Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
LOCAL COMMENT



Now we know that one farmer got
$4,000 and better for 500 head of Mar
shall county hogs IL Is of more i'm
portance to us to know that 10000
hogs have ben counted In this county,
When all Of these hogs have reached
maturity and sell for SO per head
Marshall county will have taken In
$500, 900 which Is more than all the
liberty bond quotas will amount TO for
Marsall county during the period or
this war.
Second ward bond buyers, too, can
afford to buy again in this bond drive
now that II has been discovered that
tho Second ward keeps 900 pigs. Who
but census taker would even have
supposed that there were 500 pigs in
the Second ward?
When men kick because they have
been asked to buy $1,000 in liberty
bonds they are kicking about the
hazard of $3.50 for the purpose of
winning this war. Not the loss OF
$3.50 but only the hazard Of that sum.
The government will pay them si2.59
interest within year, Money at per
cent will cost only $50 in a year for
enough to carry $1,000 bond. The
war will be over in another year or
Whereabouts when the bond will go up
in price. If it reaches 10e on the bond
market at the end of year or lOi
at the end of two years the bona
holder will make back all the differ
ence in interest which be risked. Why
will men get mad and make them
selves ridiculous before public COM
mittees over the risk of $3.50 to help
win this war?
When the next bond drive is on 1t
is hoped that the railroad companies
and factories will discontinue their
custom Of selling their workmen bonds
to be collected out of pay checks. IL
creates such confusion in the records
of the liberty loan committees that II
increases the labor of the campaign
rather than relieving it, The elimina-
ton of all sales at the banks greatly
simplfied the system this time and
next time there should be but one
place and one time for everybody to
buy bonds. Then his card will be
account credited. If any shop men are
receiving letters now they should go
at once to the chairman for the ward
in which they live and have the mis-
take corrected and be cheerful and
pleasant about it. The local COM
mittees have worked weeks and nights
on this campaign but it seems almost
impossible to control all sales 80 as to
make the proper credits.
People Who receive the T.-R. by
carrier within the city must prepare to
pay up all hack accounts on sub
sription and at least one month in ad-
vance. The T.-R. has been put on
white paper ration by the government
Just as people are now on sugar
ration because there is not enough
paper to go around. In order to get
paper the publIsers must sign certi-
fcate, not that they will use their
sugar for canning only. but that they
will not send any newspapers to
people who have not paid for them.
This is 4 serious interference with the
IRIS plan of doing business. but 1t
must he met in order to get paper See
that you pay for your T.-R. at the
beginning OF month instead Of at
the end or some brass button official
will order the publisher to cut your
name off the carrier boys list.
Marshall county will have s51 900 to
raise next month for seven war re-
lief societies and the Red Cross 81
membership campaign comes again in
December During the last week in
November people must buy the
remainder Of a years allotment Of war
savings stamps SO it is going to be one
thing after another until this war is
won. Get ready for the inevitable.