The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-09-27
HINT TO FARMERS
ON LIBERTY LOAN
JUDGE WADE OF IOWA SUGGESTS
HOW THEY MAY DETERMINE
THEIR SUBSCRIPTION.
TEST OF THEIR PATRIOTISM
Present Sacrifices Not Comparable to
Those Made During the Civil War
purbin of Indiana Hits Roosevelt
Presidential Boom.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington.-An idea was advanced
by government official recently In
regard to the coming Liberty loan
which ought TO be considered carefully
by people in the rural districts, partic-
ularly those who live on farms. Judge
Wade of Iowa was responsible for put
ting the idea into the heads of gov
the farmers i'm regard to the Liberty
loans Is this: Let every farming COM
munity, say an agricultural county,
| figure up just what its taxable valua-
ton Is in the matter of wheat, oats,
corn, barley, rye, cattle, hogs, horses.
sheep and poultry. Let every individ-
ual farmer take stock of what his tax
returns are for these various articles
which are produced on the farm ana
of which the surplus is sent TO mar
ket. Then let him consider what was
the cash value of his stock and prod
uce before the war, and also figure
what that stock value Is now. Let him
consider just what he is making out
of the war, and then II ne doesn't have
an idea that he'd better put some OF
the profits into Liberty loans he Is
| lacking In that patriotism which Is
supposed to exist throughout the az
| ricultural communities of the United
| States. 1t has often been claimed
| that, whatever else may happen, the
| honor of the United States will always
| be sustained by the patriotism of the
agricultural classes. In this coming
| Liberty loan campaign there is an OPP
| portunity for the farmers TO show
their patriotism by subscribing to the
| full extent of their means.
The patriotism that has been
shown i'm the matter of saving
food ard coal and other war necessi-
| ties upon demand. and particularly the
recent demonstration when simple
request from the fuel administration
resulted i'm practically complete cessa-
ton in the use of gasoline on sun
days. has encouraged authorities nj
the national capital to believe that the
| same patriotism in the matter OF self
denial and desire to win the war VIII
finally reach every branch Of labor.
There is no denying that the govern
ment has felt great deal OF uneasi-
ness about the labor situation ever
since this county entered the war. For
the most part it has known that men
| Al e.. To-, oh vSs, md
everywhere are working earnestly and
industriously in the matter of produc-
ing ships and supplies for our overseas
army. But there have been many
strikes. many days and hours lost
There has been an estimate that some
days have been lost by strikes. During
all this time every effort has been
made to cOnciliate the men who have
been dissatisfied and the hope is ex-
pressed that there will be no need to
resort to the drastic legislation which
has been predicted. At the time the
work-or-fght provision was abandoned
I'm the last draft bill, predictions were
made by several senator's that ii was
likely still more drastic legislation
might be necessary in order to secure
the necessary man power in this coun
try to carry on the war. Such legisla
ton will not be enacted until II has
been demonstrated that 1t Is absolutely
necessary.
There seem to be two kinds
Of German propaganda loose In
the United States. One of them is OF
that insldiOus character which con
stantly finds its way into the public
prints as news items misrepresentini
conditions In the United States ant
trying to poison our people agains
putting forth every effort to win tn,
war. The other consists Of misstate
ments In regard to Germany. Fo
some reason or other there has been
systematic effort made to convince tn,
people In this country that the Ger
man people are not In earnest In tn,
war; that they are not behind thei
government; and that they are in
deplorabe condition. Photograph
taken In Germany during the pas
year or two tend to show that the hor
rible condition which is alleged to ex
list among the people has been exag
gerated for some purpose. The pee
pie who are familiar with the German
know that they are supporting thei
government with more earnestnes
than has ever been shown In any ma
ton In Europs with the single excep
ton of France. Evidently this propa
ganda regarding the breaking down O
German support is for the purpose o
discouraging extra effort on the par
of the people IF the United States.