Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-10-11
Love For Country In Liberty Bonds.

In the finest spirit our young men
are going to the battle front to offer
their utmost, their very flesh and
blood. In unutterable toll and agony.
in doing what must be done there.
They hope to come back. but they are
willing to die there III that must be,
and thousands OF our best are doing
just that In like answering spirit
we who stay at home must do our
part-going without things and max
'ng those we have serve to the utmost
and through this self-deniai fur
nishing to the government. which is
taking care of our boys, the means TO
get enormous amounts OF materials
and labor needed to take care of them
and to equip them for what they have
to do.
He is a poor creature who thinks OF
the Liberty Bond solely as an invest
ment--a grudging gift to his country,
with a string to It. But no one need be
ashamed to lend to the government
! Uncle Sam will take what he needs
without money return. In the form ol
taxes, and we shall pay In willingly
cheerfully. We are doing 3 work for
the future-the world will be cleaner
and better to live In for all time BY
reason of what we are doing now
! therefore 1t Ii right that part of thit
burden should be met by those who
will come after Us and reap the long
time benefits.
| Every man knows In his heart whai
he can do and whether he IL doing 1t
/ He may be able TO deceive the govern
ment: by loud-mouthed professions oi
/ patriotism, saiuting the nag, cheering
At meetings and other noisy and con
spicuous displays he may deceive hi
neighbors; but ne cannot fool himself
He knows whether he has done all h
/ could And '.ail he couId"-honeatly
on the level, every man the Judge o.
his own effort In the Bquarest kind D
dealing with his own soul In kind o
! Judgement day-that Ii the measure
/ When this war IL over there viii b.
only two kinds of folks in the Unite'
states-those who did all they coul'
and gave all they could. and thoB
who didn't. Among those who didn'
: VIII be the ones who tried to keep ol
! using and enjoying things and tn
, work Of other people, as they used 1
, do: those who failed TO do their al
most in the way of really useful worh
D and those who demanded for them
, selves unnecessary things and labu
: which might have been used for tn
3 purposes of the government In win
! ming the war Every dollar. ever
. cent, that we spend for somethin
: that we could go without competes i
1 the market with the government. an
I by just so much impedes the bi
n cause. Even IL we saved the none
4 and buried It In the back yard =
! should be helping the government
But there In better thing 10 do wit
it. The government must have none,
in immense amounts. In order 70 bu
Z materials and work. And we Al
: asked 10 lend Il to the goyernmer
d for that purpose. In addition TO viii
q we pay as taxes.
d We have intense admiration for II
y precincts OF this county which "wel
II over the top with 8 whoop" In u
sz present drive, and pity bordering {
lie contempt for Montpelier In its faiiul
d to do likewise Patriots have con
d. forward and subscribed 10 their iiml
10 while on the other hand there .
> those who can loan but won't-wen
y until they are suddenly awakened
la their duty-for be Il rememberi
n that these Liberty Bond campalgi
ID furnish occasion for reminding ou
% selves that ii IL our country. ourseiv
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