Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-04-12
Nothing New on Bords-Huh?

Nothing New on Bords-Huh?
IL seems a waste Of time and space
- repent reasons for. and explana-
tons ~. the Third Liberty Loan.
driven home 10 every one of us. that
lending money 10 the L. $. govern
ment IL the best investment in the
world. fo. the one who buys the OBJ
legations. and that it also helps
Uncle Sam equip and feed and arm
oar boys who are fighting to make
the Investment safe for all time.
Everybody in this country knows
where 20 so To get the blank and en-
ter application-AN bank. Every
body knows that the sooner we do
tho lob he better it will took to our
government and To US. and worse it
will look TO the Kaiser and his
people.
Even way up here In Maine we
know that the Kaiser is saying to his
personal adviser: Good Lord! Luci-
fer. do you see tho way those fool
Yankees are grabbing every bond the
Government gives 'en a chance at?
everything In sight. and using dol
lars instead OF men. II Is unfair to
IN
body exorbitant prices for everything.
in phony money. then take II back in
bonds. and our people are getting so
they hate TO give UP the things we
have TO Rave for war purposes. for
the money they give us FOR bonds. be-
cause ia the money we gave them
and not good in any country not con-
trolled ~ US.
Conn ientially Safe. IIiudenburg
is up a stump. and If you don't do
German trade. for there won't be any
Germany.
Cant YOU shake the confidence of
the American people in L. $. bonds?
notice that the government gave
them one month to subscribe for
81, 600. 900 600. and il looks as though
the YanSee fools were going to ask
for Ave billions before two weeks are
up.
Now. Safe. see here. You are the
only friend OF power that l have left
you know as well as | do that this
Me und Gott business is only for
home uso-and you have got TO help
me now OF never. All | ask is that
YOU stop this Liberty Bond enthusi-
asm In America. DO you get me-
as the cusscd Yankees say"
over our private clotheslineless
wireless We heard these things and
that is Al We have as to bond issues
that is new. Everybody knows the
rest of II. And everybody is sailing
down moncy-the kind that the long
er YOU keep It the more il is worth.
You all know that, too. but maybe
you hadn't thought of It just that
way. You sec IL you put a ten dol
lar William TO rest In your calf skin.
or stocking leg, or bureau drawer. In
q year 1t will be worth just a plump
ten dollars. But if you put ten dol
lars in government war obligations
away. in year II will be worth A.
cents more than ten dollars. And the
more you have of them put away the
more-er. well graft" you get.
rretty cute. ehn Keep dollar in
your 20 'ket and 1t keeps swelling
until IL Is two dollars"
Now let's sec-we started in to say
that there Is nothing new to talk
about in Liberty Loan bond issue,
and there isn't. Everybody knows all
about II. but when n thing Is upper
most in our minds we can't help talk
ing about It. even II We don't say any
thing veTy bright.
Ry the way. here's another thins
that just happened To pop into our
head, YOU have heard of IL before and
so have We, but We are glad We
thought ot 1t again. and II is this
THE bonds that will grow) are Just
as safe as the dollar bills. and per-
haps "A just n lcetle bit safer. for you
can't lose EN- much easier than yot
can lose the measles.
Patched trousers and half-soled shoes
are n badge OF honor. says Mr.. McAdoo