Crittenden record-press., 1918-04-11
Buying Liberty Bonds Aids Our
War, Our Army, Our Boys.
HOW W0RkMEN DO THEIR BIT
Investment Brings Good ReturnA In
Addition to Giving Financial A.
sIstanee Every Loyal Citizen
Owes His Government.
(By EVA DEAN OF the Vigilantes.)


tory. There was nothing prophetic In
the hum of the machines; II was quite
the everyday hum. The workmen
talked loudly TO be heard they always
talked while they worked; they liked
the sound Of their own voices. II mat
tered not much what they sald-thc
same Joke will do day after day In n
factory: an old one Is almost as good
as new one to break the mental
monotony. When ones habitual actlv-
ity is with ones fingers one isn't very
critical of mental efforts.
Still, were you TO ask them. any OF
the men would have said they pre-
ferred an argument 10 all other kinds
OF brain exercise. Argument IL what
they would have called any OF the YER
bal volleys they fred back and forth
at one another from their inexpert
mental batteries, while their expert
fingers moved ceaselessly ut their
tasks. And nowadays there Is always
enough TO argue about-the war The
only trouble-though no one really
seemed TO mind that-was that there
was no one around to uphold the gov.
ernment In these controversies.
OF the hundred men employed--for
II was small factory-there was but
one with an American.born parent.
though considerable number were
themselves born In America. The one
hundred were all here by choice. how
ever. and hardly one ever really ex-
pected TO live anywhere else. But they
talked as though they might; and one
could imagine they expected the Unit
ed States 10 Immediately Offer them
Inducements 10 stay when II heard Of
;helr intended leaving.
They Discuss Liberty Bonds.
Charles. In the llghtest corncr-a
few years ago he would have been
Karl-was always talking about the
price OF food: Il take Liberty bondt
Indeed I'll not! II the government had
kept prices down, and protected the
working man. and kept the rich man
from making war profits. why.
might. There Is going to be trouble
In this country some day and the gov
ernment deserves all that is coming to
them. The government ought TO do
everything II can to keep the good will
Of the people. Why-beer-" Charles
can never talk long without mention
ing beer.
Jo-whose early training was In a
protectorate-was n born finnncier
He had actually been talking about a
bond on the dollar-a-week plan, but no
one In the workrooms seemed to think
II good investment. II would be bet.
ter to buy sugar or whisky and keep II
for n higher price. So Jo had simply
talked for the past two weeks; he had
not decided. One might get AZ per
cent. or even per cent later! II
would be better TO wait.
"The government don't feed the boys
In camp!" shouted the porter.
"Of course It don't" yelled the thin
man by the window. "We don't know
what goes on there. No wonder lots
OF them commit sulcidel"
"Well-rd like to buy bond" broke
In Old Bailey, courageously. Old Bal
ley was born among the Pennsylvania
Dutch. But. with sixteen dollars q
week. and family. don't see how
I can"
Nor do l." said the tall young mar
OF whom the men said. His mother
vas born here"
All Are Buying Bonds.
The machines hummed on. the voices
rising and falling In opposition, wher
suddenly the eager face of Jo-th6
news gatherer-was thrust through IN,
door. There's an Italian banker ir
the second room talking TO the wop'
about Liberty bonds" ne Informed
The voices ceased. Everybody wishct
he could hear.
"He's still talking! All the wop'
are In there" spread the news TO every
corner Of the building; and then clos,
upon that: "They'rc buying them
every one OF the wops ARE buylnl
them"
In n shorter time than II could hnv,
taken n man to walk through the build
ing, every one In II knew that thu
wops-thc lowest.pnld men Of then
ali--were buying Liberty bonds
Presently all the workmen who coult
understand English were assembled
IN one room. They looked about GU
riously Mt one another; never befor,
had they seen themselves en- mnsse. Il
was n strange assembly. with its dirt
aprons. Its rough. lined faces and quie
tongues. II must have seemed sucl
TO the salesman; his mouth set Dor
ceptibly as he looked about nj his nu
| diencc.
The italian orator had gesticulatet
grandly; and there had been much o.
'Ttnlinl Italia 7" But this man. aftsl
] his first look at the faces before him
decided not 10 talk patriotism. SO h,
simply stated that our government wal
at war. Very clearly he explaine,
what that meant financially; he nc
knowledgcd that living was high nnt
hnrd. hut nevertheless everyone VIII,
did not help was Stacker. And. II
| convincing conclusion. III We don,