The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-09-28

seEs In the world war history; how
and why they failed. one Of the mos
Inspiring sections Of the epic chron
icle.
AMERICA SENDS is
FIGHTERS FOOD
True. British and American sea-dogl
hunted the submarine: American ship
builders launched fleets whose sheel
numbers made Il impossible for thu
Hun sub.sea terrofs TO sink all Of them
British land conScription turned hun
dreds OF thousands Of acres OF park
and hunting preserves into crop-pro
ducing areas; Hoover and American
food economy saved millions Of bush
els Of wheat and shiploads Of meat fol
lighting men and civilians In France
and England.
| But in the last analysis It was the
farm and the farmer of America that
kept allied hosts on every Westerr
front In plenty and added despair Of
victory to the pinch Of hunger behind
the Hun lines.
His bumper crops jolted hopes al
Potsdam and Vienna as severely as his
fighting sons jolted Teuton generals al
Cantigny and along the Marne, since
expectations OF American crop failure
were based with Germanic com
placency on carefully plotted cam
paigns Of propaganda and sabotage In
the United States.
HUN AGENTS
BURN CROPS
The general public is too little aware
OF the bitter battles the crop grower
has had to fight to bring his wheat to
harvest. IS
Burned barns. standings crops, har.
vesters and threshing machines were
only part of the widespread ruin
planned by these fellows OF Boyd,
Won Papen and Won Bernstorff, ana ia
too many instances their plots were
successful. That more were not was
due only to untiring vigilance which
can never he relaxed while the war
lasts. SEE
New goals, not easy Of attainment.
are placed before the farmer through
the plan for raising an army OF five
million Americans to crush Germany
! next year.
He will be further handicapped by
the loss OF hands to the army. and he
I must raise greater crops: Plans OF
, the Department Of Agriculture call for
/ the increase of wheat acreage In the
West by az much as so per cent
/ NEW EFFORTS
CALLED FOR
No one doubts that he will rise "a
the opportunity for service placed be-
fore him. any more than any one
doubts that he will play bile other parts
In the perfectly co-ordinated fighting
machine revealed when America turned
% nation to win the war.
Not the least Of these parts was hia
participation In the financing Of the
battls. though previous history had
written down muSh e6ort TO nnance
he farmer.
Rural districts were uniformly moro
prompt than metropolitan areas In
their response to the Third Lberty
Loan. Honor hags nrst new from
country hagstaffs, and those with the
greatest number Of honor stripes like
| wise.
The Third Liberty Loan. the great,
est financial achievement In the his.
tory Of the United States, and there.
fore In the world. is to be perhaps
doubly eclipsed by the Fourth Liberty
Loan.
The part Of the farmer probably will
he as proud.
Buy and Buy and By and BY Thsrepl
be no Kaiser!
| Liberty Bond or Liberty Bound
Which Win You Have It7
Put Money In sonds--not sonbons.
Bonds Speak Louder than Words.
Do Not 30 Bond Stacker.
Hook the Kaiser and Buy . Bond.
Help Yankee Doodle % the Dee
pot
Pay His Way 70 o. Helena o.
eonds-
Hs'a Boom the Loan to Doom the
kaissri
A Man Who Won't Lend 10 the
kalssvs frlsndi
The Mere eends You Duy the Fewer
Boys VIII plsi
n You Can't Flight veur Money
Can.
srs'rsn ssy ssnds; siavss wes'
'A ~is- III