Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-18
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WITH UNCLE SAM
investment enngs Coed Returns, In
Addition to Giving Financial A.
distance Every Loyal Citizen
Owes HE Government.
10y EVA DEAN Of the v.al,an..a.)


1t was just another day In the fac.
tory. There was nothing prophetic in
the hum Of the machines: 1t was quite
the everyday hum. The workmen
talked loudly to be heard: they always
talked while they worked; they liked
the sound of their W voices. 1t mat.
tered not much what they said-the
same joke will do day after day In a
factory; an old one is almost as good
% Q new n to break the mental
monotony. When ones habitual activ-
ity Is with ones fingers one isn't very
critical Of mental efforts.
Still. were you to ask them, any of
the men would have said they pre-.
ferred an argument to all other kinds
OF brain exercise. Argument Is what
they would have called any Of the yer.
bal volleys they fred back and forth
ut n another from their inexpert
mental batteries, while their expert
fingers moved ceaselessly Mt their
tasks. And nowadays there Is always
enough to argue about-the war! The
only trouble-though no one really
seemed to mind that--was that there
was no n around to uphold the gov
eminent in these controversies.
OF the hundred men employed-for
It was Il small factory-there was but
n with IN American-born parent,
though n considerable number we're
themselves born In America. The one
hundred were all here by choice, how.
ever, and hardly one ever really ex-
pected to live anywhere else. But they
talked as though they might; and one
could imagine they expected the Unit
ed States to Immediately offer them
inducements to stay when 1t heard of
their intended leaving.
They Discuss Liberty Bonds.
Charles, in the llghtest corner-a
few years ago he would have been
karl-was always talking about the
price of food: "I'take a Liberty bond!
Indeed I'll not! II the government had
kept prices down, and protected the
working mnn, and kept the rich man
from making war profits, why, I
might. There Is going to be trouble
in this country some day and the gov
eminent deserves all that is coming to
them. The government ought to do
everything 1t a to keep the good will
of the people. Why--beer-" Charles
can never talk long without mention
ing beer.
Jo-whose early training was in a
protectorate--was a born financler,
He had actually been talking about a
bond on the dollar-a.week plan, but no
one In the workrooms seemed to think
1t n good investment. It would be bet.
ter to buy sugar or whisky and keep II
for a higher price. So 10 had simply
talked for the past two weeks; he had
not decided. One might get Az per
cent. or even 5 per cent later! II
would be better to wait.
1.-THE government don't feed the boys
In camp" shouted the porter. r.
"Of course it don't" yelled the thin
man by the window. "We don't know
what goes on there. No wonder lots
Of them commit suicide"
"Well-Td like to buy a bond" broke
in Old Bailey, courageously. Old Bal.
ley was born among the Pennsylvania
Dutch. "But, with sixteen dollars q
week, and n family. I don't see how
I can"
Nor do l." said the tall young mar
Of whom the men said, His mother
was born here"
All Are Buying Bonds.
The machines hummed on, the voices
rising and falling in opposition, when
suddenly the eager face of Jo--the
news gatherer--was thrust through the
door: "There's an Italian banker II
the second room talking to the wops
about Liberty bonds" he informed
The voices ceased. Everybody wished
he could hear.
Hes still talking! All the wop!
are In there" cpread the news to ever,
corner Of the building; and then clos,
upon that: "They're buying them
every M Of TIE wops are buyln,
them!"
In n ehortor firno Than ~ ocv,a 49,.