Show THINK STRAIGHT this is a for straight thinking make sure the other fellow Is not talking drivel analyze his thought dont follow it he may be suffering with hemorrhage it is epidemic nowadays influenza and much more serious for instance in regard to the victory liberty loan and these fellows who thumb their vests frown wisely and say let the banks do it they are bursting with money they are talking drive it sounds fine but it good sense nor is it good economics which amounts to the same thing it the government thought it was wlee to let the banks do it the gov would let them do it there would be no victory liberty loan in the popular sense but the govern ment knows better than to let the banks do it this is the period of reconstruction right now it is a period of many possibilities economically one Is industrial depression one of industrial depression Is plenty of money at favorable rates of interest to stimulate private enterprise that means our banks must not be clogged with government securities curi ties it means that we cant af ford to let the banks do it the people must do it do it from their earnings present and future think straight support the victory liberty loan the banks used to bus united states bonds bearing 2 per cent interest be fore the war how good the credit of the united states Is the you put into a victory lib erty bond will be worth plus in terest when prices settle down A dol lar is worth what you can buy with it better have the bonds of the united states in the bands of 30 ordinary citizens than concentrated in the hands of a few rich men think of that when uncle sam otters you a victory liberty bond dont think ou have sacrificed because you may be paying or your in terest bearing fourth liberty loan bonds these fellows back from franco legless armless or sightless dont think they have sacrificed they simply think they did their duty some of the women who pose tor moving pictures are paid high salaries but to see them in the think they are lust madlne a bare living |