Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 18, 1919, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18; 1919, “ACold Blooded " Business Proposition” ° _ OU'VE heard people say if. Thirty million'other Americans here at home got in on that,“investment”—saved and went without things for a year and a half to do it. “The American public are tired of patriot- ism now that the war is over. The only thing . 1 to-them | ] . that will appea - them is a cold-blooded busi THAT was a “cold-blooded business propo- ness proposttion. sition.” All right! Let’s see what kind of a cold- , blooded proposition this is. . Well—we've still got a job to finish. And " we're still Americans. Do you believe we're not o going to do it in the old American way? Sixty-five thousand Americans went to France and “invested” all they had in Liberty— and were killed before their “dividends” came due. } The only “business proposition” we're inter- THAT was a “cold-blooded business prope~ _ ested in just now is the proposition to see the sition.” " job through right—to a finish— with whatever i American dollars and whatever American energy- ¢ | Two million other Americans went to France, too, and willingly offered to get in on the e mvcstmer}’t. fnd they knsw- g That may be a “cold-blooded business prop- never “clip a coupon. it may take. ‘osition.” THAT was a “cold-blooded business propo- sition.” Some people call it patriotism. ‘ KTy 4 P | RN o oo o0 '—-;....--\-..---»-..3 PSS s s -7‘ B o_.v—. -.v“fifi-.-.. T e §_‘ e, "‘-l\n. e e 6 S TS TSI S | cceioan oo e aw it o i e Pem R e o SN e s einton, TSI RAN I A v ks 0 e g 0 T P M ¥ ;,——“m—ft.m—‘“&'flfi*‘l\ ,,3'4»» s 4{{ /' 3 i 1;? AP e . SRMEIOTE Ve AN D S AR NNk a1 o nvest in the Victory Liber This space contributed tv w ELEVATOR & MILLING|O'LEARY-BOWSER CO. DENI SON & BURGESS FIRST NATIONAL BANK BEMIDJI PIONEER WARD BROTHERS THE GARMENT SHOP G. D. BACKUS C. E. BATTLES SECURITY STATE BANK I cm DRUG STORE : GEO- T. BAKER SHAV 'ITCH BROS. C. 0. MOON €. W. JEWETT CO NORTHWEST OIL COMPANY g ERY. CO. 0. J. LAQUA BEMI DJI GAS CO. F. W. RHODA M. E. IBERTSON GIVEN HDW. OOMPANY i EN WEST BOTTLING WILSON’S FAIR STORE A. T. CARLSON ANDREW JOHNSON H. M. CLARK HUFFMAN & O'LEARY i J. J. PFIEFER GUST BRO' EARL GElL E. F. NETZER KOORS BROS. CO. i GILL BROS. NOR1 'HERN NATIONAL BARK HENRY MILLER N. L. HAKKERUP A. V. GARLOCK BARKER'S DRG. STORE LYCA N & CO. HINNESOTA ELBCTRIC LIGHT &{J. T. TUOMY ' J. W. DIEDRICK FRED E. BRINKMAN ... I'RED ;&KB R. R a : i POWER C HARDING:WHALEY CO. . 'F. G. TROPPMAN ! e ———t— Defective