AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1747, 16 August 1917, Page 2

AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM.

THE Joan is a direct appeal to (he patriotism of the people. No one is asked to make a sacrifice, as a contemporary points out; In this loan appeal, we tire not asked to give at all, but merely to lend on terms that offer the best security and an annual return on the investment (ha! can scarcely be bettered in any other direction. Surely the patriotism of the people will be more (ban equal to this demand upon its sincerity and earnestness. We are on (lie high road to victory, but every step of our advance costs money, and it goes without saying that money is just as important as tnen. It provides (he pay of the men. it feeds and clothes them, and it furnishes munitions. Therefore,' if we are to win the war, we immt eon iiime to find the money. Willi the increased prices of our products, this ought not to be a difficult: mailer. There is a rapidly-increasing accumulation of wealth in (In' country, while the avenues for safe and profitable investment are becoming: more and more limited, so that it will be surprising if the Pinam-e Minister’s inodesl, request for twelve millions is not more Ilian covered when (lie day is reached on which the applications close. That is (ho 3rd September.