The spectator., 1918-10-18
BOND DOLLARS D0 DOUBLE DUTY F0R OWNERS AND J. $.
HOLDERS DRAW ThE lNTEREoT WHILE FUNDS KEEP HUN
 ON YhE RUN.
FAR BETTER THAN CURRENCY
Investment ttssks Tor Man Who owns lt and the eoys In the ! YrsnohsA

 Eighth Federal Reserve District are pointing out that every dollar that is invested iu Liberty Loans or War Say ings Stamps is a Double Duty Dol. lar"
 It's double value comes from its be- ing on two jobs at the same time, It Is working for the inyestor--that b, for the man who buys it-and at the same time 1t Is working for Uncle Sans army across the seas and help ing to win the war While it is feed ing and clothing and putting rifles in the hands of American riflemen 1t is working for the man who bought 1t.
 The bond that remains in the in. vestor's hands is backed by all the re- sources ot the national government. Il That means that all the wealth of the United States. whether 1t be in the soil or the waters. in. on or under the earth, or in the hands of the owner of personal property. Is pledged to the inyestV ss security for the money that he has loaned the government on tha governments solemn promise to Day.
 They Are Fighting ooiiars.
 Al the same time the money invest ed in Liberty Bonds Is buying steel jscketed five-to.the-clip cartridges for lhe fighting man in Lorraine. Picardy oI Flanders 1t Is paying the owner <a per cent interestl
 AS the bankers point out, surely this is no, much of \ sacriftee on the part Ct the buyer who Is asked to help his nati,si and at the ssAle time is given the safest investment in the world. For the United States. in all the years pt it's history. has never repudiated Q debt
 A government bend comes nearer filling the unique position of letting the investor spend his money and keep il al the same time than any otA q means Of getting rid ef the actual cash. For. alter all. . Liberty Bond means very much the same as . $50 bill or q S100 bill. Both backed by the same government. the principal diffee- ence is that one is an intersst bearer end the other is good fog its face value snc that only.
 More Dvysrs ThIs Tims.
 The fourth call for the Double Duty Dollars" of patriotic Americans came eept 2s. Until Got. IT the call will sound In the Third Liberty Loan l3.o0o O00 Americans who were willing to iack their patriotism with their casa responded to that call This tune i. Is hoped that far more buyers will participate. IL has been suggested that al least 3O.000.000 Americans should subscribe That will mean that prso- United States who 10 in . position to buy even one $50 bond, on the install ment plan or otherwise. must sub scribe.
 Advocates Of savinGA accounts point out that the man or woman who puts money in . Liberty Bond is creating . reserve fund that will bs . financial bulwark in later years. While the savings account ides is good and the investment idea is valuable. 1t shoaald hot be forgotten that the biggest duty ot the Double Duty Dollar just nov is 10 get into thS war and help ts kseD the Hun on the run
 With the flood of American Win the War" dollass pilinx high aA the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign pro U-ssss. the Allies on the. western front will keep hsmmsrinS aAay at tho weakening German line till the hour comss wAsn the kxises's armies must fall back across the Rhine CT be caught in some gigantic military catastrophe that will forever wreck the Nun uaill Ia oh