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Show A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY Of TMC TUtASUWY fafffl WAMINOTOH my 1, 1913 TO THE PEOPLE OF DTAHi This week new campaign for the sale ef r Bondj ind String! Stamps is under y throughout the Nation. It Is the War Bond Quota Campaign. It Is urgently necessary that you double the rate at which you sre now buying Kar Bonds and Stamps. This will mean the eale direct to Individual Americans of Ifar Bonds and Stamps to the arount of Dot - less than one billion dollars every month. One -bill lem drllare bo nth Is the National quota. It is equal to one-tenth the combined ineones of all Americana . This noney is needed to buy the tools of wax for your fighting forces. It nlll not pay for all of then. Our war expenditures now are at the rate of about FOUR BIUIQSS a nonth, and they are growijia; daily. But a billion dollars aonth direct froa the people will wake all-out production possible. Without it we cannot do our boat; without lt we cannot put forth our full effort. It is desperately needed for another reason. He can't fight a I war and at the sane Une live and epend aa usual. There are not enough goods to go around the things we buy with aoney. If we go on rpend- lng at the 19il scale, we'll be robbing the fighting Ben to add to our own comfort or pleasure. We'll be driving up the cost of lirlng for all of us. We'll be iapoalng dire hardships on our neighbors. What is asked of you la ten per cent of your earnings a tithe for Liberty. It is not a tax; It la not even ft contribution; It is a loan at interest, for jour nse and protection later. Tour Oovermtant asks you to cut down your e-pendi tores , TO Si VI your boys on the flying line and in the training caapa, through your Oorernaent, ask you to save so that they nay have what they need to win TQm WAR for you anerica aaka you to aara; to SAVE TO WIS THE WjUtj to buy War Bonds and Staaps up to not less than ten per cent of your Incoae, Is Liberty worth ltt I Democracy worth It? Is America worth it7 I think I know your answer K,VlcrtY Sincerely, The above letter was sent to this newspaper by Secretary Mor-genthau Mor-genthau in Washington. We publish it in the interest of the War Bond Quota Campaign and earnestly recommend that all our readers do their share in the tremendous job ahead of financing the War effort. |