Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — FIGURES SHOW WHAT YOUR DOLLARS WILL DO [ARTICLE]

FIGURES SHOW WHAT YOUR DOLLARS WILL DO

What a Liberty Bond Will Buy for My > Boy “Over There." Suppose you have a son with the American expeditionary forces, and suppose you are a steady buyer of Liberty Loan bonds. Did you ever ask yourself What ‘Your boy’ gets out of it, when you lay down a new SIOO bill and say: “I want another hundreddollar Liberty Bond?” Here are some facts and figures officially made up by the war department: Your one hundred dollar Liberty Bond will, buy your boy one outfit of clothing and sleeping gear, amounting to $91.63. The change Is $8.37 and that is just enough to give him hl» “eats” for days. This war is now in Its fifth year—has been running on about 1,500 days. The nineteen and a half days’ board left for the boy out of your hundreddcllfir Liberty Bond wouldn’t amount to much if the fighting should go on a few years more! That $91.63 outfit would be pretty well used up at the end of a few months of campaigning. Your hundred dollar war bond show* the best possible disposition on your part, but unless you buy more than one, somebody else has to put up money to keep your boy’s hungry stomach lined with bacon and fighting food. That illustrates in a simple way the urgent necessity for liberality in buying Fourth Liberty Bonds. What you gave the government on the first, second and third loans has been used up long ago. Your boy is “over there” risking his life and all that he has every minute of the day. Surely it is "up to you” to do absolutely all you can to keep that boy fed and clothed and cared for. But one point was overlooked in figuring the proceeds of the hundred dollar wdr bond. It bought the boy an outfit of clothes and 19 days’ board, but It didn’t buy him a gun nor a trench knife—not even a revolver, or a hand grenade. Worse than all that, the hundred dollars didn’t cover knife, fork or spoon; nor did it give the boy a pick and shovel for Intrenching when the Boche fire gets too hot. Somebody else had to buy another bond to supply those things and give your boy the ammunition he needs for offense and defense. Look at a few more When your boy goes over the top there must be a nice barrage laid down to protect him. Each 75-mllli-meter shell that is fired costs sl3. Each 6-inch shell costs S2O. The 12tnch high explosive shell loaded costs about $270. The 16-lnch shell loaded with TNT cqsts about SI,OOO, and the smokeless powder to fire it cost* $325 more. The gun it is fired from sets the government back $175,000. That is not all; the wear and Tear on big caliber guns is terrible, so that the life of the tube is very brief.. All these things point clearly to the mistake people make when they say. “Oh, I have bought several war bonds. I think I have done my share.” That Is miles from the truth. You have not done your share as long as there is a dollar of your capital or income that you don’t absolutely have to bave to keep life in your body. All the rest ought to be spent for Fourth Liberty Bonds.