Gilpin observer., 1919-04-17
The Poor
Excuse Series
Poor Excuse No. I.

is that so7 Tho war was fought to
protect your family and your business,
and now you convict yourself OF In.
gratitude by refusing to lend to pay
Tor that protection.
Poor Excuse No. 2.
Let the banks take tho loan: .
they've got money"
Yes, they have money. They have
your money and your neiohbor's and
your neishbor's neighbor's money.
These deposits in banks must take the
loan. The loanlne surplus In banks
must be counted upon to keep bust
ness going. All the banks in America
COULDN'T float tho loan with their own
money.
Poor Excuse No. 3.
''The bonds of former Liberty
Loans are below par ! cant buy
notes on down market"
What do you care what the bond
market is II the Government promises
to pay you par at MATURITY Did tha
Yanks fail to fight because they. wera
below par in the estimation Of the
enemy7 No. They proved Themselves
above par when everything wss
against them.
Poor Excuse NO. =.
II am not rich and might have to
sell my Victory Liberty note at
sacrifice some time"
All you could possibly sacrifice by
buying all the notes you could buy
and selling them at loss couldn't be
cIassed as 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
plea.
Poor Excuse No. S.
'Tl! not subscribe to the Victory
Liberty Loan. 1 might need my money
for an emergency"
Emergency, eh7 The war itself was
an emergency. " It hadn't been won
for you that would have been youG
real emergency.
Poor Excuse No. s.
Tho Loan? Oh. the war cost too
much money. There was waste"
Did you ever know of hurried Job
without waste? We got into the wa,
with standing start. Everything
had to be rushed. We are not a ma.
tion that practlced war every day,
Prices were already high from war in
fIuences. The Government had to
spend money and do it quickly. But
the waste Of money, ii it was waste,
produced an end Of war which saved
the lives Of 1oo. 900 soldiers who would
Fave found graves In France II tho =
war had lasted another six months
Do you call that waste?
Poor Excuse No. 7.
I'm exhausted with war work"
So were the boys who fought But
they didn't stop. They weren't quit
ters. And theirs was real war work.
Poor Excuse No. 8.
II understand some Of the money
OF the Loan is to pay contracts foy
munitions we never used. don't like
to pay for dead horse!"
You are the man who would have
tho tailor make q suit Of winter
clothes to your measure and then re.
fuse to pay for 1t because tho weather
s~'''SS S''S~F~SsSosy WoTtUCTs
Poor Excuse No. o.
Makers of munitions are wealthy
men. Let them carry the burden of
the Loan.
Then you would refuse b pey your
grocery bills because your grocer owns
his home while you rent. Never mind.
The wealthy mon are sweating ureat
af
come tax and their war profits tax.
They know there has been a war. and
they're being asked to subscribe 70
the Loan, too.
Poor Excuse No. 10.
II believe the Government shouldn't
have contracted for so much stuff In
advance. I'd be willing to subscribe
to pay for material we had used"
Oh. that's k7 Then you would nav
che doctor who attends vovr sick baby
only In case the baby dies, and YOU
wouldn't pay for medicine that cured
the baby unless the medicine was air
used.
Poor Excuse No. II.
But ! haven't the cash Just now
to lend"
Then lend your credit. The soldier
gave up his present and even mort
gagged hls future. He gave for you
and now you balk at lending your
credit for him. Where 10 your pa
| triotism?
Poor Excuse No. IL.
"Oh. I'm patriotic. all right. gave
to the Red Cross and the Y. M. c. A.
and subscribed to the loans. But that,<
was while the war was on"
| Which 10 an acknowle edument that,