Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-07

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= into truck gardens: and every =
= vacant lot which car be handled =
= for growing Of food ought to be =
= so handled. There is not labor =
= sufficient to do it, unless the =
soft handed and the refined and 4
y cultured of cur homes do il
= themselves; and this Is where =
= potato patch patriotism applies 4
q in this hour OF need! From ser 4
4 mon yesterday by; David Cary =
: Peters, pastor OF the Christian 4
+ church. - -
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David Cary Peters, pastor OF the
Christian church, preached q power
full and direct sermon yesterday on
the Necessity for food economy and
production IN Hawaii. His subject was
Potato Patch Patriotism g :.
He opened with this introduction:
Those of you who are familiar
with the utterances OF this pulpit dur
Ing the last half dozen years viii
know that ! hays kept Il on as high q
plane as possible. / think you will q,
low me to say, and grant that it Is
true, that haze never resOrted to
the spectacular or the sensational
The very announcement Of my sub
ject for this morning may appear a
violation OF that practise. but ! as
sure you that Il Is not, 1T is good
thing to make the subject announce
the spirit and the heart of the mes
sage; that is what my subject this
morning does. n am going to talk to
you about Potato Patch Patriotism,
and mean Just tiat. ! have not
covered up my real message in q
fancifui topic.
Then he briefly sketched the de-
yelopmsnt OF the European strugglc
and the recognized fact that now II ii
not merely quarrel between greedy
royal factions but fight Of demo-
cracy against antocracy. He declared
that as this has developed II has be:
come piafn maj the any or me CHRIS
tian organization is to stand for de-
mOcracy- Contamination against
.barbarism reborn.
He pointed out how. America has
become involved and how it is the
duty of every loyal American to do
his part. He told OF the need for
money, men and food.
1t was on the latter topic that he
reached the focus of his sermon. He
said in part - Is. !, 49,
Last week | received from the de-
.partment OF agriculture statement
that was insisIent and was earnest. I
presume every minister in the United
States received similar statement
urging that ne should bring before
our people the necessity Of not only
conserving but vastly increasing the
worlds food supply. The statement
is made that England has In her gran
aries less than four weeks supplies OF
food and IL it cannot be secured FROM,
America dire distress will result.
s. Il know there will be, objection. Men
and women will say Why should 7
turn my hands to the problem of pro-
ducing food? can buy have money
and will so into the market Under
normal conditions this argument
would be good, but these are not nor
NAL conditions. The food Is not in
the markets to be bought No Chris
tian man has a right to use a pound
OF food more, than Is necessary, ana
that he ought to produce IL he can.
There is q patriotism that demands
that we do our service here. believe
IL the call, was for men, and should
unfurf an American flag over this
audience, you wou'i rise en- masse to-
enlist II necessary. am doing quite
as patriotic a service to my country
when come TO you and tell you that
If you are going to- be worthy citi-
zens of the United States, soft hands
will have to eallous to the hoe handle
as well as that shoulders shall cal
lous to the weight of the musket.
: Others will say: I do not know
how. l can do something else great
deal more serSiceabie than that.
Again, under normal conditions this
might be satisfactory But in the .ex-
igencies of this war men will have
to learn some things they do not now
know how to do. Not only are our
own local experiment stations doing
all they can to teach men, but people
from the private walks of life are vol !
unteering their intelligence to teach
those. who do not know how. / DO
not know that could do q better SER
vice to my country than to go to your
back yards In oEeralls with pick and
shovel and teach you how to do truck
gardening. ] have had years Of ex-
perience in this kind of work and /
now volunteer my ser vices To any of
You who may wish assistance in start
ing garden at your homes I am at
your command. I believe it is import
ant, That Is why i am emphasizing
this point, so forcibly. > DE star s.. M
Still others viii say that the mar
ket conditions are such that it won't
pay That question came up the other
night when ! was taking to q bunch
of Boy Scouts. They said: Suppose
We do raise lot OF vegetables here
We. cannot get anything for them. ri
know that the most serious difficult
ty. the ,agrieulturist has to meet is
that of market, I presume many OF