The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-16

emit price of cotton and helping. help
ing upon a great scale. to feed the ma
ton and the peoples everywhere who
are fighting for their liberties and for
our own. The variety of their crops
will be the visible measures Of their
comprehension of their national duty,
Government Will Cooperate.
THE government of the United
States and the government of the sew
eral states stand ready to cooperate
They will do everything possible to
assist farmers in securing an adequate
supply of seed, an adequate force OF
laborers when they are most needed at
harvest time. and the means OF ex-
pediting shipments of fertilizers and
farm machinery, as we'll as Of crops
themselves when harvested. The course
of trade shall be as unhampered as II
is possible to make it. and there shall
be no unwarranted manipulation OF
the nations food supply by those who
handle 1t on its way to the consumer
This Is our opportunity to demon
strate the efficiency of a great de-
mocracy and we shall not fall short OF
it. p.
This, let me say to the middlemen
of every sort. whether they are hand
ling our foodstuffs or our raw ma
terials Of manufacture or the prod
ucts of our mills and factories. The
eyes of the country will be especially
upon you. This is your opportunity for
signal service. efficient and dtstnter-
ested. The country expects you, as 1t
expects all others. to forego unusual
profits, to organize and expedite ship
ments of supplies of every kind, but
especially of food. with an eye to the
service you are rendering and in the
spirit Of those who enlist in the ranks,
for their people, not for themselves.
deserve and win the confidence OF
people of every sort and station.
To Railway Men.
ITO the men who run the railways
OF the country. whether they be man
ayers or operative employees. let me
say that the railways are the arteries
Of the nations life. and that upon
them rests the immense responsibility
of seeing to it that those arteries SUI
fer no obstruction Of any kind, no in
efficiency or slackened power. To the
merchant let me suggest the motto:
Small profits and quick service, 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 seas no matter how
many ships are sent to the bottom.
The places of those that go down must
be filled at once. To the miner let me
say that he stands where the farmer
does. The work Of the world waits on
him. If he slackens or fails, armies
and statesmen are helpless. He also Is
enlisted in the great service army. The
does not need to be told,
I hope, that the nation looks to him to
speed and perfect every process. and
l want only to remind his employees
that their service is absolutely tndis-
pensable and is counted on by every
man who loves the country and its
liberties.
Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultivates a garden
helps greatly to solve the problem OF
the feeding Of the nations: and that
every housewife who practices strict
economy. puts herself in the ranks OF
those who serve the nation. This Is
the time for America to correct her
fault of wastefulnesS
and extravaganza. Let every man and
every woman assume the duty Of care
full, provident use and expenditure as
a public duty as a dictate of patriot
ever to be excused or forgiven for ig-
ilOrance.
I'm the hope that this statement of
the needs of the nation and Of the
world in this hour Of supreme crisis
may stimulate those to whom 1t comes
and remind all who need reminder of
the solemn duties of a time such as
the world has never seen before, ] beg
that all editors and publishers every
where will give as prominent publica-
ton and as wide circulation as pos
sible to this appeal. I venture to sug-
gest, also, to all advertising agencies.
that they would perhaps render a very
and timely service to the
country, if they would give it wide
spread repetition. And hope that
clergymen will not think the theme of
it an unworthy or inappropriate SUD
tect of comment and homily from their
pulpits.
'The supreme test Of the nation has
come; we must all speak. act and
serve together.