Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-10-24
.fARM.PR0sPER|TY
CAN Be PERMANENT
IN BOND HOLDINGS
HIGH PRICES OWING TO WAR
CONDITIONS MAY NOT CON.
TlNuE INDEFINITELY.
BONDS WILL GAIN IN VALUE
Drouths and Bad Seasons VIII Not
Affect Income from United
states Securities. (

n argument iS being made ] n
many sections OF the country-and 1t
10 N 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.
Dr0uths may come in other years
and spoil his crops; prices may go
down nearer the normal. and II 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 over known since
Civil War days for their tobacco. and
some think that the present-day prices
beat the record Of '61'66. Farmers
are now getting from 20 to 40 cents a
pound and making more than 1000
pounds to the acre. This means from
5000 to $500 per acre-more than the
land aver brought in any section of
the country.
High Prices for Products.
On account of the shortage of wool
and the demand for its use In knitting
for our soldiers, the cotton crop Of
Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Ten.
nessee. Texas and other states will
bring a record price on the market.
Foodstuffs are more in demand than
ever before. Not even the demand Of
Civil War days can equal the demand
Of America and Europe for u hogs.
cattle, sheep. corn. wheat. potatoes
and other food products.
The reason for this prosperity, 1t Is
pointed out, Is because millions OF
men are chewing and smoking tobacco
and not making 1t; 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, tramp Of countless millions of
our men Of war.
That is the reason of the present
high prices. and it 10 wisely predicted
they will not last forever. VIII farm
ers be profligate with their increased
wealth at a 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.
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 III all invested.
After the war these bonds will In
crease In value as the years go by
Government bonds have always gone
to a premium In a short time. Best OF
all, 1t will help to whip the upright
eousness out Of the Hun and restors
freedom, peace and happiness to the
world. d
Just as thieves cannot break into
heaven and steal the treasures thai
are there, nothing can touch or lower
the worth Of Liberty Bonds. Droutht
and wet seasons. insecure speculation
uncertain Investments and othel
means of losses cannot reach govern
ment bonds.