Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-04-11
FARMERS INVEST
hL|BERTYb BONDS
AND SAVE NATION
BACK UP YOUR BOY IN TRENCH.
Ee BY LoANIko UNCLE
Sam Monty.
HIT A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
Future Of America Depends on Men
Who Till soIi-Put Your Cav.
Ihos In the Safest
Place In World.

This 10 q patriotic appeal to farm
ers. Your SONS have gone to France
10 fight freedoms battles. But 1t has
not been brought home to you that It
10 the duty Of those who remain at
home to support the government and
thereby back up the soldiers in the
trenches with every dollar you can
spare. Your duty does not end when
you increase production 10 the fight
ing men may be fed.
Unless every American citizen does
his patriotic duty In purchasing Lib
erty Bonds Uncle Sam cannot clothe.
feed. equip and maintain the army in
the field. One the Of strongest arsu-
ments advanced In defending the
farmer for not having bought Liberty
Bonds more heavily in the first two
issues Is that he was doing for his
country more than his share In invest
ing money in the effort to increase
production than could have been done
in lending the money to the govern.
ment.
The argument Is good in SO far as
It goes, but it does not 60 far enough.
The farmer is not the only producer
who is helping the nation by speeding
up production. Every manufacturer
who contributes to the yast array of
supplies necessary for the comfort,
health and success Of the men in the
trenches fighting the most cruel and
heartless foe civilization ever faced
might make the same claim. And II
it was allowed what would become of
the Liberty Loan?
Why have many farmers not yet
invested in Liberty Bonds SO freely as
others? Because, owing to the com.
parative isolation of farm life, they
have not caught the patriotic infec-
ton which leads others, In city and
town, to put their last cent into bonds
and to buy them on credit at the
banks and pay for them out Of their
savings. Such persons must under
stand that Uncle Sam is calling. for
help. The government appeals for a
loan from the farmer and all other
patriotic citizens.
Lives will be saved by every dollar
a farmer invests in a Liberty Bond.
The war will be shortened and dis.
aster will be rendered impossible. No
class of American citizens has q more
glorious page in the history Of Amer.
lea than the mar who tills the soil.
Once he IL aroused to the dire need
Of the country he will invest every
spare dollar in Liberty Bonds.
No class of citizens is more inter.
ested in the outcome of the war than
are farmers. Farming cannot be car
ried on with the ocean closed to com.
mer:e. The highways Of the. sea must
be safe or the farmer cannot safely
engage In growing his crops and rails
ing stock. There r enough retired
farmers enjoying from their lands an
nual incomes smaller than they would
receive II they would invest In Lib
erty Bonds.
Farmers. do you know that $10,0 900
invested in Liberty Bonds will pay
the owner q better return for his
money than II he invested 1t in farm
lands and rented the lands7 Do you
know that the bondowner may Dor.
row more freely on them at the banks
than he can upon lands! Do you know
that no investment can compare in
security and safety with government
bonds2
The cause of freedom needs every
cent that farmers can raise to send
the soldiers to France equipped. fed.
protected. to destroy Prussian mill.
tarism, break the power Of the saber
rattlsrs Of Potsdan and bring peace
to the world.
When 1t comes to duty the farmer
must stand shoulder to shoulder with
his fellows. The fate Of the nation is
at stake. The future Of civilization
hangs in the balance. Arouse, farmers
Of America, and strike . mighty blow
for liberty. for Justice. for freedom
and for peace.