The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1919-04-17
STAGE ALL SET FOR
VICTORY LOAN
VOLUNTEER SUBSCRIPTIONS TO
BE TAKEN
Next Sunday Set for the Day on
Which Old Cenesee Will Main
tain Proud Reputation

Next Sunday will be the day on
which we people of Vienna Township
are going to give tangible evidence
of our appreciation of a government
of, by and for the people.
We are going to have on that day
and for the week following an oppor-
tunity of showing how deeply, how
truly, we share the responsibilities
of that government, incurred in win
mig the greatest and most important
and for the week following an oppor-
war of history and making it possible
for that government to survive.
We are going to demonstrate at
that time whether our courage is
of the quality of that of our sons
beneath the turf that grows green on
who sleep beneath the turf that
grows green on the battle fields
of France and Belgium; whether
our attachment to it is momentary
and wavering or enduring and stead
fast-whether or not the future can
be built upon it.
Of course, the Victory Bonds will
be good security, as good as we who
issue them, but that is is really
minor question. The importal.
thing that will be settled in the fiota-
tion of this Victory Loan is how much
security we are going to give the
country. And bear in mind it will be
secure just as long as it is backed by
courageous and devoted hearts-no
longer
True, this war is over, but another
may come. Should that time come,
our country will then be as strong as
we are strong in maintaining its cred
it now. National strength is not so
much matter of force as of devo-
ton, and devoted people are uncon-
querable
Our country grew rich during the
war. There is no way of measuring
it, but it grew fabulously rich.
Money was never so plentiful as now,
wages never so high. The question
is, are we going greedily and blindly
to clutch this prosperity to ourselves,
or are we going to take the larger
view and invest part of it, at inter-
est, in national life insurance-free-
dom and prosperity for the boys and
| girls? There can be but one answer
to this, we are going to take the
broader view.
AS for the financial side of this
matter the government did all it
could to make all Liberty Loan Bonds
good. THEY ARE GOOD, but it was
impossible to prevent people selling
them at a discount if they desired to
do so. 1t should be remembered that
it is beyond the powers of a govern
ment, even, to fix the relative values
of things, except by laws that will
prevent fraud, and even money fluc-
tuates in value, being cheaper to-day
than ever in the history Of our coun-
try. But, suppose we do sacrifice a
few paltry dollars for the honor and
greatness of our country, the country
that Washington and Lincoln and
other great souls made a beacon Of
hope and liberty to all the world?
| Can't we, heirs of their sacrifices and
genius, afford it? WE CAN and
will.
This issue is personal to us. We
| cannot shift it to some one else. If
some Of those who should buy bonds
do not, the fact will not excuse us
for any failure to do our part. We
could not wish the security Of our
country to rest upon the attitude of
it's poorest citizens, speaking from a
standpoint of public spirit and patri-
otism. 1t must rest upon the best.
Old Vienna has made a proud rec
/, ord, "Over the Top" in every loan.
Let us keep it a proud record by
winning out in the final campaign
that is now on-the VICTORY
LOAN.
| Now then, to get right down to
brass tacks, go to the Auditorium
anytime next Sunday and commit
tee Of your fellow townsmen will be
glad to receive your subscription
If you come after dinner, say about
2:30, you will find a community sing
and general inspirational meeting in
progress, in which you are very cor
daily invited to participate. You
may remember what good time we
had at meeting of this kind on the
occasion of the last loan campaign.
Well, we are going to have just that
kind of time again and we want you
with us. COME.