The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-04-10
THE LIBERTY LOAN
INV Mrs. N. NJ. G. Prange.i

Let us hope that by the time you
read these words the terrific struggle
now going on at the Western front
will have ended VIGOROUSLY to the
Allied armies. Was your boy there!
II so, your heart is torn with anxiety,
but there Is no time to give way to
personal sorrows. If his life Is sacri-
feed, don't let the sacrifice be in vain.
II he has been spared. help, through
the third Liberty Loan, to give him
every support in future battles. II
your boy isn't across, help to prepare
for his going. If you have no boy OF
your own, then think Of the boys who
arc doing what he would do-who are
fighting your battles and mine, who
are keeping the flag proudly aioat to
represent equality and justice to all
and chivalry and protection to women
and children.
The Liberty for which our FORE
fathers fought and died is now threat
ened by Prussianism and your work
and mine and the work Of other peo-
pie like US is as necessary to save 1t
as the actual fighting in the field. In
fact. the result Of that fighting de.
ponds upon us more than upon the
soldiers who are doing it. How? Why
because war is no longer represented
by man power. The strength Of ar
army now depends upon its equip
ment. We no longer hurl our soldiers
lat the enemy regardless Of loss, 81
long as greater loss be inflicted upo'
the opposing forces. Today, civilizef
! countries hold each life sacred, ant
protect the men by various devices
Shall our boys have every help mod
ern science can furnish? Shall the
even have proper food to eat an
flag across the seas? 1t all depends UP
= flag across the seas? 1t al depends uI
e on the sale of Liberty Bonds and Wa
Saving Stamps. How many have 20
: bought? How many are you going
r buy?
6 You never before had a chance
spend your money, yet keep it, too.
J. buying these government securiti'
/: you can do this. You can build shil
10 and buy coal to run them; load the
3 with food, clothes, gas masks, gun
n, ammunition, aeroplanes, and 9th
ID equipment; sail them across the sea
unload them in great warehouses 20
IS money has helped to build transpc
s. the supplies to Somewhere" givi
Id to our boys the equipment that W
Ill enhance the man power of the arr
's- many fold. How often must.it be !
an pea.ed to bring home to the peol
,st that money right now means a 81
n ing of lives! Buy Liberty Bonds a
,r- you help to save these lives, and 81
i'd get every cent Of the money back,
gether with interest.
nd Are you going to do It? Have J
reached the point when you can dc
,d- yourself of some things for the s;
OF helping to provide for the neces
ties OF war? Perhaps you ca
imagine helping great hosts Of n
but think Of just one man, perh,
your son or mine. Can you eat
=. bread or sugar or meat today so t
he can have food as he does his p
>. cover there?' Can you buy tn
900 stamp instead Of going to a pict
show, or Liberty Bond by some 6
tematized denial so as to pro,
money for carrying the food to h
lis- II your boy is lover there" d
e1- pride yourself as some do that
OF have done your Bit by letting
lay GO, The boy is the one who she
have the credit Of that. While he
lor- do the fighting for you and me,
ons' cSnt do our work. Our work Is be-
IN us and the fact our boys are e
there" should make us all the n
oet- anxious to get the supplies to ther
. If you own a Liberty Bond of p
ious series, don't consider your
~ done. You can't buy a life mem
sfiT in patriotism. Patriotism me-
urstinted service to our country.
never have done enough to rellev
o. doing more, If we can do more,
what hour Of the day now passe
wing which some saving cannot be m
some thought implanted in a I
less informed, some step taken to
10
-. the cause! Let us make as bra
no fight here at home as our dear