South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-04

me way some people IL acting
about this here Victory loan. Nav
russ" Abe Potash remarked one
morning n April. "vCu would think
shat they was all presidents OF n
first national bank and that this
here Carter J. Glass has already
made a big overdraft and II he don't
Ike the line OF credit they are Civ
ing him, he should be so good as 70
take his account sousewhercs else,
understand
Them same PEOPLE probably
think that investing their money IN
any securities bearing interest at
less than 3 percent per annum IS
20 TO speak the equivalence from
giving money TO orphan asylums and
hospitals. understand me- Morris
Perlmutter said. We already give
them Liberty loan schnOrrers two
hundred dollars toward the expenses
OF their rotten war they probably
say. and stu they amt satisfied.
And at that they don't mean
nothing By It," Abe said, because
there is "a whole lot of business men
in the United states which couldn't
even give up the family housekeep-
ing money every week without any
how saying 10 their wives: Here
take my blood: take my life. What
do YOU want from me anyway "
Maybe they do and maybe they
don't mean nothing by It, Abe.
Morris said, but it would be a whole
lot e2sier for this here Carter j.
Glass If everybody would act as ms
own Victory bond salesman and try
TO sell himself just one more bond
than no has really got any business
buying. understand"
1T would be a whole lot easier
for this here Carter j. Glass. Nav
russ. but it would be practically i'm
possible for pretty nearly every
body else" Abe remarked, which
human nature is so constituted,
AIawruss. that the only time "A man
really and truly uses some high
class. silver tongued salesmanship
on himself is when he Is trying TO
persuade himself that il is all right
for him 10 do something which ne
knows in his heart it is dead wrong
for him O. 10"
We'll, at least, Abe. In this here
Victory loan Campuisn, every man
ought TO try 10 put himself in the
place of the salesman which Is try
ing 10 sell him some of these Vic
tory bonds" Morris continued. so
we would say fer example that you
would be a Victory bond salesman.
Abe. and you are calling on a fcller
which he is pretty tough PROPOSE
ton in such matters by the name Of,
We would say for instance. Abe
Potash"
why don't YOU make the Teller
which the salesman is supposed 10
call on a really and truly hard
boiled egg by the name, We would
say for instance. Mawruss Perl
mutter ," Abe asked. Which when
you put UP to me n hyprocritical
case, Mawruss. why is it you must
always start in by getting insulting
already"
What do you mean getting in
sulting?" Morris asked. II am
only putting something up 10 you
for the sake OF argument, not ar
guments."
well. then. why not be perfectly
neuter and call the tough proPosi-
ton which the Victory bond sales
man IS visiting somebody by the
name Of competitor ike Leon
Sammet for instance" Abe sug-
gested.
Because 7 am trying 10 make
YOU put yourself in the place of the
Victory bond salesman who is tryins
TO sell you bonds" Morris declared
Put your own self in the place OF
the Victory bond salesman" Abe ex-
claimed, which il you want 10 give
me any hypocr;ucal cases for the
sake OF argument. AIawruss, 1 have
seen the way you practically snaI
the head off a collector for char
liable fund enough times TO appre-
ciate how YOU would behave towards
a Victory bond salesman. so sc
ahead on the basis that you are the
tough proposition and not me-"
a charitable fund is one thing
and this here Victory Loan an
other" Morris said
II know It is" Abe agreed. but
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