The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-10-16
FARM PROSPERITY
CAN Be PERMANENT
IN BOND HOLDINGS
HIGH PRICES OWING TO WAR
CONDITIONS MAY NOT CON-
TINUE INDEFINITELY.
BONDS WILL GAIN IN VALUE
Drouths and B9d Seasons VIII Not
Affect Income from United
States Securities.

The argument Is being made in
many sections of the country-and it
is one based on solid truth-that out
Of the great wealth the war has
brought to the farmers OF the United
States, in high prices of products, the
wisest thing he can do is to invest in
Liberty Bonds that will increase in
value.
Drouths may come in other years
and spoil his crops; prices may go
down nearer the normal, and If prices
should remain secure at the present
figures the chances are he will not
have the present abundance to sell.
Farmers of Tennessee, Kentucky
and Southern Illinois are getting a
higher price than ever known since
Civil War days for their tobacco. and
some think that the present day prices
beat the record Of '61-65 Farmers
are now getting from 20 TO 40 cents a
pound and making more than 1000
pounds to the acre. This means from
$500 to $500 per acre-more than the
land ever brought in any section of
the country.
High Prices for Products.
On account Of the shortage of wool
and the demand fer its use in knitting
for OR soldiers, the cotton crop of
Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee, Texas and other states will
bring a record price on the market.
Foodstuffs are mere in demand than
ever before. Not even the demand of
Civil War days can equal the demand
OF America and Europe for our hogs,
cattle, sheep, corn, wheat, potatoes
and other food products.
The reason for this prosperity, it is
pointed out, is because millions of
men are chewing and smoking tobacco
and not making it: millions are wear
ing clothes and uniforms and are not
raising cotton; sheep are being eaten
for mutton and are not making wool
and the countries of Europe that once
produced in abundance now resound to
the noise of battle and the tramp.
tramp, traT. Of countless millions of
our iiiiienn Of war. ..... ., -
That is the reason of the present
high prices. and It is wisely predicted
they will not last forever. VIII farm
ers be profligate with their increased
wealth at time when conservation is
the watchword of our country. or will
they act the part Of the wise man who
lays by him In store for the future?
Put surplus In Bonds. 80. :.
Another Liberty Loan campaign is
being launched. that the government
may have money that is needed to con-
tinue to prosecute the war. Farmers
cannot do better, the solid investment
advice is given, than to buy bonds
and to continue to buy them until their
surplus wealth is all invested. I
Aft IT the war these bonds will in
crease in value as the years go by.
Government bonds have always gone
TO premium In a short time. Best of
all, It will help to whip the upright
eousness out OF the Hun and restora
freedom. peace and happiness to the
world.
Just as thieves cannot break into
heaven and steal the treasures that
are there. nothing can touch or lower
the worth of Liberty Bonds Drouths
and wet seasons. insecure speculation,
uncertain investments and other
means of losses cannot reach govern
ment bonds.