Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-07-12

Iof government ACUoh.
Government action ensuring the
farmers OF America ample supplies or
farm implements and competent farm
labor Is virtually necessary TO this
country's future participation in the
war, declare the manufacturers OF
farming tools and machinery in the
United States. This action must be im-
mediate and radical, they say, or In
1918 the United States will fail To pro-
duce foodstuffs necessary to feed the
civil population of our allies and TO
keep the allied armies in fighting trim.
This declaration Is made In n public
statement by the National Implement
and Vehicle Association, whose menu
Implements used In and exported from
the United States. II is the Associa-
tons answer Ia m anxious Inquiry
about reports Of prospective lmple-
mont shortage addressed to II In behalf
of the couutry'S farming interests 10y
Ex-Governor W. II. Hoard uf WiScon-
Sin. one OF the leaders Of American ug-
riculWrc aud publisher Of lioards
Duirymuu The statement which Il
signed hy Charles :. Bwutmlhun.
Chairman Of the Associations ENecu-
tive Committee says
un'r,, prompt action is labru by
me Government. uu. country win make
Ihp .HWr mistakes That have RESULT
yd H compy.In- uu, allies To- NJ
peal fo %, t1 str .brm FROM famine.
Uul.-. We protect fbr production u
.a0r,Nlu- iuw machinery und The
supply Of skilled farm labor We tuo.
must soon face ,hriukase ~ food
supplies
Without such notion rs is here ,uc-
.rstrd and urged. the farmers ~
the United States Viii not have enough
machine, or men In iulS ,o meet /. ,
demands upon them.
we are now confronted by shortages
81 ruw mutrrInl aud factory labor TINT
viii begin To bee manifest IN shortages
~ certain lines II farm machinery this
fan and WIN result IN serious shortages
In many vital lines next year. stocks
un hand In important kinds ~ tools
uul machines are smaller than In nor.
NAL years because uf earlier scarcity
~ factory labor aud n rapidly tighten
Hs.. .es..|F ..r all fftas.rfWIa
Farmer, hay. deferred during ZEE
las, three Years the replacing ~ old
and badly worn tools ana machines.
Vow, confronted boy the practical GER
'nIuiy that the war Is to continue In
definitely with attendant assurty-e ~
J. ,, ..s..,&.l s.aslnd and H.. pncrs Tor all
their proiurts and by mn inevitable
shortage Of farm labor. they cannot put
ou longer rcplaccnynts ~ worn out
machines and the additions 10 equip
m,ut necessary 30 increase acreage
and production.
~ b. also essential IN meeting the
demand ~ the farmers for implements
that there shall be preference In Trans.
ppriatIon fur raw materials 10 the FAC.
torIr, aud Tor finished goods from the
.ariurl,- tu the farms
"ior 'lr lBst trn years farm labor
hus bvnu more and more difficult 10
-,,pry. and uou wlih au enormous In
crease Ia thr demand Tor labor lu mu-
uitou, factories. uul the withdrawal
NJ many young men from productive
occupations. there O., bound Ia be- u
shortage Of farm labor such ms this
country has never known. In Kansas
alone n vast Hu.nhcr OF fertile acres ga
which thc wheat crop failed will lie
Idle this summer, chiefly Tor lack II
labor aud partly through lack Of ina.
chimes 10 roplant to corn.
we regard II Ms vital 10 kccp on the
farms the men now there who know
the business, especially the men
trained III the use OF iuhgr-suy.ng ma.
chInery. 1t would be- vust,gul nnd
foolish 10 let them 80 and aftcrward
try 10 replace them with unsklllcd men.
I'VE seek no advantage for our In
dustry over any other, but We realize
and We want the public to realize that
without this product aud without suf-
iccnt labor the farmers Of the United
States cannot Increase or even main
tain their production of foodstuns next
year. To avert the calamity that such
II condition will surely produce, our In
dustry and the farming industry which
II chiefly supports must be- put upon
the same preferred bnsls as the making
II war munitions. even II other less
vital industries suffer thereby for ma
terIals and men.
These are the measures that we de-
clare to be vital to the feeding of this
nation and IT. allies next year:
81. That the manufacture Of farm
materials be given equal preference
with the manufacture Of war NUM-.
lions rs regards supplies OF necessary
raw materials.
"2. That service to the country In
farm machinery factories be consId.
cred Of equal Importance with service
In munitlon making plants, Govern
ment or private.
20. That labor ON the farms be con-
sidered rs Of equal Importance with
the production OF war munitions.
~. That the raw materials for fnrm-
Ing machinery and the finished goods
be given equal preference by the trans.
portation agencies OF the country with
munitions Of war.
these measures must be taken I'm.
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