Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-04-18
NHAT 90 BE DONE.

The Monitor = n favor O. the Sc
Iect1ve CONSUMPTION plan Of raising
our army. Such 4 plan viii play No
favorztas- The high and the low the
rich and the poor. al are called who
meet requirements OF age and ply
szuue. and no class can shlrk IT'S re-
spC1sTbllity IS l. said % be true IN
some Of the fighting nations today
Such plan must Be said 70 be more
q less Of 2 compliment 70 thOse
called also, since selection means the
choice OF those the government thinks
best suited 10 uphold the nations
honor ard tradition
There should be and probably viii
Be exceptions 10 this selection. but
the exception vii not be because Of
social or religious position but be
eause Of industrial usefulness Hen
Of the selected age and standards Of
physical perfectless VINO are engaged
IN raIIroading. perhaps n certain
other industrial pursuits and II agri-
culture 10 that extent that they are
directly helping 10 produce foods that
viii assist n feeding the ration and
her allies, VIII be exempt
It has been aptIy said that this war
90 3 great measure : TO resolve IL
self into 2 bread and butter war
This being true, one of the first ard
foremost necessities Is agricultural
production and the moving OF this
production % military and civic cen
tiers No 0ne realizes this more
acutely than TIE men who have The
responsibilities OF this war 10 exc
cute. and Il Is practically assured
that th0se Who are IzbOrlng IN any
way for the production q agr5czl-
Eurzl necessities viii Be unm0Iested.
IN fact assisted IN every possible way
The farmer not only sees the naces-
sity OF his products for the p-Osec1-
ton OF the war, but has good assur-
ance that his products VIII find ready
and profitable sales HIS immediate
and greatest concern Is sufficient Il
Dor with which 70 put IN his seed
This problem must De met at Onee-
How : Il 70 be metz This : the
great problem. as the Monitor sees
II The raising and eQUpping O. IN
army and navy, the making OF NUM-
tons and the transportation prob
lens are more easily solved than the
immediate need OF labor for the g.
zsnIal SeedtIme The fields must De
pf1Eed, Sowed. cultivated and later
harvested But 70 increase the acre
age. 70 intensity the cultivation and
cope with the harvest there must be
more farm labor than heretofore. and
the fact remains that theEe : less
farm labor today than : year ago
II the farmer Is wiling 70 accept
the services OF inexperienced labor.
and inexperienced labor = wiling @
accept the wage Of mexperle1c- Z
both parties VII sacrzHee 10 each
other and u their co1ntry-there = 2
partial solution Of the problem at
least That Is II releasing Cur stu
dents from college, high school ard
the upper grades who vii 90 It once
ID the assistance Of the farmer There
are hundreds and tho1szndz Ct b0ys
and young uen II school ard College
who could serve thar country better
on the farm than IN the school for the
few remaining weeks O. the zcz6z-iG
year
Ed1czt50nzl authorizes might VEL
afford 10 give credit for the comple-
ton Of the school year 70 s1eh S1-
62& zS would % 10 z farm zn6
E0rk under prescribed rzIa-zn6 "a
Row
IN this tine Z VII b Necessary
thzt evEyone adjust thHselvz L
vez5eEces and szerIEees fer ths
country
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