The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-19
Help Properly Equip Your Own
Son and Other Soldier Boys
Over There.
DUTY OF ALL TO BUY BONDS
Liberty Loans TO Uncle Sam 10 Best
Guarantee Of Our Fighters Safe
Return Home-De Not
Hesitate.
(sy ROLAND @. USHER Of the Vic.
lIantes.)

Put II to yourself straight now. You
know perfectly well that you would
feel ashamed to keep your boy out Of
the ranks II he wanted to 20. You
know perfectly well that you would
probably feel ashamed before your
neighbors II they knew that the boy
was sticking at home. But have you
ever asked yourself whether you felt
ashamed that you were keeping your
dollars tight in your jeans instead Of
lending your dollars to the war as
well as your boy? II you have not
got a boy you probably would feel
that he ought TO go II you had one.
You have got some dollars, why don't
you send themi
Think again: II you have sent a hoy
over there. don't you know for GER
tain whether that boy will come back.
God grant that he may. But he went,
just the same, knowing fully just as
you did that he might not come back.
You gave the dearest thing you had in
the world to the government freely, for
the cause OF democracy. You were
glad TO do 1t; you felt fine about IT,
You still feel that IL you had IL TO do
over again you would not do anything
else. But l will wager anything you
like that you have lot of money that
you can lend to the government with
out hurting yourself at all, aud which
you are hanging on to until It screams.
Think of IL. Those dollars will be per
fectly sure TO come back IL yod lend
them to the government The govern
ment guarantees that. Why should
you therefore be so afraid to loose
your clutch on them. The great risk
you have already taken and did II be
cause 1t was a worthy and a noble
thing TO do. The thing which is no
risk at all and yet which is just as nee
essary to the war as the other. you
hesitate about.
Dollars viii Come Back.
Let me suppose for a moment that
you have not yet sent your boy. will
wager you have a sneaklnE feeling
that he ought to go. He has too. In
this case, l won't have 10 make a wa
| ger about it-yOu have not sent You
| dollars. II you hesitate TO send the
boy because you are afraid he may
not come back. you have a perfectly eX
plainable reason. but you have not go
a good reason why you should not senC
your dollars. They will come back
you may be sure OF IL. Not only viii
they come back, the government will
pay you interest on them In the mean
time. You will lend the government
your capital and will get a return OF
II. Far from losing anything. yol
will make something. Why hesitateI
Look at II from another point o
view. II your boy has not gone, or I
you have no son, your neighbOrs VIII,
have sons have sent them. Those boy
are going into danger. They are go
ing to need guns, food. artillery. ships
and alrplanes not only 10 enable then
to do what they went over there TO d,
beat the Germans out OF slght--bu
10 keep them safe. II they don't hav
those things they certainly won't com
back at all You know perfectly well
|
however mean you may think yoursel
and you are not half as mean a
that-you would not hurt your neigh
boris son just because few dollar
stood in the way. You would feel s.
ashamed OF yourself for the rest o
your life you would not be able 4
shave In the morning. Your nelghbors
sons and your friends sons that yOl
have known all your life need tn
things your money can buy for them
and II IL going 10 20 mighty hard will
them II they don't get them.
Make Your Money Help.
Now put IL TO yourself straight. !
the thing was a little nearer to yol
80 that you really saw your neigh
boris son actually without food be
cause you had declined 10 give IL {,
him. you would not hesitate for a mo