Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-04-16
BANKERS AND BUSINESS men OF The STATE
READY FOR CALL FROM GOVERNMENT; BEGIN
~ TO MOBILIZE n. D. FOOD PRODUCING FORCES

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will do their full share and I believe
the bankers will do their share unit
edly. To q man we must all, young
and old, stand for the flag. and die for
1t II necessary. 1t must eve be TAX
en- down without victory"
Thank God for Wilson.
It was e. w. Decker, president Of
the Northwestern National bank Of
Minneapolis who made the statement
in the opening lines of this report. Mr..
Decker's talk was full of pithy patriot
ism and hard truths.
II have been through the EAST and
found 1t ablaze with enthusiasm" he
said. mot enthusiasm for war. The
people Of this nation did not want
war. The election of Wilson for presi-
dent showed that But I thank God
for the election of Woodrow Wilson
although I opposed him. I am glad
he was elected for the reason hat II
Mr.. Hughes had beer chosen. this war
would have found us divided, because
many would still have commended that
| Wilson would have kept Vi out of
war. But now there are no parties.
Politics and policies have been wiped
out, and we are an united people
united to fight to the last extremity.
that democracy shall be preserved to
the peoples of the whole world.
I'VE all will do our share. Our
women will do their share and do 1t
with a will. Women make the greatest
sacrifices and they make them with
the highest sense Of real patriotism.
The boys are going in, but theAboys
will not be taken from the farms II
the selective method of CONSUMPTION ts
followed. The government realizes
that keeping the food supply up to
standard ia just asessential as having
men in the army Or navy.
1.-The winter wheat crop Is short
and that is q danger, but we must
make he most of a desperate condt-
ton. Every department of tho govern
ment will help to the limit-help to
get h seed into h ground and help
to harvest the crops. .
Maximum the Real Need.
"As to the price that is to be paid
for the crops-that should not be the
first consideration of tho patriotic
farmer. I maintain that the man who
will not stand up AND TAKE HIS
CHANCES is not patriotic. Still with
the government urging the farmers to
greater exertions in putting In crops
I would favor a minimum price for
products. I do not believe there will
he any trouble on that score-I think
the great need will be to fix a maxi
mum. With the tremendous demands
that will be made I fear it will be
more necessary to fix the top prices
that the nation nay be able to gel
food at all. We may have to limit
prices to avert food riots.
Patriotism Gone to Seed.
"This is not q case of h coasts
alone being in danger. We are all ir
peril-great peril-and we must
stand together to the end.
"Our patriotism has gone to seed
We have grown soft. with too much
luxury and too much prosperity. We
need to be stirred up. It may be tina
this war is the best thing that could
happen to us as a people, notwfth'
standing the sacrifices. Every man de-
his duty. and we will come through
1t is not a question of a million mer
or five million. 1t is not a question o.
five billion dollars or rs billion. 1t is {
case of every one of us doing our full
share-whatever that may be.
EVERY mar should do something
that would entail a sacrifice. DC
SOMETHING for your country
has done everything for you. Let u
show the nation the northwest ha,
good red blood in its veins. Let then
hllO" "0 are mere LOT dTy UuLy uULl
the job Is f~fnished-and done right.
Mr.. Decker urged that every either
should have an investment in the pro
posed issue of war bonds. II only 70
the effect it would nave in making
each one feel he had an interest il
the nations welfare. The bonds shoult
be so largely oversubscribed hat GU
enemies would realize there was n,
limit to what we will do to win, an,
it would help us to win in q hurry.
Three Great Problems.
John T. Rich, chairman Of tn,
Ninth federal reserve bank said:
Mr.. Rich said:
Three extremely important prob
lens confront us. The first is to max,
the 1917 crop in the northwest
record breaker in acreage; the secon,
is to mobilize labor and establish tn,
machinery through which it can b,
distributed to the farmers as they nee,
it; and the third. and in some respect
the most important, is to finance tn,
farmer and promptly provide tn,
money which he will need in carryin,
out h program of increased and in
tensifled production.
ITO merely obtain a much large
acreage in not enough. We must hav,
a better balanced acreage, and whil
encouraging a larger planting o
wheat. barley, y and other grail
crops. we must at the same time Civ,
careful attention to corn and forag,
crops, and provide as we'll for a large
potato crop. and for Increased sup
plies Of beans and other garden pro
ducts. The problem Of the meat sup
ply is extremely fmportant. We u,,is