Ripley County democrat., 1918-03-22
FARMERS INVEST !
LIBERTY BONDS
AND SAVE NATION
BACK UP YOUR 10Y IN rRENcH.
GO ~ LoANiKo UNCLE
GAM MoN..Y.
MT A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
Future of America Depends on Men
Who Till soil--Put Your sav
inrs In the safsst
Place In World.

This 10 q patriotic appeal to farm
ers. Your sons have gone TO France
to fight freedoms battles. But II has
not been brought home to you that It
10 the duty Of those who remain at
home TO support the government and
thereby back UP the soldiers IN the
trenches with every dollar you can
spare. Your duty does mot end whom
you Increase production 20 the tight
Ing men may be fed.
Unless every American citissn DOES
his patriotic duty In purchasing LIB
erty Bonds Uncle Sam cannot cloths.
feed, equip and maintain the army 10
the field. One the .ot strongest arsu-
ments advanced In defending the
farmer for mot having bought Liberty
Bonds more heavily In the first two
issues 10 that be was doing for his
country more than his share In invest.
Ing money In the effort to increase
production than could have been done
In lending the money to the govern
rnsnt. t
The argument b good in % far a.
II goes. but Il does not 90 far enough.
The farmer Il not tho only producer
who Ii helping the nation By speeding
up production Every manufacturer
who contributes to the vast array Of
supplies necessary for the comfort.
health and success Of the men In the
trenches fighting the most cruel and
heartless foe civilization ever faced
might make the same claim. And II
II was allowed what would become Of
the Liberty Loani
Why have many farmers not yst
invested In Liberty Bonds 20 freely -
othersi Because. owing 70 ths com
parativs isolation Of farm LIE, thay
have mot caught the patriotic infec-
tion which Leads others. In city and
town. to put their last cent into bonds
and to buy them on credit st The
banks and pay Tor them out of tAsis
savings. Such persons must under
stand that Uncle Sam b calling fof
hsip. The government appeals Tor :
loan from the farmer and al other
patriotic citixens.
Lives win be saved BY every dollar
Q fnrmer invests In q Liberty Bond.
The war wili be shortened and die.
astsr will bs rendered impossible, No
class Of American cltisens has more
glorious page In the history Of Amer
ica than the man who tilis the soil.
Once be is aroused to the dire need
of the country be win invest svsfy
spare dollar N Liberty Bonds,
No GLASS Of citisens b more inter,
ssted In tho outcome Of the war than
A. hxmsrA Tarming cannot b. car
rjsA On With the 6osan clossd 70 oom.
msras. The Highways of the ~ must
- safe o. The fafmsr cannot saisly
sfgags b growing his orops and sais.
ing stock. There are enough retired
tsrmsrp enjoyhs from their iands M
naal ineomss smaller than thsy weuld
receive II tAsy would invest in Lab.
ssty HondA
Sssmsrz DO you know that s10,eoo
invested in Liberty Bonds wtn nay
TIE owner hstter return fer III
ncnsy tAka 4 be invested h b fnsm
lAnds md rented the landsi Do ron
know that the bondowner may Dor.
rev more treaty On them at he bankl
than hs can upon isndsf 10 ycp know
that 10 invsstmsnt can compare in
sscurtty and safsty with sovssnmsna
bondsf s
Ths eaass q freedom nss&s svsxy
cent thas iasmsrs can raise 70 ssnd
ths soldiers b France equipped, fsd,
projected, 10 destroy Prusslaa mlil.
tarism. hspak the power q ~ sAbss
sattlsFs ct rotsdam and bring psace
70 the world.
When 4 eumss = esty he farmer
mp1t staad shoulder 70 sAould>e With
his ttliowA 4ha fsts q ~ nation i
u statA The future d civilization
hangn b ths haiaAs& AroapA fAsmsrs
" AmsxioA. sad STRIFE 1 ml0Aay hlow
~ liberty. tor jsst1eA ~ freedom
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