The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-10
WANTED 100000
new CAPITALISTS
By BOOTH HARRINGTON.

Nobody reads Liberty Loan articles,
or editorials, or advertisements any
more; so people are beginning TO say {;
and therefore, what Is the use Of
writing them3"
For my part, am not quite sure
of the answer, yet am sure enough
that these articles. editorials, para
graphs and advertisements must be
written. Writing them and printing
them is one Of the ways we have learn
cd to help sell the bonds, and besides
trying 10 learn new ways we must try
all the ways we already know; for the
bonds have got 10 be sold. And, per-
haps. though no one may read this
little Liberty Loan screed which am
writing now, II may well be that wien
It Is In print number of people will
glance at 1t long enough to see that
II Is about the new loan and be re-
minded once more that the bonds
have to be bought.
The eight billions TO be taken for
taxes In 1919 will come out Of The
pockets Of people who went what they
thought was their limit on bonds, dur
ing the earlier sales, and then they
had four billions more 10 spend on
bonds than they will have under the
new taxes That Is TO say, roughly,
the buyers OF bonds during the past
year will be four billions short of caSn
to pay for bonds during the fourth and
nth sales If they buy at the same rate
they did in the earlier sales. Either
they have to dig up four billions more
(and multitudes OF them say they
cnnD for taxes and bonds than they
did last year, or else new buyers have
TO be found And If II Is true that
the previous buyers did go their real
limit on bonds, heretofore, and must
now pay In taxes four billions which
they formerly put into bonds, then II
follows that the heaviest drive must
be made to find new buyers.
II comes to this, of course: the Old
buyers must strain till they get their
previous limit stretched, and new buy
ers must be found, and found actually
by the million and million. The new
and million because they haven't as
much money ms the Old buyers had.
The old buyers who aren't heavily bit
by the tax will be on hanC but tie
new buyers are the people VINO mt,t
make M The deficit Of the old buyp.'S 'S
who can't buy as they did. The Lib
erty Loan Driver who gets new bui-
or hns right TO stop minute and
feel complacent before he starts IT,
again and gets another new one.
There's n cheering thing 10 think
nbout IN connection with this new
"drlve." The richer people Tor those
who used TO be) are going to paw So
OOO.OOO. 900 I'm Federal taxes instead Of
$1,000, 100000 paid in 1918 If they ha I
that extra" OO,OGO,OOD tu put mo
honds. instead Of taxes their future
incomes would be about $1,000 0O0,-
600 pleasanter every year. And yet
we haven't heard any particular wall
going up frOn them about this. II
really seems 10 be true that under the
circumstances they're glad to part
with the money In the way the Gov
crnment sees flt to take It, That's
pretty fair behavior on their part 10
hand II over without word of pro.
test. My personal belief Is that they
wouldn't protest II the Government
took everything they have, In order to
win this war. Yes, they're all right
and everybody In the country win he
al right II this loan produces 5000.
0OO NEW BUYERS. There are about
1O5, 600, 900 people In the United States
and there were about 100000 buy
ers Of bonds In the last Loan. Thnfs
why S7000,000 NEW ones are needed.