Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1919 — VICTORY LOAN AN APPEAL TO OUR BUSINESS SENSE [ARTICLE]

VICTORY LOAN AN APPEAL TO OUR BUSINESS SENSE

By EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS,

As a Business Proposition No Man Can Afford Net to Subscribe to Full Limit es Hie Ability.

Author es “Tarsan of the Apee." There are an Infinite number of excetient reasons why ere should support the Victory Liberty Loan. The finest sentiments we possess must prompt us to subscribe to this lean even more freely than we did to the ethers. The government must get money or It would not ask us for It. The man who was prompted to lend in the past through fear that if he did net the Germans might get over here and make It unpleasant for him is mighty “yellow” if he will not subscribe, now that the danger Is past. Our response te previous loans indicated that we were thoroughly in accord with the principles for which we were fighting, and by our response we authorised the expenditure of the sums necessary properly to prosecute the war. These enormous expenses must continue for some time. The obligations involved must not be repudiated. They are our obligations as individuals and we mast look upon them as such. It is not only a matter mt necessity; It is a matter of personal honor for us to meet these obligations promptly and gladly* On the other hand, there is in the Victory loan an appeal to our business sense as well as to our patriotism. There Is the appeal to self-interest, for the loan la not to be without profit to us. We are given an opportunity to Invest in an absolutely safe security, and we will receive a good rate of Interest. As a business proposition no man con afford not to subscribe to the full limit of his ability.

And there is another reason why we should subscribe every cent that we caa rake and scrape together. It is this: If the government cannot raise the necessary funds by the sale of Liberty bonds, It must do it by direct taxation. 1 The government has the power to tax us to meet these obligations, and if we are taxed we not only will get no Interest but we will never get the principal back again. It seems to me that both the wisdom and necessity for fully and Immediately subscribing this Fifth Liberty Loan must be obvious to anyone whose mentality ia greeter than that of a child of ten. We are supposed to be an intelligent people, capable of governing ourselves and others. Wo pride ourselves upon our business acumen, upon our energy and upon our patriot! am. In the Victory Liberty Loan we shall have an opportunity to prove to the world that we are better than vain boasters, and that WOSre fully deserving of the estimate which we have placed npon ourselves as a people. The time is here. The opportunity la bars, lire eyes of the world are upon ns—npon yon. What the world shall think of us depends not upon the action of others but upon what you do—YOU.

— Help "finish the job.* To Bring Soldiers Back. Part of the proceeds of the Victory Liberty Loan are to be used to bring our soldiers and sailors back and restore them to the useful occupations of peace. Every true-blue 100 per cent American should have a part in this work. IPs Not Time to Quit, The Germans, not the Americans. werOjthe quitters, but onr work is not finished until we have brought the victors bomb. Let’s finish the Job by eversuboerlblng the Victory Liberty Loan as wo did all ifig predecessor*.