The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-04-17
The Poor
Excuse Series
Poor Excuse No. :.

Poor Excuse No. :.
II bought bonds while the war wss
on: now my duty IL toward my fam.
lily and my business"
70 that sei.., The war was fought b
sretset year family and tsur ,bpsIasss.
and now you. convict yourself of In.
gratitude w. refusing 70 isn1 10 pay
Tor that pretsetien.
Petr Excuse No. 2.
LET the banks take the loan:
they've got money"
rss. they have money. They have
your rnsnsy and your nslehbors and
yeur nslehhor's nsIehbors menoy.
These dspesits In banks must take the |
IsaN. The Leaning surplus In banks
snwst be counted upon to keep busl.
nsss going. An the banks In America
couldn't iieat the loan with their own
money.
@ Poor Excuse No. 3.
The bonds Of former Liberty
Loans are below par. I can't buy
notes on down market"
What do you care what the bond
market 10 Il the Government promises
70 pay yev par at naturity7 Did the
Yanks fall 70 fight because they were
below par In the estimation Of the
snsmyf No. They proved themselves
above par when everything was
aeainst them.
Poor Excuse No. 4.
II am not rich and might have to
sell my Victory Liberty note st .
sacrifice some time"
Al yev could pessibIy saesisles BY
svytno all che notes you esvid buy
and sst,ine thsm At loss esvldn't be
eiasssd a. real sacrifice when com.
pared with that made BY the boys who
fought for you. Don't let . returned
wounded soldier hear you make that
pisa.
Poor Excuse No. s.
It'll aot subscribe to the Victory
Liberty Losn. I might need my money
for aa emergency"
gmsrosNsy. shf The war Itself wac
IN emergency. n u hadn't been won
ses ysv that would have been your
essi emergency.
tu Poor Excuse No. 9.
"The Loanf Oh. the war cost too
much money. There was waste"
Old you ever know o. . hurried Job
without wastsf We got Into The war
with standing start. Everything
hsd 70 b rushed. We are not . NJ.
tion that praetIesd war every day.
Prices were siresdy high from war lN'
flvsness The Government had "a
spemd money end do u quickly. ev,
che wasts o. money. n u was waste
preduesd m end Of war which saved
the lives es 100000 soldiers who would
have found sraves In france u the
war had lasted another s,x months
% you esu thst wssts1
Poor Excuse No. 7.
I'm exhausted with war work"
90 were the boys who fought. eu'
they didn't stop. They weren't quit
tsrs. And thsIrs was real war work.
peor Excuse No. Q. r saF
II understand some OF the none,
Of the LoaE 10 10 pay coptracts To-
munitions we never used. don't like
10 pay for dead horse'l"
You are the man who would hsv'
the tailor make . suit ef wInte
clothes 10 your measure end thsn rs
fuse to pay Tor u because the wsaths
turned unexpectedly warmer.
Peer Exeuss No. .. sr
makers OF munitions are wealth.
men. Let Them carry the burden o
the loan. 1871
Then you would refuse TO pay you
grocery bills because your grocer own
h,o home while you rent Never mine
The WEALTHY men are sweatins 9rea
drops ef. esrsplration over their "
come tax and their war profits q,
They know there has been war. IN
They're being ssksd 70 subscribe {
che Loan. too.
Poor Excuse No. 70.
II believe the Government shouldn
have contracted tor 80 much stuff |
advance. I'd be willing to subscrib
TO pay for material we had used"
on. that's ~ Then you would %
che doctor who attends your siek bah
only In case the baby dies. and ye
wsaidn't pay for msdieins thst cure
the baby unless the medicine was .
wesd. ct
ss Poor Gxevss No. ~.
"But 7 haven't the cash just no
20 lend"
Then lend your credit. The seldI'
esve W ME, present and even moi
0aesd HE future. Ne gave Tor ~
sN6 new you saIk at tending ye'
credit fer him. Where 10 yeYr ?
trIsslsmf
Peer 6xeuss No. u.
~Oh. I'm patriotic. all right, ] "a