The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-02-13
What Hd,Caii Can, Do
-BAYARD TAYLOR.

- AWAIT can 10 IT'S part IN the event Oh war
as much by helping feed the nation as by
offering its young men to man the ships, dig the
trenches and do the fighting. The best thing for
the average man to do win be to offer his SER
vices, but in the meantime continue his usual occu-
patton. Supreme economic production is the way
the majority must serve
Across the Atlantic, on European battlefelds,
only about one man in FIVE is actually on the
firing line, of all who are enrolled in the military
and naval establishments. The other four are
transporting arms, munitions, food, clothing and
hospital supplies besides studying the art of war,
drilling and preparing to take the places of the
fighting men on the firing line. War has become
amatter Of system Arms, men, guns and arhmu-
milton are fed into the hopper in a continuous
stream. What comes out Of the trenches is used
materials, to be renewed, repaired. rested, and put
back in disable condition as expeditiouslys and as
thoroughly as possible if possible.
II ship be sunk, regiment wiped out flyer
down, another must be ready instantly to replace
it. sThe conduct Of modern war calls for the high
est administrative ability on the part OF its gen
erals as well as courage under fire or in the pres
ence Of danger, by every in the whole military
establishment. #"1 "
So much for the army and navy. The civilian
establishment must supply the raw materials as
well as the tools. The nation must become great
workshop. War is no politicians game 1t calls
for work, in furrow and sheep-fold, in mine and
mill rs .asr..-@ ..".
Hawaii must do its part if the emergency comes,
by putting its unused acres into economic use We
can serve our common country by economy in
living, thus releasing land and ocean transport
facilities for the carriage of necessities. We can
serve the United States as whole,--"do our bit I"
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working man and every needful dollar Of accumu-
lated capital in the production of staple crops and
their preparation for consumption. %
We have been saying for many years that Ha-
wall ought to feed itself Now is the time to stop
talking. and do it. 1t does not matter who does
it, whether the military the small farmer or the
plantations, the important thing is that it must
be done. 1t is not that those islands are liable to
be blockaded but that by doing our share towards
supplying our own necessities Hawaii will be in
a position to help the United States, Of which it
IS an integral part. 2" a#a
Should war come it should supply no time for
speculation in wartime securities. Every loyal
citizen will have a duty to perform, some service
to render, some work to. do, for the home land
Put aside the idea that then will be the time to
pile up speculative fortunes. There is no honor in
that course of action. War asks the best that is
in men 1t demands degree of altruism not call
ed for in peace time. #%&
War means work, productive work, from every
loyal citizen of the readiest forms of patro-
tism Produce some needed thing, that if the ma
ton requires It, it may be at hand. The seif-re
ance Of any people is the best guaranty of liberty
Hawaii must learn to feed and clothe itself as wei
as produce surplus Of all needful things for the
mainland. E aa% .&s&E.;
The European war has doubled the productive
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use. Hard work and economy are form OF ser
vice which viii be required Of us, as our share ii
The conduct Of the conflict that daily seems more
certain .-..- --- III. -------- -