The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1917-07-28
THE LIBERTY BONDS
AND THE FARMER.

1t has been repeatedly pointed
out that iD producing Liberty Loan
Bonds the farmers of the United
States were furnishing the means
to their best customers to pur
chase the products of their farms.
Much of the proceeds Of the Lib
erty Loan, both that used by the
United States Government and the
amount loaned to the Allies, is to
be expended IN purchasing food
and supplies for their armies from
the farmers of the country. There
are other reasons however that
make the Liberty Loan Bonds es
pecially desirable investments for
farmers.
A safe investment is particular.
ly suited to a farmer because he
Is in most instances at distance
from bond markets and not IN po.
sition either to know of or immedi
ately act upon information Of
matters affecting the value of
bonds. The Liberty Loan Bonds
are lnvincibly safe. backed as they
are by the resources of the richest
nation of the world and the faith
and credit of people who have
always respected their obligations,
and they are of stable value and
liable to little or no fluctuations
10 market value.
The farmer is a busy man and
often has neither the time nor the
opportunity to study the ques
tiOns of finance and bond values.
The Liberty Loan Bond being
bond about which there can be no
question, he can rest assured al
ways that he has made no error in
Judgment.
The farmer often feels the need
Of ready cash before the harvest
ing of his crops. The Liberty
Loan Bond puts in his hand a Sc
curity on which he can always
borrow money and at a rate as
low or lower than he can borrow
on any other security and with
less trouble.
There is another aspect Of this
vestment in Liberty Loan Bonds
that will appeal to every true
American. He is supporting the
Government, he is supporting our
soldiers in France and he Is doing
his duty as q citizen when he in
vests in Liberty Loan Bonds.
INSURING OUR FIGHTING
MEN.
Work on the plan of Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo for life
and indemnity insurance to the sol
diers and sailors of the United
States is progressing. The advis
ory committee of 10 prominent IN
suraDce men and other committees
and the Secretary are working out
the details and bill will ulti.
mately be drafted and presented
to Congress for action. The re
port of the various committees
and the Secretary's action furnish
a trangjble working basis for the
legislation.
The insnring of our soldiers and
sailors will be only a new applica-
tion of a well-known principle
Employees insurance, especially
for those engaged in hazardous
employment, has long been recog
nized as just and wise and prof
liable policy IN private business,
and has been successfully operat
ed for years. In fact through the
United States Employees CON-
pensation Commission civilian en-
plOyees of the Government are
now insured against accidents oc-
curing in the course Of their EN-
pl0yment.
The wisdom and justice of a
great Government applying the
principle to It's citizens who for
their conntry's sake engage in the
extra hazardous employment of
war are apparent to all. Our sol
diers and sailors in defense soi
their country are daily hazarding
their lives and safety and they
certainly deseve the same prOtec
ton, and their dependents deserve
the same protection, that great
business corporations give then
employees and the United States
gives certain of it's employees.
Secretary McAdoo before the
conference of insurance men out
lined his views as follows: 1t
seems to me that we ought not, as
we send our men into this war
say to them that they must be de
pendent upon future legislation
for the granting of compensations
which have heretofore, under our
policy, taken the form of pensions.
Our brave men should not be left
in uncertainty or doubt as to what