The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-05-16
'McADOO APPEALS TO
FARMERS TO BUY BONDS
Twenty Million Subscribers Needed r.
Make Third Liberty Loan
Complete Success

SOmpiSko 0UCceo8
Atlanta.-"The more people who buy
$50 binds and 500 bonds and $500
bonds,I the better 1t is for America
and the more discouraging 1t is to ouz
enemies!
This Ia 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 psopls
/ 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 q stirring plea
| for every man, woman and child In
| the district to get into this war which
is now being waged for their liberties.
| il only by the purchase Of thu smallest
bond.
| Mr.. McAdoo made 1t plain that with
out the aid of the farmers OF the
| South, Of the merchants and profes-
sional men and all the laboring classes,
| the third loan would be failure,
1
| defeat
"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.
I
do you know, it would be most
| impressive thing IL we could say to
the Kaiser that not 100000 Ameri-
subscribed, but that this issue was
taken by fifteen or twenty million or
| 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
unprincipied Hun. He told how tho
American Dag 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
barber pole in order to escape the tor
pedoes OF the submarines.
In defense Of freedom and the
worlds liberty, America has In one
abort year marshalled her resources to
q wonderful extent. and now at this
great crisis, when the supreme strug-
giles are being wAged In Picardy and
our allies are crying for more man
and supplies, IL Is our problem to
| mobilize Americas might for the bat
tlefield as quickly and effectively a.
possible. The only way this can be
done is through the Liberty Loan;
through the subscriptions which must
como from the rank and die OF The
people Of America.
Appealed 70 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 ALSO
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 realize that we are really
In this war, and that war does mean
sacrifice the secretary emphasized.
I'VE must learn In the second year
Of the war that we must not indulge
ourselves to the extent that we have
in the past We must purify our souls
and fortify our souls for this great
and mighty contest which Is now pro-
cseding upon the battlefields OF Pi-
cardy And the extent to which we do
that ID the extent to which we are go
ing to help ourselves.
"I have been told by some people
that the rate OF interest on Liberty
Bonds is too low. and. therefore. We
could not rely upon the patriotism or
thes American people to buy these
bonds. ] have been urged to make
the rate of interest higher than 1t is
today. in order that the bonds might
sell more readily. I do not believe,
my friends. that IL Is necessary to
raise the rate Of interest on the bonds
in order to sell them. ! do not believe
that the patriotism Of America Is ex-
pressed in the rate OF interest on
Government Bond. / do not believe
that the American dollar Is q fugitive
and must be chased by high rates OF
interest when the governments credit,
is back Of them.
sT want to tell you. fellow-citixens,
because this is your problem. IS well
as mine. that il we do not all take
an intelligent stand now in favor OF
keeping the rate OF interest on gov
eminent bonds stabilized at AZ per
annum, unless we are willing to make
Z fight to preserve the Governments
credit upon that basis, then 1t Is go
ing to be the most unfortunate thing
that can possibly happen to the Amer
lean people. We have got to make It.
clear to every man. to every woman.
and to every child who buys govern
ment bond, that while 1t may be true
that they could invest their money in
something else that would pay a larger
return. they can invest their money
In nothing else that is so full Of blood
and necessity as United States Gov
eminent Bond. II we do the wrong
thing at this time, 1t comes back to
you"
The response to Secretary McAdoo's
appeal in this territory has been Inn
mediate. Wherever he appeared, the
sales have been boosted to wonder