The Ozark spectator., 1917-04-28

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 ne labor is lacking i'll this great matter.
 Special Appeal to South.
 II particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to plant abundant food Stutfs as well as cotton.
 The government of the United States and the governments of the several states stand ready to coop crate They will do everything possi- ble 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 expedting shipments of fertilizers and farm machinery as well as of the crops themselves when harvested.
 "Ehe course of trade shall be as un- hampered as it is possible to make 1t, 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 middiHmen of every sort. whether they are nan ding our foodstuifS 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 peo- ple. not for themselves.
 "I shall confidently expect you to deserve and win the confidence of peO- pie of every sort and station.
 Efficiency on Railroads.
 .'To the men who run the railways of the country. whether they be man agrrS 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 inetli- ciency or sluckened power.
 ''ro the merchant let me suggest the motto, Small profits ana quick serv- ice. and to the shlpbuilder the thought that the life of the war depends upon him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the seas no mat ter how many ships are sent to the bottom. The places of those that go down must be supplied at once.
 ITO the miner let me say that he stands where the farmer does: The work of the world waits on him. If he Slackcns or fails, armies and states men are helpless, He also is enlisted in the great Service army.
 The manufacturer does not, need to be told hope, that the nation looks to him to speed and perfect every pro cess: and l want only to remind his employees that their service Is abSo- utcly indispensable and iS counted on hy every man who loves the country and its liberties,
 Every Garden Helps
 Let me suggest also that every one who creates or Cultivates garden helps and helps greatly. to solve the problem of the feeding of the nations; and that every housewife who prac- ticcs strict economy puts herself in the ranks of those who serve the na- ton.
 "1'hiS is the time for America to cor rect her unpardonahle fault of waste fulness and cNtravagance. Let every man and every woman assume the duty