The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-11
HAMMERS INVEST
 IN LIBERTY BONDS
 AND SAVE NATION
BACK UP YOUR BOY IN TRENCH ES BY LOANIhG 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 patriotic appeal to farm CTS. Your sons have gone to France 10 fight freedom $ battles. But 1t nae not been brought home to you that il IS the duty oI 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 Rot end when you increase production 50 the fight ing men may be fed.
 Unless every American cluzen does his patriotic duty in purchasing Lib erty Bonds Uncle Sam cannot elothe. feed, equI and maintain the army in the 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. ing money in the effort 10 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 il does not go far enough. The farmer is not the only producer who is helping the nation by speeding up production. Every manufacturer who contributes to the sast array U. supplies necessary for the comfort, health and success of the men in the trenches fighting the most cruel anu heartless foe civilization ever faced might make the same claim. And if il was allowed what would become o1 the Liberty Loan?
 Why have many farmers not yet invested in Liberty Bonds so freely as others? Because, owing to the com paratiYe isolation of farm life, they have not caught the patriotic infee- 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 ou, 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 a more glorious page in the history of Amer iea than the man who tills the soil Once he is 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 mer2e. The highways of the sea must be safe or the farmer cannot saI engage in growing his crops and rais- ing stock. There are enough retired farmers enjoying from their lands nual incomes smaller than they would receive If they would invest in Lib erty Bonds.
 Farmers, do you know that s10,000 invested in Liberty Bonds will pay the owner a better return for his money than If he invested 1t in farm lands and rented the lands? Do you know that the bondowner may Dor row n4ore 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 bonds?
 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 rattlers of Potsdam 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 a mighty blow for liberty, for justice, for freedom and for peace.