The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-05-01
MEN, WOMEN
AND THINGS


The tim for talk has passed The
hour for action has arrived. There was
time before America entered the war
people to be neutral. but now that the
United States is in it because Germany
wouldn't let her stay out, he is meet
ing force by force.
The call has come for these of us
who cannot go to the front 70 show our
patriotism and loyalty by buying Lib
be asked of those of us who are per-
mitted to remain protected in our
homes and in our business and in our
lives. &f&8 s&a
I confess that / have small patience
with the man who at this critical crisis
in the nation, when the resources of
the country are being taxed to the ut
most to furnish money and man power.
can sit at ease and figure the rate
of interest he can get, Weighing his
money against the bodies of our boys.
I have done my part as a Liberty
Bond salesman but l confess have had
little stomach to try and sell them as
an investment. 1t is to put the mat
ter on commercial rather than pa
triotic footing. have less desire to
beg people to buy them, but I have
always emphasized the fact that was
giving them an opportunity to serve
their government and throw safe
guards around and give comforts to
their own flesh and blood
I was in certain county where lit
tie enthusiasm had been shown to sub
scribe for the bonds. and one of the
leading citizens in a public meeting
got up in an apologize way and said,
but we have furnished our quota of
men" / replied publicly that that Yves
all the more reason why the county
should back UP her loyal sons who were
making the supreme sacrifice by put
ting their money behind them.
Take the bonds on mere financial
basis, and they are attractive. when
we keep in mind that the government
can get by taxation what it needs II
its citizens refuse to lend to 1t their
money It's good business as we'll as
patriotism to invest in the bonds.
man can buy bond and put it away
;nxo VAL
liable each year. whereas it Uncle Sam
has to resort to taxation, all one gets
is a receipt. and you can hang It on
hook or file it, and II you live to
be older than Methuselah. it won't be
worth any more than the day on which
you got it.
Purely from an investment stand
point it is the safest buy any man
can make. Every now and then hear
some fellow say my word is my bond,
and knowing him I know his bond is
not worth continental But when
your Uncle Sammy writes his name on
a scrap of paper in which he prom
Uses to pay at date fixed. it's just
as good as gold. This reminds me Of
an Ingersoll story.
just give it in an abbreviated form.
Bob was against free silver. and in one
of his speeches against what he was
pleased to call fiat money" he said q
dollar bill without q dollars worth of
silver or gold in the treasury. was no
more a dollar thaH bill of fare was
a dinner (You can starve to death read
ing a cook book. OF course. he had
to be sacrilegious. SO in mock piety
he pulled out "shin plaster" and cried
aloud Il hope the day will come when
every old paper dollar in the land can
hold up its hand to high heaven and
say. 4 know that my redeemer
liveth'."
Now anyone who buys a Liberty
Bond need have no fear that It will
not be redeemed. for before its value
dies. Birmingham, Jefferson county.
Alabama. YES, these United States Of
America. win have to perish from the
face Of the earth. for 4 Liberty Bond