New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 11, 1917, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DALY HERALD TO AMERICANS OF FOREIGN BIRTH FELLOW CITIZENS: ~ WE ARE AMERICANS BY CHOICE OUR Traditions, our Institutions, owr Government are Sacred to us. The Liberty we came here to enjoy is menaced by a foreign enemy. We can help preserve it by buying Liberty Bonds. Your personal safety and that of pos- terity, your country’s honor and humanity as a whole, depend upon the success of this LIBERTY BOND issue by the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. In buying such a bond, you are be- coming a part owner of the United States. These Bonds are secured:— First.—By one hundred and ten million people constituting the Government of tae United States and all that these people as a Nation possess. Second.—They are an investment, safe, nc” speculative. i Third.—They are an obligation of the United States, the strongest, the richest and most resourceful Nation on earth, and a mortgage on all it possesses. Fourth.—A Liberty Bond is in fact bet*sr than U. S. money, as it pays you 4 per cent. interest, while cash not invested earns nothing. : Fifth.—lf you cannot snoulder a musket yourself, let vour money fight for liberty. Sixth.—Every dollar invested in a Liber- ty Bond is so much. help to a sucr:ss- ful termination of the war. You can subscribe through amy Bank or through your employer, wherever you are employed, either by paying cash or on the installment plan. One dollar a week pays for a $50.00 Bond—even the humblest worker can afford it. Every human being who earns money and whe has money is to subscribe and to subscribe at -t once, the great.. number of subscriptions che sooner the war will be over, as this will prove to the world that we are all behind our President and the Government. W~ all have to do our duty-some in the trenches, some in the factories and mines, and some at other work of assistance to our Government. The way you can serve best is to buy a LIBERTY BOND. " The above advertisement was inserted in the New York Sunday Times of October 7th over the signa- ture of the American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers, Inc. We feel that this appeal to Americans of foreign birth should come to the attention of foreign born Americans in this city. We, therefore, reproduce and heartily endorse the subject matter in this advertise- ment. NEW BRITAIN NAT. BANK COMMERCIAL TRUST CO. NEW BRITAIN TRUST CO.