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and Prosperityor w n jiaAcs aiiuj nil JightMoneyfi v.. .V. 7iHF TTnJtVil c;fa't,Kfl WhilBosi 3BMo'f unoald'wir " bills that must be paidjif the nation istojmaintain its -? U V. rrHit standing hfore thelworld. i : f , If , f And it must get themoney with' which Uo payithem from u in either loan orrtaxes.. VS And anybody wouldi rather subscribe to a Victory V Loan than pay a tax. ' F a- ff There's only one choioefco oversubscribe th$ Victory, 0 ? Liberty Loan now, or topay even higher taxes later on. f A But granting that you wouldlrather..pay taxes, the matter doesn t endlthere. ft t the ity . , - "'V for years to cornea , A j: J Figure It Out for.Yourself 1 S. Tti nnwornmnflti'a alrMrlv Ka'd to borrow from the i iv ,The conseauences of such a choice would affect prosperity of this country your.rindividual prosperity- -. . ., .. or years to comevV: . . ' Thi novernmentlh'as already had to borrow from the Kmla o ram nar of 'tli mnnfv with which it is meetinc -r fwun. v .M.bv j. J. o purrent bills . . ' If we don't" raise the money now to pay off those borrowings by oversubscribing the Victory Liberty Loan, the banks in turn cannot lend to American merchants, manufacturers and exporters the money needed for the expansion of American business and the payment of good wages. Each bank has only so much' money to lend. It can't lend it to business men and to the Government at the same time. The business men MUST have bank" loans in order to tart industry humming, pay good wages, and bring about .the period of prosperity we are all looking forward to, y THE VICTORY LOAN MEANS BUSINESS, new Mitf rnrises started, factories enlarged, business expan- T ..... , , sion, export trade secured, plenty ot employment ana gooa 7 K wages. ' TAXES MEAN TIGHT MONEY, business curtailed, credits cut down, building plans held up, export oppor tunities lost, factories shut down, and an ever-increasinsj army of unemployed, n..' nictinn nf nntrintism or sentiment in J . 3 W Vtw.... 1 J t ..... .. .. t ,t..? yolved in that just nara-neaaea Dusmess sciisg It is true, we want to "finish up the job." We want lo see that every last one of the boys who fought or prepared to fight for us is brought home, the wounded cared for. rood jobs found for all. We want to go over i the top in the Victory Liberty Loan, as we have each time v V the Government has called on us. We want to do all these things BECAUSE WE ARE ,' ' 7 AMERICANS , i It just happens, in the matter of the Victory Loan y. Taxes, that it is slso to our best interest to do so. I" Victory Liberty Loan Committee V- This spac contributed
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