The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 26, 1918, Page 2

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE BISMARCK BANK LAHR iiuesipicaie ‘SALES CO. ~ \ We come to another big tasK. This time we need not call for helpers. The volunteer workers stream in myriad hosts along the main highway . leading to victory and vindication. . All patriots, by confession. The grumblers are awed into silence. If the taint of disloyalty re- mains anywhere it is hidden as a shameful secret. The heads are wag-. ging and we hear many bold as- surances: _ “Tl do all I can.” f ‘“Tll go as far as the next fellow.” “Tll taKe all I can afford to taKe.” We are speahing, of course, of the Fourth Liberty Loan and the willing- ness of the war-bacKers to subscribe. This time we do nct. explain a Liberty Loan and -how it works, or wlny we-battle with Germany or that a ‘war cosis money. It will just about require a search-warrant to find a man who. does not say that he will take all of the bonds he can “afford” - to. taKe. But,O my countrymen, we need night schools and correspondence schools, private tutors and Chautau- , quiaas and special information bu- reaus to enlighten Mr. A. and Mr. B. and Mr. C. as to the real. meaning of the word “afford.” Are you penciling around to find out how much money you can set aside without the slightest inconven- ience to any of your pet private Ad projects? Are you trying to decide how many bonds you will have to taKe in order to escape the eres of being a slacks=! . Buy Liberty Ronis — ; Are you getting | ready. to an- swer in hundreds a cauntry that has endowed you with thousands? As you squint your eyes and “try. to. decide upon the sum. which - will fairly represent your individual quota; are you acting as attorney for the United. States of America or have you gone in for technicalities - in order to protect special interests? In reasoning with your con- science, are you trying to be gen- erous or trying to play safe? It ig up to you. The buch cannot be passed. tis foreach man to decide wheth.- . er he is going to be a thoroughbred _ or a squeezer of 50-cent pieces. “For the sake of your own: sélf- respect, come through to the limit.. * hie If you live to be_€ thousand years. old you: never will have another chance to start your iron ‘dollars upon such a noble mission. e "Do you wish to deepen’ the wrin- Kles upon the brows in Potsdam? Would you fortify the courage of every soldier in France? ‘Shall we set in such a stack that the Kaiser can't see over the top of it? All right! You are sppoiniod 8 a Special Agent. . — Don't wait for a coincitios to hunt you up or run you down. Hurry to the bank and break through the line and order so many. Liberty Bonds that the man: inside will be dazed and all: of the neigh- bors surprised and all of your. rela- tives proud. oe Sy Wholesale, Not Retail “Thin Spuce_Contfbtel to: Woaning the War by - FIRST GUARANTY BANK BERGESON & aon \ WASHBURN LIGNITE COAL CO. BISMARCK ‘ELEVATOR CO.