The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-16

men ana old alike and upon the aDle
bodied boys OF the land to accept and ac
upon this duty-to turn in hosts to th'
farms and make certain that no pain
and no labor is lacking in this matter.
Il particularly appeal to the farmer
of the South to plant abundant foodstufiy
as well as cotton. They can show theil
patriotism in no better or more convinc
ing way than by resisting the great
temptation of the present price of cottoI
and helping, helping upon a great scale
to feed the nation and the peoples every
where who are fighting for their liberties
and for our own.
! The variety of their crops will be ths
visible measure of their comprehension
OF their national duty.
"The government of the United States
and the governments of the several states
stand ready to cooperate. They will dc
everything possible to assist farmers in
securing an adequate supply of seed. an
adequate force of laborers when they are
| most needed, at harvest time, and the
means of expediting shipments of fertiiz-
ers and farm machinery, as well as of
| the crops themselves when harvested.
The course of trade shall be as unham-
pered as it is possible to make it and
there shall be no unwarranted manipula-
tion of the nations food supply by those
who handle it on its way to the consum-
er. This is our opportunity to demon
strate the efficiency of great democracy
and we shall not fall short of it.
This let me say to the middlemen of
every sort, whether they are handling
our foodstuffs or our raw materials of
manufacture or the products of our mills
and factories. The eyes Of the country
will be especially upon you. This is your
opportunity for signal service, efficient
and disinterested. The country expects
you, as it expects all others, to forego
unusual profits, to organize and expedite
shipments OF supplies of every kind, but
especially OF food, with an eye to the
service YOU are rendering and in the spir-
il of those who enlist in the ranks for
their people, not for themselves. | shall
confidently expect you to deserve and win
the condolences OF people Of every sort and
station.
ITO the men who run the railways OF
the country. whether they be managers
or operative employees, let rue say that
the railways are the arteries of the ma
tion's life and that upon them rests the
immense responsibility OF seeing to it
that those arteries suffer no obstruction
of any kind, no inefficiency or slackened
power To the merchant let me sugFest
the motto; Small profits and quick sery
ice and to the shipbuilder the thought
that the life of the war depends upon
him. The food and the war supplies
must be carried across the seas no mat
ter how many ships are sent TO the bot
tom The places OF those that 90 down
must be supplied and supplied at once.
To the miner let me say that he stands
where the farmer does; The work of the
world waits on him. RI he slackens or
fails armies and statesmen are helpless. |
He also ia enlisted in the great service
army. The manufacturer does not need
to be told, / hope, that the nation looks !
TO him to speed and perfect every proc
ess, and | want only to remind his EN- |
ployes that their service is absolutely in
and is counted on by every |
man who loves the country and its lib |
critics.
"Let me suggest also that everyone |
who creates or eultivates garden helps |
and helps greatly to solve the problem
of the feeding of the nations, and that I
every housewife who practices strict !
economy puts herself in the ranks OF
hose who serve the nation. This is the
lime for America to correct her unpar-
lonable fault of wastefulness and ex
Let every man and every
woman assume the duty of careful, provi.
lent use and expenditure as public
iuty, as dictate of patriotism which
10 one can now expect ever to be ex
used or forgiven for ignoring.
In the hope that this statement of the
,ceds of the nation and of the world in
his hour of supreme crisis may stinlu
ate those to whom it comes and remind
hose who need reminder of the solemn
uties of time such as the world has
Iever seen before, | beg that all editors
nd publishers everywhere will give as
rominent publication and as wide eircu-
alton as possible to this appeal. | ven.
ure to suggest, also, TO all advertising
genciee that they would perhaps render ]
very substantial and timely service to
he country If they would give it wide
pread repetition. And | hope that !
lergymen will not think the theme of it ;
n unworthy or inappropriate subject of
omment and homily from their pulpits.
"The supreme test OF the nation has
ONE We must all speak, act and serve :
ogether.
(Signed Woodrow Wilson.