Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1919 — AMERICAN PEOPLE READY TO COMPLETE THE JOB [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN PEOPLE READY TO COMPLETE THE JOB

Victory Liberty Loan Must Succeed to a Degree in Keeping With Buocees es Former Loans. By CHARLES H. BCHWEPPE, Director of Victory Liberty Loan Campaign, Seventh Federal Reserve District. Despite the fact that hostilities have ceased and preliminary steps to the signing of a peace treaty been taken, our big war Job is not finished. The job will not be completed until the war bills are paid and the slate of the nation is clean. Those of us who remained on this side of the water still have work to do to polish off the great victory won by our soldiers and sailors, and the work before us Is as patriotic and essential as that already accomplished. The Victory Liberty Loan must succeed to a degree in keeping with the success of the four previous loans. This success can be attained only through the efforts and enthusiasm of the entire people. Liberty Loan organizations must put into their efforts the same vim and fire that characterized their work in the previous loans. The people must do everything within their power to aid the organizations in performing the task that is as much theirs as in the time when the nation was warring. The spirit of thanksgiving should permeate the American atmosphere — should dominate the heart of every citizen, for if it had not been for the extensive preparation to fight the central powers until victory perched upon our banner the war would have been prolonged indefinitely, with a consequent loss of thousands of lives that otherwise were saved to us when the German general 6taff acknowledged the futility of continuing the struggle for world domination. The great victory was achieved very largely through the shells that were never exploded, through the soldiers that did not go across, and through the general preparations in other directions. The American people can give expression to their thanksgiving by subscribing to the limit of their ability In making the Victory Liberty Loan an overwhelming success. The fullness of the great victory will not be realized until the war bills are paid and all the boys brought home. The expenses of the war have been huge, but America set out to win the war at any cost, and now, with victory secure, American people stand ready to complete the job assigned to them—providing the money necessary to win the victory.