Williams news., 1917-06-07
MORE LAND
 .-GR0W MORE FOOD
"Seed and Feed" the Slogan Of
 the Year.

The papers are filled with the appeal for soldiers, sailors and farmers, and all are timely, all are necessary. The sailor Is needed to man the ships that protect the shores, police the seas and clear the ocean of tormenting and meddlesome masked buccaneers, to give help to the allies, to make more efficient the present fighting units that are keeping free the sea lanes and ocean routes. The soldier is required to keep alive and intact the unity of the nation and the freedom of the world, to protect the lives of its citi- zens from incursions without and raids within, to guard the honor and pre- serve the dignity of the great United States, to render not only sentimental but practical assistance to those who for two and a half years on the bat tlefields of Flanders and the steppes of the East have been fighting for the freedom of the world against domi- nant autocratic and militarist Prus- sianism, which, were it to become suc- cessful, would mean autocratism, mill itarism and Prussianism, and "get-
 off-the-sidewalkism'' over the entire world. The allies are proud to well come these new accessions to the fight ing forces, which mean an earlier ter mination of the war and the dawn of an era that will be historic, one that we will all be proud that we lived in. Throughout all Canada, Great Britain, France, and all the allied coun- tries, when the news was received that the United States had entered the war, a thrill went up and down the nations sides, and the pulses throbbed with a new life, keenly appreciative of the practical sentiment that had brought to their sides an ally of the strength and virility of the United States.
 But the soldier and the sailor need to be fed, and therefore the cry for agricultural enlistment. The strength of the fighting man must be main- tained. In his absence from the field there comes the necessity for provision to take his place. The appeal for farm help is well timed, opportune and im- portant. There are vacant lands a. plenty in the United States that, given a fair opportunity under competent ad- visement and reasonable help, will pro- duce abundantly. Western Canada also provides an excellent field for the prosecution of work in growing wheat and other grains, and while it is not the desire of the Canadian Government to draw from the resources of the United States, believing that it is the duty of every patriotic citizen to do all he possibly can to build up the stores of depleted foods and making use of every energy at home, the wish Is to lay before the public the fact that Canada has millions of acres of excellent land capable of producing wonderful crops. If for any reason the reader, having patriotism and a love of his country in his heart, and desire to forward the cause of the al- lies, cannot avail himself of the oppor- tunities afforded in the United States, Western Canada will be glad to rem der him any assistance it can in locat- ing him on its vacant areas, where large crops can be grown at minimum of cost. Let us grow the grain, raise the cattle, produce the food to feed our soldiers, our sailors and provide food for our allies, no matter whether it is done to the North or to the South of the boundary line that in the object in view should not be known as a boun- diary. Let us keep up the spirit of pa- triotism, whether 1t be growing grain in the United States or in Canada, but Canada, fully alive to the necessity, joins in the appeal of its allies-the United States-for more food and more food -AduorfiSoroopf