The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-15
NIP YELLOW DOGS
They Are Here, but They Won't
Last Long Now.
You Can Help Uncle Sam by
Telling Him of EN-.
FORECAST.

You never saw q yellow dog that
had any spunk. 1t will zap at every
motor car that passes, and then sit
back believing, complacently. that 1t
ran 1t off the block It will bark at
other dogs that are attending strictly
to their own business. 1t will snoop
around and steal things at your back
door, and then keep you awake at
night with its dismal bowling at the
moon. 1t will be a curse to the man
or woman responsible for its being in
the neighborhood, and it never will do
| a thing to pay for the food it eats.
This country Of ours is burdened.
legged ones. Perhaps there's one or
kmore in your own neighborhood. They
won't be there very long. because the
nation In after them. and by the ma
ton is meant the powers of the gov
eminent at Washington These pow
women who are buying the war loans
bonds and stamps-and the record
will show, when it is finished just
what every taxpayer could do and
ought to do In support Of his country.
This plan is absolutely just. 1t isn't
fair that you and your loyal friends
should be putting up the money to
protect the lives and fortunes of the
yellow dogs. the human dodders. You
| know about "doddeH," don't you?
Certainly. And you haven't much use
| for them, have you? Well. the dod-
ders, the hangers-on, buy no war
stamps or liberty bonds. They'll be
under the house or down cellar when
danger threatens. They'll be on the
fence barking when your boy goes
marching by to France. They'll be
| whining when their tax is due. They'll
| fight the good roads work. They'll
| keep peoples stirred up with fool
| stories about sinkings OK American
| troop ships. They'll tell you Germany
| was or il the greatest industrial coun-
| try in the world and that 1t L.
marvel OF efficiency.
| Watch Out for I'm.
| But they'll buy no war stamps
these yellow dogs. They'd sooner go
Siding down the street with their
! tails between their shaky legs. yelp-
ing at the band that plays to cele-
brate a victory on the western front.
Watch out for the yellow dogs The
| first one you meet ought to De LED
/ swiftly into a secluded spot. far from
| the madding crowd, and there told
| the truth about duty. And while
you're at it you might give him some
pointers about the easiest way in
which he can help his country. at the
same time telling him that the air he
| breathes could be used to better ad-
vantage IN q pool hall II he declines
4 TO come aCEOB8 4cll INN tiAaS tAiS
| only way he can be saved Is to save
himself by saving. Show him few
| things about war stamps.
| Stand him in q fence corner and
| say this to him: WAR stamps are q
| good form of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
you must have pay for helping the
| country in which you are abiding I'M
der false pretense. These stamps pay
4 per cent interest, compounded quar-
terly. II you don't know what this
means, ask your 10-year-old son or
| daughter. They are redeemable in
1929 in gold-the stamps. If you
take $3.50 out of the tin can under
the barn where you've hidden your
money SO the assessor won't find it.
and invest it in war stamps in June
the government will pay you S10o In
gold for your certificates in 1923, Just
the same IS IL you were real, hon.
est-to-goodness American By the
same token, IL you invest SAT- this
month in war stamps it viii be re-
turned to you in five years with $8a
added for interest. That's more money
than you're worth personally as fer
tilizer, but even a yellow dog can buy
war stamps," Talk that way to him
and you'll be doing your country q
service. Incidentally, don't forget that
June 20 is To be the big day all over
1.-THE United States-War Stamp day
when the people win meet in theii
school houses and pledge themselves
to buy two billions worth of these
stamps. Kansas must take 81 mil
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