The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 2

Mr. Farmer:— } | Do You Need Money? | } ‘Read This Carefully and Fill Out the Blank Large areas in the United States lost crops last year. Thousands of farmers will be compelled to borrow : g 7 heavily to put in a crop this year. Thousands of them report they can not borrow money. This is serious, : because if ever big crops were needed, it is now. Unless these farmers can borrow at fair rates, the food supply of ourselves and allies is jeopardized. ; Realizing this condition, Congressman J. M. Baer, elected by the North Dakota Nonpartisan league farm- ers, has introduced a bill in the United States congress. This bill asks congress to appropriate money to loan : ! to farmers who need it and who can not borrow it at all, or who, if they can borrow it from private sources, must b pay exorbitant rates. ; Congressman Baer, before he introduced the bill, had before him a large amount of evidence as to conditions g in various parts of the country where there were crop failures last year. But, to get his bill threcugh, he must = . - £ convince a lot of skeptical congressmen, and must fight the powerful money lenders’ lobby at Washington, D.C. The more definite evidence he can get—the more specific instances of individual farmers in need of money that he can report—the better chance his bill has of passing. i Will you help Baer get more evidence and thus help in the cause of aiding farmers who need money for the new crops but can not borrow it at all, or must pay exorbitant. rates for it? Are you a farmer in need of money? Baer wants to know. Till out the following blank and mail it to the National Nonpartisan league, Box 294, St. Paul, Minn. The League will not divulge your name, if you so request. The League will com- pile the data you send in and put it in the hands of Baer and the men who are helping him with his bill. If you do not need a loan but know of some other farmer, whether member of the League or not, who does need one, in order to put in increased acreage to win the war, hand this blank to him. Help the League to get more definite evidence. Help Baer get his bill passed.- Help the farmers who need loans. Help win the war! You can do all this. Till out this blank, or place it in the -hands of a farmer needing a loan who will il it out. Fill Out This Blank and Mail It At Once to the Nonpartisan League, Box 294, St. Paul, Minn. , - What crops did-you grow last yeard .o & pun B siiindie mowienh Sn T L i R e e e e S St 2 R e s LS, .......................... (wiee s e isle e aly o Eeenet N Wiw ity b e i Whatal‘ethe names.ifany,Ofothel‘farmersin_Vourloeality % :.’ How many acres did you plant?....c....ooueo ot s, who can and want to fill out this blank and to whom YQU How many acres did you harvest?........... N et ey HAVE NOT GIVEN a blank to fill out?................. How much did it cost you, in money, labor and other outlay R e i TS o RO I A e B to gro‘v these C!‘Ops? ........................................................ AL PR R R SRR PRCIRE T ST I St G B AR Ut A How much did you get for your crops?........... -..vvv.... - Have youany objection to having your name used?......... Al'e )'Ou ill debt on laSt year7s fal'lning Opel‘ations‘? ................................................................ ....................................................... What is'your nameditu il o tnas oo ol et s If you are in debt on last year’s crops, how much and what © © Where is your farm (township, range, county)?............ commission did you pay to the money lender, and what . : ; ihterest is.{he indebtodness eattyinglins i e S S e e el g S S PR W IR PRen i) S i e o Bnpe s 1 What is your postoffice address?.......................... ------- AR R e e e _ Will you need money for planting and growing this year’s <« crop, and, if so, how mueh?. ..o i i i Can you borrow what you need from your local banks, or other banks or other private money lenders?...... 4 If you can borrow from these private sources, what interest will you have to pay, and what commission?........ .. s o ; If you can NOT borrow all you need from private sources, how much CAN you horrow in that way, and at what in- Remarks: (If not enough room here to state anything else you want to say in this connection, write on a separate piece of paper and pin to this, and mail all together.) ........... ........................................................ ..................................................... S PO IO ALK RE S T OSSOt PO Py e 3of S F 7 e T3 S IO GO Ml R P E e RIS St S5 ................ ~This is not an application for a loan, It is merely a report ’ " of conditions op your farm or in your locality, to be used as o evidence in convincing congress of the need of appropriating terest and what commission?....... ... . i k money.to loan to farmers who cannot borrow it at reasonable * rates from private sources. : . ;