Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-23
nIaArs or AMERICAN AoRIouL-
TuRleTe ENDANGERED ~
EUROPEAN war.
SHOULD BE FIRST TO HELP
Every Purchase Of Liberty Bond 10
Blow at German Autoeracy and
Adds Strength to Boys Fight
Ing for Democracy.
~ HERBERT QUICK
Member Of The Federal Farm Lean
noard

Member Of the Federal Farm Lean
Board.
When I am asked why q farmer
should buy Liberty Bonds wonder
what should say. It Is so clear that
the farmer. Of all persons. should
make himself the greatest buying
class In the world.
II all the other classes In the United
States should lie down and refuse to
buy. the farmers should rally to the
flag and buy. buy, buy these bonds as
long rs they had cent TO invest
do not wish to appeal to farmers
TO buy bonds because they are good
Investments. They are good invest
ments. as any good business man can
see. They are safety itself Nothing
can ever throw doubt on them as In
vestments. Many farmers are hold
ing lands which do not pay them more
than to per cent after the rents
are collected. the repairs kept up. In
surance paid and taxes settled. II all
the actual and retired farmers In the
United States would put In Liberty
Bonds the money they could get for
lands which pay them less than the
Liberty Bonds will pay. they alone
could buy all the bonds to be issued.
Liberty Bonds pay per cent. They
are the best security for loans at the
banks when the owner wants a loan.
They are cheaper to carry than the
land. A man may buy Liberty Bonds
a,ad forget about them except to col
Vet the interest every six months.
But that is not the main reason why
we should buy, and buy. and keep on
buying as long as any are offered. The
farmer should buy Liberty Bonds be-
cause the value Of his farm. the
chance to make a peaceful American
living, the very right to an independ-
ent life IS staked on this war;.
The German empire threatens the
world. II seeks to take from us the
very thing that makes our farms val
uable. What is the value Of farm.
anyhow, except the privilege Of liv-
&y a free American life on a particu.
,8r piece of land? Take that away.
and your farm, becomes thing which
Is worthless.
- Germany Is out to conquer the
world. Germany still has the chance
10 crush Russia. France. Italy and
Great Britain. II she brushes them.
she brushes us; for we are In the war
until the finish.
II Germany wins. our lands will at
once be mortgaged for all the terrible
struggle which will then be upon us
TO save ourselves from invasion. She
will demand Of Us that we pay her
lndemnities running into the tens and
perhaps hundreds of billions OF dol
lars. All these indemnities. II Gar
many could defeat Us. and the fight
against them In case we alone are
able to defeat her. WIN be mortgage
on every acre of farm land In the
United States.
I. Germany n half licked now. We
have fighting with US the mightisst
nations OF the world. II We cannot
whip her with their help what will q
farm be worth In the United States
when we face her alonef
Buy bonds. farmers. and help mako
ire world ssfe for our kind Of life
tSa lie Of Lsmocrary ,..H Us si-.k.
Tn Teeoela a. did rhr far .rs !; New
+ sland at Lexing; n .sI ca I'D.
q / Lne farmers VI toe SJatr 1T
I..Ag's Mountain. i
Let US finish Germany now. while
We have help.
Let II never h said that the farm
era Of the Unittd States refused their
&9asy while cur young men are CIV
{ls tbsjy urs3 for the holiest cause
ever fought f6k Let us strike for our
fltars and ouf prss---and for the farms
ne love. ~ Wssa sre at stake In
this the gt2 all wars. pop't
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