Pace 6 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL I l llltl AllY Hi), WW. PRESIDENT READS LEAGUEJ50VENANT Proposed Constitution Provides For Union of Nations to Settle Future Troubles. JOIN THE LEAGUE OF THE NATION Married People's vt; lilt ! 4 V- 11ml ill HELP YOURSELF More than 150 years ago Benjamin Franklin wrote: "Keep your shop and It will keep you." The stamp of great ness Is on Franklin's philosophy be cause It was not alone of bis time; it holds for all time. Our ways have changed a bit in the economic life of this republic which the great Franklin helped to build. No longer may every man be his own shopkeeper. Most of us help keep some other fellow's shop and a certain element among the assistant shop keepers have become restless because they hare no shop themselves and call themselves L W. W Bolsheviks, and other names. Nevertheless Franklin's homely say ing is as true today and as easy to comply with as It was the day he ut tered it. The United t'tates govern ment provides the way. War Savings and Thrift Stumps, conceived as a war measure and now backed by the government as a per manent policy, give every man, woman and child in America the chance to keep shop. Each person is allowed to put $1000 a year into the business the business of American government. Tbe business guarantees 4 per cent per annum compounded quarterly. It is the biggest business In the world. One can Invest as low as 2' cents. The wonderful thing about ft Is that the investor helps his country it ell as himself. QUOTAS OF LOAN WILL DEPEND ON WAR STAMP SALES Oversubscriptions of January and February Savings Cam paign Allotments to Re duce Loan Task Victory Liberty Loan quotas of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District are to be determined in some measure by the amounts loaned the government by each district in War Savings Stamps during January and February. If a district oversubscribes its War Savings Stamp quotas for the first two months of the year. Its Victory Liberty Loan quota will be decreased to the extent of the oversubscription. Conversely, if a district fails to reach Us January and February Stamp quo tas, its Liberty Loan quota will be increased. When Lewis B. Franklin, director of the War Loan Organization, was in Ran FranciRco rwently, be revealwi that on the day the armistice was signed there was in progress In Wash ington a meeting to formulate plans for the continuous sale of Liberty Bonds such a plan as governs the sale of Thrift and War Savings Stamps. Moreover, the Liberty Bond and War Stamps work was to be closely coordinated. These plans were immediately dis carded when the Germans signed the armistice and when Secretary of the Treasuiy Glass took office be an nounced that the Victory Liberty Loan would be the last. In the face of sug gestions that the Victory Loan be put on a cold commercial basis, he added that the men making these sugges tions were discounting the patriotism of the American people and he would depend upon the patriotism of ' the American people rather than place se curities of the United States govern ment upon a plane with tbe paper of private corporations. WOMEN OF WEST AGAIN CALLED TO THE COLORS By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN, Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan Committee of the Twelfth Reserve District. We have at the present time about two million men in Europe who must be provided with all that is to keep them in good spi.'itB and con dition; and when their work shall have been finished, they must be brought home and demobilized. The Govern ment must make good the contracts it has entered into for the construction of all war munitions, and for food sup plies already bought Having responded to the Govern ment's calls In the past, , and having loaned our money ungrudgingly to hurry forward the men and supplies, and victory having come to us because Parle. President Wilson was the; oentral figure of the plenary peace conference when he read the coven ut establishing a league ot nations,' There was added Interest In the ses-: ten, as tt was the last gathering of i the delegates prior to the president's departure, as well as being the occa sion of resenting the document with which his name tt Identified. At he closed the president laid aside the document and spoke ot what had been accomplished. The deliberations ot the commission had been most In structive, and throughout the proceed ings there was an undertone ot en thusiasm in the great work being ac complished, he said. President Wilson was followed by Lord Robert Cecil, head ot the British commission, league ot nations; Leon Bourgeois ot the French commission, and other leading figures ot the con ference. The proposed league ot nations, as outlined In the covenant read by Pres ident Wilson, will consist of represen tatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, to gether with representatives ot tour other states. The council will meet as often as Is ' necessary, but at least once a year, at whatever place may be designated. Any matter wjthln the scope of action of the league or affecting the peace ot the world would be dealt with. . The banks used to buy United States bonds bearing 2 per cent interest be fore the war. That's how good the credit of the United States Is. The 1100 you put into a Victory Lib erty Bond will be worth $125 plus In terest when prices settle down. A dol lar is worth what you can buy with It. Better have the bonds of the United States In tbe hands of 30,000.000 ordinary citizens than concentrated in the hands of a few rich men. Think of that when Uncle Sam offers you Victory Liberty Bond. I xrr-" Don't think you have sacrificed be cause you may be paying for your Interest-bearing Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds. These fellows back from France legless, armless or sightless don't think they have sacrificed. They simply think; they did their duty. The Victory Loan coming In April is the last Liberty Loan. Then the war lg over for yoa. It will be stll going on for 1,000,000 Americans In France. A is rfi MRS. A. 8. BALDWIN of this, shall we hesitate for a moment to respond to the last call the Victory Liberty Loan when we can do so by pledging our credit, perhaps with some little personal inconvenience, sacrifice or small discomfort? The blood of the young manhood of America is not now required. That was generously given before the armi stice was signed, and now we may give thanks that no more will be taken. The credit and good faith of our country is at stake. "We have won the war, and the cost Is small compared with what has been won. The men of the West with red blood In their veins will not need to be appealed to, because they will subscribe to this last call of the Government as ungrudgingly as they did in the past. There are others, however, who may not be so keenly and conscientiously alive to the duty of re sponding to the Nation's call, and It is to those that the women must direct their most untiring efforts. This last call Is truly a Victory Loan. What greater pride can men and wo men experience than In contributing to It? A Victory Bond will be worth more than its price expressed in dol lars. Every one will u a badge testi fying that the holder has helped his country to fulfill its pledge to those who have been spared as well as those who have made the supreme sacrifice. SUMMARY'OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT Executive council to consist of rep-; reientatives of the United States, Brit- ' lsb empire, France, Italy and Japan, j and representatives of four other . states. Council to meet at least once a year. : Permanent International secretariat ! to be establh shed. Majority of states represented at meetings shall decide all problems. President of United States to cal' first meeting. Expenses borne by members of the league. Envoys shall enjoy Immunity during sessions. New member admitted by two thirds vote. Munitions making to be curtailed. High contracting parties to preserve against external aggression, territorial Integrity and existing political Inde pendence of all states members of the league. 1 Arbitration made compulsory. 1 Permanent court of international justice provided. v All treaties shall be registered with secretary-general. Small liberated nations shall be pro tected. , AH obligations Inter se inconsistent vltjj irm of rnvonxnt hall b abro gated. Amendments take effect on three quarters vote. MR. TAFT FAVORS LEAGUE Senators Poindexter and Borah Scored for Petty Faultfinding. Portland, Or. William Howard Taft, ex-president of the United States and president of the League to En force Peace, expressed the opinion while here attending the Northwest ern Congress for a League of Nations, that the covenant for a league of na tions presented to the peace confer ence In "Paris by President Wilson was 'a "real covenant with a bite In It." He scored Senators Poindexter and Borah for what he termed petty fault finding with the plans for arbitration and peace, and expressed the hope that the peace covenant would be adopted. Mr. Taft said: "It is the duty ot our senate to ratify the treaty when It arrives there. I feel sure It will, in spite of the opposition of such men as Poindexter, receive the neces sary two-thirds vote." League Loyal to Kaiser Being Formed Weimar. An urgent appeal to all Germans to unite to prevent former Emperor William from being delivered up for trial, was published . in the -Landes Zeitung Deutschland, a new government organ being Issued here. The appeal Is headed "League of Ger man Men and Women for the Protec tion of the Person, Freedom and Lite of William." Field Marshal von Hln denburg is sponsor for the league. London Papers Praise Nations League London. The London newspapers generally praise the draft of the league of nations. Many hall It as the most Important and most memorable docu ment In history, and congratulate the framers, especially President Wilson. BALL Saturday Feb.. 2 AT 8:30 P. M. Commercial Club Hall GOOD MUSIC AND EATS t All-married people, widows and widow ers, old maids and old bachelors invited. TICKETS $1 per COUPLE Proceeds to go to the Red Cross. M. It. IIKJGS, It. W. KKA AM) I'RKD HOi:lH( HLK KXWTTIVK 'O.MMITTI:l Aeoouiicement We have taken over the lines of Farm Implements and Tillage Tools carried last season by the Lakin Hard warethese, with the lines we have represented with the introduction of some new features and departments will open to the trade of this vicinity a very complete Im plement House. It is the big idea to introduce for your consideration anything in the Agricultural line that has merit and that Will appear to be adaptable to use in this section. We extend to all interested in these lines a most hearty invitation to favor us with a call. 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