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Show -"SHUN BOND SLACKER," SAYS j UNITED STATES SENATOR SMOOT Subscription to the new Liberty Loan appeals to the patriotic and business sense of the citizen. Our country is fighting for ita most sacred rights against an unscrupulous power. We have pledged the resources of the nation to support our boys at the front. Our resources, apart from the valor of our soldiers, matched against those of the enemy, must win; so it becomes for us now a question f the best way of marshaling our resources. The issuance of Government Gov-ernment bonds to the people is the most favorable method for them. They have the security of the Government, and interest is paid upon this patriotic investment. Is is an investment in the business ' 1 r of preserving liberty, justice and civilization. If the bonds are not subscribed, the Government will have to resort to the less favorable favor-able method of securing the needed funds by its power of taxation. So it is the plain patriotic duty, as well as the business interest of cur citizens, to insure peace with victory by taking these bonds in proportion to their ability to do so. Under the wise direction of the President, the matchless resources of America, will crush the insolent pretensions of an enemy whose success would be a blight to the world. My colleagues who have returned from the front, having gone there with pacifist and humanitarian leanings, have re-, ported to the Senate that as life would not be endurable on this earth, under Prussian domination, thy are ready to give all that they possess, including their lives, to bring victory to our arms. This should be the sentiment of every loyal citizen. |