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NMUi;!lMr'W rsiititk' x I n 16 The Commoner VOL. 18, tip.. 1 .. ! M ffh6 Government Can ;feep Pledged Faith .... From The 'Sacramento, Cal., Jtoo, 'qy. 30, 1917. U i uiu ijuu lnunuuuu at uiu uuiu, 'financiers ah'd those who think as !'&; financiers Tdo ,faro to tho front with i,, p', nuraprous oDjoctions to tho ace's plea Mpw mat tiiu government protect tne lace tpv Yaiuo or tno'Diuorty Loan nonus. , , , jungs oi nnanco navo uocome so i.vuscd to things as they have been I may iook upon wan aireot as uio . ,law and tho pr6phots. w r And the timid souls who "mo too" everything tho financiers say aro de- ir, clarlng that It Is boyond the powor '5 - ot this govornmont to stop Wall street "fluctuations" In theso bonds; ji .that overythfilg in all right as it Is, jt mb tthese bonds will bo paid at par .wlion thoy bpcomo duo, that tho Jjib- ortyr,bonda of England, Franco, and Italy aro bolow par; that all this "flpnaolcss agitation" on tho part of tho Bee will do far more harm than K,.ood; that any attompt by tho gov- r.prnmont to maintain theso bonds at , pur by roqulftiig national banks to tako thorny would menace tho banks With disnstor' All thoso objoctions wore enumer ated In tho Bee's editorial of No ovombor 20th. Howevor plausible any of thorn may sound, howovor valid ouo or two of them may bo, this fact romalns: lThp Unitod States has tho power to' -maintain her faith with her peo ple; and that faith was distinctly pledged to each subscriber that his Liberty bond could bo converted into oash at a moment's notice. It romalns for Uncle Sam to see that that word is kept. All that is noodod Is tho congres- alOnal will to do it. " It is silly oven to inslnuato that a nation which has accomplished all this nation has wrought a nation of ovor 100,000,000 freomon must bow down in humblo submission whilo Wall stroot not only robs her sons and daughtors, but makes tho nation herself out to bo a liar. Whoroln would that lie consist? In this: That, in allowing unscru pulous speculators to run down tho valuo of Llborty loan bonds to 99 and oven 97 cents on tho dollar, in admitting sho can not help it, and In refusing to provide any method to cash thoso bonds at par before ma turity of a holder needs the money, this nation repudiates her own pledge, hor own faith, her own sacred word as guaranteed by her secretary of tho treasury, W. G. McAdoo. Listen to tho promise ot the United States as voiced all ovor the land through hor accredited representa tive and raouthpioco, W. G. McAdoo: "People look at tho bonds like stocks. Thoy think they are specu lation. HAnyNbond ot this issue can bo con verted into cash in an hour's notice. 'It is bettor '.hau cash becauso it is froo from taxation and hftn0 terost at 4 per cent." And yet, when this pledge was brought to tho attention of a promi nent financier, Le said that cortalnly tho United States had promised to pay in cash at any tlmo for these bonds, but that she had not said how much cash sho would pay! h What rot! Such an answer is worse than none. A fathor needing ready money goos to his sons and daughters and bor , rpws a thousand dollars on his notes aaylns: "Now, my children, I can giv you back this money wheuevor any ot you want it. It is as good as, cash, and even better, for I will pay you interest on it." Ono of the offspring some months afterward says: "Well, father, I need tho money I loaned you. Kindly let mo have it." Would that father tell the son ho could go to a bank and get 90 cents on tho dollar for that note? And Jf that son reminded tho fathor that he ,had promised to pay cash whenever It was needed, would that parent say: "Yes, my son, but I didn't say how much cash, did I?" Uncle Sam is a fathor to all his children. His solemn obligation, his deliberate promise, his sacred word was pledged that all these Liberty loan bonds would be free from spec ulative juggling; that thoy were as good as cash; and that they would bo taken up in 'cash whenever any body wanted to sell them. Nothing less can be deduced from tho language of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo who represented the administration, and from the words of each and every one of the proselyters sent out by the govern ment, It is a libel and a slander and a Ho upon the people to say that faith, that pledge, that promise, that sacred Word can not bo kept. It is an insult to over 100,000,000 American citizens to even suggest, let alone admit, that a government that has done all It has done; that has peformed tho wonders it has performed, can not stop Wall street from juggling In these bonds and can not make such provisions that its faith will be kept. A government strong enough to obtain billions of money and to send millions of men over to fight for its cause and the cause of its allies; a g6yornmont which declares what people must eat, and is about to or der what they shall wear, .and does point out In drastic measure what they shall say such a .government cortalnly could, if it so' willed, eas ily prevent speculations in its sol emn obligations, and gambling in its most sacred covenants with its peo ple. It is no secret throughout the length and the breadth of the United States that tho federal reserve banks would have bought these bonds -and would have pushed them through with their surpluses, If the people had not come through so generously and so unitedly to the rescue. A government that has that stal wart reinforcement In tho back ground certainly could keep its faith and its pledge, and see that its loyal sons and its loyal daughters are not swindled to make further swollen profits for Wall street gamblers. Tho government can do it. The government must do it. For if the government does not protect thoso Liberty loan bonds from Wall street speculators, and keep its faith as pledged by all of its emissaries, then this nation is guilty of obtaining money from her sons and Jher daughters under false iirutenses. . That is all there is to it. It is the duty ot good citizenship to point this out; and it is the duty of good citizenship in the senate and the house of representatives to see that the outrage and infamy shall be stopped and that the faith and the credit and the honor and the sacred word of the nation shall be main tained inviolate. It Is a duty not only aB a matter of principle, but of public policy. For another Liberty loan drive will be launched before many more months have passed; and it would be unwise to appeal again to the peo ple on a record of broken faith Says Former Health Commissioner Nuxated Iron Should Be Used in Every Hospital and Prescribed by Every Physician Attributes His Own Great Phys&al Activity Today at Over 60 Years of Age Largely To His Personal Use of Nuxated Iron WHAT FORMER HEALTH COM MISSIONER KERR SAYS "As Health Commissioner of tho City of Chi cago, I was importuned many, times to recom mend different medicines, mineral waters, etc. Never yet have I gono on record as favoring any particular remedy, but I feel that in Nuxated Iron an exception should be made to tho rule. I have taken Nuxated Iron myself and experienced its health-giving, strength-building effect, and in tho interests of tho public welfare, I feel it my duty to make known the results of its use. I am well past my three-score years and want to say that I believe that my own great physical activity Is due largely today to my personal use of Nuxated Iron, and if my endorsement shall induco anaemic, nervous, run-down men and wo men to tako Nuxated Iron, and receive tho won derful tonic benefits which I have received, I shall feel greatly gratified that I made an ex ception to my life-long rule in recommending it. From my own experience with Nuxated Iron, I feel that it is such a valuable remedy that it aught to be used in every hospital and pre scribed by every physician in this country." Former Health Commissioner, City of Chicago. Former Health Coniiuls nloner Kerr lias given years of his life fighting for pub lic health tu IiIn ovra and other cities. It ivnM he vrho Introduced Antl-toxln for Diphtheria la Ghlengo's Health Department. He puri fied the milk for consumers and thereby helped to save the lives of thousands of hahlcfi. He Introduced the anti-spitting ordinance which has been "copied nil over the country and also NOTliNuxted Iron, which has been used by Former Health Commissioner . a-n t, ,-.-u ,i Kerr with such surprising resutts, and which is prescribed and recommended by TO7 carc OI tUC SCWCrs nnU physicians In such a creat variety of casn. Is not a patent medicine nor secret SWIKe in the interest Of remedy, but one which Is well known to druceists everywhere. Unlike the older public health. He Is posl- Inorcanlc iron products, it is easily assimilated, does not injure the teeth, make them black, nor upset the stomach; on the contrary, it is a most potent remedy in neatiy an lorms i inuieesuon as well as lor nervous, run-down conditions. The manufacturers have such great confidence In Nuxated Iron that they offer tor for feit JlOO.OO to auy charitable institution if they cannot take any man or woman un dor 60 who tacks Iron and Increase their strength 100 per cent.'or over in four weeks' time, provided they lave no serious organic trouble. They also offer to etun I your money if it does not, at least double your strength and tnlurancein ten days' time. It is dispensed by all good dmciUts. Advertisement. tlve that the widespread use of Nuxated Iron would greatly lessen the worries nnd troubles of Health Commissioners In keeping up a high standard of pub 4e health. " IS 1S1 Mr. Bryan's New Book--- "Heart to Heart Appeals'9 Mr. Bryan has made a careful collection of the Heart to Heart Appeals, scattered through the speeches delivered by him during a quarter of a century (1890 1916) in the belief that they will be of permanent in terest to the reading public, especially to students. 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