Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-04-08
AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM

AN al IN
whiSplanning for welcoming home the boys from overseas let US
not forget the means of bringing them home and the care for those who
are forced to remain behind.
The great Victory Liberty Loan is about to open.
Once more the real patriotism of the people is put to test.
Is our love of country no deeper than our lung power and ability
to display a hagf
There are all kinds of patriots. There are those who arc patriotic
only during war time; at other times it is business first with them and
the country's welfare aferward.
We wonder if these people ever stop to think what their business
would amount to If this government should fail. Do they realize that
the continuation of their business depends upon the government be-
ing able to functionG
We have heard business men say that Liberty Bonds were all well
enough while the war was on, but now that the war is over the gov
eminent would have to make an attractive business proposition to in
terest them in any bond issue this time.
Shame on theml
They are about the most contemplate specimen of Americans that
the country can produce. They are the real breeders of Bolshevsm
rather than the loud-mouthed fanatic harranging a crowd from a soap
In the first place, the war is not yet over.
In the second place, even if the war yer over, the bills are not
yet paid.
There is just IS zach of an obligation on the part of every citizen
to support this 9Th Liberty Loan as there was to support the first
second, thrd or fourth loans.
The United States went into this war to win. That was the SEN
timent of everyone. Never before were preparations made on such
large scale and never have such enormous expenditures been author
lied.
WasteY OF course there has been waste and extravaganza, too
Who is there among us who will not waste something in spending
merely a few thensand dollars, even when the expenditure is made
after long plaanhg and tndsr careful and deliberate supervisnnY
One could hardly expect then, that in spending billions of dollars
with the idea of speed first regardless of all cost, there would be mol
waste n extravaganza. /
Money was no object when the war was yet to be won. /
OF little use, indeed, would be all the wealth of the country as far
as W e were concerned, if the Germans came over here and took it all
in the shape of indemnihes. |
Had the war been lost we would have had to give up everything
How gladly, then, should we give up a part of our possessions even
iii amounts to a great deal and requires sacrifices on our part, know
ing that we at least can continue to enjoy our liberties and have the
opportunities still left open to make up, through our continued pros
perity, that which the victory has cost us.
No patriotic citizen will treat this Victory Liberty Loan in any
less enthusiastic manner than he has treated the loans that have gone
before.
There is every reason to believe that this will be the last loan of
this kind. Well may we say, THANK God"
But how thankful are we?
We have not begun to contribute of our wealth to the cause of
liberty that the people of other nations have. Had the war gone on
there would have been a sixth and a seventh and possibly a tenth loan,
each one causing us to go deeper and deeper into our pockets and mort
gage our earnings to back the government in the great struggle for
existence.
But with this loan the end is in sight.
1t has been a wonderful victory for a glorious cause.
But it has been costly.
That must be paid by us.
The government-and that means every citizen of this country
must meet its obligations. The responsibility rests witt each individ
nal as it is the individual that makes up the government.
Let the response be prompt and generous. T4
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