The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-16
WILSON CALLS
ALL CITIZENS
TO SERVICE

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These then. are the things We mus'
DO. and 40 we'll besides ughtins
the things without which hkhtlhk
wculd be fruitless
| We must supply abundant tood, ~
onir Tor ourselves and for oar armies
ami our scamen. but Tor a large part
| Of the nations with whom We have
now made common cause, in whose
sappcrt Ald ~ whose sides ne Hhefi
au.t ssppi, skip.
we must supply ship7 ~ the nun :
1 drrda 10 carry 90 the other side OF
the sea. submarines or no submarine.
4 abundant materials out OF our neias
| ans our mines and our factories not
! only 20 clothe and equip our own
i forrcs on land and sra. but also 70
clothes and support ouI people Tor
whom the gallant fellow under arms
can no longer work. 10 help clnthe
and equip the armies with which We
are cooperating ia Europe. ana 10
Keep the looms and manufactorles
there in raw material
We must supply coal 20 keen the
fires going ia TIE ships AZ sea and IN
the furnaces % hundreds Of factories
across the sea. steel out OF when ~
make arms and ammunition, both
hero and there. rails for WORKOUT
railway back 81 those going 20
pieces mules. horses, cattle for labor
and for military service rNerfthihE
with which the people OF England
and france and TtAy and Russia
have usually supplied hemselves.
but cannot now AFFORD the men. th'
materials or the machinery 60 make.
Industries Are Paramount.
IL IA evident 20 every thinking man
that our Industries. on the farms, IN
the ship yards, IN the mines. IN the
factories. must be made more pro-
life and more efficient than ever and
that they must be more economic IN
managed and better adapted % the
thar they have been.
The men and the women who de-
vote their thought and their ener gN
10 these things VIII be serving the
country and conducting the nght for
peace and freedom just as truly and
just as effectively as the men on the
battiehelds or in the trenches
The industrial forces % the coun-
try. men and women alike, will De
q great national. a great information
al service army--a notable nd honor
I'd host engaged In the service ~ the
| nation ard the world. the efficient
| friends and saviors OF free men
| everywhere. Thousands. nay. hun
| dreds OF thousands OF men otherwise
liable To military service. VIII OF
| right and OF necessity be excused
| from that service and assigned 20 the
fundamental sustaining work ~ the
| fields and factories and mines and
/ they will be as much part Of the
great patriotic forces Of the nation
\ a. the men under ere.
/ take the liberty. Therefore, Of
| addressing this word 20 the farmers
/ Of the country and 10 al VINO Wofh
on the farms
4 The supreme need OF our own ma
tion and OF the nations with which
We are cooperating is an abundance
% supplies. and especially OF TODD
The Importance ~ an adequate
\ food supply. especially for the pres
l ent year. ~ superlative without
and the peoples now az war. the
/ whole great enterprise upon which
I we have embarked will break down
/ and fail
wsrIs Mast Have Feod.
/ The worlds food reserves are low
| Not only during the present emer-
/ gency. 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 har-
vests In America. Tpon the farmers
OF this country. therefore, in large
measure rests the fate 81 the war
and the fate Of the nations. May
the nation not count upon them 20
production % their land or that viii
brinG about the sale and distribution
% their rroducts1
The time is shost n 10 % the most
imperative importance NMAt
| thing possible be done and done inn
medlately 90 make SURE 81 large har-
i vests. I call upon young men and
old alike and upon the aole-Dodieo
boys Of Rhe land 10 accept and act
+ upou this dufy--ta turn IN hosts 81
the fAFns asa mAhe raFtatu that
| no pains and no labor "a lacking in
| this great matter.
particularly appeal 10 the farm
| ars OF the south 10 plant anSNdani
l
can show their patriotism In no bet
ter or more convincing way than -
resisting the great temptation o
the present price OF cotton and help
feed the nation and the people
everywhere who are hRhtinE 70
their liberties and for our own
The variety OF their crops viii b
the visible measure % their Compre
hcnslon 81 their national duty
The government Of the Uuits'
states and the governments OF th
several states stand ready 70 coop
crate. they will DO everything pos
slble 20 assist farmers in securing al
adequate supply OF seed. an adequat
force OF laborers when they are mos
/ needed 81 harvest time. and IN
means OF expediting shipments. o
Fertilizers and farm machinery. a
well az Of the crops Themselves Whei
harvested.
TRADE Must Ne Pre-
The course 81 trade shall b. a. an
hamperrd uE % iE VuBEtpir 20 MA K
~ and there shall be no unwaEante
manipulation % the nations foo
supply by those who handle a. %
its way 20 the consumer. This is au
opportunity 10 demonstrate thr ctt
cheney Of a great democracy aud "
shalt not fan short ~ g.
Thls. let mc say 20 the middleme
| OF every sort whether they are mar
! ling our fopdatuns or our raw ma
teriats OF nanufaCtuTe or The 90,
ducts % our mills and factorirs
The eyes - the country VIII ~
especially upon you This ia }or
! opportunity for signal service EFT
Client and dlsintere sted.
The country expects you. a.
expects an others, % forego unusu.
profits e. organize and eNpea
shipments Of supplies % every hiF
I but especially 81 food with an .
Co the service you are rfnderinE an
in the spirit 81 those who enlist
the ranks. for their people, not n
snail confidently expect YOU Z
deserve and win the confidence 4
people Of every sort and station.
small Prsats UrGed
To tho men who run the rallWsy
| OF the country. whether they be mar
ayers or operative employees. let M
say the railways are the arteries {
the nations life and that upon thci
| rests the Immense responsibility
seeing TO IL that those arteries cut
fer no obEtructlon Of any KIND. n
inefnciency or slacksned power.
To the merchant. let me suEge'
the motto. email prohts snd que
service" and 20 the shipbuilder. O.
thought that the life q the war %
ponds upon him
The food and the war supplies mus
| be carried across the seas no matte
how many ships are sent 20 the bot
The place, % those that 60 dow