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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1918)
im m. us HF ill KD m m Will Help U. 8. In Liberty Loan Campaign at.J! Other Activities. It First Body of Its Kind In America; All Bodies In State Join. Following n series of conferences In Omnhn tho farmers of Nebraska, through the licnd.s of their vurloui inrm organizations, have Inaugurated Tho Nebraska Farmers' Wnr Council, iht first movement of Its kind hi the United States, to bnck up tho govern inent In the coining Tlilrtl liberty Loan cnmpulKt), nnd nil other govern ment activities". The organization lias tho hearty support of the agricultural press, The ofllccrs of the council nre: ' Chairman C. II, Clustafson, rres. Nebr. rrmcr' Union, Director O, a. Smith, Vte: Nebr. Far mera Congress. Director E. II, Danlelson, Bec'y Stat. Hoard of Agriculture, Becretary I-'rnnk O. Odell, Vice-President International I'nnn Congress. ifendqunrlers Imvo been opened In the Federal Itcservo Bank of Omaha, Tho presidents of tho various affil iated organizations will this week send n letter to their members enclos ing a service card for tho farmers' signature. Kvcry farmer In tho stnto will be given an opportunity to plodgo his support to the govern ment, nnd n practically 100 per cent response Is predicted. Tim N'ebrasfcn Farmers' Wur Coun cil has been organised by the farmer themselves nnd will he controlled en tirely by them. The farmers of each county In the state will co-operate with tho county chairman of the Lib erty Lonn nnd other wnr activity committees. There will bo a Liberty Loan meet ing In every country school house, mid an active canvass of members of coch organization by Its own commit tee. The slogan of the movement Is: "Nebraska Farmers Back tho Gov ernment." Farmers Tender Services. At an organization meeting In Omaha the following tender of servlco wax presented to the Nebraska Lib erty Loan Committee: The undersigned, representing the Tar loua matii agricultural organlratlon set opposite tliolr names, tonder to th ' hraskn I.lhrly Ijnn Committee on Lehalf of their organization and the farmera of, Nohraskn, the services of our respective or ganizations for Uie period of the war, for. -""--"" j ! oio ti' '.. .y - tt- -.' -. - :jii w- jmtz M. ?var ? ' r A ?&, . 1 UK'." C 3 (., i lr J'9 ff.. m; w b Zp y iaBaaav " v-v tvBaaaaaaaaK2Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw V9HLO IlLW V'gW..tPfBaaBam . iig?(u., veppppppppppppppppppppa ." - 'T!li$iaBBBBBBBBBBBBlBBb f x- vr -5aS '-, fi r fpppppppppppppppppp - iTjrri Vf". - 'i' - J . ftij'.v ; . v i . r v . . - ' - - '. I i ) ..: v ft- ' : .. . i . i i -. -Wrsj Worth Fighting For M P iV' ' r r SHALL this little girl grow up in the sort of American home we know, healthy and happy? Shall she have the advantage of living, and learning in a free land, under free in stitutions ? Shall such children develop into the Liberty-loving citizens that a free America may be proud of? For over two hundred years Americans have fought valiantly, and died gallantly, to win for themselves and hand down to their posterity the blessings of liberty, justice, self-government and equal opportunity. This precious heritage, bought at so great a price, is now threatened. The question which today confronts America as a nation, and you as an individual, is whether or not a free America - is worth fighting for Are American children in this and . all future generations to receive unimpaired the legacy of freedom of which we are now the custodians, or shall their country be turned over bodily to the brutal, rapacious, power-mad enemy which has d us into this war? ' ..Is question cannot be answered by word of mouth, but by deeds alone. V 9 l v M ' i Jv i A'! "ii tf fray Riianc wiiiiii u t -ntinn nr power to give In the support of the Cloy trriment through any of the artMtlea with which rour committee In chara-ed Subject to the approval of your Commit tee, we eucgeet that an organlintlon ha ere created to be known na "The Me. braeka Farmera' War Council." Thla or ganization, through Ita varlotta affiliated organliatloni, will endeavor to reach the farmera of Nebraekn In any emora-ency with any tneaeaite which the Government dealre to convey. We are at your Mcrvlce, ami trust that you will And for u the opportunity to do our part: C. II. Quetafeon, Prra. State Farmera Educational and Co-OpcrRtlve Union. O. O Smith, Ire. Nebraska Farmer' PanKreM. V. Ii. Caldwell, Vlce-I'reeldent Nebraska Pair) menu' Aea'n. Frank a (Mlell, Vlce-rren. International Farm t'ongreee. K M II. Weber, Keo'y. State Horticultural Society. J. t. Ream, Mauler Nebraska State QmiiKe. Chas. riraff, lre Nelir. Imptued I.lvo Stovk Ilreedera' Aea'n. .1 S. Cannday, I'res, Stato Co. Operative Clraln and Live Stock Htate Asn'ii. W, II Ulemmons, Mtnte Hupt, of Publlo Instruction. K It nanlelsnn, Bcr'y Htate Hoard of AKrlctittlire. C. W. Pmaley, Director Agricultural V.x tenstnu, 1'nlverslty of Nebraska. aeorge Ooupland, Vko'Chalrman Htnte Council of Defmira. D. r HoKim, I'rce. Federal Land nank of Omaha T. F. Hturgess, lMltor Twentieth Cen tury runner. A. n. Ktttell, IMItor Kebiaska Farm Tnurnnl, 8. H McKelvIc, Killtor Nebraska Farmer. Oak K nnls. IMItor Nebraska Uurnllxt. Ilruce McC'ullocli, IMItor Journal. KKxk man. Acceptance of Farmers' Offer. Omaha, Nebraska, March 16, 1911, Oentlemen of the I'arm Organizations of Nebraska: I write to acknowledge receipt of your letter of Starch 15th. offering the services of your splendid organisation In the com ing campaign for the sale of Liberty Ilonds. Although I would not presume to thank any man for performing his patriotic duty at thla critical time In the history of our country. I rannot as Chairman, keep from expressing; the gratitude of our Slate Com mittee for your help In this great under taking. Sincerely yours, TIIOS. C. UTKNR. Chairman Nebraska Liberty I.oan Committee. "GO ON OR GO UNDER" By Rots L. Hammond. fe Let Your Answer Be Your Investment in LIBERTY BONDS! Uii NEBRASKA FARMERS ...SERVIQE, CARD , To the Nebraska Farmers' War' Coun cil, for Liberty IOan Committee, Fed eral Reserve Bank Rultdlng, Omaha, Nebr.: Please enroll me as a volunteer to aid the government for the period of the war. I wilt help In the following activities: Check with X Service You will give Volunteer Speaker. I will subscribe to the Third Liberty I.oau. I will solicit other sub scriptions. I will help War Sav ings Stamp Campaign, Name Address .' Precinct ' MeiutMT of (Cllve name of organization aflilmted with ) (Mr. Hammond was a member of a part; of fourteen who went to Rurope In Octo ber and returned about December 1, Ol thla number ten were members of Con gress. The party were guests of the Urlt lh, Frenoh and Ilelglan Government! much of the time and were escorted t representatives of these Uovernments tic and down the battle lines and were shown many other ntlUlal courtesies. Mr. Ham mond Is publisher of tho Dally and Tri weekly Tribune of Fremont, Neb., and ll tilling many publlo speaking engagement! at the present time.) I'remler Lloyd Uuorgu never coined n truer eplKiiun than that "We must Bo on or ko under." How the war Is "going on" can be understood, even In part, only by those who have been near to It, which pri.vllcKu I recently had. That It Is the most colossal tragedy In human history Is pruwtl by u glance at any phase of It. America's part In the struggle Is be ing performed because America can not uvold It. Autocracy Is running amuclc and we stand In Its road. Kltlier It stalks triumphant over nil that we have been taught to hold sacred and dear or we ami thoc with us slay the dragon from whose red Jaws blood Is dripping. We and It cannot live In the world together. I have seen England, Franco nnd Belgium battling with tho beast. Now my own country Is sending its men into the fray and the effort and the sacrifices thnt nre being inude abroad will soon be witnessed here. We may not see here the nctunl fighting. Let us hope not. But we cannot escape the other appalling features. Englnud Is vindicating lier tradi tions nnd Ideals. She is not light ing for territorial expansion. This 1 by no means as vital or essential to her as Is proof of the binding nature of her compacts. The preservation of Belgian neutrality drew her Into the .struggle. For this her soldiers are battling and her great navy Is steamed up ready for the master stroke; for this her women are work lug In Held ami factory and are pour ing out their merciful ministrations In Innumerable hospitals. France Is making the great sacrl tice. Paris, which sets the styles for the world, Is wearing black as a sym bol of sorrow, and the world Is adopt ing It, for nil the world Is mourning But Paris nnd France, though In tears, are not without hope. They are look ing eagerly forward to victory, when the Invading Huns nre driven from French soil nnd the lost prlvlnccs of Alsace and Lorraine will be restored to their rightful owners. The coming of the American troops hns given them new courage. With unexampled bravery they are holding the line un til the strength of America can be hurled against the foe. The republic stIIPeCliocs with tno wild accfarm given to General Pershing and his ex peditionary force. It wilt bo a mighty task for tho United States to measuro up to French cxpnctntloni. Hiding as I recently did up and down the whole battle front In Franca mid Flanders, I saw much of the suf fering France hns heroically endured. llfi- ruined cltlet and towns, her de vastated territory, her dend soldiers, her outraged women, her tortured children, nil cry out for vengeance. Kvory reported atrocity of the Ger man nriny Is true, and very much more. I got much evidence from eyo witnesses of unspeakable barbnrltle. All the waters of the seven seas can never wash away the foul stains. In Belgium, at a reception given by King Albert. I nskod Ambassador Brand Whit lock what word could ho taken buck to the people of America. He sulci : "It Is tlilllcult to put It In ii word, but this Is to he Mild of tho Germans; they disregard every senti ment of honor ii'ml Integrity, every thing we hold sacred nnd dear. They have violated with utter Impunity every agreement I have ever mntlo with them." The conclusion from this and u Hood of other like testi mony Is that "we must go on or go under." No compromise or settle ment with the IIohenxolleri)s will he more than "a scrap of paper." Tho T'nlted Stntes has one supreme duty nt this hour. That Is to furnish the money ami man power to defeat tho arch enemy of liberty nnd of the peace of the world. Pastors of churches and teachers of schools are requested to preach and tench the third Liberty Loan from their pulpits and rostrums. Would It not be a great ad for the state of Nebraska If It owned enough Liberty Bonds so that the Interest received by the people of the state would exceed the amount of their government taxes. The more Liberty Bonds sold the lower our government taxes. Money spent on taxes seldon returns to us, hut money spent for bonds Is re turned with Interest. The excess profits of Nebraska farms should he Invested In Liberty Bonds as a reserve fund to guaran tee the state aglnst hard times. While farm prices are high the farmer should Invest In Liberty Bonds so thut when prices drop hn will have a reserve fund to fall back on. "To .Thine Ownaelf Tru-j." If a man has nothing to reproach himself with, he can bear anything. Phillips Brook-. A CONVERSATION Between Mr. Doubtful and Mr. Right Mr. Doubtful: "I don't see how I can buy any more Liberty Bondi. I bought all I could last fall. I'm not a rich man and I'don't think it's fair or just to expect me to do anytning more man i have done." Mr. Right: "Let's see your next door neighbor's boy enlisted, didn't he?" Mr. Doubtful: "Yes, he's over in France now. Mighty fine, stalwart boy. that!" Mr. Right: "Exactly, and some day that splendid boy, the pride of his par ents hearts, may go 'over the top' in a gal lant charge, stop a German bullet, and fall in the mud and debris of No Man's Land. Isn't that asking too much of him, and of his family? Is that 'fair?' Is that just?' " Mr. Doubtful: "Why, it's awful, of course, but it can't be helped. This is war, and men have to be killed in it." Mr. Right; "You've said it this is war! To win the war it might be neces sary for the government to take your factory 'away -from you, and ruin your business. It might be necessary to take your house and turn you out in the street. , What of that? Is that as great a sacrifice as your neighbor makes, or stands ready to make, when he gives his boy to his country? Yet you don't think it's your duty to pinch and save, and borrow if need be, in order to buy Liberty Bonds, and thus help shorten the war, make vic tory certain, and save the lives of thou sands of American boys who will other wise be uselessly sacrificed. Mr. Doubtful: "I gess that's true, Mr. Right, I have been thoughtless. I'll stop complaining and criticising, and put up my last dollar if need be. to help win this war." . ,. 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