The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1917-04-21
PRES. WILSON SOUNDS CLEAR AND
RINGING CALL TO PEOPLE OF NATION
An ARDENT APPEAL TO FARMERS IS
DELIVERED THRU PRESS TO ALL AMERICANS


that our industries, in farms, in ship
yards. in the mines, in the factories,
must be made more prolific and more
efficient than ever and that they must
be more economically managed and
better adapted to the particular re-
quirements of>our task than they have
been; and what 1 want to say is that
the men and the women VINO devote
their thought and their energy to
these things will be serving the coun-
try and conducting the fight for peace
nd freedom just as truly and just as
effectively as the men on the battle-
field or in the trenches. The indus
trial forces of the country, men and
women alike, will be q great national
a great international service army
i notable and honored host engaged
in the service of the nation and the
world. the efficient friends and saviors
of free men everywhere. Thousands,
nay hundreds of thousands of men
otherwise liable to military service
viii of right and necessity be excused
from that service and assigned to the
fundamental. sustaining WORK o! the
fields and factories and the mines /;
and they will be as much n part of the
great patriotic forces of the cation as
the men under fire.
Appeal to Farmers
Il take the liberty. therefore, of ad-
dressing this word to the farmers of
the country, and to all who work on
the farms: The supreme need of our
own nation and of the nations with
which we are cooperating is an
abundance of supplies ana especially
of foOdstuffs. The Importance of an
adequate food supply, especially for
the present year. is superlative. With
out abundant food, alike for the
armies and the peoples now at war,
the whole great enterprise upon which
we have embarked will break down
and fail The worlds food reserves
are low. Not only during the present
emergency but for some time after
peace shall have come both our own
people and large proportion of the
people of Europe must rely upon the
harvests in America Upon the farm
ers of this country, therefore. in large
measure. rests the fate of the war and
the fate of the nations. May the na-
tion not count upon them to omit no
step that will increase the production
of their land or that will bring about
the most effective cooperation in the
sale and distribution of their food
products?
Must Have BIE HRrVests
The time is short. 1t is of the most
imperative importance that everything
possible be done and done Immediately
TO make sure of large harvests. /
| cal upon young men and old alike
and upon the able bodied boys of the
land to accept and act upon this duty
to turn in hostsNto the farms and
make certain that no pains and no
| labor is lacking in this great matter.
Il particularly appeal to the farm
ers of the south to plant abundant
foodstuffs as well as cotton. They can
show their patriotism in no better or
more convincing way than by resisting
] the great temptation of the present
price of cotton and helping helping
upon great scale. to feed the nation
and the peoples everywhere who are
hghting for their liberties and for our
own. The variety of their crops will
be the visible measure OF their COM
srehension OF their national duty.
The government OF the United
States and the government of the
SeNerai states Stand reAuy 10 cooper
ate. They will do everything possible
to assists farmers in securing an ade-
quate supply of seed. an adequate
force OF labOrers when most needed
at harvest time, and means of -expe-
diting. shipments of fertiliEers and
farm machinery. as well as OF the
crops themselves when harvested. The
course OF trade shall be as unhanN-
pered as IL is possible to make It and
nlpulation OF the nations food supply
by those who handle IL ON It's way 70
the consumer. This Is our opportun-
ity to demonstrate the efficiency OF
the great democracy. and we shall not
fall short OF II.
Calls on hiddlemen
This let me say to the middiemen
OF every sort. whether they are ham
ding our foodstuRs or our raw ma
terials OF manufacture or the products
OF our mills ana factories: The eyes
OF the country viii be especially upon
you. This 10 your opportunity Tor
signal service. efficient and disinter-
essed. The country expects you. as Il