The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1919-10-03
lLTRuI5M ONLY
4 FACTOR IN THE
REGLAIN SCHEME
AMERICA REALLY SERVING SELF
WHEN SHE AIDS STRICKEN
EUROPE.
PLAN IS ESSENTIAL
EVsry Dollar invested in Treasury
savings csrtitlcat ssaOaes. DSubis
Duty Nov.

Eur0pe is strangely quiet nov after
he mmult ANA lie shouting Of pae psss
sonr years.
big shells no longer "Sw-o-o-sh"
overhead in inyl7ibIe lanes Of Inc sE,y.
The "4ip-siapT OF he machine gun
uliets no longer shriels oysr No
Mans Land. across he wheat fields
and vineyards Of North France.
The roll OF the ambulance, nsrkeU
eith me Gross OF Red, is no lonse;
Ieard on he white, paved highways Of
he Frenchmen.
There Is no longer q menace in the
Ky, on The earth. on,theu sea or undeT
he seas Thewar has ended.
Then Why invest in the Treasury
Savings Certificates and Mar Savings
Certificate and Thrift Stamps?
The kings and sultans and prince
sings, that held in the hollof OF Their
hands the lives Of their people. are
lead. Or "a exile or glad TO be permit
ted to live.
The war was long since ended but
he world nlust be pul IN order and
governments set up before we dare
a breath OF pure relief. Civilization
has work to do. The reconstruction
york has. been In progress almost a
ear, but the task IS YET in its in
ancy.
These battered lands musr be set up
n some sort of shape before we can
consider our work as0dOne. lw the peo-
ple OF these devastated countries can
rot bring about some sort OF order
md safety for themselves. we must
% 1t 6r them.
Not because we are so altruistic. hut
because it Is for our own benefit. We
must do ii to keep these Unite S stes
n the foregronnd--lhe greatest Of all
lowers. All the European countries
iced the manufactured srticlesse are
Aaking and the raw materials Az
producing. Their resources srp now
drodned They have not the meney Al
hand to buy our output We must sd
vance them this money. and they win
pay II back when they get on their
rect.
And this money that we advance
must come rom tie savings of rht
people. Every Treasury Savings Ger.
diatate for slO0and $1,000 that webay
helps TO bring about the desired 70.
suits, and every War Savings Stamp
and every Thrift Stamp thrown into
The balance adds TO our individual
prosperity just that much, and the
united savings guarantees our ma
tens prosperity and provides for
america a market for all time in, the
future.
The responsibility belongs to the
nations who have won the war and
who are trying to bring an actual
peace 10 the world. a, peace that will
last for generations at least. We dare
IA NhN iDbflcsl II MI nave
to be done over again in a few years at
the most.
The obligations Of this country to
10 its share in this work Of reconstruc.
lion are no less than those. OF any OF
our allies. And all that takes money.
No. as much as we raised when che
war was on, but still II will require
very large sums. sums that are &c
large that they cannot be raised by
the ordinary processes OF taxation.
Therefore, II must be, done BY issues
Of the Baby Bonds
We cannot expect Europe to become
ptaeeable and prosperous il We 1uru
our backs on The war conditions there
ind sit SNUG and sell -sahs,ed atlhome
Our responsibility is there. We car
hoi be peacesble and prosperous II
there are TO be newterss In Europe and
millions are to be, suffering for food