"PROTECT OUR
SOLDIERS WITH
LIBERTY BONDS"
Message of United States
Senator McNary to Peo
ple of Oregon
Money is needed to support and
protect our soldiery now lighting In
a foreign land and the prompt pur
chase by the American people of
Liberty Bonds will sepply the
funds. Much of the money here
tofore obtained by the government
through the sale of Liberty Bonds
to its citizens has been expended
in the preparation of war. Now
our resources and our savings must
be devoted to a considerable ex
tent In providing for the safety,
comfort and assistance of our
heroes on European battlefields.
Three thousand miles of ocean In
tervene and this long lane must be
made safe for our soldiers. Ships
we must have in ever increasing
numbers. Without tonnage the full
measure of our elaborate and mill'
tary relief organizations must re
main inoperative. Without money
we cannot build the ships; without
the ships we cannot win the war,
With sadness we antiolpate the re
turn of thousands of our soldiers
wounded and crippled who must be
rehabilitated or made capable
through vocational education for
elf support. General hospitals In
which physical reconstruction work
and vocational training can be un
dertaken must be constructed
This requires money. A great
army is going forward to face th
fire of battle and American dollars
will be forthcoming for their wel
fare if we all perform our duty an
buy liberally of these Liberty
Bonds.
CHAS. L. McNARYi
United States Senator,
THE BALANCE OF POWER
EVERY WOMAN
CAN HELP NEXT
LIBERTY LOAN
Woman's Committee for
Twelfth Federal Reserve
District to Form an
Organization
By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN
(Chairman Woman's Liberty Loan
Committee, Twelfth Federal
Reserve District)
OVER THE TOP
SHALL WE SEE IT
THROUGH OR QUIT?
The Government is finding it nec
essary to call upon us three times
within a year to provide by subscrip-
THRIFT AND
CONSERVATION
Last year at this time the great cry
was conservation. This year it Is
thrift. Last year the nation was
uons to uiDeny ixmns, sums ui money lirted hv thB Oovernment to conserve
THREE SONS ON
THE TUSCANIA
Soldiers-One Lost
With Torpedoed
hitherto considered of fabulous pro
portions. These facts should im
press upon us as no mere words
could do, the Intense seriousness, the
stern necessities, of the situation.
Continued acquaintance with the
mora serious aspects of life Is apt to
breed Indifference, and to distort our
mental vision. As the soldier shud
ders with horror at his first sight
of carnage, but later becomes hard
ened, an axe we aot to become com-
'n Fi"anicrn Wnman I Placent under conditions which call
Gave Country Three e wlth lu origlnal
accompaniments of novelty and noise
appealed to our national love of a
new sensation. In the Third Cam
nnlirn much nf the novelty will be
Tran SDOrt I lkllK, but the serious purpose be-
liauojjuii. i campaign will have grown.
r..tm aran naarla1 nrVian lmth
TWO SONS SFNT TO the First and Second Liberty Loans
II V tJXSIlU U""1 W I n(J Kl It V,n mora than
ncio iiuatcu, uuv 11. ,u j ...... v
ever needed when the Third Loan
is called for. Our army has grown,
our national pay-roll has grown, the
needs of our allies have grown, the
necessity of forever banishing the un
speakable menace of Prusslanism has
grown. No longer can we hope that
the entrance of this country into the
struggle will Induce an early peace.
More arrogant, more desperate than
even the German Oovernment puts
forward Ita Impossible claims upon the
rights and life of humanity.
Our Oovernment In Its growing need
is calling upon us to give up our
luxuries, Is conscripting the lives of
our sons, Is controlling trade, labor,
and prices, with an ever Increasing
earnestness and firmness of purpose.
The test of our personal strenglo
of character and determination Is at
hand. Your Government pleads with
you very earnestly to preach and
practice both before and during the
THE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
By Herbert Quick
Member Federal Farm Loan Board
the natural resources and the products
of the farms and fields and factories
Greater crops were urged, and canning
clubs and city gardens were the order
of the day. This year the nation is
being taught the lesson of spending
its money wisely. The nation is being
shown the Importance of putting every
cent where it will do the most good.
Conservation and thrift go hand in
hand. The fact that the fanner Is
being told this year to be thrifty does
FRENCH FRONT
Mrs. Louise Moore of 139 First ave-
pue, San FranclBCO, knows the mean
Sng of war. In the front window of
per home a service flag shows three
tars. Three of her sons answered the
rll to colors.
And when the Tuscania was torpe
Woed, with the loss of more than one
undred American lives, her eldest
on, William Moore, made the great
Sacrifice for his country. On the rocky
coast or Ireland ne lies Dunea in me
grave which enfolds others of his com
rades in arms.
Tho other two sons of Mrs. Moore,
;who wore also on the TuBcanla, are
listed among those saved. The Joy
jover thoir safety has been tempered
only by the grief which followed the
ord of William's passing.
"I told those boys I was sorry that
Ihere was occasion to go to war," said
Mrs. Moore, smiling through the an- nMt Llb8rt- Lo,n Campaign a stead
fastness of pune. n unseltlsn pa
not mean he is not to plant every
acre available and till his crops care
fully and harveBt them when they are
ready for the reaper. It means that
he must invest wisely the money he
gets for the splendid crops he has
demonstrated he is able to raise.
The farmer, as a rule, can find some
thing for which to spend almost every
dollar he' gets. There always Is ma
chinery to be bought or repaired,
notes to be met, fertilizer to be pur
chased, harness, lubricating oil and
groceries and clothing to be paid for
In the neighboring town. But In the
last few years most of the thrifty
farmers have been so well paid for
their produce that they are now "on
their feet," or more nearly so than
ever before.
This country has been good to them,
for they have lived In peace and have
been provided by the Federal In
Bureau with cheap money with which
lo pursue the arts of peace. Any
economics they can practice at this
time will give them additional money
with which to lend financial aid to the
Government In Its great wbt for right
eousness and fair dealing.
Kvery dollar loaned to the Govern
ment is a practical protest against the
plans of a greedy, unscrupulous, soul
less power Intent on world conquest,
and every dollar thus advanced serves
to shorten the peilod of war and bring
nearer tho day of universal and
enduring peare.
Now that we are actively in the war
And our men are In the front line
trenches; are being killed; are being
gassed; are being maimed for life, it
would seem that every woman in the
land should be in the front ranks of
the civilian workers to help the men
win the war.
Each of us has her part to play,
however small It may be, and whether
it be great or small it Is of Importance
that each shall perform her part to
the utmost of her ability.
Some can buy Liberty Bonds, some
can lufluence others to buy. Perhaps
some can only help by conserving the
use of food and clothing and by econ
omizing In household expenditures,
thus liberating and augmenting the
essentials which must be sent "over
there" for the use of our army and
for the destitute civilian population of
our allies.
In whatever way each woman of
(his Twelfth Federal Reserve District
can help, let her do her utmost that
we who are farthest from the front
may sustain our part of the struggle,
and keep for ourselves and our chil
dren the blessings and privileges we
have inherited, and thus make It pos
sible to win like blessings for the mil
lions who are now in actual bondage.
We should not only save to help,
but the great lesson to be learned also
is to do now without non-essentials and
to make sacrifices so that the labor
which produces what we consider to
be even essentials may be used to
produce those things which are actu
ally essential for the support and
safety of those who are carrying the
burden of this unprecedented struggle
for freedom and democracy.
The aim of the Woman's Liberty
Loan Committee Is to form an organi
zation which shall make the woman
In every home in the land realize
these conditions and her responsi
bility, that the message shall not
reach her only from one direction, but
from many, so that she shall be
brought to a full realization of ber
reHionslblllty.
The farmer everywhere loves
peace. The American farmer espe
cially loves peace. Since the dawn of
history, the farmer lias been the man
who suffered most from war. All that
he possesses lies out of doors In plain
sight and is spoil of war his house,
his grain, his livestock. The flames
that light the skies in the rear of
every invading army are consuming
the things that yesterday represented
his life work, and the life labors of
past generations of farmers.
Everywhere the farmer is a warrior
when war is the only thing which will
make and keep him free. He cannot
rally to the colors as quickly as can
the dwellers' in the cities, because it
takes longer to send to the farms the
call to arms. U takes longer to call
the farmers from the fields thnn the
cltv dwellers from the shops. Many
do not hear the first blast of the
trumpet. Others do not at first under
stand its meaning because they have
not had the time to talk the matter
over with their acquaintances, instead
of reading half a dozen extras a day,
the farmer may read weekly payors
only. He must have more time in a
sudden emergency to make up his
mind.
It Is impossible to set the farmers
of the United States on tire by means
of any sudden spark of rumor. Hut
when they do ifuiite, they burn with
a slow, hot fire which nothing can put
out. They are sometimes the last to
heat up; but they stay hot. lu a long
fight they are always found sturdily
carrying the hattlo across No-Man's
Land in the last grim struggle. The
American farmer will give all that he
bast and all that he is to win this
great war against war.
This war was at first hard to under
stand. No armed foe had Invaded the
United StateH. The night skies were
not reddened by burning ricks and
farm houses. No raiding parties
robbed us of our cattle or horses. No
Baber-rattleiB Insulted our women. It
Beemed to many of us that we were
not at war the thing was so far off.
We did not realize what a giant war
had become a monster with a thou
own land, haul graiu or drive stock
to town, it would have done only a
little more than it accomplished by
its interdict against the freedom of
the sea. What was the order against
which we rebelled when we went In
to this war? Look at the condition of
the American farmer in the latter
part of 1914 and the first half of 1815
and see.
When the war broke out, through
surprise and panic we partially gave
up for a while the use of the sea aa
a highway. And the farmers of.
America faced nitn. I know an Iowa
farmer who sold his 19 U crop of o
000 bushels of wheat for seventy cents
a bushel. Farmers In the south sold
their cotton for halt the cost of pro
ducing it. All this time those por
tions of the world whose ports were
open were ready to pay almost any
price for our products. When finally"
we set our Bhips in motion once more,
prosperity returned to the farms. But
It never returned for the farmers of
those nations which remained cut oft
from ocean traffic.
Take the case of Australia. There
three crops have remained unsold on
the farms. No shliw could be spared
to make the long voyage to Australia.
So in Bplte of the efforts of the Got
eminent to save the farmers from
ruin, grain has rotted In the open.
Millions of tons have been lost for
lack of a market.
Such oondltlons spell Irretrievable
dl Raster. f?uch conditions would hnv
prevailed In this country from the out
break of the war until now if our
Government had not first resisted with
every diplomatic weapon, and finally
drawn the sword.
Why did we draw the swordT To
keep up the price of wheat and cot
ton, and to protect trade only? If
someone ehould order you to remain
on your farm, and not to use the pub
lic, highways, would your resistance
he based only on the fear of loss la
profits from failure to market your
ci ops f l'y no moans! You would
light to the last gasp! Not to make
money, but to be free!
When a man is enslaved, all he
sand arms that coiihl reach across the I loses In money Is his wogea. Hut the
eas and take from uh three -fourths of j while man has never been able to ao.
1 tut llnally we
everything we grew.
saw that it was so.
If tile Imperial German government
bad made and enforced an order that
no American farmer should leave his
(This ll the first of three articles. The second to be punished next week.)
cept slavery. He has never yet been
successfully enslaved. There rises up
In him against servitude a resentment
so terrible that death always is preferable.
pulsh that was her portion In the dayi
following the Tuscania disaster. uui
I told them aVso," she added with a
triumphant smile, "that If our country
was worth living in and enjoying when
things were going along smoothly. It
was certainly worth fighting for when
It was In trouble."
That Is the spirit of American
motherhood In these days of trial and
iacrlfice. "Our country has not asked
much of Its young people In the way
of sacrifice," said Mrs. Moore. "Things
fcave been fairly esy for most of the
toys and girls of this generation. Now
Jt Is their time to -ow how they have
appreciated all that has been given to
them."
; Mrs. Moore has two other sons, one
of draft age, and the other old enough
to enlist but not old enough to be
drafted.
"Now they're crazy to go." aald the
crave Utile mother whose service fle
already has one haloed star.
"Do you know the last thing the
hiH.o hov did before they left?" lb
ankc.1 with niotherlv pride. "They all
.oti:ht Liberty fiords, and aald Uey
mould have the re-t of that work to
. Now w know what we can do."
rrlviite William Moore and b1
trot hers have left a iwsa ,,,r ,n'
a'ay at h- in-s In Mnerlra to hd
"The r-M of you h ly Liberty Bonds
that mn ! your w. rk
IU I'lanned to liuv your '
en- no ti nt the Third Liberty Loan
U failed for'
THREE MEALS COST $14,000
r.i!n troops at rami
lle Seattle. three ni'ls a day wll
rt the Gov-rnm. nt $ t4.no. and It
the I f; -"ration of 'he mull 131 oni
Of fool wll he need Money li
tu buv the f"l Tbsli by lb'
r.nv.rt,wnl will a ' yo'i "" o !
Lir-rty Hutdt of TblrJ Libert)
lyoan.
trlotism. which shall reflect the spirit
of a man who having sot his hand
to the execution of a necessary task
would rather lose that hand than
draw It back. This Is the spirit of
our President, of our allies It Is
surely our own.
"Thli Is a war of peoples the peo-
"Who will dare to weaken our West
ern front by a elngle troop or a single
aun?" George Clemenceau, Premier
of France. Dec. 25. 1915. If you fa
to buy Liberty Bonds you will weaken
the front!
"We could not have endured such
aggressions and aurvived as a self
pie behind the fronts." Major Grayson i respecting nation of free people."
M. P. Murphy of the American Red i Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, at
Cross, Jan. 20, 118. YOU are a pt &, Franclece. Oct. 11, 117. Amerl
of Democracy's Battalions. Buy Lib-1 can blood cells to you. Buy Liberty
erty Bonds. I Bonds.
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AY THAT DEBT,
SAYS BILL HART
William 8. Hart, of moving picture
fame, Is one of the enthusiastic ad
vocates for a general response to th'
overnment's apt sal for subscrip
fins to Its Llbeity lxiiuin. Here I-
hat Hart says:
"Kvery American who has accepted
the great blessing that Ood has given
and has lived the large and free It f
bought by the blood of many bravi
and devoted men. and passed on to ut
priceless heritage, has a chanci
now to repay.
"It is for him at this Instant V'
testify to the woild what he koowi
he owes his country.
"Ho should at once, and rheerfullv
lve a little of 1,1s goods that hit
coun'ry has secured to him.
'He should promptly say to th
world, which Is listening, and perhap'
ytileally criticising: 'When my conn
try asks me for I fe or for money I
cheerfully offer b"th.'
"He should demonstrate that pa
trlotism Is tome iltig greater and
morn sacred than an Idle sentiment
'And lu contributing according to
his means for the high purpose placed
before him hy his I resident, he should
appreciate that In reality he la mak
lug no gift, but Is Investing In th
greatest security In the world Tit
I LKIXiK OF THK I'NITI D 8TATKH
OF AMLHI' A."
U. S. Loans To Farmers
Now Nearly $50,000,000
Nearly twelve million dollais
was loaned out lo fanners of the
United Stall's hy the Federal land
banks during the month of Jan
uary last.
On February 1 the total amount
loaned out to farmers by these
banks since they were established
was nearly $r,li,nii0.0on, the num
ber of loans rimed being
The amount applied for at that
date was IO.uiMi.ntin, representing
over lnil.utio applicants.
The totul loans made by the va
rlous banks were as follows:
St. t'aul $!t.7i;a,HM)
SKikaue
Wichita
Berkeley
Omiiha
Houston
New Orleans
Ixillsville
St. Ixiuls .
linltliuore
Hprlngfleld
f'oliiliihlii
s.'.i;:M.n,:i
k.i:i:i.:iiii
:i.i;'a;.i;iHi
i i mi
3, K' 1.4 1 2
:i ezi'.r.ri
'J.'.Ul .'.!0
2 i!!i!l.tHI
2.1147""
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What are you farmers gnlny to
do for the Government now that
It la asking for the Third Libert
Loan?
FOR YOUR
INFORMATION
Hero nro f.onie of tho things your
Liberty iioud money loaned to the
(tovei nuH iit will buy for our boys
"t Ivor There'' :
A $0 Liberty Bond will supply four
months' sustenance in the field for
one of our eohllerH.
A $100 Liberty Bond will supply 200
ImiiiimIs of smokeless powder for
one of the big guns.
A t-'00 Liberty Bond will equip and
uniform four of our bluejackets.
A $'00 Liberty Bond will supply 189
of our ! with gas masks. In
which to face one of the dead
liest iueiiiu'4's of the treuches.
A $1,000 Liberty Cond will buy gaso
line enough lo drive one of our
Buhniailiies 2,ii'0 miles In our
iiuiipaiku against the undersea
laldeis of Hie Kklser.
A $2,000 Liberty Bond will supply
f.''l thirteen pound nhells to sink
I i' riiiuu submarine.
i:iry Llbeity fumd you buy help
in lively to shorten and win the War.
"Protection the Allies affere) ue may
weaken our eenee of dot." Teft, Feb.
I, 1917. Have you weakened? D
your duty! Buy Liberty Bonds.
A BADGE OF HONOR
A Llliertv Imd button Is a badge
of honor. Itlilitfiill obtained It mark'
the rarer as one ho has perform'
a distinct, definite service to th
country.
Not all ran fight not all ran work
dirtily for the (iovemmont; but In
tniylhg a IJhetty loan Hnnd, of War
Ssvinrs Htainps. ery Amerlrsn rti
rti'ts some fiire to the nation. It
l,.m tnn put lt In the rerh end
4ft of every 'lilen to aid I hi
I nlld h'tJitee final rla!ly , It Is a I'wi'
ViinTlihn ho l"'iold e'lpiiort fron
'l, k., rntii' i.l. frr m our toldlere ato
inllors fronting death on bettleheM.
si, 'I fx vans
Iron roee to 'iernian eidlr
si.d diamond oid"S eichaiir-d b
tien Torkiah and 'iermen ovr'lgn
1114V l" hut tbe itiots of sluxltv
Hut a Ut.erty - h i", tim.l a
It l. sun. flee a itrtotlc tVity don
ar.4 Is an lnin.e of honor
All (hat eur eol '' need U i'l"
letter rear org nitatton." Oee-g
Cltmeeceeu, for er Premier e
C rente. Jen. 14. If. It le up te yei
le eeevlde that r-y buying Libert)
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