Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-08-22
Can Help Himself, His Boy and
His Country by Buying
Liberty Bonds.
K MUST ALL DO OUR BEST
sceses Of Thln0 We Can DO Without
which Seem Necessities and Yet
~ Really Lsxuries - Get
Into the Fight.
BY EDWARD BOX.

Sh Ihe new Liberty loan iS IN
uoxnced we should hail Il with pleas
ma For years we have used the
phrase "as good as government
uond" as indicating the safest invest
nnent possible, but before the war II
was impossible for the average In
weston TO secure government bond.
Periodically an issue was made, but IL
was so quickly subscribed for by the
bankers that the small investor had
little chance. Now we all have
chance. and a chance rt all that we
can afford 10 buy
II will, OF course, be argued by some
when the fourth Liberty loan is an
nounced that they have not as yet
paid for the third loan bonds for which
they subscribed. That may be true,
but that IS no reason Why we should
fan 10 subscribe again. Before the
nfth loan can be issued we will have
paid for the third loan bonds and be-
gun paying for the fourth loan bonds
that we subscribed for. gbns n we
20 on we Will have a distinct part in
each loan, have each month put aside
q sum for the best investment on
earth, have acquired the steady habit
or saving, and when the last loan is
announced and we shall have taken
part of that and paid for II. we shall
dnd ourselves IN possession Of col
lection Of bonds that will make us
proud of the share we took In the war
and have a comfortable nest egg" in
the bargain.
Must Do Our Best.
Never, really was there such n
stimulant given Us 70 do without the
nonessentinl and save. Not only is il
saving for orr boys and helping them
90 fight, but IL is saving for them when
they come home and saving for our
selves. Is there, in Imagination a
pFouder parent than that father or
mother, who when his or her hoy
comes home from serving his country
can open a drawer and pull out neat
little package Of Liberty loan bondsl
That is what we mean by Keeping the
home-tires burning" by packing up
our boys, by doing out bit" The
only point is that we should change
the latter 10 doing OVAL best" We've
done our bit" In the pact loans In
this fourth loan we should do our
hest" We want 10 be able 20 show
our boy bond or two or three in each
loan: not have him ask: "Oh, didn't
you get in on the fourth1"
II isn't asif we can't do il. We can,
IL we will only get our minds to the
fob Of real saving. There are scores Of
M do wifi " tgl
necessities and yet are really Injuries.
Our boys lover there" are doing With
out them and offering their lives be-
sides We are not asked for the latter.
AL We are asked TO do is 10 do without
here something and there something
and by doing this we are patriots
And all the time while we are ad-
judged patriots we are investing our
money In the safest thing on earth and
getting good interest on Il IN the
bargain. Frankly. can you beat iti"
IL is something 10 ask man TO give
money, without return. and be
patriot But in these Liberty loans an
the government asks that n man shall
loan is his money, safely guarded and
At n good interest, and still he is
patriot
Must Lend or Be Taxed.
Another point we must remember,
taking this whole matter simply on
an economic basis: That the nose Of
these Liberty bonds we buy the less
taxes we will have ~ pny. The gov
eminent must have the money 10 keep
w the war and feed and clothe our
boys. This year ii needs about $24 1000
600 900 This amount il must get from
the people. And If the people won't
loan In bonds. II must take in taxes.
Hence. the more we loan the less We
will have 70 give.
It's all a question of saving saving,
savng-and never was there "A better
time TO begin than now with the Lib
erty loan bonds as an attraction. The
man who has no ready money with
which 10 buy the bonds is the very
man that the government wants above
all othe- classes of men 10 loan it his
money; his money saved here with
dollar and there with quarter. IL Is
the finest kind ~ money TO give 10 our
country: the money that We save by
fDIle dtL III SUI Al lNil Ai'
money that we have In the bank that
we want 10 draw out and buy Liberty
bonds with II is the money that next
winter we can save month by month.
That is really helping your boy over
there" helping the government 70
keep him warm and ut. and. incidental
ly. helping yourself to lay by the most
valuable rseces Of paper that you can
buy. put away. and all the time getting
a good interest on them.
Black Eye for the Hun.
Seventeen million individual sub
scribers were part OF the third Liberty
loan. That means one In every six
OF the population OF the United States
But there Is no reason why with the
coming fourth loan this should not be
changed TO one In every three persons
In the United States and finally that
every person In the United States shall
own bond. Fancy the state OF mind OF
the German war lords II they were
made TO realize that every one or the
one hundred millions OF Americans
were so determined TO beat them that
they had all invested with the one Idea
10 beat them. Would the war con-
49,. oro,hor yaor7 Most unlikely.