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Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-06
GET READY TO ASSIST
Fourth Liberty Loan Cam
paign Starts Sep. 28.

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Loan. The word give" has nothing
to do with buying government
bond.
When the Fourth Liberty Loan
Campaigns opens. Sept %, when
the American people begin to put
down their names and lay down
their dollars, they will be getting
the best security in the world for
every dollar invested.
People have discovered in the
three former loans that they are
lending money to the government,
to their own government, and are
not giving it.
Secretary McAdoo has definitely
announced that the Fourth Liberty
Loan will bear interest at the rate
of a a per cent. Men who deal
in financial matters know that this
is good rate of interest when the
value and strength of the security
are taken into consideration. Wise
lenders always look to the strength
of the security first, and then to the
amount of returns the investment
will pay.
Back of every government bond
stands the whole resources of the
nation. All the coal in the ground
backs your 500 or your $500 bond
All the wheat that will grow IN the
fields of America for a generation
is back of the paper the govern
= ment gives With Fourth Liberty
Loan" across its face. The very soil
on which that wheat grows is secur.
ity for the bond. The whole prop
erty of the United States and its
people so long as the government
endures is pledged TO the buyer that
the bend and its interest will be
paid exactly as stipulated
The United States has never re.
pudiated a dollar of its debts. 1t
started right when it became ma
ton. After the Revolution there
were good many Americans who
thought that the debts of that war
should be denied and forgotten, so
that the new nation might have
start free from debt But the wiser
men who framed the government
saw into the future. They knew
that honesty is the best policy" for
governments as well as men. So
they assumed the load of Revolu-
tiOnary debt and paid it off.
People may give money to GER
tain war work and war funds, but
they are not giving one single dollar
so far as the Liberty Loan is con-
cerned. They are loaning money
to their government, which is them
selves, and they are supporting it
with the dollars just as they do
with their ballots and bayonets.
And unless that government is
supported by their dollars it will
perish from the earth, in spite of
all that can be done with ballots
and bayonets.
Modern war requires money in
greater sums than were ever known
before in the earth's history. When
the United States declared war
against Spain Congress voted a !
credit of $50,O0O,O0O to back that
war declaration That sum will not
pay the present war expenses for
more than day. But every dollar
that is spent in beating the Kaiser
makes the security that is back of
every Liberty Loan just that much
greater.
The necessity of backing up the
government is teaching every
American to save money. He sees
better what money can buy now
he understands its value better,
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-06
REGISTER IN ONE DAY
100000 Men Are Asked to.
Register Sept. II

The War Department has cut out
a Herculean job for itself-the reg
istration of 100000 men in a
single day. Ii has planned to list
every man in the country 10 to as
years (both inclusive) except those
previously registered, on Septem-
Der IL.
That might we'll be job for the
whole month of September, but the
War Department says it must be
done in day, and can be.
1t can be done if every man,
woman and child on and before
Registration Day makes it point to
speed the work of registration. 1t
can be made an easier job if every
one plans for the day, builds for the
day, and does everything in his
power to make the preparations
complete.
Of course. the big undertaking is
to educate the men to register with
out delay. In this education the
War Department is counting upon
the cooperation of leading men and
women in every section of the land.
Thousands Of Registration Boards
will be ready on September IL, to
take care Of the millions who must
register. The great organization,
brought TO perfection when the men
between 21 and 81 years Of age re.
giSter5d, is expected to surpass the
wonderful record they made at the
first registration.
No preparation has been over
looked By the Provost M4rShal-
General that would speed the work.
The Government is determined that
the vast registration shall De hast
ened through in the day allotted to it.
All the schedule Of placing IA huge
army ln Europe next year is based
upon a one-ddy registration.
The enlarged military program
requires that the Seective Service
sySten, which must supply the
additional men needed, shall have
Class l Of over two million avail
able to be drawn upon on and after
October
In order to obtain two million
Class l men, the nation must register
about thirteen million more men for
classification. These thirteen mil
lion represent the total males in
ages 80 to as and Is to 81.
Why does the Army need over
two million men? Because the
allied program to speed up the final
overthrow of the German Armies,
calls for an early mastering of
Americas final contribution. The
War Department has stated that
Americas Army must not fall below
five million men. OF this amount
nearly three million men are now
under arms. This leaves more lhan
two million men to be made ready
Gncluding replacements), and the
time has now come TO obtain them.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-09-06

If you are particular about your
job work bring it to the Democrat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Lime in Preferred Class

At the request of the Secretary or Aericulture. the war priority boara has placed agricultural lime In pre- ferred classification in the matter or fuel supply as well as in the matter of transportation. Secretary Houston acted upon the recommendation of the agricultural advisory committee, Wnlcn was in session in Washington last week The committee declared tnat production and distribution of pulver- ized limestone and burned lime for az ricultural purposes should be declared essential in the production Of food ana other war necessities. both indirectly and through the clovers and directly through many staple crops Such as wheat, corn and cotton.
 ! The action of the war priorltles Doari should bring relief to farmers. Rea- sons given by the agricultural advlsory committee for uring that lime pc placed on the preference list were tnas the prices of lime and limestone are now very high, that they were advanc- ing before the war on account or the newly created demand on the part ot farmers, and that now the high cost of labor and fuel has made further heavy increase Inability to secure delivery by transportation lines, together wf.h Q great advance in the cost or ma ,, terial, is limiting the lining of land' to a serious degree, the committee said. The limited coal supply and dan- Ger of actual coal shortage was de- clared to be further serious handicap to the lime supply
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
When T. R. Led the Charge

There was a barbed wire fence along the crest. Roosevelt jumped it, shout ing to his men to follow, and started forward on the double-quick. He had gone about a hundred yards before ne was aware that only five men were with him, says Herman Hagedorn, in Boys Life. One of these fell. then another. He ran back to where the rest of the regiment was waiting in the high grass. He taunted them bitterly
 The Rough Riders looked grieve1. "We didn't hear you, we didn't see you go. colonel" one of them protested. Lead on now. we'll sure follow you"
 And they did The other regiments on the crest leapt forward with them, an> they charged across the wide valley while the Spanish bullets ripped the grass roundabout. At full speed they plunged up the farther hill The Span iards began to break cover and run. Two of them, leaping from the trenches. fired point-blank at Colonel Roosevelt and his orderly. Roosevelt killed one with his revolver at less than 10 paces.
 The Rough Riders plunged on, over this crest. to another line of hills over looking Santiago. There they were or dered to halt. The Spanish fire was severe and shelter was scant. but for Roosevelt and his men there was no retreating. Late in the afternoon they beat off a counter attack: by next day the battle had become a siege.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

Stabilized Wheat Price

It is interesting to speculate on what would have happened to the wheat mar ket when MT. Hoover made his recent announcement relaxing the wheat saving pledges of householders and hotels II the price of wheat had not at the time been fixed by law and the operation of the wheat market entirely Tn the hands of the government agents.
 In effect the modification of these wheat saving measures was the same as an official announcement from the gov ernment that great crisis has been past and that wheat no longer stands at the premium that it has maintained for near ly year.
 This announcement came just at the time when wheat was moving in the largest quantities from the farms to the mills, just when sales by the growers are heaviest. and just when many farmers must sell to meet the accumulated ex- penses of the past summer and harvest. It was just at the time when the man with the ready money likes to catch the man who needs the cash, the critical time when the speculator can drive hard bergain with the grower, when the grow CT can accept ruinious price or feed his grain to the hogs.
 In ordinary times this Is just what would have happened as a result of MT. Hoovers announcement regarding the wheat situation. For few weeks the bottom would have dropped out of the market, and the price would have been around 80 cents of $1 until the largest portion of thee TOD had been grabbed by the greedy fingers of the speculators. Then would have begun the steady rise a sthe manipulators took the grain on the market, and in January the public would have paid I2.5O for wheat which had been bought from the farmers for so cents
 Thanks to the administration in Wash
 ngton, which long ago saw the necessity and justice of protecting the farmers from such catastrophe at such time, nothing of the sort took place. and the farmers are now getting fair price for their wheat, while the erstwhile specula- tors are probably dreaming troubled dreams of thei ll-gotten wealth which would have been theirs in the good old days taht are now no more.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Spy Who Trapped Himself

Telling how a suspected German wire less operator was discovered by drug clerk, Ralph Henry Barbour. in Boys Life, says in his serial. For the Free dom of the Seas:"
 .sThe fellow who did the telegraphing they picked up in Canada Seems the secret service has been after this Haegel guy for months, but couldn't find him. They knew he was in the country, though, and suspected he'd be mixed up in some wireless stunt. couple of days ago the Canadian-if that's what he is-goes into drug store in New Bedford and gets a pre- scription filled. He had to wait awhile for 1t. you see, and while he was wait ing he leans on the counter and does like this, see, like he was working a telegraph key. Well. the drug fellow was one of these wireless fiends before the government put 'em out of business. and he listened to what the guy was tap- ping out. First he says Hurry up. hurry up, hurry up! like that. over and over. Then he says lot of figures that don't mean anything to the drug fellow. and after that some more nonsense And he eetis his medicine and goes out.
 ssBut the drug fellow gets to thinking about him. He's seen the guy around for about a month and he don't ever econ to have anything to do. So that evening he goes and tells his story to a fellow he kniws who's some sort of a United States attorney or something The attorney hands 1t along to the secret seryice sleuths who've been snooping around looking for g wireless station somewhere on the cape. do you see? After that It was easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Hog Feed Pointers

Rye sown in the fall makes good pas ture for hogs. As soon as it is three or four inches high the hogs can be turned in and left until snow covers it up. Rye also provides good pasture in early spring. In the southern states Ahruzzi rye is recommended, as it makes a rapid growth and heavier foliage than other varieties.
 Soy beans are valuable to take the place of other protein feeds uusually pur- chased They make very satisfactory feed when the beans are fed threshed, or as hay, or when ground as meal. Soy bean hay, to be most satisfactory, should be cut early enough to avoid the pop ping out of the seeds. The leaves and the seed both will be readily eaten when handled in this manner
 In the southern states peanuts are quite extensively grown and makes good feed when used as grazing crop or fed in the form of meal. Velvet beans are largely raised in this section of the countr-, and it is recommended that they be left in the field and grazed. Dwarf Essex rape and oats can also he used successfully in the south as a forage crop. Either can be seeded from the last of August to the last or Septem- Der. Cotton seed meal can be very sue successfully used in connection with corrS as a hardening seed for period not to exceed 20 days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
Wade's Letter

The scare about the big cotton crop has proved to be a case of crossing the bridge before we got to it. We have been very diligent for the past few weeks in securing reliable data in regard to the cotton crop condi- tions from all the cotton growing states Since the governments estimate Of lo,- 000,0o0 bales, based on the condition of the crop on June 25, dry, hot weath- CT has prevailed in every cotton grow ing state west of the Mississippi river and has reduced the prospective yield nearly 3,000,000 bales. The government reduced it's estimate on July 25 near ly 100000 bales. Deterioration mas continued in the western belt untii there is not a state west of the Mlssls- sippi that will make as much cotton as it did last year. There is no pos sible gain over last years crop except in the eastern states, and these have also suffered great deterioration rom the recent hot wave. There is pos sibly gain over last years crop or about half million bales. most or which will come from Mississippi and Alabama. The south's cotton crop can not exceed 12,000,000 bales. This Will be short of the worlds needs; and there should not, and l believe not De any serious decline in the price ot cotton
 
 fully.
 It is stated in official circles that American mills will need nearly mll- lion bales more cotton the coming year than was used last year. America ex- ported nearly 4,500,000 bales last year. Recently England has increased her ac- tive spindles 5 per cent and 1ncreaseu the number of hours per week for all active spindles 15 per cent. This IS orr tn 0S ner cent increase III consumption or more than a m1lllon bales. If the world must have at least 100000 bales more cotton this year as compared with last year, and the m crease in yield is not more than half million, why worry about the price of cotton?
 We have recently seen few articles in the papers forecasting rear tnat the farmers would inaugurate hold ing movement and try to boost the price of cotton to 50 cents pound. l want to say to the author of such articles that the writer is continuously associated with farmers and has nor yet heard a farmer advocating oo-cent cotton. The farmer is as patriotic as any other man and wants for his cot . ton only the cost plus reasonaple profit The cost of producing cotton this year is about two and one-half times greater than normal. By the time the cotton is harvested, ginned and baled the average cost will be 70 cents or more per pound If the farm CTS can get from 30 to S5 cents per pound, they will be satisfied: but, il the price of cotton should go very much below these figures holding move ment would be the result and prove very effective. Those who are afraid farmers will attempt to speculate by I.<1 I ;,,r~ ont a r nrnDqhlV those profiteers who have been charging $a per bushel for meal all the year and profiteering otherwise.
 J. A. WADE,
 Commissioner of Agriculture and In dustries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
CottonSeed Refiners Meet

Cotton seed oil refiners representing
 the industry nationally met at the food
 administration in Washington, August
 14 for 2 general conference on policy
 during the coming season, with an espe.
 cial eye to wartime needs. Other con
 ferences will be held later for stock
 feeders and fertilizer manufacturers
 Cost of cotton ginning this year will
 be at least 25 per cent higher than last, according to food administration esti.
 mates. largely because of increased cost
 of labor. A zoning system like that es-
 tablished last year. based on varying
 oil and meal yields in the several dis
 tricts is Under discussion. The depart ment of agriculture is collecting data on the oil and meal yield, to be sub mitted to the food administration. New rules and regulations to guide buyers and sellers of cotton seed and peanuts. as We'll as cotton ginners, gives especial consideration to proper handling
 and conservation of oil as war neces sity. No dealer under federal license may sell cotton seed for more than S3 a ton in excess of his purchase price: .,r more than $1.O profit if others than himself share the risks and provide fla cilities for conducting the business. Brokers and dealers who operate in cdTlOdQ lOtS may not reCelVe coHlPSh' sation greater than 25 cents. per ton
 Especial emphasis is. laid upon keepina seed clean. Wasteful practices are for | bidden, and as a measure to conserve oil it is provided that cotton seed may not
 be sold for feed or fertilizer without con sent of the food administration Sales in all cases are to be made at a reason. able margin over cost. without regard to replacement value.
 1 Copies of Special License Regulations No. g will soon be mailed to all lincesees operating cotton gins or oil mills or buying cotton seed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
THOROUGH PACKING
Prevent Collie in Horses

Collie in horses usually means indiges- tion. It may consist simply of few spasmodic pains from which the animal quickly recovers, or the indrestion may terminate in inflammation of the bowels, which often proves fatal within "A hours. Some forms of indigestion are compli- cated by bloating, and the internal pres- sure may rupture the animals stomach, or cause it to die of suffocation.
 Most cases of collie can be prevented by careful feeding. Sudden chances of feed should be avoided. Also feed in stage of curing, such as new oats, newly cut grass and new corn is alw,vs dan gerous for horses. Heavy grains, such as corn, should have bran or oats added to give it greater bulk and render it lighter
 II is good practice in feeding work horses during the hot summer months to rrecede the evening grain ration with an allowance of hay. This gives the animal time to become somewhat rested and cooled, and the more concentrated feed will be much less likely to cause indiges- tion. The drinking of a liberal amount of ccld water is likely to chill the in testines and cause collie.
 Tine symptoms of collie are too well known to need description. The trouble however, is complex, and unless recovery is rapid a veterinary should be called One quart of raw linseed oil mixed with two tablespoons of turpentine, if given at an early stage of the collie. will help remove and thereby give relief
 A comman method of drenchine horse Is to pass a loop in the end of rore around the upper jaw. just hack of the ircisors. The other end of the rope may then be fastened so that the horses head will be raised, and the medicine. when poureds into its mouth. will run down
 into the animals throat. Oil should be given slowly. a swallow at a time, and upon any indication of choking the head must be instantly released, as the inhal- ing of oily preparations into the lungs IS Nkelv\to cause pneumonia.
 Colics which are apparently mild at the hcginning may ouiclkly develop into dan- eerous comp'cations. and a co'ic that exists for 1s hours will often kill the an- in,aL Colics which are caused bv a twist or tie in the ihtestines or rupture of some portion of the bowels are incur able. according to L. s. Backus, of the University of Missouri College of Agri- culture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22
John Chiraman

By Carl Crow, in World Outlook.
 He is nov to be found in every coun- try of the globe. As an immigrant ne comes ignorant of language and GUS toms, often despised and maltreated and subject to oppressive laws, but he al ways makes his own way. Drop him down on any spot on the earth's surface and he will make living for himself and ask odds of no one The Chinese began in q foreign land is unknown.
 He is miserly and lives cheaply only when circumstances compel. When pros perity smiles there is no more generous people.
 As trader and a merchant he has no equal. In the Philippines there are only 5O,O00 Chinese, less than per cent nf the total population. But this handtii of Chinese controls 90 per cent of the retail trale of the islands.
 In trade, in scholarship. in bodily strength and endurance. in industry, John Chinaman individually is able to hold his own against all corners. He can live and prosper in adverse conditions where all other races fail.
 Yet his country is weak and helpless against the aggressions of smaller coun tries and it's future is subject of .ap- prehens'on ard doubt. Official corrIp- tion, superstition. provincial spirit in stead of national patriotism. bind the country to old forms, and makes It's progress slow and uncertain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-22

The following touching account or farmers prayer meeting shows the tiller s heart is right:
 On a recent visit to Texas l stopped at Marshall on my way to College Sta ton to rest on Sunday, July 2l, with friend who is the pastor of the First Baptist church there. I was not aito- gether surprised when he insisted that I should say something to his congrega- ton at the morning service, but l was surprised to have an urgent call from a camp meeting IS miles away to speak there in the afternoon, and was very reluctant to go. because I was tired, put I could not refuse call from group of farmers in my own state. l asked the messenger who brought the invita- ton whether it would be proper for me 10 say anything regarding the agricultural problem, and he assured me that the peo- ple regarded the agricultural programme as a part of the war programme. una that I would be at liberty to speak about it as I might see fit.
 I reached the meeting just as the con- gregation had arisen for prayer. The minister prayed with great fervor in the usual way of evangelical petition and the congregation responded with fervent amens coming from every quarter or the