WHY 
 
 You Should Be 
 a Stockholder 
 
 in 
 
 Your Government 
 
 Every Idle Dollar 
 is an alien enemy 
 
N O investment you can make in 
 this country can be safe without 
 the assurance of the Government 
 that your business will endure. 
 
 Be it stocks or bonds, mine or farm, 
 factory or other exploitation, the busi- 
 ness into which you place your money 
 for increment must be a safe business 
 
 backed by your country’s approval. 
 
 The biggest business in the country is 
 the business of government; the business 
 
 of protecting your business. 
 
 If the Goverment fails, you fail. 
 
 If the Government prospers, you 
 prosper. 
 
 A nation and its industries are inter- 
 dependent. 
 
 Still more .interdependent are a gov- 
 ernment and its investments, because it 
 is the investment that makes possible 
 the industry. 
 
 A government can stand, even with 
 its industries and investments in an un- 
 stable condition. This frequently has 
 happened in the world’s history. 
 
 But can you point to investments that 
 have continued safe when the govern- 
 ment protecting them has failed? 
 
 Isn’t it plain, therefore, that the safest 
 investment is in safe government? 
 
 Take the case in hand: The United 
 States is entered in the World War on 
 the side of Justice, Liberty, Equality of 
 Humankind and World Democracy. As 
 a business man or woman, you know 
 
that a business that is not legitimate 
 can not long prosper. There must be 
 laws of equality to create confidence and 
 stability. 
 
 Just so with nations. And we are 
 fighting for world stability that will 
 make business stability. We are en- 
 gaged in a war that will make you and 
 your interests safe. 
 
 The Government of the United States, 
 through the bonds of its Third Liberty 
 Loan, offers you stock in the best going 
 concern in the world. 
 
 It guarantees to you a reasonable in- 
 terest, whether it wins or loses. 
 
 Can anything be fairer than that? 
 
 Isn’t preferred stock in an enterprise 
 that insures safety for your personal 
 business worthy of your confidence 
 and your cash? 
 
 Possibly you do not like war. War is 
 never popular. But when it is a necessity 
 in order to guarantee your safety you 
 cannot afford to side-step it, either 
 
 morally or physically. It is your war, 
 and your children’s war. 
 
 If you have prospered in the past, it 
 has been largely due to the stability of 
 your nation. You want to keep your 
 nation in that condition. You can do 
 this by investing in your government. 
 
 “ If you can’t fight, your dollar can,” 
 is a terse reminder of your duty. 
 
 Uncle Sam isn’t asking you to give 
 your money to the war. He offers you 
 
preferred stock in the business of 
 maintaining a great nation. 
 
 The Third Liberty Loan offers you 
 shares in the Safest Thing in the 
 World. Where can you beat it ? 
 
 The non-taxable feature of these Liber- 
 ty Loan Bonds will offset any immediate 
 advantage you might see in other in- 
 vestments at slightly higher rates of 
 interest. 
 
 The Bonds are liquid and, should mis- 
 fortune overtake you, they can easily be 
 sold. 
 
 Which do you prefer: Uncertain 
 dividends in the project of a few men 
 organized to further their own interests, 
 or reasonable dividends backed by an 
 army and navy'of the greatest republic 
 in the world, engaged in fighting your 
 battles ? 
 
 Has Uncle Sam done enough for you 
 to gain your confidence? 
 
 Then show your confidence and invest 
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