French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-04-19

10 all ClC1GOuSE OK Tie lSSuS0 SO-
night, President Wilson stressed the
opportunity for the farmers of the
] South to "shoW their patriotism,
which he said can be done in no bet
i ter way than by resisting the great
temptation OF the present price OF cot
! ton, and helping upon great scale to
feed the Nation and the peoples every
where who are fighting for their liber-
ties and our own"
The Presidents appeal urges all
American citizens to join together 20
make the Nation unit for the preser-
vation Of its ideals and for the triumph
of democracy of the world war.
''The supreme test of the Nation has
come" says the address, ''we must all
speak, act and serve together"
Putting the navy on a war footing
and raising a great army are the sim
plest parts of the great task ahead,
all the people with particular emphasis
upon his words to the farmes to. con-
centrate their energies, practice econ
omy, prove unselfshness and demon
strate efficiency. The address fol-
lows:
Presidents Address.
my Fellow Countrymen:
'"The entrance of our own beloved
country into the grim and terrible war
for democracy and human rights which
has shaken the world, creates so many
problems of National life and action
which call for immediate consideration
and settlement and 1 hope you will
permit me to address to you few
words of earnest counsel and appeal
with regard to them.
''Weare rapidly putting our navg
upon an effective war footing, and are
about to create and equip a great
army, but these are the simplest parts
of the great task to which we have
addressed ourselves. There is not a
single selfish element, so far as can
see, in the cause we are fighting for.
1--WE are fighting for what we ba-
lieve and wish to be the rights of man
kind and for the future peace and Sc
eurity Of the world. To do this great
thing worthily and successfully, we
must devote ourselves to the service
without regard to profit or material
adantage, and with an energy and in
telligence that will rise to the level
of the enterprise itself. We must re /.
alize to the full how great the task is
and now many things, how many kinds
end elements OF capaity and service
and aelf-sacrffire ft involves. -
4 ThlMga FMt9oR Must Do. ~
'sThese, then, are the things wef
must DO. and do we'll besides fighting.
the things without BTAich mere fsh1ns
would be- ffditlesA: 5~- - =
" I'VE must suppIy abundant food for
ourselves and for our armies and onf
~
part Of the NaSinna with whom Ne-
have now made c1mm0n cause In
whose support and by whose sides wa
GRlaH be hg11tlnE,
"We must Eupf3T ships By the AsIn->
the other 6t0M Dg the sea, submarines
or no suDMMEtnes that Will everS dAy
be needed GheTe and abandanf unate.
F1alS out or one fiSlds xnd our nsiacs
and our factoffes WIN which, not only.
to cIothe ana equip our own forces on
land and sEeA; but also to clOthe and
support OVf people for F4om the gal
liant Fellows pEtles arSps car no longer
work, 10 help cloth ard equip the
armies with wfifeA= are cooperative
IN Europe, and 90 Keep The looms AMI
manufactures there I'm raw matertah,
ceal 90 keep the 1reR going I'm sA4ps a-
Pea and sin the farms eos Gf fhundr0sla Of
tactries acr6sg tAe SEA; steel odt 9f
which tUmake arms and ammunition
both here and there: eats for worn out
railways back Of tbe RsAtfng frOats:
locomotives ana rolling stock 20 take
the places OF those every day goinS 10
pieces; mules, horSes, cattle for lasor.
and for military sarvfca; everything
with which the people OF England aitd
France and Italy and Russia have
Asually gnpplf0d themselves, but cau-
not now @nDRd the meN, the raatGriig
or the nnchinery t1 make;
Imdmgtr0 PakFaOeiam,
ct 90 evident % every thinking man
that cur Industries on the farms IN
the ship yards. iH tie mines, IN The
factories, must ee made more bROit8a
and more efncient than ever. ana that
they must be more economically man
aged and better adapted 10 the partie-
ulaF requirements OF our task sh IN
they have been; and wnat I want 10
say is that the men and the wrT1eu
who devote their thought and tneir
energy to these things will be serving
the country and conducting The fight
for peace and frea1om +uSt IS truly as
effectively as the men ON the battle
Held or in the teruches. The injus-
trial forces OF the country, men and
women alike, will be- great Ea.ionni.
great international, service army,
notable and jlonored h3ss engaged ia
the service Of the Nation and fEe wnF'ds
the efhcen friends AMI saviors of free
men eyerywhgre. Thousands, nay hum
hundreds or thousands or men nther-
Wise liable t0 nflitaFy service VIII on
EiasAe and or necesnitE ho a1cused from