Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-05-25

MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM
CONGRESS FOR DILATORY
Subscribe literally to the Lib.
erty Loan.
Fill the national gard to full
war strength.
Make Registration Day a CONF
plete success.
Join fully and actively in the
food production campaign.
In these four ways principally can
the people of the state of Washing
ton now respond to their country's
call for help in the war with Ger
many, Governor Ernest Lister said
this week. And the governor, in sew
eral addresses to be made during the
next few days in different parts of
the state, will emphasize the duty
that rests upon each individual citizen
to do his bit" to the end that the
people of the state, realizing their
responsibilities, will rise to them.
Governor Lister returned from
attending the war council Of gov
ernors at Washington, D. c., and
from a personal conference with
President Wilson, with lot of first
hand information as to what the nat
ional government expects from this
state in the war crisis, and he epitom-
ICED 1t in these four sentences.
Honored by President.
Incidentally he bears the distinc-
tion of being the only one Of the
governors attending the council to be
honored with half-hour conference
with President Wilson.
"The president asked me to ex-
press to the people of this state his
great qualification at the manner in
which the call has been met by the
people OF our state" the governor
said regarding that conference. II
assured him that we had only to
know first the seriousness Of the sit
uation and next to be shown the
manner in which our services could
be used.
II told him that we realized this
was time for leadership and that
we of the Northwest were ready to
accept his leadership and do all We
could for the nation.
President Wilson dwelt upon the
fact that Washington is a wheat-pro-
ducing state and that the nation looks
to this state to do its best" the
governor continued. 'He impressed
on me that England has less than
six months supply Of foodstuffs on
hand and that the situation is growing
more serious all the time"
To Build Wooden Ships.
Governor Lister talked with Col
onel Gothals in regard to the govern
ment shipbuilding program and said
Gothals assured him that both wooden
and steel ships would be built. "The
number we will build here in the
Northwest" the governor said, "will
depend solely on the number for
which we can supply the labor and
materials. Colonel Gothals assured
me of that"
Governor Lister carried the war
message to the people of Centralia
and Chehalis Thursday night at big
patriotic meeting of citizens Of the
two cities at Chehalis. Next Monday
he will be in North Yakima attend
ing meeting of the state agricultural
board and expects to address gather
ing there; Tuesday night he is
scheduled for a speech at a big meet
ing at Walla Walla, while the resi-
dents of Pomeroy and surrounding
country have invited him to address
= them Wednesday, Decoration Day.
Every letter sent out by all of the
state departments now bears the i'm
print, "Your Patriotic Duty - Buy a
Liberty Loan Bond,"- in bright red
ink, the stamps having been bought
by Governor Lister and presented to
the different departments at the sug-
gestion of Secretary of the Treasurer
McAdoo that the state give publicity
in that way to the Liberty Loan cam
paign.
Referring again to his conferences
with governmental officials. the gov
ernor said:
Food Is Great Problem.
'I am more impressed than ever
that one of the great problems is that
of food supply. My information is
that the food production bids fair now
to fall short and we certainly cannot
allow such thing to happen" He
dwelt on the need of the farmer and
mechanic exerting every effort, con-
tinuing: