The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13

things and work for us instead OF fo<
the government, and so that (2) the
things and the work that would be put
into products and efforts for our per-
sonai use and enjoyment shall be COM
PEELED to turn to the kinds of prod
ucts and work that the government
must have to win the war. Every dol
lar, every cent, that we spend for
something that we could go without
completes in the market with the gov
eminent, and by just SO much impedes
the big cause.
Even If we saved the money and
buried it in the back yard we should
be helping the government. But there
is a better thing to do with it. The
government must have money, In inn
mense amounts. in order to buy ma
terials and work. And we are asked
to lend it to the government for that
purpose, in addition to what we pay
as taxes.
Bonds Are More Than Receipts.
The Liberty bonds are the receipts
which the government gives us for this
loan. But they are more than re-
ceipts; we get receipts for the taxes.
A Liberty bond is not only the gov
ernment's acknowledgement that you
have loaned the money it is its prom
Use to pay it back upon a. certain day,
and to pay you in the meanwhile, at
certain intervals, for the use of the
money. All of the resources of the
country in materials and the labor
of the people--our own good faith to-.
ward each other, our permanence as a
civilized nation-are pledged to the
payment of principal and interest in
strict accordance with the terms of
the transaction as printed on each
bond. There is not a safer or more
valuable piece of paper in the world
When this war is over there will be
only two kinds of folks in the United
States-those who did all they could
and gave all they could, and those who
didn't. Among those who didn't will
be the ones who tried to keep on using
and enjoying things and the work of
other people, as they used to do; those
who failed to do their utmost in the
VI lCdhy uSCIui NOlh otiN thCoO
who demanded for themselves unnec-
essary things and labor which might
have been used for the purposes of
the government in winning the war.
All You Can, is the Measure.
Every man knows in his heart what
he can do and whether he is doing it
He may be able to deceive the govern |
ment; by loud-mouthed professions OF
patriotism, saluting the flag, cheering |
at meetings, and other noisy and con-
spicuous displays he may deceive his |
neighbors; but he cannot fool himself. |
He knows whether he has done all he |
could And ''all he could"-honestly, |
on the level, every man the judge OF |
his own effort in the squarest kind OF |
dealing with his own soul in kind OF |
Judgment day-that is the mea sure.
He is poor creature who thinks of
the Liberty bond solely as an invest
nent-a grudging gift to his country,
with string on it. But no one need
be ashamed to lend to the govern
nent. Uncle Sam will take what he
needs without money return, in the
'orm of taxes, and,we shall pay in will
ngly, cheerfully. We are doing a work
'or the future-the world will be-
cleaner and better to live in for all
line by reason of what we are doing
low; therefore it is right that a part
# this burden should be met by those
Who will come after us and reap the
ong-time benefits.
In the finest spirit our young men
re going to the battle front to offer
heir utmost, their very flesh and
Hood, in unutterable toll and agony,
n doing what must be done there. They
Iope to come back, but they are will
ng to die there if that must be. And
thousands of our best are doing just
hat. In like answering spirit we who
tay at home must do our part-going
,ithout things and making those we
ave serve to the utmost--and through
his self-denial furnishing to the gov
government-which is
aking care of our boys, the means to ,
ct the enormous amounts of materials i.
nd labor needed to take care of them
nd to equip them for what they have 7
} do. :
This is the meaning of the Liberty !
ond. - +