The weekly soliphone., 1917-04-19

ing with lessons taught by devel- opments of the past two years. Our form of government does not per init of the same degree of centrali- zation of power exercised by the nations with which we are at war. whether financial, economic or otherwise, must be voluntary. If it is found that laggardness pre- dominates, more drastic methods are sure to be adopted. Congress is in thorough accord with Presi- dent Wilson's administration. Hand
 out gigantic problems. We, who
 arc seated comfortably behind the
 scenes, must not consider that we
 have purchased immunity; that we
 have bought a ticket to the show land must, therefore, be regarded as
 guests in the boxes while others through bloody seas.'
 Briefly, these thoughts were de- veloped by Messrs. Knox, Kirsch and Cloves. All spoke feelingly-
 even optimistically-b through out the addresses could be read se-
 rious sentiments.
 of necessity to the farmers of Greene county; how to familiarize
 them with the gigantic task un-
 dertaken by the Washington gov
 ernment how to show them that the time has come when people in
 Paragould and people in Walcott pie in the county -at-large, must work in absolute harmony and
 with unity of purpose until the war clouds are dissipated, were
 problems presented for solution. Ii is realized that in order to make the "live-at- t-home" campaign pro
 measure of individual responsibility must be impressed upon those who till the soil It is realized by the business men of the city that many of those who produce results in the rural districts resent the idea oi
 suggestions from business quarters l farmers-men who understand theil town business and who prospef-art prone to scoff at suggestion of ad ditional enterprise when such sug gestion comes from men who arc not themselves farmers. The edi tor of a newspaper cannot take ar acre of ground and do with it what a practical farmer can do. The | head of a mercantile establishment
 cannot preach scientific farming tt a real farmer when he has onl! read extracts from few govern
 ment agricultural publications. Too lmuch of this paternalism, perhaps
 has been engaged in during tho past It is only too true tha Greene county farmers resent sug
 gestions and interference iron l ParaGould quarters. But at th' same time it is a fact that while
 the real producers of Greene coun lty's provisions are hoeing corn ant
 weeding potatoes, professional anC business men in the city are en
 gagged in another task. They arr
 students of national affairs. II | IParagould there are men who reaC newspapers published in New York in Chicago and in other cities iron whence originate commercial anC Industrial blood transfusions. The,
 arc students of events. They reaC and they understand what is read While the farming element is rais ling material for markets; while tn,
 actual physical labor is beins achieved, there are still other thou sands who are studying scienc, equally as essential to the be ing of mankind. There are meI | in Paragould who may be rightful l ly classed as producers-not O
 corn, fodder or potatoes-but pro
 dueers of thought. The informa
 tion they accumulate is vita
 force in the progress of civilization
 and the time comes, as it has conn
 now, when this information shoult | be conveyed to others who through
 circumstances have not been per mitted to keep in touch with tn, trend of events. The business ant
 professional men of Paragould whC today are anxious to have tn, farming element understand that ; crisis has arrived; have, of course,
 selfish motive. They are anxious tt ! be protected against high prices l famine, perhaps starvation. Thi ] desire, in the very nature o things. is a selfish one. If it wer, possible for Paragould to feed it self. while at the same time the ru ra districts were starving, tn, selfish motive now melting actiol
 might be eliminated, but ParagoulC would throw open its storehouse' and show a sOcialistic spirit Just