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Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
Where the Allied Loans
Go

More people than you would believe
are under the impression that the
money which Uncle Sam IL lending
to the Allies leaves America for OK.
penditure In Europe and other for.
eign countries.
This 10 a mistaken idea.
Virtually all Of II Is expended night
here at homo for American produced
goods, munitions, and food stuffs.
Since the declaration Of war against
Germany on April s, 1917. Congress
has authorized the lending Of 1000.
100000 TO the Allies. TO be paid over
before July 1. 1918. Up to November
1, the Allies had received advances
sgsregating 1851. 100000. They had
expended in America for supplies
$2.75s, 900. 900. and had remaining TO
their credit In the United States
treasury . balance Of 3s32.6oo, 900.
From April to November the Allies
had been borrowing from Uncle Sam
at the rate Of approximately $500, o,000,-
900 a month.
And they had been spending II with
us almost as rapidly As they got Il!
SO the money which you put into
Liberty Bonds In the two preceding
campaigns has been trickling back
through channels of commerce in an
uninterrupted stream. What the Al.
lies are not spending 10 being scat.
tered by Uncle Sam. who Is con.
fronted with the task Of supplying
and caring for developing army Of
nearly 100000 men.
And so II will continue As long as
the war lasts. The men afeld must
be supplied with munitions. clothing
and food. Every line OF American
cndeavor will profit. The larger the
bond sales, the greater the growth Of
the Allied armies and their require
ments: the more tremendous the ex.
penditures.
Every dollar you put into Liberty
Bonds is an added stimulus to Amer.
lean industry and American pros
perity.
Besides making more and more
certain the defeat OF the Kaiser's
ambition to rule the world with his
mailed fist.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
EVERY WOMAN
CAN HELP NEXT
LIBERTY LOAN
Woman's Committee for
Twelfth Federal Reserve
District to Form an
Organization
BY MRS. A. S. BALDWIN
Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan
Committee, Twelfth Federal
Reserve District)

Now that We are actively in the war
and our men are in; the front line
trenches; are being killed; are being
sassed; are being MANNED for life. II
would seem that every woman in the
land should DO In the. front ranks Of
the civilian workers to help the men
win the war. ...s..
Each Of US has her part to play,
however small Il may be, and whether
It be great or small It is of Importance
that each shall perform her part To
the utmost Of her ability. "'
Some can buy Liberty Bonds. some
can influence others to buy. Perhaps
some oan only help by conserving the
use of food and clothing and by econ.
,omizing in household expenditures,
thus liberating and augmenting the
essentials which must be sent "over
there" for the use Of our army and
for the destitute civilian population Of
our allies. ..
In Whatever way each woman OF
this Twelfth Federal Reserve District
can help, lot her do her utmost that
We who are fartt ,st from the front
may sustain our part Of the struggle,
and keep for ourselves and our chill.
dren the blessings and privileges We
have inherited, and thus make 1t pos.
sible to win like blessings for the mil
lions who are now in actual bondage
We should not only save to help
but the great lesson to be learned also
Is to do now without non.essentials and
to make sacrifices 80 that the labor
which produces what we consider to
be even essentials may be used to
produce those things which are actu.
ally essential for the support and
safety Of those who are carrying the
burden of this unprecedented struggle
for freedom and democracy.
The aim OF the Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee is to form an organi.
cation which shall make the woman
in every home In the land realize
these conditions and her respons!.
bility, that the message shall not
reach her only from one direction, but
from many, 80 that she shall Be-
brought to full realization Of her
responsibility.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
F OR YOUR
INFORM ALTON

Here are come Of the things your
Liberty Bond money loaned to the
Government viii buy for our boys
"Over There:
A $50 Liberty Bond will supply four
months sustenancs IN the feld for
ono Of our soldiers.
A 500 Liberty Bend win supply foe
pounds Of smokeless powder for
one Of the big guns.
A e7oo Liberty Bond will equip and
uniform four of our bluejackets.
A $500 Liberty Bond viii supply $50
Of our boys with gas masks, IN
which to face one Of the dead.
Hest menacss Of the trenches.
A $1,000 Liberty Bond will buy case
line enough to drive one Of our
submarines 2,oo0 miles In oui
campaign against the underseas
raiders Of the Kaiser.
A $1,000 Liberty Bond will supply
$50 thirteen-pound shells to sink
German submarines.
Every Liberty Bond you buy helps
actively to shorten and win the War
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
OVER THE TOP
SHALL WE SEE 1T
THROUGH OR QUIT?

The Government Is finding 1t nee
essary to call upon us three timeI
within q year to provide by subscrip
tions to Liberty Loans, sums Of money
hitherto considered Of fabulous pro
portions. These facts should i'm.
press upon US as no mere wordi
could do, the intense seriousness, the
stern necessities, of the situation.
Continued acquaintance with the
more serious aspects Of life is apt to
breed indifference, and to distort oul
mental vision. As the soldier shud'
ders with horror at his first sight
of carnage, but later becomes hard
ened, so are we apt to become com
placent under conditions which cal!
actually for increasingly strenuous
effort.
The Liberty Loan with its original
accompaniment of novelty and noise
appealed to our national love Of q
new sensation. In the Third Cam
paign much OF the novelty will be
lacking, but the serious purpose be.
hind the campaign will have grown,
Our money was needed when both
the First and Second Liberty Loans
were fioated, but 1t will be more than
ever needed whom the Third Loan
10 called for. Our army has grown
our national payroll has grown, the
needs Of our allies have grown, the
necessity Of forever banishing the un'
speakable menace OF Prussianism haa
grown. No longer can we hope that
the entrance Of this country into the
struggle will induce an early peace
More arrogant, more desperate than
even the German Government puts
forward its impossible claims upon the
rights and life of humanity.
Our Government in its growing need
10 calling upon US to give up our
luxuries, Is conscrtpting the lives oi
our sons, is controlling trade, labor
and prices, with an ever increasing
earnestness and firmness of pur
pose. .r
The test Of our personal strength
Of character and determination is al
hand. Your Government pleads with
you very earnestly to preach and
practice both before and during the
next Liberty Loan Campaign stead
fastness OF purpose, an unselfish pa
triotism, which shall reflect the spirit
Of a man who having set his hand
to tho execution OF a necessary task
would rather lose that hand than
draw II back. This Is the spirit OF
our President, Of our allies-it II
surely our own.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
A BADGE OF HONOR

A Liberty Loan button is . badge
Of honor. Rightfully obtained It marks
the wearer as one who has performed
distinct, definite service to the
country. ..
Not all can fight, not all can work
directly for The Government; but In
buying a Liberty Loan Bond, or War
Savings Stamps, every American rem.
ders some service to the nation. II
has been put within the reach and
power Of every citizen to aid the
United States financially; It is q poor
American who withholds support from
the Government, from our soldiers and
sailors fronting death on battleflelds
and oceans.
Iron crosses to German soldiers,
and diamond orders exchanged be.
tween Turkish and German sovereigns
may be but the honors OF atrocity.
But Liberty Loan button, simple %
1t Is, signifies patriotic duty done
and Is an insignia of honor.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
THREE SONS ON.
THE TUSCANIA.
San Francisco Woman
Gave Country Three
Soldiers--One Lost
With Torpedoed
Transport.
TWO SONS SENT TO
FRENCH FRONT

Mrs. Louise Moore OF 18s First ave
nue.. San Francisco. knows the mean.
Ing Of war. In the front window Of
her homo . service nag shows three
stars. Three of her sons answered the
call to colors.
And when the Tuscania was torpe.
doed, with the loss Of more than one
hundred American lives. her eldest
son, William Moore. made the great
sacrifice for his country. On the rocky
coast Of Ireland he lies buried In the
grave which enfolds others OF his COM
rades In arms.
The other two sons of Mrs. Moore,
who were also on tho Tuscania, are
listed among those saved. The Joy
over their safety has been tempered
only by the grief which followed the
word Of Williams passing.
81 told those boys was sorry that
there was occasion to 80 TO war" said
Mrs. Moore. smiling through the an.
guish that was her portion In the days
following the Tuscania disaster. But
I told them also" she added with .
triumphant smile, "that II our country
was worth living in and enjoying when
things were going along smoothly. II
was certainly worth lighting for whom
It was In trouble"
That is the spirit Of American
motherhood In these days Of trial and
sacrifice. Our country has not asked
much OF It's young people In the way
OF sacrihce." said Mrs. Moofe. Things
have been fsirly easy for most Of the
boys and girls Of this generation. Now
II Is their time to show how they have
appreciated all that has been given to
them"
Mrs. Moore has two other sons, one
of draft age, and the othe: old enough
to enlist but not old enough to be
drafted.
"Now they're crazy to Co." said the
brave little mother whose service flag
already has one haloed star.
do you know the last thing the
three boys did before they left!" she
asked with motherly pride. They all
bought Liberty Bonds, and said they
would leave the rest Of that work to
US. Now we know what We can do. "
Private william Moore and his
brothers have left a message for the
stay -at-homes In America to heed.
The rest Of you buy Liberty Bonds
that can be your work"
Have you planned to buy your NEXT
one, now that the Third Liberty Loan
is called for?
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
THE WAR, TIE FARM
AND THE FARMER
By Herbert Quick
Member Federal Farm. Loan Board

own Land. haul grain or drive ste1s
to town. It would have done only Q
little more than Il accomplished ~
its interdict against the freedom q
the sea. What was the order aeaAnst
which We rsbelled when We wsat h.
to this war? Look at the couAitioa q
the American farmer In tie Attse
part Of 1914 and tAs arst half Of lo1S
and see.
When the war breks out, tAroueA
surprise and panic We partially savs
up for Q while the use Of the 50 ~
a highway. And the farmers Of
America faced ruin. / know an Isva
farmer who sold his 1914 crop Of g..
600 bushels Of wheat for seventy csats
bushel Farmers in the south sold
their cotton for half the cost OF pro
ducing 1t. All this time those por.
tions Of the world whose ports were
open were ready to pay almost any
price for our products. When finally
we set our ships in motion once moro,
prosperity returned to the farms. But
It never returned for the farmers of
those nations which remained cut q
from ocean traffic.
Take the case Of Australia. There
three crops have remained unsold On
the farms. No ships could be spared
to make the long voyage to Australia
SO in spite Of the efforts of the Gov.
ernment to save the farmers from
ruin, grain has rotted in the open.
Millions Of tons have bean lost for
lack Of q market.
Such conditions spell irrstrisvabls
disaster. Such conditions would have
prevailed in this country from the Out
break of the war until now n our
Government had not hrst resisted WITH
every diplomatic weapon, and finally
drawn the sword.
Why did We draw the swordf N
keep up the price Of wheat and COT
ton, and to protect trade onlyf n
someone should order you to remain
on your farm, and not 10 use ths pub.
lie highways, would your Resistance
be based only on the fear Of loss h
profits from failure 70 market your
J crops? By no meansl You would
fight to the last gasp! Not 70 make
money, but to be free!
When a man Is enslaved. all he
loses in money is his wages. But the
white man has never been able 10 ae
cept slavery. He has never yet beea
successfully enslaved. There rises ~
so terrible that death always n pss$
cradle.
rhe second to be published next wsst.)
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

The farmer everywhere loves
peace. The American farmer espe-
cially loves peace. Since the dawn Of
history. the farmer has been the man
who suffered most from war. All that
he possesses lies out Of doors in plain
sight and 10 spoil Of war-his house,
his grain, his livestock. The flames
that light the skies In the rear Of
every invading army are consuming
the things that yesterday represented
his life work, and the life labors Of
past generations Of farmers.
Everywhere the farmer is a warrior
when war Is the only thing which will
mako and keep him free. He cannot
rally to the colors az quickly as can
the dwellers in the cities. because 1t
takes longer to send to the farms the
call to arms. II takes longer to call
the farmers from the fields than the
city dwellsrs from the shops. Many
do not hear the flrst blast Of the
trumpet. Others do not at nrst under.
stand Its meaning because they have
not had the time to talk the matter
over with their acQuaintances. Instead
of reading half a dozen extras a day,
the farmer may read weekly papers
only. He must have more time In a
sudden emergency to make up his
mind.
It 10 impossible to set the farmers
Of the United States on fire by means
Of any sudden spark Of rumor. But
when they do ignite, they burn with
q slow, hot fire which nothing can put
out. They are sometimes the last to
heat up; but they stay hot. In long
fight they are always found sturdily
carrying the battle across No-Man's
Land in the last grim struggle. The
American farmer will give all that he
has and all that he 10 to win this
great war against war.
This war was at first hard to under
stand. No armed foe had invaded the
United States. The night skies were
not Redeemed by burning ricks and
farm houses. No raiding parties
robbed us Of our cattle or horses. Nc
ssber.rattlers insulted our women. II
seemed to many of us that We were
not at war-the thing was so far on
We did not realize what q giant wal
had become monster with . thou
sand arms that could reach across the
seas and take from us three-fourths ot
everything we grew. But finally We
saw that It was so.
II the Imperial German government
had made and enforced an order thai
no American farmer should leave hii
(Thls 10 the first Of three articles.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19
u. S. Loans To Farmers
Now Nearly $5O,0 900, 900

Nearly twelve million dollars
was loaned out to farmers OF the
United States by the Federal land
banks during the month Of jan
uary last.
on February 1 the total amount
loaned out to farmers by these
banks since they were established
was nearly $5o.ooO,Ooo, the num-
Der of loans closed being $4,000.
The amount applied for at that
date was $3.50, 100000, representing
over 100000 applicants.
The total loans made by the va
x1ons hanlrs ware aa f0llnWa.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

e'@ASs O~~ - 1~<<SVs
A letter was received recent
ly by the officers of the Fed
eral.. Reserve Bank at Dallas
that made deep impression on
all who read it. We quote it
in full:
"Your circular, The Victory
of the Ages has just reached
me today, and ] assure you !
endorse it with all my heart.
! am a widow of a soldier, also
a mother of one-and / have
but one son. He enlisted in the
U. S. N. Hast May. l gave my
son to America and l am proud
of him. He was my all. / am
sixty-four years old. ! did not
have enough money last Octo-
ber to buy even $4,000 Lib
erty Bond, but want one. My
son was on the sea at that time
and could not send me any
money until he reached his des-
tination, but. / have saved five
and ten cents till / can now
get one.
"What would you advise
wait till the next Loan is placed
before the people?: l believe
that will be April the 9th.
Kindly advise me.
81 am with you for victory
or death. Oh, how / wish / was
a boy just like mine, so l could
do more to help win the war;"
On receipt of the letter Mrs.
LeBow was requested to write
again, and. in her own way, tell
just why everyone should buy
Liberty Bonds. Her reply to
this request is also quoted:
"Why should all people be
glad to subscribe to these Lib
erty Bonds2
Because it takes money as
well as men to win this war.
We have the men, let's have
the money. This is our part
the part for us who stay at
home in ease and comfort. 1t
Is also the very least part that
we can take, to loan to Uncle
Sam our money, when he pays
us lack with interest. Our
sons have said so gladly,
Here am !, send me, Uncle
Sam, m,-some are now this min
ute in the trenches facing shot
and shell, and shall we who
have no hardships to endure, be
less patriotic than they, who
give their lives if need be, for
our homes and country? Let
us give as cheerfully of our
money as they have of their
lives and hopes for the future.
For they are young men, they
have laid their all on their
country's altar. Let us not hes.
itate to pledge our last dollar,
and more, if Uncle Sam calls
again. / do not think that the
American people will be found
wanting, and may the God who
rules over the destinies of ma
tions make us strong to lift
high the Star Spangled Banner,
and never let the old flag fall,
at home or abroad, and, like
Patrick Henry said, Give me
liberty or give me DEATH Then,
and only then, will we win this
dreadful war;"
| Is there one among us who
can not or will not catch the
spirit of this dear old Spartan
mother?
She responds in spirit and in
wealthy, to the call of country
and humanity. She gives her
all, husband, son, and carefully
boarded scanty savings, so that
the world may be made a safe
place to live in"
What demonstration of pa,
triotiSm, sacrifice, and whole
hearted cooperation is present.
ed in the viewpoint of this
aged mother!.
With the same spirit having
possession of all our hearts and
minds, it can easily be seen
! why the Third Liberty Loan
will be subscribed with rush,
and Uncle Sam will have the
benefit of our efforts toward
maintaining our nations sh. q
of the worlds fight for a last.
ing peace, a peace not dictated
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

1--WE could not have endured suoh
aaaressions and survived a. a self.
respecting nation Of fres people,
Secretary Of the Treasury MeAdoo, at
San Francisco, Oct. II, 1917. Amerl.
can blood calls to you. Buy Liberty
Bonds.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

"Who will dare to weaken our West.
ern front by a single troop or a single
un7"-George clsmeneaau, Premier
Of France, Dec. rs, 1916. n you fall
to buy Liberty Bonds you will weaken
the frontl
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

"This 10 . war Of peopIss-ths pso-
pie behind the fronts"-Major orayson
N. P. Murphy Of the American, Red
Gross, Jan. 20, 1918. you are a part
Of Dsmoeraey's sattaIIons. Buy Lib
srty bonds
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

"AlI that our, soldiers need 10 q still
better rsar orpanlxatlon." - oseres
clsnenesau, former Premier Of
France, Jan. II, 1915. II 10 up to ysu
to provide that by buying Liberty
Dsnds.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

"civllians, YOUR firing line 10 whore
you buy your war bonds."--Lloyd
GEORGE, Jan. I, 1918. Have you fired
your dollars at the kalssr1 Buy Lib.
erty Bonds.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

1--WE seek no place In the sum sx-
eept the sun Of lIberty."-otto n.
Kahn, Jan. 10, 1918. Every Liberty
Bond brings another ray Of freedom.
Bought yours3
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

"Protectlon the Allies afford W vnay
weaken our sense Of duty."-Taft, FEB.
4, 1917. Have you weaksnsdf D
YOUR dutvI Buy Liberty Bonds.
Graham guardian., 1918-04-19

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