The Dolores star., 1919-04-25
Poor Excuse No. I.


market is If the Government promises
to pay you par at maturity? Did the
Yanks fail to fight because they were
below par in the estimation of the
enemy? No. They proved themselves
above par when everything was
against them.
Poor Excuse No. q.
Il am not rich and | might have ta
sell my Victory Liberty note at
sacrifice some time"
All you could possibly sacrifice by
buying all the notes you could buy
and selling them at loss couldn't be
ciassed as real sacrifice when com.
pared with that made by the boys who
fought for you. Don't let returned
wounded soldier hear you make tina,
plea.
Poor Excuse No. S.
I'll not subscribe to the Victory
Liberty Loan. l might need my money
for an emergency"
Emergency, eh? The war itself was
an emergency. II it hadn't been won
for you that would have been your
real emergency
Poor Excuse No. 6.
"The Loan? Oh. the war cost toe
much money. There was waste"
Did you ever know of a hurried jot
without waste? We got into the war
with standing start. Everything
had to be rushed. We are not a ma.
ton that practiced war every day
Prices were already high from war in
fluences. The Government had tc
spend money and do it quickly. But
the waste of money, If it was waste
produced an end of war which saved
the lives of 100,O 900 soldiers who would
have found graves in France II the
war had lasted another six months
Do you call that waste?
Poor Excuse No. 7.
I'm exhausted with war work"
So were the boys who fought. But
they didn't stop. They weren't quit
tiers. And theirs was real war work.
Poor Excuse No. 8.
81 understand some of the money
munitions we never used | don't like
to pay for dead horse',"
You are the man who would have
the tailor make a suit of winter
clothes to your measure and then re
fuse to pay for it because the weather
turned unexpectedly warmer.
Poor Excuse No. 9.
Makers of munitions are wealthy
men. Let them carry the burden II
the Loan.
Then you would refuse to pay your
grocery bills because your grocer owns
his home while you rent. Never mind
| The wealthy men are sweating great
drops Of perspiration over their in
come tax and their war profits tss
| They know there has been a war, and
they're being asked to subscribe to
the Loan, too.
Poor EXCUSE No. 10.
81 believe the Government shouldn't
have contracted for so much stuff in
advance. I'd be willing to subscribe
to pay for material we had used"
Oh, that's it2 Then you would pay
the doctor who attends your sick baby
only in case the baby dies, and you
wouldn't pay for medicine that cured
the baby unless the medicine was all
used.
Poor Excuse No. H..
But l haven't the cash just now
to lend"
Then lend your credit The soldier
gave up his present and even mort.
gagged his future. He gave for you
and now you baIk at lending your
credit for him, Where is your pa.
triotsm?
Poor Excuse No. IL.
ooh. I'm patriotic. all right. gave
to the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. C. A.
and subscribed to the loans. But that
was while the war was on
Which is an acknowledgement that,
in religion, you would pray only when
in trouble and not give thanks when
delivered from the trouble; that In
business you would burn up your
energy in making money and then
leave rolls Of bills lying in your desks
throughout the year; that you would
sell goods but not deliver them; that
domesticalIy, you would be gallant to
the girl while counting her and be a
brute to her throughout married life
Your patriotism will not hold water
You cheer the Flag only when Il u In
danger.