The Arvada enterprise., 1918-04-18
LEND YOUR MONEY
TO HELP WIN WAR
Help Properly Equip Your Own
Son and Other Soldier Boys
Over There.
DUTY OF ALL TO BUY BONDS

Liberty Loans to Uncle Sam 10 Best
Guarantee Of Our Fighters safe
Return Aoms-Do Not
Hesitate.
10y ROLAND q. USHER Of the VIC.
llantss.)
Put It to yourself straight now. You
know perfectly well that you would
feel ashamed to keep your boy out Of
the ranks II he wanted to 20. You
know perfectly well that you would
probably feel ashamed before your
neighbors II they knew that the boy
was sticking at home. But have you
ever asked yourself whether you felt
ashamed that you were keeping your
dollars tight In your Jeans instead Of
lending your dollars to the war as
well as your boyi II you have not
got boy you probably would feel
that he ought to 60 II you had one.
You have got some dollars, why don't,
you send them3
Think again; II you have sent boy
over there. don't you know for GER
tain whether that boy will come back,
God grant that he may. But he went.
Just the same. knowing fully just rs
you did that he might not come back
You gave the dearest thing you had In
the world to the government freely, for
the cause Of democracy. You were
glad to do It; you felt fne about It.
You still feel that II you had It to do
over again you would not do anything
else. But l will wager anything you
like that you have lot Of money that
you can lend to the government with
out hurting yourself at all. and which
you are hanging on to until II screams.
Think Of It. Those dollars will be per
fectly sure to come back II you lend
them to the government. The govern
ment guarantees that. Why should
you therefore be 80 afraid to loose
your clutch on them. The great risk
you have already taken and did II BE-
cause II was a worthy and = noble
thing to do. The thing which IL NO
risk at all and yet which 10 Just a. nee.
sssary to the war ~ the other. you
hesitate about.
Dollars VIII Gene Daels.
Let me suppose for q moment that
you have not yet sent your boy. I will
wager you have . snsaking feeling
that he ought to 90. He has too. In
this case, won't have to make q wa
ger about it-you have not sent your
dollars. II you hesitate to send the
boy because you are afraid he may
not come back. you have q perfectly II.
plainable reason. but you have not got
. good reason why you should not send
your dollars. They will come back,
you may be sure Of II. Not only will
they como back. the government will
pay you interest on them In tho mean.
time. You will lend the government
your capital and will get . return on
It. Far from losing anything. you
will make something. Why hesitntef
Look at II from another point Of
view. II your boy has not gone. or II
you have no son. your neighbors whn
have sons have sent them. Those boys
are going into danger. They are 60
ing to need guns. food. artillery. ships.
TO do what they went over there to do
beat the Germans out Of sight-but
20 keep them safe. n they don't have
those things they certainly won't come
back at all. You know perfectly we'll.
however tight-hsted you may be. or
however mean you may think yourself
and you are not half a. mean -
that-you would not hurt your neigh.
boris son Just because . few dollars
stood In the way. You would feel 70
ashamed Of yourself for the rest Of
your life you would not be able to
shave In the morning. Your neighbors'
sons and your friends sons that you
have known all your life need the
things your money can buy for them.
and II 10 going to 90 mighty hard With
them n they don't get them.
Make Your Money Help.
Nov put II to yourself straight. II
the thing was q little nearer 10 you
% that you really saw your neigh.
boris son actually without food b.
cause you had declined 10 give Il to
hbhs yOu "vutu upt y UVs
ment whnt 70 do. Tho difficulty 10
here. that the thing IN on NJ large Q
scale that you do not realize that your
failure to lend your money TO tho gov.
eminent In going TO result very prob
ably In deprivIng Tint particular boy
Of things he needs. You can sny. n
you Ike. there nre so innny millions
Of them that II will bs some other fel.
lows non thnt will 90 without. I hops
you won't get much comfort out 0f
that. because II In the safns old thing.
You would not hurt him either n yOu
saw him and knew he whs In want:
but bccnusc you don't see him. bscnuss
he In somewhere In France. you for.
get nbout him md don't stop 20 think
that he wnnts thing You would not
hesiintc t0 give him n you knew him.
why hesitate. then, to lend your dol.
lars 10 the government They are tho
only thing TINT cnn rcnliy do this bust.
ness. They nrc the only thing that