The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-10-10
COLD, As WELL As
BLOOD AND STEEL,
IS VICTORY PRICE
ozRmANVs WAR CHEST AT SPAN
DAu KEEP WAS READ'
WITH ARMY
OUR CHEST IS BEING FILLED
what could our Fighters Do q the
Liberty Loan Falledf

Riooa and steel and gold win wars;
and not the least Of these Is soio-
There Is a tower in Berlin. the span
dau Keep, where for generation De-
fore the year 1914 Germany was hoard
ing the yellow metal that was 10
launch her imperial effort al conquer
ing the world The hoard long since
vanished in the red furnace OF war and
loan after loan has been raised IN Ger
many In order 10 carry on the conflict
Germany had the trained men, the
blood OF the nation. she had the steel
and she further Increased her steel re-
sources b. Immediately ssiz-ng the
great iron mining sections Of France
a. well as Belgium. but the gold. the
credit. has had 70 be found as the var
moved alOns-
When Germany can no longer raise
or force loans. or plumber conquered
countries. the var viii end Ia elfr-
man defeat Blood and steel are help
less without e.
Cold ls vital Here.
Our own W. preparations would
never have moved had It not been Tor
the modified credit OF the nation
Z Without American gold the Allies
must have faltered. Y the country
could no longer raise tie money 70
carry on the war all the training camps
/ would be deserted. our ships would lay
a. The docks, the American navy would
gather rust In quiet waters and the
American army. overseas. would face
starvation Our cannon would fall
quiet for lack OF shells, our rifles
y ould be empty. The Huns could mas
sacre the American troops al will
I That Is what Il means when We are
asked 10 subscribe TO a Liberty Loan.
That Is TIE real meaning OF the Fourth
Liberty Loan. Our armies must ha
kept In the field Our navy must b
kept A. work and our trans ports a..
1reightsr- must pfow the seas with
men and munitions and food. That is
why the buyer OF a Liberty Bond Is
actually backing Up the men who are
with Pershing.
The blood and the steel have gone
overseas and the dollars. OF what the
dollars viii buy. must follow them
and keep following them.
Not an Idle Phrase.
Buy a Liberty Bond and Back the
Boys over There" IS not an idle
phrase. Every word Of II Is fun OF
solemn meaning Picture 20 yourself
the despair that would overtake every
American In France II be knew a Lib
I erty Loan had hopelessly failed, that
bis relatives and friends were no long
er willing 20 buy bonds that he might
Live and fight oni
The rifle IN his hand might as vel
be a broken stick. His bayonet might
As well be a burnt match. he would
realize that. no matter what he had
done. how he had fought. how many
American graves thsre were on tia
hills Of France-that the war was lost
that there was nothing but uockery
back Of the American front
That was what. IN a measure. hap
pened TO the Russian armies when tbs
loose-tongued reyolutionEries seizet
the government The support of tbs
army was gone. Here IN America. 800
miles away from the star shells tina
spot the night and the shraDnel burst
that spangls the days. We are Gales
upon to supply the gold that is to bacl
the blood and steel The Fourth Lib
erty Loan II the call for America
gold. for the gold that must be a par
Of the combination Of men. money an
iron that makes and stiffens aTmie
and makes or breaks nations.