Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1917 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

GREAT SHORTAGE OF IRON AND STEEL Farmer* Are Urged to Gather Up AU Scrap Iron and Steel and Sell It. There never was a time in the history of the world when there was such a shortage of steel, iron and other metals as exists today. Demands upon our industry for war equipment and the continuance of the manufacture of the necessary domestic products places upon every citizen a duty to conserve the supply of raw materials. Because of this the United States Geological Survey at Washington has called upon the farmers of this country to gather up all scrap iron and steel around their places and sell it to the scrap dealer in their nearest town. In addition to the high prices that may be secured at this time for this scrap, every farmer owes a patriotic duty to his country, to get back into the industrial channels all scrap metal that he may have around his place. The Geological Survey at Washington believes that farmers will be so impressed with the importance of this measure for National defense that they will do everything they can to assist the government by gathering up all scrap metal and disposing of it at once. 1 Sam Karnowsky will pay 60 cents per hundred pounds for scrap iron. , Adv. i Six big days, an intellectual banquet. Lincoln Chautauqua, Rensselaer, Ind., beginning July 6th. _