The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-04-09
We'll Pay the Bills
Now, Uncle Sam

We were speaking of the Victory
loan, which is to be floated the latter
part of April, and our friend remark
ed:
"When / was younger man than l
am now, joined lodge, and became
very much interested in its work.
There was good deal of rivalry be-
tween this lodge and lodge of an
other order. The lodge to which | be-
longed planned putting on quite an
entertainment stunt one evening.
They wanted to make it the very best
pened in that community. They ap-
pointed me chairman of the decoration
committee. got number of the 9TH
er members to help me. We worked
hard and did mighty good job-we
thought about the best job of the kind
that had been done in that neighbor-
hood. When the people came that
night, the decorations attracted lot
of attention, and we received many
compliments on our work. | went
home tired. but feeling very well sat-
isfied with the success of our efforts,
and heaved a sigh of relief that it was
all over.
"About 7:30 the next morning, /
was awakened by the ringing of the
telephone bell When | answered it,
voice said: Are you the chairman of
the decoration committee?' Thinking
that it was someone wishing to con-
graduate me, replied very prompt
ly, and with a good deal of pride that
| was. WELL said the voice, this is
the janitor, and / wish you would
come down here as quickly as you can
and get your decorations down. We
need the room for another meeting
tonight | did not have nearly as
much enthusiasm taking down those
decorations as had generated in put
ting them up. neither did have near
ly as much help. But the job was to be
done and it was up to me to do it. So
did,"
That is very good Illustration APP
piled to the task we have ahead in
floating this next Liberty loan. There
was not much trouble in floating the
loans which have gone before. Then
we were in the midst of great war.
Civilization was trembling in the bal
ance The future of our own country
was at stake. Now we are in "the
cold. gray dawn of the morning af-
ter" and there are a lot of people who
are feeling that since war is over,
there is not the same reason why they
should lend money to Uncle Sam. But
the bills have got to be paid. A lot
of money has been wasted, it is true
but that makes no difference SO far
as the need now is concerned. The
| United States pays its debts and
makes good it's promises.
The government gets its money in
two ways, by taxation and by borrow
ing. The tax bill passed by the re-
cent congress went about as far as
seemed wise in providing money thru
taxation. There has been much
grooming during the past month, when
men have been making out their in
come tax statements and drawing
their checks. We think most people
feel that it would be wiser to raise
the rest of the needed funds by bor-
rowing, that is, by floating bonds.
At this writing we do not know just
what the interest rate will be. 1t
ought to be higher than previous
bonds have been fetching. But what
ever it may be. there is but one thing
to do, and that is for every man TO
buy as many bonds as he can afford
to buy and be thankful that the war
ended when it did 1t will be much
easier to pay the cost of a war that
lasted about year and half than to
have paid the cost of a three-year
war.
So, let Us get ourselves in the right
frame of mind to put this loan over
just as successfully as those which
have gone before. Wallace's Farmer.
After July ] the breath of sus-