St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1918-05-04
McAD0O APPEALS TO
FARMERS TO BUY BONDS
Twenty Million Subscribers Needed To
Make Third Liberty Lean
Complete Success

and the more discouraging it is to our
'enemies.'
|, This is the message which Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo bore to the
people OF the Sixth Federal Reserve
District In his tour Of the district last
week in the interest Of the third Lib
erty Bond campaign.
Speaking before thousands of people
in six cities Of the Southeast, the Sec
rotary was cheered to the echo by his
immense audiences. as he told of the
needs Of the government, the character
of the bonds, and made a stirring plea
for every man, woman and child in
the district to get into this war which
Is now being waged for their liberties,
II only by the purchase of the smallest
bond.
Mr.. McAdoo made it plain that with
out the aid of the farmers OF the
South, Of the merchants and profess
sional men and all the laboling classes,
the third loan would be failure,
which would be worse than a German
defeat.
"The banks must perform their nee
essary functions and keep their funds
In liquid form to supply credits to the
| of munitions Of war and in carrying
on the general business Of the country,
and we must not take all the funds out
Of these banks" he continued.
Want Twenty Million Buyers
do you know, it would be most
impressive thing II we could say to
the Kaiser that not 100000 Ameri-
can citizens, as In the last loan, had
| hon 1h0N h,It hot }cctr
taken by fifteen or twenty million Of
| American citizens!"
In his speech, which rang from one
end Of the district to the other, the
head Of the treasury traced the part
which America has played in her one
year of war; how she was forced into
the struggle against her wish. and
only took up arms after all her sacred
rights had been contravened by the
unprincipled Hun He told how the
American flag was ordered Off the high
seas by Berlin, and how the only Amer
lean ships that were allowed to sail
would have had to be painted like a
| pedoes of the submarines.
In defense of freedom and the
worlds liberty, America has in one
|
wonderful extent, and now at this
great crisis, when the supreme strug-
giles are being waged in Picardy and
our allies are crying for more men
and supplies, it Is our problem to
mobilize Americas might for the bat
tlefleld as quickly and effectively as
possible. The only way this can be
done is through the Liberty Loan ;
through the subscriptions which must
come from the rank and file OF the
people Of America.
| Appealed to Women.
Mr.. McAdoo spoke OF the fine work
that is being done by the women OF
the nation, and urged them on te
greater efforts. He stressed the abso
lutte necessity for saving, both foot
and materials OF clothing, that oul
armies may be fed and our allies sup
piled. He insisted that the people o.
this country must learn to sacrifice II
order that the war may be won.
I'VE must realize that we are really
In this war. and that war does NEAR
sacrifice,' the secretary emphasized
I'VE must learn in the second yea
of the war that we must not indulge
ourselves to the extent that we have
in the past. We must purify our soul!
and fortify our souls for this crea
and mighty contest which is now pro
ceeding upon the battlehelds OF p
cardy. And the extent to which we d.
that ia the extent to which we are 60
ing to help ourselves.
II have been told by some peopl
that the rate Of interest on Lbert,
fharQf0r0-
could not rely upon the patriotism o
the American people to buy thes
!, bonds. l have been urged to max
, the rate of interest higher than It !
TODAY. in order that the bonds Nigh
! sell more readily. do not believe
! nv friends, that it is necessary {
raise the rate Of interest on the bond
in order to sell them. I do not believ
that the patriotism Of America Is e.
! messed in the rate OF interest on
Government Bond. l do not believ
, that the American dollar is fugitiv
I and must be chased by high rates {
: interest when the governments cred
Is back of them.
~ want to tell you, fellow-citizen
because this is your problem, as we
D as mine. that il we do not all TAX
an llL6lllReHt StaAO INV - A~'oA
keeping the rate Of interest on go
}. eminent bonds stabilized at 4h pt
, annum. unless we are willing to MAX
:. a fight to preserve the Government
. credit upon that basis, then 1t Is 8
Q ing to be the most unfortunate thin
that can possibly happen to the Anne
, lean people. We have got to make
9 clear to every man, to every woma
and to every child who buys COVER
ment bond. that while it may be trl
that they could invest their money
, something else that would pay larg'
return. they can invest their none
10 in nothing else that is so full of bloc
q and necessity as United States Go
r. eminent Bond If we do the wroI
n thing at this time, it comes back
!. you"
= The response to Secretary McAdoc
= appeal in this territory has been Il
II mediate. Wherever he appeared, q
st sales have been boosted to wonde
q. full extent. 1t Is now the duty OF
n ery man. woman and child in t
= sixth district who reads his words
- make his or her subscription Wltho
- DELAY through the local Liberty Lo
committee.
d. More than billion dollars OF Am