Mexico Missouri message., 1918-05-16
Show Patriotism by Investing in a
Third Liberty Bond
or Two.
SECURITY IS BEST IN WORLD
Don't Wait for Somebody Else to Take
Your Share Of the Greatest In
vestment open to q
Patriot.
BY IRWIN s. COBB.

to our country-and these are the
things of which most of us are speak
ing these days-why not buy q Third
Liberty bond or two1s
II ever thing was we'll named the
Liberty bond is. 1t stands for lib
erty-for liberty not only for our own
people but for all the peoples of the
world-liberty from despotism, from
Imperialism, from militarlsm, and,
most Of all, liberty from Prussianism,
which, summed up, Is the other three
isms rolled into one.
And, likewise, 1t is a bond-a bond
of faith, bond of honor, bond of re-
liability, q bond Of security, backed
up by the government of the United
States of America, Its assets, its good
name, its credits, its power, and its
possessions Of whatsoever nature.
Flag lie Worth Defending.
This generation is, just now engag-
ing upon the tasks Of preserving and
perpetuating what our forefathers
earned for us. If the heritage they
handed down to us was worth taking,
it is worth keeping; If the flag they
fought under is worth living under, 1t
Is worth defending; If the government
should endure, If its securities are
staple and stable, 1t is our duty to in.
vest in these securities, to prove the
value of our own citizenship to our
selves by the confidence and the trust
we show in our own institutions. The
Liberty bond issue gives us that chance
without entailing the slightest risk
upon our part.
When we buy Liberty bonds we are
helping our country, helping as right
eOus cause as ever sent nation to
battle, and at the same time we are
safeguarding our savings and earning
a decent rate of interest on our money.
We can't lose; we are bound to win.
Thieves may break in and moths may
corrupt, but Liberty bond is as solid
as Plymouth rock and as honest as the
Declaration Of Independence. If 1t
goes down, our government goes down
with 1t, and then your money wouldn't
do you any good anyway. If you had
kept 1t stored up 1t would be confis.
Gated by a gentleman in a spiked he'll
met with spiked mustaches and a
spiked way of saying "Verboten" to
practically everything you wanted to
do.
Backing lie the Best.
AS long as the Stars and Stripes
float the Liberty bond will be aloft too.
The Liberty bond is guaranteed by
every inch of our soil, by every shred
of our traditions, Its promise to pay is
predicated on every ship that flies our
flag, on every pennyweight Of railroad
iron in our land, on every peppercOrn
In our granaries, on every dollar Of
our circulation, on every rod of navi-
gable river, on every furlong of high
way, on every gill of water in every
American harbor, on every pebble in
the Rocky mountains, on every blade
of growing grain, on everything that
we, as a people, own and ever have
owned and ever shall own. And, while
we are on the subject, might add that
1t is predicated on something more be-
sides. 1t Is predlcated on Bunker Hill ;
on Independence hall; on the little
apple tree at Appomattox; on the cor
nerstone of building at Washington
d. O., called the national capitol. A
man who wouldn't be satisfied with
that collateral wouldn't risk pewter
dime for the hope Of eternal salvation.
Don't wait for somebody else to take
your share of the best investment that
is open to patriot. Our great Revo-
lutionary granddaddies weren't that
sort. Their motto wasn't, LET George
do It," They helped George do 1t!
Don't sell Uncle Sam short. Don't
be a bear on the Old Glory market
Don't make your own country ashamed
Of you.
Buy a Liberty bOndi