The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-10-09
BUY A BOND
OR We SHALL
KNOW WHY?
LOCAL COMMITTEE HOPES CO.
LUMBUS DAY WILL SEE BELD-
ING'S QUOTA SUBSCRIBED.

Saturday is Columbus Day-Octo-
ber IL being the date in the year 1892
that Columbus discovered America
ever since then the land of all lands
dedicated to Liberty in every sense of
tn word-civil, political and religious
liberty have at all times been synony-
nous words with the words america.
and United States, because from the
year 1776 the United States has stood
sponsor for the Liberty which this ma
tion and the nations near it in the
new world particularly, were entitl-
ed to and must have. In later years
when it became evident that the lib
erty of the people of the world was
become threatened by the hand of an
autocratic and war-mad tyrant the
real great meaning of the word Lib
erty as this country stands for COM
PEELED her to check the career of those
who would not only destroy the liber-
ty Of the people of, Europe, but event.
ually the people of this nation and the
western hemisphere as well. To
uphold and maintain this world liber-
ty, the Fourth Liberty Loan has been
| floated.
Also to uphold this liberty, millions
of men from this country and other
countries have offered themselves
their very lives, if need be and unless
the Libertf Loan is successful in its
] floating, all that these millions have
gained may be lost.
According to the local bankers the
quota which the people of this city
and vicinity should take in this loan
amounts to $160,900 and the amount
which has been subscribed is some
thing like 100000, just about $40,0 900
short of what it ought to be. 1t is
said that the working people are do
ing very good in buying bonds and no
fault is found with them as rule,
but the big fellow-the man who is
well known to thoroughly be able to
take big bend or two is sitting
tight and will need the efforts of scme
vigilance committee to pry his cash
away from him while Uncle Sam uses
it for awhile.
mittee being organized for the pur-
pose of looking further into the finan-
cial affairs of these fellows and un-
less they come across by Columbus
day, Saturday, October IL, this COM
mittee is going to visit these men and
in case they do not subscribe they
are going to be summarily dealt with.
That is about the situation as the
Banner-News is able to find out and
in case there is a chance to bring to
light any person living in this COM
munity who has an abundance of mo-
ney and who will not either through
a miserly trait, yellow streak of
pro-Germanism or any other unpat-
riotic motive, part with some of their
finances by way of loaning the same
to Uncle Sam in his troubles, we will
be only too ready and willing to help
with the publicity.
Only little more than $4,000 to
raise in this city and vicinity to put
us over the top in this drive and we
think that on Saturday, October 12-
! Columbus day or Liberty day those
who have been negligent in this mat
ter of bond buying will come across
and do the right thing by the boys
over there and the nation as whole.
Remember you might better step
up and subscribe for your share Of
this bond issue voluntarily than to
have to have committee compel you
to do it.
We hope that Belongs fair name
will be continued by having the people
who can afford to, come forward and
buy more bonds and help make up the
remaining $4,000.