The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-06-03
PATRIOTIC POTATOES
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eo1d rsrzrne the biggest. mesfiesi. mot
--ullfIc potato the -Kaiser's Defea'."
every potato that grows IN American
sol fhLs year j. q steeinOssd bullet
s.-nsd pclrt hank a. the heart u auiOc-
racy- Blg guns and uttle guns. bullets.
s1e-E and shrapnei are doing thst-
s-ars On the battle front. but what
A-1sra-a rl-st Do IL % ssDd food. foo1
art s-EI r1crs food Every extra pOfato
grown i1 Ann@rlca this year releases
f0od that can be sent 70 our fellow fight
s-s in EurDpe-
Amsrscz does not AK you 70 give the
e1trz potatoes you grow. Or the extra
beeis Or turnips or beans II is patriotic
service Il you Just grow them and eat
them yourself The potato you grow
and eat Jets some other potato. that yon
would have eaten. climb abOardship and
70 % help a warning democracy win
against a child-murdering autOcracy. II
Is a good thing 20 throw q trench bomb
al the kaiser but yau can hurt hifn
worse By hitting him In the eye with a
homegrown potato Every American
potato eaten By the allies n poison IN
the stomach Of tyranny Our navy is
on the job. awaken the war-winnins
navy bean.
Our comrades in Europe need food.
This year you can serve America az
well by killing potato bugs as By killing
Prugsiars. Bread and BOats"-food 70
feed the allies and ships 10 carry Il %
them-ls Americas war cry al the mo
ment. Men we WIN send by millions
when the need comes. II II does. bu.
potatoes By the ton we must send The
hundreds Of thousands Of rockies" viii
soon be- drilling all over this broad land.
and al night they win crawl into their
shelters and touch gently the blis-erz on
their heels saying "Blistered for Amer
ica. for right. and for humanity, b.
gosh" Heaven bless the blistered heels
Of the embryo fighting men Of our na-
ton but don't forget the blistered palms
Of the man with white hands who goes
out 10 hoe the potatoes. He too when
he looks al his blsters. can say, Bis
tered for America Long may she stand
for the right" The blistered heel and
the blistered palm will win the war, Jet
them be recorded in the Book Of Valiant
Wounds
Corn and potatoes wheat and beans.
Speed up Old Mother Earth and poke
her in the ribs until she yields victorri
Who knows? Our enemies may crum-
pie in a week or a month and shrek for
peace, and get it-paying the penalty
Of aggression. But still we need the po-
tato, the potato you can grow The
fight Is democracy against autocracy.
The world is being put 10 the tes;
Shall men govern themselves or shall
autocrats make US slaves? The world
crops are short this year II the war
ends tomorrow Il will be too late Tor
the peasants 10 grow food untn another
year. even II they are released from
armed d1ty at once. Hungry nations
are always the easiest prey Of autOcrats
When men hunger and see their women
and children starve, no one knows what
they viii do. and II IS then the wilv
autocrat gives handful Of corn AMI
wrests away the liberties won By the
centuries Of effort. II the war ends -
morrow. America must still send fool.
10 prevent riots and TO prevent starya.
ton and to allow democracy TO hold rs
own calmly and sanely untn the waste
% war Is adjusted.