The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-06-07
Presidents Appeal to the
Nation.

~ cur own beloved Coun-
.um and terrible war for
.Uman rights which has
rTeateS so many prob
Ifc and action which
ronSideration and set
pc you will permit me
lew words of earnest
with regard to them.
uutting our navy upon
tlng and are about to
treat army, but these
ARTS of the great task
.s addressed ourselves.
-u-le selfish element, so
o. the cause we are fight
ightlng for what we be-
be the rights of man.
Hlre peace and security
I0 do this great thing
.SSlully, we must devote
,ervice without regard to
Vantage and with an
Iacnce that will rise to
.- enterprise itself, We
The full how great the
many things, how many
'- of capacity and ser
-re 1t involves.
he things we must do,
leS tlghting-the things
mere fighting would be
abundant food for our
4rmies and our Seamen,
sui for a large part of the
D we have now made
% whose support and by
a.li he fighting.
IS ships by the hundreds
IDS TO carry to the other
-ubmarlneS or no sub
H,i every day be needed
nj materials out of our
saeS and our factories
My to clothe and equip
a and and sea, but also
r5rt our people for whom
KS under arms can no
clip clothe and equip the
Dr. we are cooperating in
rep the looms and manu-
10 raw material; coal to
Wug in ships at sea, III the
lrcds of factories across
ii Of which to make arms
. both here and there rails
ways back Of the fighting
ives and rolling stock to
those every day going to
rises, cattle for labor and
~crIice; everything with
e Of England and France
issla have usually supplied
cannot now afford the
-laIS or the machinery to
l0every thinking man that
On the farms, in the ship
mes, in the factories, must
prolific and more efficient
that they must be more
mayed and better adapted
requirements of our task
. been; and what l want to
men and the women who
fought and their energy to
'HII be serving the country
the fighting for peace and
Iruly and just as effective
IN the battlefield or in the
Industrial forces of the
md women alike, will be a
a great international ser
notable and honored host,
r. service of the nation and
'tlCient friends and saviors
verywhere. Thousands
thousands-of men other
illtary service will of right
lty be excused from that
'lgned to the fundamental,
k Of the fields and factories
they will be as much part
rIotlc forces of the nation
CT fire.
erty, therefore, of address
10 the farmers of the coun-
who work on the farms.
eds of our own nation and
with which we are CO.
abundance of supplies and
odstutfs. The importance
TODD supply, especially for
r, is superlative. Without
alike for the armies and
w at war, the whole great
which we have embarked
Yn and fall. The worlds
are low, Not only during
Urgency, but for some time
Il have come, both our own
rye proportion of the people
rely upon the harvests in
n he farmers of this coun-
n large measure, rests the
and the fate of the nations.
"a not count upon them to
at will increase the produc-
nd or that will bring about
.tual CO operation in the
button of their products?
ort. 1t is of the most i'm
ance that everything posi-
and done Immediately, to
4rge harvests. | call upon
I'd old alike and upon the
IS of the land to accept and
uty-to turn in hosts to the
e certain that no pains and
ing in this great matter.
: appeal to the farmers of
ant abundant foodstuffs as
l. They can show their
o better or more convinc-
/ by resisting the great
he present price of cotton
eIplng upon a great scale,
ION and the peoples every
lighting for their liberties
wn. The variety of their
he visible measure of their
of their national duty.
nent of the United States
,rnments of the several
eady to cooperate. They
ything possible to assist
curing an adequate supply
dequate force of laborers
e most needed at harvest
means of expediting ship
lzers and farm machinery,
he crops themselves when