The Green Forest tribune., 1917-04-27

" llllOut dDuuuaHl IOOu. dllhO loi the armies and the peoples now al war, the whole great enterprise upon which we have embarked will break 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 a 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 eff fectual cooperation in the sale and distribution of their products?
 "The time is short It is of the most imperative importance that everything possible be done and done immediate ly to make sure of large harveSts. l call upon young men and old alike and upon the abe-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.
 Special Appeal to South.
 q particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to plant abundant food stuffs as well as cotton.
 "The government of the United 1 States and the governments of the several states stand ready to coop crate. They will do everything possi- l 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 eXpediting shipments of fertilizers and farm machinery as well as of the crops themselves when harvested.
 "The 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 1t on it's way to the consumer.
 "ThiS let me say to the middlemen of every sort, whether they are han 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 peo- pie, not for themselves.
 q shall confidently expect you to deserve and win the confidence of peo- pie of every sort and station.
 Efficiency on Railroads.
 'eTo the men who run the railways of the country, whether they be man. agers or operative employees, let me say that the railways are the arteries of the nations life, ;nd that upon them rests the immense responsibility of seeing to it that those arteries suffer no obstruction of any kind, no ineffi- ciency or slackened power.
 ITO 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 mat 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.
 "The manufacturer does not need to be told, l hope, that the nation looks to him to speed and perfect every pro- cess; and I 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 it's liberties.
 Every Garden Helps. Let me suggest also that every one who creates or cultiyates a garden l helps, and helps greatly, to solve the problem of the feeding of the nations i; and that every housewife who prac- tices strict economy puts herself in 1 the ranks of those who serve the na- | tion.
 "This is the time for America to cor rect her unpardonable fault of waste l fitness and extravaganza. Let every man and every woman assume the duty | of careful, provident use and expendi- ture as a public duty, as dictate of patriotism which no one can now ex- pect ever to be excused or forgiven for ignoring.
 "In the hope that this statement of the needs of the nation and of the world in this hour of supreme crisis may stimulate those to whom it comes and remind all who need reminder of the solemn duties of time such as the world has never seen before, I beg that all editors and publishers everywhere will give as prominent publication and as wide circulation as possible to this | appeal.
 Supreme Test Has Come.
 q venture to suggest also to all ad- vertising agencies that they would per. haps render a very substantial and timely service to the country if they would give it widespread repetition And I hope that clergymen will not think the theme of it an unworthy ol inappropriate subject of comment and