The Snowflake herald., 1917-09-07

farmers Of America annie u.Ips s,
farm implements and competsIp. eSpple
labor is virtually necessarr pr,ea' 70
country's future particInotS %
war, declare the mannfo"3 u 10
farming tools and machiro.ueS
United States. This action mn,.a
mediate and radical, thev % sa'
1913 the United. States will faS sp5'
duce foodstuffs necessary to ',
civil population of our snIe, ''S
keep the allied armies in ecbs o
This declaration is made in
statement by the National Tms,p
and Vehicle Association, wboso
bers manufacture most Of bo ''
implements used in and exportsl
the United States. 1t is tbo w
tiOn's answer to an anyiono 'r@ =
about reports of a prospectiv. '
ment shortage addressed to Il
of the country's farming lnte,..''
Ex-Governor w. D. Hoard of ,oa NJ,
sin, one Of the leaders of Amo,,,'
riculture and publisher Of ~
Dairyman. The statement vma
signed by Charles S. Bror9" D
Chairman of the Associations +.
tive Committee, says:
Unless prompt action is tota
the Government, our country will
the same mistakes that have y,
ed in compelling our allies +
peal to us to save them from f,n.
Unless we protect the productm
labor-saving farm MACHINERY ana
supply of skilled farm labor va
must soon face a shrinkage n
supplies.
Without such action as is bpp
gested and urged, the farmers
the United States will not have Oman
machines or men in 1918 to mep
demands upon them.
"We are now confronted by Sbob,
of raw material and factory bbmA
will begin to be manifest in SbOr
of certain lines of farm machlDeu
fall and will result in serious sDOr
in many vital lines next year. Ss
on hand in important kinds Of ID
and machines are smaller than hn
NAL years, because of earlier sars
of factory labor and rapidly tdt
ing scarcity of all raw materials
Farmers have deferred during
last three years the replacing Of /
and badly worn tools and madl
Now, confronted by the practical
tainty that the war is to COndlN
definitely, with attendant assurlng
a heavy demand and high prices iG
their products, and by an ineva
shortage of farm labor, they cannot
off longer requirements Of worn
machines and the additions " q
ment necessary to increase acs
and production.
1T Is also essential in meeting
demand of the farmers for inpen1
that there shall be preference nn
pOrtatiOn for raw materials to t@i
tories and for finished goods from
factories to the farms.
"For the last ten years farm
has been more and more dli1cl
secure, and now with an enOFmOS
crease in the demand for labor
nitiOns factories, and the Witl0'
of many young men from pFoOa'
occupations, there is bound 70
shortage of farm labor such @
country has never known ID Ap
alone a vast number Of fertile aua
which the wheat crop failed wv
idle this summer, chiefly Tor na
labor and partly through lack
chimes to replant to corn
"We regard it as vital to keep~
farms the men now there VINO
the business, especially I'
trained IL. the use of labOr-SauF
chinery. 1t would be WaSIelu
foolish to let them go and al's,
try to replace them with unshlll''
"We seek no advantage Il" "
dustry over any other, but Wvyy
and we want the public to reans
without this product ana Wl,p'r r.
ficient labor the farmers OF 'S
States cannot increase or e''l
tain their production OF fOou'.1a 1a.
year. To avert the calamity 'Dl,
a condition will surely prouuyS
dustry and the farming induSuy
it chiefly supports must De y, pT 4,
the same preferred basis aS 'ns Ar
of war munitions, even if oIo y,
vital industries suffer THEREBY
terials and men. Aote
"These are the measures ,ine u~' HI
clare to be vital to the leeulr
nation and It's allies next yea
81. That the manufaclui'o o,plss
materials be given equal rr ,,
with the manufacture Oi "a as,ss
tions as regards supplies u
raw materials. conGr
90. That service to the [o'Ia 60 b
farm machinery factories ,.'tb NJ i
cred of equal importance ". S.'D a.
In munition making plan''
ment or private. torms b
"s. That labor on the h5.ss,nortao,s la-p
sidered as of equal lmpo,It1 uito1s
the production Of war lnaD uials fds
"a. That the raw ta,"lsbed .
ing machinery and the flIl,'le De he'd