The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-04-26
ANSWERS TO SOME
OBJECTIONS RAISED
. BYLOAN KNOCKERS
POINTED ARGUMENTS USED TO
REFuTE CRITICISM HEARD
IN CAMPAIGN.
PATRIOTISM A BUSINESS
Every Good Reason In the Worio|
h supports Victory Loan
Campaign.

Cleah up the warI Let's DO y pEgR
eriy by buying Victory Notes!
Herewith are number Of ans,
to objections which may be r1essd
In opposition to the Victory Liberty
Loan
"The war Is OVER Is an Argument
that appeals to unthinling pecvae eel
q reason for not supporting anssn
loan
| The war b not over. except 20 taxl
as tAo iiEhtiAg h ecncekned. FssI
has not yet been signed, and most 81
the bills that made victory p6aa u
have stin to be- patd. TO rspnde
these debts would be to tho lage4
dishoncr Of the United States; WI
delay IN their payment would inn
the nahun's future credit. and hurt
its prestige.
High cost Of living" is another
reason advanced for not subscribing
70 the next Liberty Loan.
But would not the cost of living 80
higher stfll 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 arc
| 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.
The fact that Liberty Bonds are
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 will
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. q
reason for not subscribing to the Fifth
Loan.
1T is the general rule that the higher
| the interest rate the lower the So
curfty. No security on earth eqauls
Liberty Bonds as a 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 .ossibie q
reduce expenses with little judiefdss
cutting here and there. Liberty Bonds
can be purchased on installments as
small as So week, Thus, 50 week
ly saving on the household budget
might be invested advantageously in
bonds without additional strains on the
family purse.
"Uncertainty Of maintaining pres
emit incomes" is another reason given
for not subscribing.
The time to make hay is while tho
sun shines, The more Victory Notes
man buys in times of prosperity the
\ better on he will be in times of stKafa.
! In case of necessity he can alwsSfs
borrow money on his securities at any
bank up to 80 or "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 will more quickly put
the country on its feet and insure
permanent prosperity than The prompt
payment of the country's war bills.
ANY business man who fails to sup
port the loan is injuring his own bust
ness as wen as that IF his neighbors.
Many other arguments more or less
selfish are being advanced BY OBJ
jectors to the forthcoming loan. All
fan nat before the argument that the
country needs the money, and that it
is better for the government to raise
It in the form Of popular loan than
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