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Show ARE PRICES HIGH?. At prices of a year ago, it would have taken 50 bushels of wheat to buy a Liberty bond; today, one can be bought for 25 bushels. Last year, a farmer could build a silo for the price of 800 bushels of corn; today, he can build the same one for the price of 400 bushels. Last year, it cost a community the price of 16,000 bushels of wheat to build a mile of permanent highway; today, a mile can be built for 8000 bushels. Last year a farmer had to raise a thousand bushels of wheat to buy the tractor with which to till his field; this year he can buy two tractors for the same amount. Everybody should buy a Liberty bond. Was there ever a more favorable time to build a silo, to buy a tractor, to build permanent highways? Now is the time to exchange your farm produce for these necessities. By doing this, capital will be created and placed in circulation. Prosperity will be stimulated, labor kept employed em-ployed at good wages. The dollar will be kept rolling and more of our citizens enabled to perform their patriotic duty to buy Liberty bonds. Let us keep on making, selling, transporting and building. |