Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1919-05-01
ANSWERS To SOME
COLLECTIONS RAISED
BYL6AN KNOCKERS
POINTED ARcUMf USED TO
REFUTE CRITICISM HEARD
IN CAMPAIGN.
PATRIOTISM A BUSINESS
Every Good Reason In the World
Supports Victory Loan
Campaign.
PATRIOTISM A BUSINESS
IN up the warl Let's do it prop

IN up tue war; Let's 90 II prop
G-/by buying Victory Notesl
Herewith are a number Of answers
to objections which may be raised
in opposition to the Victory Liberty
Loan.
''The war is over" is an argument
that appeals to unthinking people as
a reason for not supporting another
loan
The war is not over except so far
as the lighting is concerned. Peace
has not yet been signed, and most Of
the bills that made victory possible
have stlll to be paid To repudiate
these debts would be % the lasting
dishonor Of the United States: while
delay in their payment would impair
the nations future credit, and hurt
SITS prestige.
High cost OF living" is another
reason advanced for not subscribing
to the next Liberty Loan.
But would not the cost of living go
higher still If the government were
forced to raise all the money needed
through taxation, instead of obtain
ing only one-third from this source, as
it now does? Taxes once paid are
gone from the individuals pocket
forever. whereas the money paid for
bonds is only loaned to the govern
ment and yields good interest during
the life of the bonds
h.A I fhorfr- T1rnTu
selling below par is the reason given
by some persons for not subscribing
for the new issue.
They fail to realize that the sue.
cess of the Victory Liberty Loan win
have the effect of strengthening bonds
of the previous issues, while its failure
would probably result in their fur
Their depreciation.
Better incomes wanted for de-
pendents," is sometimes given as a
recon for not subscribing to the Fifth
& the & Nal rule that the higher
the interest rate the lower the Sc
surity. No security on earth eqauls
Liberty Bonds as q safe investment,
and they pay a fair rate of interest.
Cannot afford it, expenses are too
heavy now is a common objection.
But it is almost always a,ossible to
reduce expenses with q little iudicious
cutting here and there. Liberty Bonds
can be purchased on installments as
small as 50 week Thus, a 81 week
" saving on the household budget
might be invested advantageously in
bonds without additional strains on the
family purse
Uncertainty Of maintaining pres
ent incomes" is another reason given
for not subscribing.
The time to make hay is while the
sun shines The more Victory Notes
a man buys in times of prosperity the
better off he will be in times of stress
In case of necessity he can always
borrow money on his securities at any
bank up to 80 Of "a per cent Of their
market value,
wages too high and business out
look too uncertain " Is the argument
Of certain employers who object to
another loan.
But nothing win more quickly put
the country on It's feet and insure
permanent prosperity than The prompt
payment of the eountry's war bills.
ANY business man who fails to sup
port the loan is iniuring his own busi-
ness as well as that # his neighbors.
Many other arguments more or less
selfish are being advanced by OBJ
iectors to the forthcoming loan. All
fall fiat before the argument that the
country needs the money. and that it
is better for the government to raise
it in the form Of a popular loan than
IN Arinlad federal taxes.