The Monticellonian., 1917-04-26
Hold Fate of Nations.

WHICH we nave enlDdFheu VIII DTedh
down and fall.
Hold Fate of Nations.
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 Eu-
rope must rely on 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 ef-
fectual cooperation in the sale and
distribution OF their products?
THE time is short. 1t is of the most
imperative importance that everything
possible be done and done immediate
ly to make sure of large haryests. l
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.
Il particularly appeal TO the farmers
of the South to plant abundant food
stuffs as we'll as cotton,
Trade to Be Unhampered.
The course of trade shall be as I'M
hampered as it is possible to make it,
and there shall be no unwarranted
manipulation of the nations food sup
ply by those who handle it on its way
to the consumer.
This let me say to the midilemen
of every sort, whether they are hun
ding our fOodstuffs or our raw mate
terials 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 sig
nal service, efficient and disinterested.
The country expects you, as it expects
all others, to forego unusual profits, to
organize and expedite shipments 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 PEG
pie, not for themselves.
4 shall confidently expect you to
deserve and win the confidence of peo-
pie of every sort and station.
Efficiency on Railroads.
ITO the men who run the railways
of 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 responsibility OF
seeing to it that those arteries suffer
no obstruction of any kind, no ineffi-
cheney or slackened power.
To the merchant let me suggest the
motto, Small profits and quick serv-
ice and to the shipbuilder the thought
that the life of the war depends upon
him. The food and the war supplies
must be carried across the seas no mPt-
ter how many ships are sent to the
bottom. The places of those that go
down must be supplied at once.
TO the miner let me say that he
stands where the farmer does: The
work of the world waits on him. If
he slackens or fails, armies and states
men are helpless. He also is enlisted
in the great Service army.
1.-The manufactures does not need to
be told | hope, that the nation looks
to him to speed and perfect every pro-
cess; and | want only to remind his
employees that their service is abso-
lutely indispensable and is counted on
by every man who loves the country
and its liberties.
Every Garden Helps.