Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — War and the Weather. [ARTICLE]

War and the Weather.

The Almighty makes the weather, not man, and if the weather doesn’t suit us, we have to wait. The fanner knows what a day’s rain will do in the way of upsetting plans. Ono can’t plow in the mud and a cutting of hay or wheat may be damaged or ruined by one night’s downpour. The war department, too, is up against the weather in France. Three inches of rainfall may make the country Impassable for half q million men and horses and motortrucks and ruin the chances of victory or bring defeat. When the war department has the weather to worry about, don’t add to its worries by withholding money and, consequently, supplies. The purchase of Liberty bonds wUi help Pershing a lot this summer.