Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
u. s. WANTS PEOPLE
TO MAKE Pile

TO MAKE PLEDGE GOOD
Millions of subscribers to the
Fourth Liberty Loan are now on
their nettle.
They are face to the face with the
job of completing their payments. 1t
will take nerve, courage. and stay
ing power" II will take self-denial.
Subscribing for the bonds. and max
ing the first payment of 10 per cent
was sign of loyalty to the gov
ernment and to the army and navy.
Keeping up the payments until the
Liberty Bonds are fully paid for
that is the real test of mettle. Any
body is likely to be carried away by
the fervor of Il revival meeting"
1t takes earnestness to live up to
new principles for the rest of ones
life. That is the real test. The
same thing applies to the duty of
making good" our pledges for the
Fourth Liberty Bonds. From now on
until Jan. 3, 1919, steady, sus-
tanned effort to save and meet Lib
erty Bond installments will indicate
24-karat patriotism and character.
Every person who signed a Liberty
Bond application and made the in
j itial payment assumed an obligation
of honor. To neglect that pledge or
to let the subscription lapse would
be a shameful thing. No right mind
ed person will fail to carry out his
Liberty Loan subscription pledge, I'M
| ass actual disaster makes it neces-
sary to shift the burden on someone
! else
What is the best way to take care
of these Liberty Bond subscription
pledges? The best way is to make a
budget Set down on a sheet of
paper the exact amount of your
weekly or monthly pay. Make a par
allel column and set down the nee
essary items of your living. Rent.
S.; groceries. S.; heat and
! light, S.; Liberty Bond payments,
s.. (enorgh to meet the ar cunts
when duel
Put the Liberty Bond pa. ment
money right into the bank--every
week or every moi ,h-just as soon
after pay day as you can. Then
the money will be rea v and Wa ting
when the g. 3tallments all due.
DO not /. anybody induce you to
sell any Libv" Bond you have paid
for. Do not let anybody induce you
to turn over your Liberty Bond as
first installment on piano" or
anything else. Have those Liberty
Bonds entered up in your savings
bank book, and make an arrange
ment with your bank, if possible, to
have the coupons clipped and added
20 your account
Always deposit in your saving &C
count the interest money received
for coupons cut. off your Liberty
Bonds. In this way you eLjoy COM
pound interest and get al Fad faster.
Every Liberty Bond tnat is sold,
throws strain o. some bank or on
the government. Every Liberty
Bond that rs u; necessarily disposed
Of tends to divert money from the
conduct of the war. And ii deprives
the owner of IT, benefits of his own
self-denial and thrift
Therefore: If you want to keep
peace with your own conscience and
maintain your own self-respect take
great care on all these points:
:. Set aside out of your pay the
money needed to meet Liberty Bond
installments urder your plan of pay
ment. Put that money in a bank.
2. No not "lapse" on your Liberty
Bond subscription for any reason
whatever, short of some absolute dis
aster.
g. Do not sell your Liberty Bonds
unless compelled by dire necessity
TO raise money; and then try to Dor
row on the bonds instead of selling
them.
4. Do not let anybody induce you
TO trade in" your Liberty Bonds
for merchandise.
Hang tight 10 all your Liberty
Bonds, and complete all the pay
ments by brave and persistent saw
ing, sacrifice and self-denial. That
is the way to get the utmost posi-
BILE return from your financial and
moral investment.