Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1917-06-21
STATE WILL GAIN
BECAUSE Of WAR
ECONOMIC GROWTH WILL BE
SHOWN WHICH WILL BE
BRED BY NECESSITY.
SACRIFICES ARE TO COUNT
While Soldiers Are Fighting In the
Trenches Others May Show
Patriotism Worth While
at Home.

Madison, Wis.-Although the state
| Council OF Defense was created be-
cause OF the war and goes out or eX-
| istence when that crisis which is fac
ing the nation is over, thee work it is
doing viii have an unestimable eco
monte value to the state
If the plans of the council are car
ried out, and with the cooperation
which is being given freely by the
people there is no doubt Of it, Wis
consin will gain over night because
of the necessity for economic advance
ment what she could not have gained
in the ordinary process in years.
All Citizens Must Aid.
No matter how progressive a state
may be-and Wisconsin has borne a
reputation OF being a progressive
state-material growth comes slowly
Half the people, or perhaps less than
half, are striving always to do more
today than they did yesterday, and
with still greater hopes for tomorrow
The others, no matter how much they
appreciate the results, are apt to ac-
cept conditions as they are.
The work of the state council of de
Tense along economic lines viii be
undertaken now because the nation
needs food, and the state must DO its
share. The fact that bread is as nee
essary as bullets to win a war viii
be better realized if the conflict is of
long duration.
If Wisconsin increases its acreage
so that it can not only feed its own
citizens at reasonable prices but also
send food to the east and across the
water it will be doing service as
valuable in its way as the sending of
soldiers to fight in the trenches.
To bring this about the state coun-
Gil is appealing to the producers TO
grow more and is trying to enlist
more volunteers in the army Of produ-
GERS. The reports to the state de-
partment of agriculture have been
promising. More potatoes, more
beans and more acres of nearly every
thing grown in the ground already is
son being nearly over, the next prob
lem will be the harvest. With thou
sands of men out of the state, labor
also is problem.
1918 Problem Is Next.
The state council has departments
devoted to all these phases of the SIX
uation.
When the crops of 1917 are harvest.
ed, then comes the work for 1918. II
is with this problem that the state
council will work during the winter
months
so much for the present. After the
war, when Wisconsin goes back to the
business OF producing its own needs
and once more enters into competition
WIN other states for the markets Of
the nation and of the world, the state
which is the best prepared viii lead
all others. The growth which came
over night because conditions demand.
~ it will not be lost. Wisconsin wiz
have increased millions of dollars in
producing wealth. Thousands Of acres
OF land will be under the plow which
might not have been for decade or
more The output of the factories.
increased TO meet war conditions. will
continue because manufacturers will
have learned how to economize on
time and material.
After the war, much as it will cost
the state, the lessons Of sacrifice will
show their worth.