The Raymer enterprise., 1919-05-08

70 ply you par a. maturity DIG the
Yanks fail to fight because they were
below par In the estimation Of the
enemy7 No.. They proved themselves
above psr when everything was
against them.
Poor Excuse No. 4.
Il am not rich and might have to
sell my Victory Liberty note at a
sacrifice some time"
All you could possibly sicrifce by
buying all the notes you could buy
and selling them At q loss couldn't be
classed ~ . real sacrfiee when com.
pared with that made by the boys who
fought for you. Don't let . returned
wounded soldier hear you make that
plea.
Poor Excuse No. 5.
"1'll not subscribe to the Victory
Liberty Loan. ! might need my money
for an emergency"
Emergency, chr The war itself was
m emergency. II II hadn't been won
for you that would have been your
real emergency.
Poor Excuse No. 9.
The Loan! Oh. the war cost too
much money. There was waste"
Did you ever know Of a hurried Job
without waste7 We got into the war
with = standing start. Everything
had to b. rushed. We are not na.
tlon that practiced war every day.
Prices were already high from war In.
fluences. The Government had to
spend money and do II quickly. But
the waste Of money, II il was waste,
produced an end Of war which saved
the lives Of ioo. 900 soldiers who would
have found graves in France II the
war had lasted another six months.
Do you call that wastef
Poor Excuse No. Z.
I'm exhausted with war work"
So were the boys who fought. But
they didn't stop. They weren't quit
tsrs. And theirs was real war work.
Poor Excuse No. 9.
Il understand some Of the money
Of the Loan Is to pay contracts for
munitions we never used. don't like
to pay for dead horse"
You are the man who would have
the taMor make a suit Of winter
clothes to your measure and then re-
fuse to pay for It because the weather
turned unexpectedly warmer.
Poor Excuse No. 9.
Makers Of munitions are wealthy
men. Let them carry the burden OF
the Loan.
Then you would refuse to pay your
grocery bills because your grocer owns
his home while you rent. Never mind.
The wealthy men are sweating great
drops Of perspiration over their In.
come tax and their war profits tax.
They know there has been a war, and
they're being asked to subscribe to
the Loan, too.
Poor Excuse No. 10.
Il believe the Government shouldn't
have contracted for SO much stuff in
advance. I'd be willing to subscribe
TO pay for material we had used"
Oh, that's II? Then you would pay
the doctor who attends your sick baby
'nly In case the baby dies, and you
wouldn't pay for medicine that cured
the baby unless the medicine was all
used.
Poor Excuse No. II.
But | haven't the cash Just now
to lend"
Then lend your credit. The soldier
gave up his present and even mort
gagged hIs future. He gave for you
and now you baik at lending your
credit for him. Where 10 your pa
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Poor Excuse No. 12.
"Oh. I'm patriotic. all right. gave
to the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. C. A.
and subscribed to the loans. But that
was while the war was on"
Which 10 an acknowledgment that.
in religion, you would pray only when
In trouble and not give thanks when
delivered from tho trouble; that Ia
business you would burn up you,
energy In masking money and then
leave rolls of bills lying In your desks
throughout ths year; thak you would
sell oeeds but not dsltvsr, them; that,
domestlcally, you would b gallant to
the siri while oeurtlnc her and be !
bruts y her Throughout enarrled life
Your patsietism Will not hold water.
yss eAsss - r'as only when \ 's IL
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