The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-13
NORTH DAKOTA
POTENT FORCE IN
SOLVING PROBLEM
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men. into which would be placed men
who could not do military duty.
"Furthermore. as a means TO this
end. we would have the age limit for
national service reduced from 1S to IL,
thus being enabled to enlist thousands
and thousands of bows for service.
The young boys would be used on
the great farms of the west, thus
guaranteeing to the farmers the labor
they will require next fall.
Not only the boys. but the meu who
have passed the age where they may
be used in military service. would be
enlisted: Particularly would the ma
who by, virtue of their experience, are
in position to render valuable service
to the snatiola.sl They would best be
used as directors Of the workers who
had not had previous experience. They
could be used in the cities to direct
gardening work. ~ ~
The men used in the industrial
army. would be gathered in the dis
tricts where labor is required. There
camps would be established, and men
dispatched to sections as they may be
called upon. The government would
pay these men for their time in the
camps, when they would be trained
the camps, they still would be clothed
in the United States uniform, ana
really they would be soldiers of the
nation.
1.-THE time they spend in actual work
would be paid for by the farmers. and
after the farm work is completed, they
would be returned to the camps, eth
err to continue their training, or be
used in production work elsewhere in
the nation.
''At the present time, for every five
men who offer to enlist, three are re-
jected. These three must be used IL the
war is to be won, and If the food prob
lem is to be solved.
1T is known that for every man
who enters the army, ten men must
be put to work to support him. They
must be used in the work Of destruc-
ton, such as in the making of NUM-
tons, uniforms, etc. And so, as each
man enlists, the greater burden entails
upon the balance of the people.
THE question of transportation is
Of tremendous importance, both in the
handling of the labor necessary to
conserve the crops, and in the handling
Of food products from the farm to the
great centers.
"And so, when the city of Fargo
produces its own garden stuff, il con-
serves, to that extent, the transporta-
ton system for other purposes.
Il cannot urge upon the people Of
our state and our state too strongly
the need for closest attention to the
food problem. Everything counts. Why,
even in the homes, millions are vast
ed annually by the present methods Of
handling foods. Particularly, at this
time of the year, the average house
wife, preparing potatoes for cooking,
will pare the ends and sides sharply,
because Of soft, spongy sides. She
wastes from 10 to 20 per cent of the
potato. By cooking the potato with
the Jacket on, she conserves the food
value of the potato, is enabled to use
more of 1t, and the spuds are better
for made-overs.
I'm North Dakota we have about
sixty days remaining in which to
bring about the great production re-
quired. Within the next two months 1t
is possible to plant various products,
and every day counts.
Every citizen must realize his. duty
to the nation and make plans imme-
diately for taking up his share Of the
work"