The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-30
OUR GREATEST EFFORT

est popular loan any government has
ever tried to obtain. We must not
let it fail.
No doubt the country has the mon
ey, and more, and the investment is
the best. The only things that can
cause the loan to fail are over-confi-
dence or stinginess
The third Liberty Loan was made
at a time when there was dire need.
The great western offensive of the
Hun was at it's height, and the dan
ger was great that it would go "over
the top" for all time. The people
bought bonds as they would rush am
munition to the front in a great bat
tie.
Now, we have had two months and
a half of victory. The enemy has
lost all the ground he gained. and
with it hundreds of thousands of
men. 1t is conceded that Americas
sword has turned the scale. Ameri-
cans are pouring into France at the
rate of quarter of a million Of men
a month. The enemy has lost Pal
estine and another big army. Bull
garia defeated is about to desert him,
Rumania threatens to rebel and Rus
STA is more of threat than a help,
Austria is shaking to pieces.
There are many Americans who
think it is all over but the shouting,
and many more who believe the war
will end before Christmas. How many
of these may think there is no need
for them to help further we do not
know, but if there is any considerable
portion of the nation that thinks
that way it will cause the loan to be
Americans could make no greater
mistake. Now is the time to make
our greatest effort. Better had we
lose a great battle than let the loan
fail. It would put heart in the en-
envy; it would take heart out of the
men SO nobly fighting for America
and humanity on land and sea.
The enemy may be desperate, but
he is not despairing; he is yet strong
and resourceful, and he is watching
for our mistakes. If we make the
mistake of Understanding the loan,
it will cheer him up from the Kiel to
the Euphrates. He will say "America
is growing weary" and he will be
spurred to greater efforts. 1t will
cost us thousands of men and billions
of dollars to retrieve the mistake.
How can we fail the men who are
so nobly standing between us and
ruin and degradation?
We must not fail them. We must
oversubscribe the loan.
If this loan is oversubscribed, the
enemy may ask for peace. If it is un-
dersubscribed, he is certain to fight
on.
Any man, any woman, who will not
buy bond, a war stamp, a thrift
stamp, when he or she can possibly
raise the money, is a Stacker, and is
not worthy of the citizenship of this
great nation, the protection of its flag
and the respect of loyal neighbors.
Buy all you can. and little more,
and observe those who do not buy,
and if you know they are able to buy
and won't treat them with the con-
tempt they deserve.
American citizenship is a precious
thing. Millions lpf men are cheer
fully proving it is worth fighting
for, and dying for if need be. Those
whom they fight, for, and may die for,
can do no less than work and pay.
We give you these ringing, heart
stirring lines from Ralph E. McMil-
lin:
Money from Home
eWhat is the Liberty Loan?
It's forts and it's ships and it's shin
Ing guns,
It's suuadrons that sweep the sea.
It's all of the circling band of steel
That shall keep all the home shores
free.
It's grub and it's warmth for the
sailor lad
Far out on the wintry foam,
For the brave jack tar, as he fights
afar,
It's the good old Money from
home"
What is the Liberty Loan?
It's rifle and helm and it's bayonet,
It's shovel and sword and shell
For the soldier boy in the olive drab,
Out there on the edge of hell.
It's the soaring wings of the whirring
planes
That battle on high alone.
For the lad who is daring .over
Z there"
It's the good old Money from
What is the Liberty Loan?
It's succor and life for a bleeding
world.
It's the glimmer of peace at dawn.
It's the strength of a mighty arm to
strike.
It's a CLEAN of great sword,
drawn.
But, more than all, it's the pledge of
love
To the lads whom we call "our
own"
To the boys on land, afloat, on high.
It's the good old Money from
hcme.''
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