leaving the lid Of their gar bare pail the nasty pestilent flies bred there never come over to your house, do they2
 NoW-Gre and fever. famine. pes iilence, and that which Is worse than murder are YOUR NEIGHB0R. Oh yee they arei You can't say that they are across the water. in Europe. where they are too far of to harm you or yours. They are here. right here in your country. Your neighbors fire smoked before t blazed. the boy next door had scarlet fever for days before fl broke out" on him the unsprayed apple trees and the uncovered garbage pail were getting in their deadly work for days before you knew anything about them. The danger that this war ls spreading throughout every corner of the world fs not over there. but here. HERE and NOW Mach of the danger you know, much you do not know. There are enemies, germ car riers where you think 1t is impossible for them to be- You may rub your elbows with them oH your way to work You may sit next to them in street cars. They may be your GUS toners. your tradespeople, your very neighbors, but they are spreading by ways that are open and that kill quick. ly and by ways that are secret and that stab in the dark the most dread ful disease that has ever been on this earth WAR You know what war does; there is not q man, nor q woman. nor ( child in all this broad land who will not be hurt by this war if il is permitted to repeat itself. War has k forever: and there is only one way to do f. One way that is, for you and for ne who cannot place our bodies where they will stand between our loved ones and the shot and steel Of war You and l have got To do our part by providing the means with which war can be stopped and shall be stopped. You and l. who cannot fight. have got to provide money. just money. SO that others can do our fight ing for us. And the fighting of this war Is the one big final housekeeping Of the world. even the germ carriers have got to be routed out and cleaned up
 Housecleaning costs money So does sickness. But cleanliness and health are worth paying for They are good investments. You do not hesitate to pay for fire insurance, to call In the doctor. 10 keep your home premises clean and to do what you can to see that the people around you do the same It's worth it.
 Right now, you have got 10 insure your children's children against disas. ter worse than fire. Buy a Liberty Bond and let our soldiers be your properly equipped firemen.
 Right now you have got 10 call in a doctor. Buy a Liberty Bond and let Uncle Sam choke off the germ carrying spies and seditionists here at home, and clean them up wherever they, are working throughout the world
 Right now you have got to force your neighbor-and remember that he doesn't live only in the Germany which produced his poison-to clear his premises of something that is more dangerous than scale or dry rot or borers or moths or anything else that the world has ever had to deal with. Buy a Liberty Bond and help rid the world forever of this ghastly pesti. ience of war.
 Right now Is the time to make safe your homes and all that you wish Home to stand fer. the life and health of you and your children. the security of your incomes; the upholding of the ideals without which you wouldn't care 10 live There is only one way fin which you and can do 1t. but that WAY Is going to bring us in mighty good interest It's the best investment isopai ever make. or anybody else.
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 Lucid Explanation.
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