| Show RICAN FARMERS RS AND THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN I 1 by D F houston secretary of agriculture ri the fourth liberty loan will not fail for lack of support to american can farmers that is the answer I 1 am giving to those who ask me what the response of the american farmer will be I 1 am making this confident assertion in the face of the fact that the american people are now being asked to make a colossal contribution to liberty american farmers have demonstrated their patriotic support of the nations great war loans one of the most striking features of the third liberty loan was the support given you by the farming rural populations ions not only did farmers purchase liberally of the bonds but the rural communities as a rule were more prompt in completing their quotas than the larger cities more than twenty thousand communities inthe in the united states subscribed or oversubscribed their quotas many of them on the first day of the campaign the majority of these were not cities but country districts iowa a typical agricultural state was alie first to subscribe its luota but now we have a greater effort to make our largest war loan has been launched it will tax our de antion to defend our liberty and our republic at all costs our armies in the field are fighting vie victoriously the forces at home are now in an offensive that must not tail fall without stint or limit let us buy liberally bonds that we may attain our objective a righteous and lasting world peace |
