Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-18
lUR PRESIDENTS RINGING
II APPEAL TO AMERICANS

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great patriotic forces of the nation
as the men under fire.
a Word to tho Farmers.
take the liberty, therefore, of ad-
dressing this word to the farmers of
the country, and to all who work on
the farms: The supreme need OF our
own nation and OF the nations with
which we are cooperating Is an
abundance of supplies. The food
supply, especially for the present
year, IS superlative. Without abund-
ant food, alike for the armies and the
peoples now at war, the whole great
enterprise upon which we have en-
barked will break down and fail. The
worlds food reserves are low. Not
only during the present emergency,
but for some time after peace shall
have come. both our own people and
large proportion Of the people Of
Europe must rely upon the harvests
In America. Upon the farmers of this
country, therefore, in large measure,
rests the fate Of the war and the fate
of the nations. May the nation not
count upon them to omit no step that
will increase the production Of their
land or that will bring about the
most effectual cooperation in the
sale and distribution Of their pro-
ducts. The time is short. 1t Is OF
the most imperative Importance that
everything possible be done, and done
Immediately, to make sure OF large
harvests. call upon young men and
old alike, and upon the able-bodied
boys of the land, to accept and act
upon this duty-to turn in hosts to
the farms and make certain that no
pains and no labor Is lacking in. this
great matter.
Farmers Of the South.
l particularly appeal to the farm
ers Of the South to plant abundant
food stuffs as we'll as cotton. They
can show their patriotism in no bet
ter or more convincing way than by
resisting the great temptation of the
present prices Of cotton and helping
helping upon great scale-to feed
the nation and tho peoples every
where who are fighting for their lib
erty and our own. The variety OF
their crops will be the Visible meas
|liIs Sof sirss ss Of their
national AdUt ss Us
Government viii Help. fs'.' 2
! The government of the United
| several States stand ready to COOP
crate. They will do everything posi-
bic 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 eXpediting shipments OF fer
tiliZers and farm machinery, as we'll
as OF the crops themselves when har-
vested. The course of trade shall be
as unhampered as it Is possible of
the nations food supply by those who
handle it on it's WAY to the consumer,
This is our opportunity to demon
strate the efficiency OF great de-
mocracy, and we shall not fall short
of it.
Watching the Mitldlemen.
Let me say this to the middlemen
Of every sort, whether they are hand
ling our foodstuffs or our raw mate
r1als Of manufacture or the products
Of our mills and factories: The eyes
Of the country will be especially upon
you. This is your opportunity for
signal service. efficient and disinter-
ested. The country expects you as 1t
expects all others, to forego unusual
profits, to organize and expedite ship
ment 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 them
selves. ! shall confidently expect you
to deserve and win the confidence Of
people Of every sort and station.
To the men who run the railways
or 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 responsible
ity Of seeing to It that those arteries
suffer no obstruction Of any kind, no
inefficiency or slackened power.
TO the merchant let me suggest
the motto, "Small profits and quick
scrvice:' and to the shipbuilder, the
thought that the life Of the war de-
pends upon him. The food and the
war supplies must be carried across
the seas. no matter how many shiDs
are sent to the bottom. The places
OF those that go down must be sup-
piled at once
TO the miner, let me say that he
stands where the farmer does-the
work Of the world waits on him.
Plant a Garden.
Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultiyates a garden
helps, and helps greatly, to solve the
problem of the feeding Of the nations,
and that every housewife who prac.
tices strict economy puts herself in
the ranks Of those who serve the ma
ton. This Is the time for America to
correct her llnDardonable fault of