Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-06
CORRECT !
BY A. GROH.

must be written in a serious, digni-
fed vein to 60 with 'em.
Well, they came to the right man
TO do that, man who. understands
the immensely of this loan and the
necessity of subscribing it and over
subscribing it. Over in Berlin they
are hoping we won't raise this big
gest of all war loans in the worlds
history. But veil show 'em.
What do you think of Powell's
effort, anyway? Well say that if
that dame that's tittering this is my
Ak-Sar-Ben ball gown money" puts
It all in Liberty bonds she'll get at
least $4,000 worth. Judging by her
size she must have had her gowns
made at the Baldwin Locomotive
works.
We believe Powelps taking in
Jimmy, how do you spell victory?"
and Jimmy says, "B-u-y-a-b-o-n-d."
Y can't make us believe any school
boy ever said that. Powell MIGHT
have thought it up himself but prob
iy someone told him.
That one showing Omaha" going
up ladder with hod full of Liberty
bonds isn't so bad. We could
hardly have thought up better one
than that ourself.
What Liberty Loan Really Means.
But you want to know about the
Liberty loan. Very WELL listen, and
| you shall hear.
Liberty loan doesn't mean that we
are going to loan our liberty. Not by
. darn sight. Our ancestors fought
too hard to get our liberty, for US to
so around loaning it to anybody, |
and especially not to the kaiser and
the Potsdam gang. Nobody'd trust
them with nickel. All va gotta do
is to look what they did to Schles-
4 wig-Holstein, Alsace-Lorraine, Bel
\ giuni and Serbia and Poland and
II poor, old Russia to know what
they'd do with our liberty if once
| they got the chance.
But they're lot of dunder-heads.
n The poor simps used to think we
1 wouldn't fight. If they'd had darn
bit OF sense and looked at Our his
4 tory they'd have known we'd fight
at the drop of hat when once our
Il liberty had been invaded. Why,
\ when we were just little chap, l40
II years ago, we had the nerve to
4 jump on England when our liberty
Il was invaded, and we licked her, too,
b'gosh, and now she's glad of it.
A War Costs a Stack of Money.
1 No, the Liberty loan means we are
loaning Our money to the govern
ment so that the government, which
IS made up of all of us, can fight to
I protect our liberty against these
1 Hun pirates who don't believe in lib
4 erty for anyone but themselves.
4 1t costs stack of money to keep
our army and navy going and loan
money to our allies. But we've got
/ q stack of people and if everyone
/ sees his duty and does ii, the burden
| isn't very great. We have 100000
1000 people and want to raise
I s., 000,000,000. That means only 500
flor each man, woman, and child.
i Not very much when you consider
whats at stake.
of course you may be in a posi-
ton to buy much more than that.
4 It is, your duty to buy every dollars
Hworth that you can because there
are some poor people, like labor
ling man with wife and 10 children,
who can't take $50 for every mem
Der of their families. We, who are
better off, must take more to make
up for them.
Should Buy Without Urging.
Why in the Sam Hill do you have
Ito be urged to buy Liberty bonds
Ianyway!It is just like urging you to
put your money in the bank. You
aren't GIVING a cent when you
buy Liberty bonds. You're just
lPUTTING 1T IN THE BANK,
lin the safest bank on earth,
the United States government.
You're getting interest on it at AZ
Iper cent a year. Great gunsl Don't
sit back like a bump on log and
3wait to be argued into buying those
srilt edged securities. Buy them
with every dollar you have or ex-
Apect to have between now and the
4 time the last payment is due.
If you can't go to war, you can
lat least brag, in years to come, how
YOU bought Liberty bonds. And be-
4 sides. when the war is over, its prac-
Nfically certain that the Liberty bonds
will 20 above par. That is, the
Nbond you buy now for SlOO will be
worth SOS or Sll0 or more and you
can sell it at any bank for that
amount besides getting your inter-
n est right along until you sell it.
Hit the Kaiser on the Bean.
Some of the simps who think
they are wise guys now are putting
N their money in things that pay ) or
u s per cent. Others are buyihg
plantations in Texas. If they live a
II few wears longer they are going to
60 what boobs they are. You put
B your money in Liberty bonds and
IS vou'll be riding in an automobile
4 when they're begging dime tor a
N nights lodging.
How would you like to hit the
q k,iser on the bean with your golf
balI as Rembrandt has depicted in the
lowing above? That's what you
when you buy Liberty bond. j..
md don't get it into your head
your little 500 dollar bond
1T count. If everybody thought
"a what would be the resultf It's
S..;ft;cns al little ones that count