The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1917-04-21

upon which We have embarked will
break d0SH and fail The worlds food
reserves are low Not only during the
present emergency bat for some time
after peace shalt have come, both our
own people and large proportion OF
the people of Europe must rely upon
the hargests In America Upon the
farmers of this country, therefore, in
large measure, rests the fate OF the
war and the fate of the nations May
the nation not count upon them Go omit
no step that will increase the produc,
ton of their land or that Niil bring
about the most effeetual cooperation
Ia the sale aud distribution OF their
products The time il short II is 81
the most imperative Importance that
everything possible be done aud done
Immediately to make sure of large
haryests ! call upon Young men aud
old alike and upon the able bodied boys
of the land to accept aud act upon this
duiy to turn In hosts to the farms aud
make certain that no pslns and 40
labor is lacking in this great matter
| particularly appeal TO the farmers
OF the South te plant abundant fond.
stuas as veil as cotton They can show
Yhg{r tatptnsEg,,4 la pn I.stnr ,,r sanFa
convincing way than by resisting the
great temptation Of the present price
of cotton and helping upon great
scale so feed the nation End the peoples
everywhere who are lighting for their
liberties ard for Our own Tho variety
Of their crops viii be- the visible meas.
are Of their comprehension Of their
national duty
The government of the United States
aud the governments Of the several
states stand ready To cooperate They
alll eco everything possible 10 assist
farmers In securing an adequate supply
Of seed. an adequate force Of laborers
when they are most needed AZ harvest
time. and the means ~ espeditlng ship
menis Of fertilizers and farm maehln.
cry, as well as Of the crops themselves
when harvested The course Of trade
shall be as unhampered as IL IL possible
20 make II and there shall be- no un.
warranted manipulation of the nations
food supply by those who handle II nn
its way to the consumer This IL our
opportunity 10 demonstrate the eff
cheney Of great democracy and We
shall not fail short Of ~
MIddIsmsn Urged to Right Service.
This let me say 10 tho mddlemen OF
every sort whatever they are handling
oar foodstuffs or our raw materials Of
manufacture or the products If our
mills and factories The eyes Of the
country viii be especially upon you
This Is your opportunity for signal
service. efficient aud disintercsted The
country expects yotl, as Il expects all
others, 10 forego unusual profits. 10
organize and expedite shipments Of
supplies OF every kind. but especially
Of food, with an eye 10 The service you
are rendering aud Ia the spirit ~ those
sho enlist in the ranks for their
people. not for themselves shall
confidently eXpoe, you to deserve and
win the confidence of people ~ every
sort aud station
To The men Who run the railways If
the country, whether they be managers
81 operative employees. let me- say that
the railways are the arteries ~ the
nations life and that upon them rests
The immense responsibility Of seeing To
II that those arteries suffer no ubstruc.
ton az any Kind no tncficiency or
Slackrned power To the merchant lei
ne suggest the motto small profits
and quick service aud la the ship
builder the thought that the life If the
var depends upon him The food and
the war supplies must be- carried across
The seas Ro matter how many ships are
sent 60 the bottom The places ~
those that ga down must be- supplied
at once To the miner let me say that
he stands where the farmer does The
work IT The world waits 0n him II he
slackens OF fails. armies and statesmen
are helpless. he also is enlisted In the
great service army The manufacturer
does not need Ga be told hope, that
The nation Looks TO him To speed and
perfect every process. aud want only
90 remind his employees that their
service is absolutely indispensable aud
Is counted on by every man who loves
the country and ils liberties
Gardener Does His Par,
Let nae suggest, also. that every one
who creates or cultiyates a garden
helps, and helps greatly, 20 solve the
nruhia.t, .f ths feeding oE fhe nntls,uss