South Bend news-times., 1918-09-26
South Bends Business Men Fully Realize Evidenced BY Their Appeals T
Newspapers TodaA That the Real Big Business Of the Hour Win
1T IS A CALL FOR VOL
UNTEERS TO BUY Y
LIBERTY BONDS, SAT-
URDAY AND SUNDAY,
AND NO SHIRKING.
y JOHN HENRY zUvER.

X Possibly YOU whistled when
YOU read i'm your home paper
what the II. Joseph county quota
for the Fourth Liberty Loan was 20
be,-but better your own whistle
than that OF a Hun bullet.
You may have whistIed again
when you saw the basis upon
which the Liberty Loan committee
has contemplated your subscrip-
tion; four per cent Of your net
worth. and seven 90 fifteen per cent
Of your annual inCOmc-with five
per cent OF your net worth If YOU
are a farmer or retired.
IL Is a fact-at least a probable
faCt-that there are a hundred
men in II. Joseph county. who. if
they were 90 measure up TO the
loan committees suggested stand
ard. would take that near six mil
lion quota OF our hands.-but who
wants them To do it? IL is better
that they won't. The rest OF Us
would soon be mad n they did.
w the whistle has died out,
mark this; and get il firmly settled
in your head: Buying Liberty
Bonds isn't contribution. It may
Dc a temporary sacrifice. but it j.
saving. investing, and a perfectly
safe business venture; the best op-
pOrtunity that viii ever come i'm
such vast proportions 60 the aver
age OF mankind.
The schedule. II adhered TO, may
fall q little heavy ON some men;
may not have contemplated the
size Of their families, conditions of
health. with possible Over-estimates
OF net worth, bat If the taxpayers
Of the county will just buy Liberty
bonds. - invest, save, by this
pTOccss,--twicc the amount of their
city. county. state and school taxes,
IL will be a comparatively easy
matter To make up the remainder
10y investments from annual i'm
comes.
And a. tax valuations are as-
sCSsCd at about Onc-third actual
value. that l. less than four per
cent on apparent net wOrths. IL
allows Onc-third. on the average,
90 cover cncumbranccs.
Indeed. no. the property holder
hasn't been struck 80 awful hard
on that scOrc.-COnsidcFlng that he
il asked To- invest his money, not
give IL away. and to invest IL I'm the
best securities On earth; providing
lic has thc confidence in the nation
that makes his property holdings
worth their present while,-tO sec
IL that way.
FIGURE IL out for yourself. The
assessed valuation of the cOun-
iy l. approximately 500. .OOO. 900. and
the tax rate f:iO-for everything
exclusive Of federal income and
war excess taxes. Make the rate
of bOnd-buying $50 and see for
yourself.
OF course. Il won't work out
that way. There are always tight
wads. and many men have their
immense properties because IA
pcr cent. the bond interest rate.
isn't enough for them.
The picture il vaguely outlined
that they may sec themselves as
others. who care Co look. may see
them.
THEN the question OF incomes.
4 Remember that the govern
mCnt T. taxing these incomes; has
been taxing them. and Is going 20
tax them ~tiH hcaN icr - that il.
when they get up above $1,000 for
single men. and $4,000 for married
OnC~.--and the higher the incomes
20 the higher the rate of taxation
-CCEds.
When the incomes Get above
-. 900 a year there il both the war
ilN and the civil income tax; both
puncturing bigger holes in annual
revenues, tine bigger they get
suppose Uncle sam were to de-
eide Co finance this war on cash
basis throughout: collect All its war
revenue 10y taxation and have
lean slate when the war Il over?
lie would have to bring the tax
'Iown to- the dollar a year man 60
do that.
Don't YOU think YOU would
rather loan half the money 90 him.
shan turn it all over I'm taxes
oh, YES. the rich man l. gradu-
ally taking notice that there l. a
war on-about federal GN-payia-
time. IL isn't quite all sunshine
Tor him-hut this should make him
buy bonds all the more.
It il Just mentioned I'm passing
To appri~c him that the public -
somewhat conscious OF his predlCa-
mcnt. but II not forgctful of his
obligations: T. even conscious of
the fact that when hc buys bonds
lac II helping himself much as any
body else. and maybe more 80.
I LIBERTY Bonds ought never bC
l. mentioned a. an Investment.
Patriotism alone ought Co sell
them. even Co the last dollar that
any citizen can possibly get along
without for the maturing season.
10 T. nigEardiy patriotism To