The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-08-22
Can Help Himself. His Boy and
His Country by Buying
Liberty Bonds
We MUST ALL DO OUR BEST
Scores Of Things We Can Do Without
Which Seem Necessities and Vet
Are Really Lusuries -- Get
Into the Fight.
BY EDWARD BOX.


Each time new liberty loan Is an
nounced we should hail II with pleas
ure. For years we have used the
phrase as good as government
bond" as indicating the safest invest
ment possible. but before the war 1t
was impossible for the average in
weston to secure a government bond.
Periodically an issue was made. but II
lyas so quickly subscribed for by the
bankers that the small investor had
little chance. Now we all have q
chance, and chance at all that We
can AFFORD to buy.
Ii will, OF course, be argued by some
when the fourth Liberty loan IL an
nounced that they have not as yet
paid for the third loan bonds for which
they subscribed That may be true,
but that is no reason why we should
fail to subscribe again Before the
fifth loan can be issued we will have
paid for the third loan bonds and be-
gun paying for the fourth loan bonds
that we subscribed for. Thus X we
20 on we will have a distinct part In
each loan have each month put aside
sum for the best investment on
earth have acquired the steady habit
OF saving, and when the last loan Is
announced and we shall have taken
part Of that and paid for 1t, we shall
find ourselves In possession OF col
lection OF bonds that will make US
proud of the share we took in the war
and have a comfortable nest egg" in
the bargain.
Must Do Our Best.
Never really, was there such .
stimulant given US to do without the
nonessential and save. Not only is It
saving for our boys and helping them
to fight, but 1t is saving for them when
they come home and saving for our.
selves Is there, in Imagination. a
prouder parent than that father or
mother, who when his or her boy
comes home from serving his country
can open a drawer and pull out neat
little package of Liberty loan bonds7
That is what we mean by keeping the
home-fres burning" by backing up
our boys" by doing our bit" Tho
only point is that we should change
the latter to doing our best" We've
done our bit! in the past loans; in
this fourth loan we should do our
best" We want to be able to show
our boy bond or two or three in each
loan; not have him ask: "Oh, didn't
you get In on the fourth
II isn't as II we cant do 1t. We can
IL we will only set our minds to the
Job OF real saving There are scores OF
things we can do without which seem
necessities and yet are really Injuries.
Our boys over there" are doing with
out them and offering their lives be-
sides. We are not asked for the latter.
All we are asked to do Is to do without
here something and there something,
and by doing this we are patriots!
And all the time while we are ad'
Judged patriots we are investing our
money in the safest thing on earth
and getting a good interest on 1t In the
bargain Frankly, can you beat III"
It is something to ask man to give
money without a return, and be q
patriot. But In these Liberty loans all
the government asks that man shall
loan is his money, safely guarded and
at a good interest, and still he 10 q
patriot.
Must Lend or Be Taxed.
Another point we must remember
taking this whole matter simply on
. an economic basis: That the more OF
these Liberty bonds we buy the less
taxes we will have to pay. The gov.
eminent must have the money to keer
: up the war and feed and clothe ouI
boys. This year It needs about $24,'
900. 900 900. This amount II must ge
from the people And II the people
won't loan in bonds, 1t must take II
taxes. Hence. the more we loan th'
less we will have to give.
It's all 4 question Of saving. saving
saying-and never was there bettel
time to begin than now with the LID
erty loan bonds as an attraction. TIT
man who has no ready money viii
which to buy the bonds 10 the vsrl
man that the government wants aboy'
: all other classes Of men to loan IT MI
. money; his money saved here with
|. dollar and there with quarter II y
, the finest kind OF money to give 10 ou
, country the money that we save b!
, some act OF selfdenial. II isn't TN
money that We have In the bank tina
We want TO draw out and buy Libert!
, bonds with; It 10 the money that nex
, winter we can save, month by month
That 10 really helping your boy "ove
, there; helping the government =
Keep him warm and 1T. and. incidental
, ly, helping yourself TO lay BY the mos
3 valuable pieces Of paper that you ca
! buy. put away, and all the time gsttin
: a good interest on them.
; Black Eye for the Hun.
, Seventeen million individual sui
,cribers we're part OF the third Libert
Dan. That means one In every 81