The Punta Gorda herald., 1919-05-08
The Worlds Strongest Savings
Bank.

tit USUAL Savings DdHk is I'll
strongest institution of the kinC
in the world, but it is not. Con
gress can abolish it at any time
but there is one thing that Con
greSs cannot abolish. and that is {
government bond. Money put in
to one of these Victory Liberty
Bonds is even safer than it is in
the Postal Savings Bank and il
earns higher rate Of interest.
Why any one having idle
money for future use, should hes
itate to invest it in Victory
Bond, we cannot understand.
There seems to be an impress
sion that the government, in ask
ing people to buy bonds, is solicit
ing a gift, a donation of money,
as the Red Cross, the Salvation
Army, the Y. NJ. G. A. and other
benevolent organizations have
done. The government is not
asking charity; it is simply Of
fering the people a splendid op-
portunity to lay up money and
get nearly 5'per cent. interest on.
it.
Under the plan adopted, almost
any one who saves as much as two
dollars a week out of his earnings,
can invest in a bond and pay for
It in easy installments. And
when it is paid for, the money is
IN the strongest savings bank in
the world and draws interest.
Now that is the commercial
view to take Of these Victory
bonds, but there is another which
should move every really patriotic
American to lend the government
all the money he can possibly
spare, and that is our duty to the !
soldiers who risked their lives in !
defence Of American honor and |
liberty. When we ssent our boys |
ito battle, we virtually promised
that we would take care of them
and, after the war, bring them
home. They have tiolre their
duty they have won glorious
victory and have added imperish-
able honor to the name Of our
country; and now that this bond
money is to be used for them, in
taking care of the crippled ana
blind and helpless and in bring
ing home those who fought so
nobly, no one should refuse to
lend the government the neces-
sary money.
Our noble boys have done their
duty to our country and to us;
now let us do our duty to them.
Do your duty and get paid for it,
IS what the Victory Bond propo-
sltlon means-get paid for it not
only in cash interest, but also in
the proud consciousness that vou
have helped our brave soldiers ]
They risked their lives; you did /
not risk anything nor will you be
taking any risk at all when YOU
invest your money in Liberty /
Bond, which is simply a perfect
absolute safe savings bank.
Our government and our SOL t
diers need pecuniary help; will
you let them have it?
Never before was South Flor +
ida so prosperous as now; and if I
we fail to respond az we should {
10 to the appeal Of our govern i
nent to lend money to help the e
it will be a sad reflection 7
lpon our patriotism and our bust t
less good sense. s
Read the following appeal and b
leed it,: f
"The Victory Liberty Loan Il
is two thirds over, but j,
inscriptions have been reported G
or little more than one third OF D
lc loan. a.
Is it conceivable that the AM T
,ican people who, with heart and
,ul, waged the fight for freedom
i'll permit this loan of victory
I'd thanksgiving to fail?
ssOur sons gave of their health, NJ
their strength and of their lives of
at freedom might rot perish. tn
here are one and a half million tr
merican boys in France and Gt
3rrnany. Now that the war is sis
ded it would be as unreasonable AT