The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-10
KEYNOTE FOR
LIBERTY LOAN
BY OCLEBAY
BUY BONDS AND MORE BONDS Is
THE ADMONITION OF THE FOOD
ADMINISTRATION.
Must Go Over the Top and Show the
German Mtlitar1sts tho American
People Arc Not Cutters.

T.. w. OGlebay, we'll known business
man OF Wheeling. Federal Food Admin
Tie National Bank nf West Virginia
and proprietor of Waddington Farm.
has been asked TO state why the people
should buy Liberty Bonds now.
He has set out in Il most conclusive
manner the reasons why this patriotic
duty should be attended to without de-
lay. He says:
This country stands to-day upon the
| threshold Of its greatest opportunity
! the opportunity TO become the sreuteSt
world power. making more potent and
! effective our ideal of Il broader clvlll-
cation organized and sustained by the
! great fundamental principles oil Demo
| cracy, which have assured our people
70 the fullest enjoyment of Liberty, and
| will guarantee the same blessings 10
| the oppressed people OF the world.
The ono thing that will guarantee
| for us thus great privilege is the WIN
| ming of the war.
'srhcrc are four primary things es-.
scntial to the successful termination OK
| this worldwide struggle OF p!utocraEy
| against democracy which TINS NAHUM
| must provide before the war can We
won, and they arc men. munitions 1000
rud money.
I'VE have the men by the millions,
able, strong, courageous ana fearless
who are willing 10 sacrifice their very
lives for the defence Of their ideals. lheIr
homes and their freedom. They are
demonstrating this every day on IN"
battlefield and receiving our applause
und communication for their ellccliEc-
ness, their bravery and their grim &C.
termination to stand by their guns until
the last Hun is conquered.
Our manufacturers have rallied 20
the national need and shown their Skill
and rcsuurcefulncss in proridins muhl-
lions in such abundance that our trans
pnrtation problem has become one uf
STAGGERING proportions
"Fcod---we have demonstrated during
the past year 1T the ;-:gsestion OF that
mnsterful mind. Mr.. Hoover and under
his able leadership, that We can: ny
iudicious conservation and intensified
production. meet the worlds deficit in
fcodstuffs and blotting out the posi-
| bility Of famine and starvation.
"But-bchind all these necessary
things. there stands the urgent need or
money. and lots Of II.
That is why VIC should buy bonds
and do it now ,..
No argument is necessary 70 show
! that they arc the safest and best IN
| ycstment in the world and president
! Wilson is right whcr he SAYS te the
American people that II inc noiics A.
not good. then the money uScu IN puS-
! ing them is worthless. ..
| We should buy bonds. now because
! the Treasury Department has toid Us
! that We need the money in the success
! full prosecution Of the war ana JUST no"
! much VIC need, Six Billions.
| we should buy bonds now to sup
! port the morale If our army and let
| our boys In France know that We are
! ready 10 stand by them TO our last dol
| lar if necessary.
we should huy bonds now to SHOW
| Germany that We are not cutters. that
We arc in the war to win and that no
ovcrturcS Of peace now or hereafter
from across the sea will blind the Amer
lean people Ia their duty until the man
ace Of l'russian Militarism IS blotted
from, the face Of the cnrth.
I'VE should buy bonds now because
| it is Il tcn-strokc opportunity 1T this
psychological moment to put s, an ever ti,
lasting clinchC- upon the victories W1
have already won on the. battlefield
VIC have outlined our duty and must <"
over the tor with the Fourth Liberty
Eund sale. knowing that ih:s money
will b.. needed IL. reconstruction actiNi-
ties even should peace be declared To-
! morrow. ,.,..
because il is the greatest "rp"rluhlt!
ever Offered man 10 assist IN procuring
a higher civilization In the name 81
Justice Equality and Humanity.