The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1918-04-13
FARMERS INVEST
IN LIBERTY BONDS
AND SAVE NATION
Jack UP YOUR BOY IN TRENCH
Es DY LOANikG UNCLE
SAM MONEY.
HIr A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
Future Of America Depends on Men
Who Till Soil-Put Your Saw.
inas In the Safest
Place In World.

-
ers. Your sons have gone to France
to fight freedoms battles. But it has
not been brought home to you that 1t
Is 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 g not end when
you increase production SO the fight.
ing men may be fed.
Unless every American citizen does
bis patriotic duty in purchasing Lib
sry Bonds Uncle Sam cannot clothe.
feed. equip and maintain the army In
the field. One the Of strongest argu-
ments advanced in defending the
farmer for not having bought Liberty
Bonds more heavily in the first two
issues is that he was doing for his
country more than his share in invest
ing money IN the effort to increase
production than could have been done
10 lending the money to the govern
ment
The argument is good in so far az
It goes, but 1t does not 80 far enough.
The farmer 10 not the only pruduc r
who ID helping the nation py speeding
W production. Every manufactures
Who contributes to the !asi array ot
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
It was allowed what would become OF
ne Liberty Loan?
Why have many farmers not yet
invested in Liberty Bonds so freely as
others! Because. owing to the COM
parative isolation Of farm life, they
hare not caught the patriotic infec.
ton which leads others, in city and
town. to put their last cent into bonds
and to buy them on credit at the
ranks and pay for them out Of their
Aungs. Such persons must under
stand that Uncle Sam is calling for
aslp. The government appeals for a
loan from the farmer and all other
patriotic citizens.
Lives will be saved BY every dollar
: nrmer invests In a Liberty Bond.
1ae wsr will be shortened and dis
sstef VIII be rendered impossible. No
class OF American citizens has q more
ciorious page in the history of Amer
tca than the man who tills the soil.
vace 10 Is aroused to the dire need
the country he will invest every
spare dollar in Liberty Bonds.
no class Of citizens is more inter.
ss'ed In the outcome Of the war than
1s mrmer. Farming cannot be car
neg on with the ocean closed to COM
@s'ee, The highways OF the sea must
~ safe Of the farmer cannot safely
sassss In growing his crops and rails
ns stock. There are enough retired
usnsrs enjoying from their lands an
ana incomes smaller than they would
1seave II they would invest In Lib
srsy Bonds.
msrs. do you know that $4,000
invested In Liberty Bonds will nav
- owner q better return for his
oasy than II he invested 1t in farm
asa and rented the lands? Do you
.a0v that the bondowner may bor>
Nv more freely on them at the banks
IN ~ can upon lands? Do you know
no Investment can compare in
anty and safety With government
ias cause of freedom needs every
I'M mat farmers can raise to send
'oidlers to France equipped, fed,
s.ected, to destroy Prussian mill
Ism break the power Of the saber
.Msfs of Potsdam and bring peace
y The world.
"aen 1t comes to duty the farmer
~. stand shoulder TO shoulder with
!. fellows. The fate Of the nation Is
stake. The future Of civilization
ass IN the balance. Arouse, farmers
america. and strike a mighty blow
aoerty. for Justice, for freedom
ana for peace.