Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-10-04
HINT TO FARMERS
ON LIBERTY LOAN
JUDGE WADE OF IOWA SUGGESTS
HOW THEY MAY DETERMINE
THEIR SUBSCRIPTION.
TEST OF THEIR PATRIOTISM
Present Sacrifices Not Comparable to
Those Made During the Civil War
Durbin of indiana Hits Roosevelt
Presidential Boom.
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
WashingtOn.-An idea was advanced
by a government official Recently In
regard TO the coming Liberty loan
which ought to be considered carefuiiy
by people in the rural districts. paruc-
ularly those who live on farms. Judge
Wade of Iowa was responsible for put
ting the idea into the heads OF gov
ernment officials. His argument TO
the farmers i'm regard to the Liberty
loans is this: Let every farming COM
munity, say an agricultural county,
figure Up just what its taxable valua-
ton is in the matter of wheat. OATS
corn. barley, rye. cattle. hogs. horses
sheep and poultry. Let every indivld-
ual farmer take stock of what his TAX
returns are for these various articles
which are produced on the farm ana
of which the surplus is sent to mar
ket. Then let him consider what was
the cash value of his stock and prod
uce before the war. and also figure
what that stock value is now. Let him
consider just what he Is making out
Of the war. and then II ne doesn't have
IN idea that he'd better put some OF
the profits into Liberty loans he Is
lacking in that patriotism which Is
supposed to exist throughout the ag'
ricultural communities Of the United
States. II has often been claimed
that. whatever else may happen. the
honor of the United States will always
be sustained by the patriotism Of the
agricultural classes. In this coming
Liberty loan campaign there Is an OPP
pOrtunity for the farmers to show
their patriotism by subscribing to the
full extent of their means.
The patriotism that has been
shown In the matter of saving
food and coal and other war necessi-
ties upon demand. and particularly the
recent demonstration when simple
request from the fuel administration
resulted in practically complete cessa-
ton in the use Of gasoline on Sum-
days. has encouraged authorities at
the national capital to believe that the
same patriotism in the matter Of self
denial and desire to win the war will
finally reach every branch of labor.
There is no denying that the govern
ment has felt great deal Of uneasi-
ness about the labor situation. ever
since this country entered the war. For
the most part II has known that men
on the farm. In the ships. and nearly
everywhere are working earnestly and
lndustriously in the matter of produc-
Ing ships and supplies for our overseas
army. But there have been many
strikes. many days and hours lost.
There has been an estimate that some
thing like half a million good working
days have been lost by strikes. During
oil this time every effort has been
made to conciliate the men who have
been dissatisfied and the hope IL ex-
pressed that there will be no need to
resort to the drastic legislation which
has been predicted. At the time the
provision was abandoned
In the last draft bill. predictions were
made by several senators that II was
likely still more drastic Legislation
might he necessary In order to secure
the necessary man power in this coun-
try to carry, on the war. Such legisla-
ton will not be enacted until II has
been demonstrated that 1t Is absolutely
necessary.
There seem to be two kinds
Of German propaganda loose in
the United States. One Of them is Of
that insidious character which con-
stantly finds its way into the public
prints as news items misrepresenting
conditions In the United States and
trying to poison our people against
putting forth every effort to win the
war. The other consists Of misstate-
ments In regard to Germany. For
some reason or other there has been "A
systematic effort made to convince the
people In this country that the Ger
man people are not In earnest In the
war; that they are not behind their
goverpment; and that they are In a
deplOrable condition. Photographs
taken In Germany during the past
year or two tend to show that the hOr-
rible condition which is alleged to ex.
LIST among the people has been exag-
gerated for some purpose. The peo-
pie who are familiar with the Germans
Know thar they are supporting their
government with more earnestpess
than has ever been shown In any ma
tiOn In Europe with the single excep-
ton OF France. Evidently this propa-
ganda regarding the breaking down Of
German support is for the purpose Of
discouraging extra effort on the part
of the people Of the United States.
The sacrifices which the people are
making now are small compared to
those they made in the days of the
Civil war. Said woman whose hus-
band was In the war. and who Is now
very old lady: my husband enlisted
as soldier in a Minnesota regiment.
had three small children. We had
to live on his pay Of SIS n month and
such other resources as we could get
out or farm on the frontier. While
my husband was away In the South
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Diplomacy.
Mrs. Green has another new hat.
and L"
"My dear. Mrs. Green has To have