Sharp County record., 1918-04-12
BACK UP YOUR BOY IN TRENCH
ES BY LoANIAo UNCLE
SAM MON-Y.
HIT A BLOW FOR FREEDOM
Future of America Depends on Men
Who Till Soil-Put Your Saw
ings in the Safest
Place in World.

This is a patriotic appeal TO farm
GIs. Your sons have gone to France
0 fight freedoms battles But it has
lCt Eeen brought home TO you that il
the duty Of those who remain al
LOme to support the government and
hereby back Up the soldiers in the
renches with every dollar you can
pare. Your duty does not end when
you increase production so the fight
.ng men may be fed.
Unless every American citizen does
ais patriotic duty in purchasing Lib
erty Bonds Uncle Sam cannot Clothe,
ICED, equib and maintain the army in
he field One the of strongest argu.
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.
.ng money in the effort to increase
production than could have been done
n lending the money to the govern
ment.
The argument is good in so far as
it goes, but it does not go far enough
rhe farmer is not the only produce
who is helping the nation by speeding
up production. Every manufacturer
who contributes to the yast array o.
supplies necessary for the comfort
health and success of the men in the
trenches fighting the most cruel ant
heartless foe civilization ever faceC
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.
lion 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
oan from the farmer and all other
patriotic citizens.
Lives will be saved by every dollar
4 farmer invests In Liberty Bond.
rhe war will be shortened and dis.
lster will be rendered impossible. No
class Of American citizens has a more
glorious page in the history Of Amer.
ca than the man who tills the soil.
Once he is aroused to the dire need
or the country he will invest every
spare dollar in Liberty Bonds.
No class of citizens ls more inter
,sted in the outcome of the war than
re farmers. Farming cannot be car
led Oh with the ocean closed to com.
ler2e. The highways Of the sea must
)e safe or the farmer cannot safe.
1ngage in growing his crops and rails.
ng stock, There are enough retired
armers enjoying from their lands al
lual Incomes smaller than they would
receive IL they would invest In Lib,
lrty Bonds.
Farmers, do you know that $4,000
invested in Liberty Bonds will pay
The owner better return for his
money than II he invested II in farm
ands and rented the lands? Do you
know that the bondowner may Dor.
row more freely on them at the banks
han he can upon lands? Do you know
that no Investment can compare in
security and safety with government
bonds?
The cause Of freedom needs every
cent that farmers can raise To send
he soldiers to France equipped, fed.
protected, to destroy Prussan mill.
tariam, break the power of the saber
rattlers Of Potsdam and bring peace
10 the world.
When It 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, farmer,
OF America, and strike a mighty blow
FOR liberty, for Justice, for freedor
and for peace.