The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-05-13

Nevada. All sorts o people re making them, of course but a n excuse is
never anything but IN excuse 1t has n 0 weight in a final analysis. Either
we. IAN Or we can't; we will or we won't" The biggest word in the
English language" IF" has n o legitimate place in n explanation or a
promise
1T is absolutely nconceivabe" says William WOODBURY., who has been
called to act as a emergency Liberty Loan committee chairman, in place
of Hal A Lennon, that Nevada, which has led the way for the nation in
every patriotic movement and whose glorious achievements both in the field
and at home are a theme of discussion throughout the country is going to
permit that glorious reputation to be besmnched by a failure to respond to
the nations last appeal in this awful conflict No Nevadan worthy of the
nam car tolerate for an instant the thought that this everlasting and de-
10Y a case OF appealing to the civic pride of the nro1dest STATE the rnmn
and the committee intends to approach. without apology, every citizen along
these lines.
Il wonder if the people of this State a appreciate the real seriousness
of the situation, % far as the good name of this State is concerned. 1t would
mean that at any time a resident of Nevada a outside of its confines the
niger o scorn would be pointed toward him with the impuaion that he
failed to measure up TO his blatant boasts of patriotic endeavo by miserably
falling down at a time when his money a most needed. 1 know the tenn
PEI u me people Oh Ws state Toe veil TO believe fol a moment that their
failure SO far has been due to a lack of civic pride or love of State and
country ut rather to thoughlessness. 1t is imperative that Nevada comes
through on this loan with flying colors, and undoubtedly such will be the
In the main, Mr.. woodburn is quite right, it a thougbtessness that
caused Nevada to fall down" in its patriotic duty of taking bonds. The
mining fever had a great deal to do with the matter; so did the last egts
lature. One amazing fact has com to light within the lastf few days, and
that is that false propaganda apparently has been deliberately spread
among a certain class of people to the effect that interest N bonds is not
paid until the termination of the loan period. If the ourc of this false
belief can be definitely located there is trouble in store for its instgator
A statement which Thessnyer State has found Ito be believed among some
people is that a man say fifty years old, would not be apt to live to get any
Of his money back, or interest, o the other four loans; and there seemed
. pe niue underSandn h lat the Victory Liberty loan is for a fve-year term
Its true that people who believe such things are lot pewspape readers.
but it is well understood that there are many such in this great countv-
people who are not English vsnan reader at ov m] 70
possible to make these people understand that they re not giving their
money away. Certainly arguments have been advanced to and believed by
them that the government loans ar a tax; and they ar determined to hold
o to their socaled money" A bond salesman is merely wasting breath
when he tries o tell them that a United States bond is IS good as a United
States greenback, and better because it pays interest. The word has one
forth that the bond is something which they pay $50 for and which is then
WORTH only $5.
The Nation has gone far "over the top n this Victory Loan campaign.
but that is no OUT for Nevada. Choose any reason Or excuse fol the matter
which may appeal to you, the fact remains that Neyadahs quota has not been
subscribed Through some mean which is not made manifest a xhnaon
of m las been arranged for-a matter of today and tomorrow-fn which
thu State may make good 1t is believed that a sufficient number of sub
seriptons will be forthcoming. Truly i. is "inconcdvabe" IS Mr. Wood
burn says. that such should not be the case. Surely there are enough think
ing people in Nevada, with money lying in savings banks at A pr cent who
will take that money out and place it n al ever more secure place. at Az
per cent, for four Of five years.
This being announced as the last a loan which will be called by the
United States government a consideration of mistakes made cn avail moth
ing for future work; but it AN do no harm. One thing which has been car
rd too far, in different ways, in ais sections Of the country, is the treat tenn
rough" idea. 1t is regrettable that eve low the emergency loan committee
is referred to as a"sandbagging' committee Appeals 10 pre reason would
prove more effective in the long u Another most vicious thing which
has tended to dscredit government wal loans has been the unprincipled
activity of bond dealers who advertise highest market prices paid for o.
bonds" The dealings of these mn, perhaps more than any other n thing
hayem intended to impress upon the more ignorant but wen-intentioned people
that investing their money in a United States bond vas. in effect, buying
something which "a OF worth the price paid for it, A government bond
does not represent a purchase. 1t means a PATRIOTS investment which pays
unusually good returns. Every man who offers highest market price" for
these securities should be looked upon with suspicon-tha is, every n who
makes it his business to publicly offer this price.
Real innocence needs n advertising and sham innocence isn't helped by It.