The spectator., 1918-10-08
FARME CO G| BACK AS H|GHES7|
 BOND PURCHASERS
ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE TO RE PEAT RECORD OF THIRD
 LOAN ORIvE
CHANGES ARE KEPT INTACT
Aerlculturlsts Have Figured Out Jusa How Much Their Nei0hbors
 Should Invest

St. Louis. Sept. ...-Figures com piled from the reports of the three pro csding loans by experts here show tha, in the Third Liberty Loan subscribed last spring. the farming communities were the strongest supporters of the crive Forecasts of the coming loan as prepared by farm club officials bankers in touch with the rural com munities and officers of the various farm leagues, indicate that the farm CTS are again going over the top.
 Admitting that the corn crop ha, suffered material damage in Missouri Southern Illinois and Kansas, the gen eral opinion is that the farmer has made up hls mind that hs will take all of the Fourth Liberty Loan that ha can afford and-more.
 He clearly understands that in ords, to win this war the loan must be sub scribed. and he also sees just as clear ly that the farmer must do his part N raising that money, that the msrchan, and the professional man. the day ls borer and the mill hand of the citieA the factory owners and the employing classes in general cannot take care oj the loan without the halp of the nil hons of farmers.
 Third Loan Records.
 The carefully compiled reports c the Third Liberty Loan show that the farmers got into the game, organized themselves as carefully and as thor cughly as the city population and thea went out and got the money. Since that time they have perfected their or ganizatlons in carrying on the Wal Savings Stamp sales. These organiza tons have been kept together and were In readiness to be used when the Fourth Liberty Loan drive opened, Sept. 2S.
 In farm clubs and granSss, fArmerV leagues and societies of equity the question Is already being discussed How much can we put into the Fourth Loan r This Is the way ons farm journal. The Cleaner. puts it: It Is your duty to take stock right now How much can you invest in Fourth Liberty Loan Bondsi Possibly you have mortgage on your farm. This should not interfere with your buying bonds. Let the mortgage run: buy bonds. When the war is over dis pose of the bonds and pay the mort gage. Possibly you may have to sacrt flee to buy bonds? The boys over there are sacrificing their all-svsn life Itself. And the farmers will dc their full part, never fear. The thinS to do right now Is to figure out the proposition and be ready to aaswss. promptly. HERE
 Understood In Country.
 Those who are in close touch with farm thought assert that the farmsrs have been making arrangements fos weeks to become heavy purchasers ot the Fourth Liberty Bonds. The nature and the value of these bonds are nov fully as we'll understood in the coun- try as in the city The soundness of the investment is questioned in no community, but the farmer has not made up his mind to buy them because of the investment feature but because he Is convinced that it Is the American and patriotic thing to do. and buy hs will to the limit of his ability.
 While the farmer, like almost every other group of workers. feels that he has certain grievances that ought to be adjusted, he IS not tagging in sup port Of the war County organizations have been kept lntact since the Close o the Third Loan. and in most com munities it has been pretty well de cided just how much each man In the neighborhood should be able to take oe the Fourth Loan.