Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
Cold, As WELL As
BLOOD AND STEEL,
IS VICTORY PRICE
oERMANY's WAR cHEsT At SPAN.
DAU KEEP WAS READY
WITH ARMY.
OUR CHEST IS BEING FILLED
What Gould Our Fighter DOH the
Liberty Lean FaIIsdf

Blood and steel and gold WIN W&rsS
and not the least Of these 10 gs9d.
There IL q tower In Berlin, the 0pan-
dau Keep; where for . generation b.
fore the year 1914 Germany was hoard
Ing the yellow metal that was to
launch her imperial effort at conquer
ing the world. The hoard long since
vanished in the red furnace Of war and
loan after loan has been raised In Ger
many in order to carry on the conflict.
Germany had the trained men, the
blood Of the nation; she had the steel
and she further increased her stee re-
sources by Immediately seisins the
great iron.minins sections Of France
O. well az Belgium. but the gold, the
credit, has had to hs found ~ the war
moved along.
When Germany can no longer raise
or force loans. or plumber conquered
countries. the war will end In q Ger.
man defeat. Blood and steel r help
less without 1t.
Gold 10 Vital Here.
Our W war preparations would
never have moved had 1t not been for
the mobilized credit Of the nation.
Without American gold the Allies
must have faltered. II the country
could no longer raise the money to
carry on the war all the training camps
would be deserted. our ships would lay
At the docks, the American navy would
gather rust In quiet waters and the
American army. overseas. would face
starvation. Our canno would fall
quiet for lack of shells. our rifles
would be empty. The Huns could mas
sacre the American troops at will.
That Is what 1t means when We are
asked to subscribe to q Liberty Loan.
That Is the real meaning Of the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Our armies must be
kept in the field. Our navy must be
kept at work and our transports and
freighters must pillow the seas with
men and munitions and food. That is
why the buyer Of a Liberty Bond is
actually backing up the men who are
with Pershing.
The blood and the steel have gone
overseas and the dollars, or what the
dollars will buy. must follow them
and keep following them.
Not an Idle PhraAs.
BUY a Liberty Bond and Back the
Boys Over There" is not an idle
phrase. Every word OF It 10 full Of
solemn meaning. Picture to yourself
the despair that would overtaks every
American in France II he knew a Lab
erty Loan had hopelessly failed. thai
his relatives and friends were nj long
or willing to buy bonds that he might
live and fight on!
The rifle in his hand might - well
be a broken stick. His hyonet might
a. well be q burnt match. He would
realize that. no matter what he had
done, how he had fought. how mane
American graves there were on ths
hills of France-that the war was lost
that there was nothing but mocker2
back Of the American front.
That was what. In Q measure, hap
pened to the Russian Arntss when tn
Ioose.tongued revolutionaries seixs(
the government. The support Of tn
army was gone. Here In America, 500
miles away from the star shells thu
spot the night and the shrapnel' burst,
that spangle the days. We are callss
upon to supply the gold that is'to baea
the blood and steel. The Fourth LII
srty Loan Ii tho call for America
gold, for the gold that must be . pas
Of the combination Of men. money ~
iron that makes and stiffens armie
and makes or breaks nations.