The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-01
STAGGERING COST OF
WAR TO BE BURDEN
FOR MANY YEARS


hang heavy over the people OF
this old earth for many a long
day to come. The treasure that
has gone into the fighting of the
Great War is well nigh incalcu-
able. When it is even estimated
it makes the imagination reel
under the impact of its figures.
That the money debt is the
least of these debts of manifest.
i There are greater debts than
those that can be counted in dol
lars and cents, in francs, lire and
pounds sterling. Debts of graf
idude, debts of appreciation are
hard to pay. Some way the
principal always seems to outrun
even the interest that can be
paid.
The greatest debt Of these is
that we owe to the "mained
body and the "bewiIdered
BRAIN Of men who were wound
ed, gassed, shell-shocked and
driven to the verge of insanity.
even over that verge, by the bat
ties that were fought for US. To
the marked and the nameless
graves of the Flanders and the
Argonne, the Champagne and
the Picardy fields we can only
acknowledge the Indebtedness
that free men everywhere must
forever feel.
But there are things that we
can do, that we can do with our
money and with our service. We
can help the stricken lands Of
the world as we would like to
be helped should such aeatas-
trophe befall America. When
we have made It possible for the
orchards to bloom again in
Pieardy, for the spindles to turn
again IN Lille, and the miners to
go back to their work in Lens !;
when we have given that there
may be shelter again for the
shelteriess in Northern France
and Belgium and have brought
something like order out of
Wars desolation we will have a
right to feel that we have ac-
complished something. After
we have placed these back at
their desks, or back in their
fields, or at their benches where
they may take care of them
selves and feel that they are in
deed and in truth, men again,
we will have paid a little Of the
much that we owe.
After we have given into the
hands of the government the
funds that are necessary to start
public works, to send ships down
to the sea that trade may be
stimulated, to bring back the
men who have Tough our over
seas battles, home again, why
then we can feel that we have
made some little start toward
taking care of such debts that
can be paid in money and in ser
vices.
For all of these vast require
ments the Government needs
vast sums of money. During the
war the Liberty Loans were
f1oated and billions of dollars.
needed to win the war, were sub
scribed. But more is needed.
The Government anticipated
this and evolved the War Saving
Plan. The people who wanted to
save, but who possessed small
means, were considered. Then
the s. War Saving Stamps was
put on the market. This was the
original baby bond" It cost
the holder $4 and the interest,
4 percent, compounded quarterly,
brought its value up during a five
year period to So. Hundreds of
millions were raised through
these s. War Saving Stamps.
Now a new issue is available.
The new issue comprises Certifi-
Gates for 500 and $1,000. These
possess all the advantages of the
So Stamps, but do away with the
necessity for sticking stamps to
thee certificates, and offer an