The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1917-12-13
WHO VIII FURNISH THE FOOD.

One afternoon this week three North
Rossier friends and readers sat around
the fire in the Banner office discussing
the war situation. and were apparently
more concerned about the growing scar
city of labor and the future food sup
ply of the nation and its allies than
about the outcome of the war. And
we'll may they he Everybody in Amer
lea THAT is. about all Of its bona fide
citizensD feels that Germany and those
nations fighting with her will surely go
down in defeat But food for the sol
diers and peoples of the allied nations
will become alarmingly scarce If we do
not exercise every precaution toward
the prevention Of such calamity.
What of Russia? Well, few of us
have even Il little sympathy left for
that unfortunate country. But 1t Is
out of the fight, and within the throes
of civil strife, so the food crops being
produced win he the minimum.
When Russia dropped out Roumania.
of necessity, did the same. Over in
corner to themselves, how could they
well fight without the aid of Russia
Their wheat and other grain crops, II
they were grown in such abundance in
the future to Justify their being shared
by others, cannot be gotten across to
the Allies, just as the same may be said
of what Russia might possibly have to
SPARE. along with the later inclination
to further take side with us. Germany
and Austria are i'll Il Position to see
that these things do not happen.
Belgium is PROSTATE. Italy has been
dealt such blow that she has her
hands full fighting to save herself. with
few men and little time for labor III
her fields a portion of Frances rich
est territory is in the hands OF the
Germans. and POOR, bleeding France
a yeritaljle Eattle.round-can only
fight on for the present, and lucky to
he able to do So That does not in full
run the list in Europe, but it does SO
far as food crops that may lie advanc-
ed to the allied nations across the At
lantic are concerned.
Then all will look toward America
And what of the situation here? There
are perhaps; fully a million Americans
ah!e-hodied and many OF them> skilled
as farm lalorars, now i'll France and
Italy. That is something of drain
ugon the man power for the farm. hui
il is not all The citizen-Soldier II
training is, of course, not Il producer
He is preparing for Il more serious ant
grim duty There are more millions o.
them to lie fed.
Sc, reader, what of the future! AM
What Of the futures food supply! W.
mean right here in the United States
for we must eat and SO must thOs'
with whom we fight i'll common
cause. They can only look to us II
their hour CT greatest calamity ant
need and it is only natural that the.
should do SO. We would he an unfair
unnatural and clannisll people indee'
if we did not expect and invite this.
The future viii present its distress
inely rave problems for all Of us, ant
you may safely depend Oh that. Tia
of most moment is food for the people
of the nations warning to make til
world safe for humanity. 1t Is Onl
the duts of all of us to speedily re;lliz
it and step forward to meet and sOlv
1t like The red-hlooded, peace-loving an
liberty -caerishing people we are. Tia
Is what the world and FRANCE az
expecting OF us. and it would not al
pear saenlly for Il ntaion SO long enjoy
ing the confidence of all nations to fa
in this, our first great duty toward
former Aenefactor in her hour of peri