The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1918-05-02
McAD00 APPEALS TO
farmers TO BUYBONDS
Twenty Million Subscribers Needed To
Make Third Liberty Loan
Complete Success

Atlanta.-"The more people who buy
$50 bonds and 500 bonds and $500
bonds, the better it is for America
and the more discouraging it is to our
enemies!"
This is the message which Secretary
OF the Treasury McAdoo bore to the
people of the Sixth Federal Reserve
District in his tour Of the district last
week in the interest Of the third Lib
erty Bond campaign.
Speaking before thousands OF people
in six cities of the Southeast, the Sec
rotary was cheered to the echo by his
immense audiences, as he told of the
needs of the government, the character
Of the bonds, and made a stirring plea
for every man, woman and child in
the district to get into this war which
is now being waged for their liberties,
if only by the purchase of the smallest
bond.
Mr.. McAdoo made 1t plain that with.
cut the aid Of the farmers OF the
South, of the merchants and profess
sional men and all the laboring classes,
the third loan would be failure,
W. CHI would be worse than German
defeat
1.-THE banks must perform their nee
essary functions and keep their funds
in LIQUID form to supply credits to the
industries engaged in the manufacture
Of munitions of war and in carrying
on the general business Of the country,
and we must not take all the funds out
Of these banks" he continued.
Want Twenty Million Buyers
"Do you know, it would be most
Impressive thing If we could say to
the Kaiser that not 100000 Ameri-
can citizens, as in the last loan, had
subscribed, but that this issue was
taken by fifteen or twenty million Of
American citizens!"
In his speech, which rang from one
end Of the district to the other, the
head of the treasury traced the part
which America has played In her enc
year Of war; how she was forced into
the struggle against her wish. and
only took up arms after all her sacred
rights had been contravened by the
unprincipled Hun. He told how the
American flag was ordered of the high
seas by Berlin, and how the only Amer
lean ships that were allowed to sail
would have had to be painted like a
barber pole in order to escape tho tor
pedoes of the submarines.
In defense of freedom and the
worlds liberty, America has IN one
short year marshalled her resources to
a wonderful extent, and now at this
great crisis, when the supreme strug.
giles are being waged In Picardy and
our allies are crying for moro men
and supplies, it is our problem to
mobilize Americas might for the bat
tlefield as quickly and effectively as
possible. The only way this can be
done is through the Liberty Loan !;
through the subscriptions which must
come from the rank and fle OF the
people Of America.
Appealed to Women.
Mr.. McAdoo spoke Of the fine work
that is being done by the women Of
the nation, and urged them on to
greater efforts. He stressed the abso.
lutte necessity for saving. both food
and materials Of clothing, that our
armies may be fed and our allies sup
Piled. He insisted that the people OF
this country must learn to sacrifice In
order that the war may be won.
I'VE must reali2e that we are really
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