The Nevada County picayune., 1917-04-26


 of the country and to all who work 1 on the farms: The supreme need of our owa nation and If the nations 2ifh which We are cooperating is an ahuu@aa.4 .of supplies, and especially If f1o4~t41s. The importance If aH adequate food supply. especially fer flr present year f> superlative.
 "WHHeat abundant food. alike fer sle armies and the peoples now at gar. the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked vii break l down and fall
 Hold Fate of Nations.
 The worlds fuod reserves are low. l Not only during the present emergency hut for some time after peace shali have eane both our own people and q large proportion of the people of Ea fepe must rely on the harNc>ts ID i America.
 Upon thc farmers of this country .Leretore-in large measure. rests tAe f#-r of tho war and the fate If s4e nations May the nation not count aron thrm to omit no step that will increase tHe production of their land 5r that WzlI brtaz about the most ef= tee-ua corporation in the sale and ~rr.bHtloH of their produets9
 The time is short. l. is of the most Imperative importance that everything possible be done aud done immediate Y ,o make sure Of large harve>Js. el.I upon young men and old alike and upou tae able-b8dled boys of the land ra aaceP- and aet upon this duty-to FHru in ha>t> to the farms and make certain that no pains and no labor is .araiHL ta this great matter.
 T particularly appeal to the farmers of the south to plant abundant ieod- sfuf-~ as well as cotton.
 Trade to Be Unhampered.
 The course of trade shall be a@ un- haupered as it is possible to make |. and there shall he no ua#arranted manipulation Uf The nations food sGP- ply by those who handle it on its Way to the consumer.
 "Thl~ let me say to the middieaen of every sort. whether they are han ding OUT foodstuffS or our raw nate terials of manufacture or the products of our mills and factories The eyes of the country will be especially upon 9ou This k your opportunity for sig ual service. efficient and disiuterested. The country expects you, aS it expects all others 10 farego unusual profits, to arganizp and expedite shipments Of supplies of every kind bur especially of food. with an eye to the service you are rendering and iHthe spiFftef those who enlist in the ranks. for their Fao- ple not for themselves
 T shall confidently expect you to deserve and win the confidence of pee ple of every sort and station.
 Efficiency on Railroads.
 "To he men who run the railways of tua. country. whether they be man agers CT operative employees. let ne say that The railways are the arteries of the nations life, and that Upon them rests the i,umeuse responsibility Of seeing To if that those arteries suffer no abstraction ef any kind no inetti- cicncy or slackeued power.
 "To the merchant let me suggest the motto. small profits and quick >efv- ice. and to the shipbuilder the thought that the life of the war depends upon him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the sens no mat ter ho~ many slips are Seat to the bottom. The places of those that % down mH<t be supplied at once.
 To the miner lct he say that he stands where The farmer does: The work ef thc world waits on him. If h. >laekeas or fails, armies and states men are helpless. He also is enlisted .a the great Service army.
 Every Garden Helps.
 Let Inc suggest also that every one who creates IT cultiyates garden helps. and helps greatly. fo solve the problem of The feeding of the nations , and that every housewife who prae- tiecs strict economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the na- ton.
 This is the time for America to cor l Feet her uiil3ItthtiditAf ladtA 64 NtStf- fuluess and eNtrayogauce. Let every 1 man and every woman assume the duty of careful progident use and expendi- tIre as q public duty as dictate of patriotism which no one can now ex- poet over to be excused or forgiven for ignoring.
 In the hope that th's statement of the needs of the nation and of the world iH this hour of supreme crisis may stimulate those to whom it comes i and remind all who need reminder of the solemn duties Of q time such as the world has never se~i before, beg that all editors and publishers everywhere will give as prominent publication and a> wide circulation k possible to this appeal.
 Supreme Test Has Come.
 II venture To suggest also to all ad- ecr-leaHs agencies that they would per lsr,~ render q very substantial and