The Washington herald., 1917-04-16
PRESIDENT CALLS UPON ENTIRE WAR;
BRITISH TROOPS BATTER
TEXT OF THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION

ling our foodstuffs or our raw ma
terial of manufacture or the prod
ucts of our mills and factories: The
eyes Of the country will be especially
upon you. This Is your opportunity
for signal service, efficient and dis
interested. The country expects you.
as II expects all others, to forgo un-
usuac 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 people, not for
themselves. shall confidently ex-
pect you to deserve and win the con-
fdence Of people Of every sort and
station.
To the men who run the railways
Of the country, whether they be man
ayers or operative employees, let me
say that the railways are the ar
teries OF the nations life and that
upon them rests the immense re-
sponsibility Of seeing to II that those
arteries suffer no obstruction Of any
kind, no sinefficency or slackened
power. To the merchant let me sug-
gest the motto, Small profits and
quick service" 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 matter hoy many ships
are sent to the bottom. The places
OF those that go down must be sup
piled at once To the miner let me
say that he stands where the far
mer does; the work OF the world waits
on him. II he slackens or fails, armies
and statesmen 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
his employees that their service is
absolutely indispensable and is
counted on by every man who loves
the country and its liberties.
Let me suggest, also, that every
one who creates or cultivates gar
den helps, and helps greatly, to
solve the problem OF the feeding Of
the nations; and that every house
wife who practices strict economy
puts herself in the ranks of those
who serve the nation. This Is the
time for America to correct her un-
pardonable fault OF vastefulness
and extrsvagance. Let every man
and every woman assume the duty
OF careful, provident use and ex-
penditure as a public duty, as a die
tate of patriotism which no one can
now expect 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
Il 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 viii give
as prominent publication and ~
wide circulation as possible to this
appeal I venture to suggest, also,
to all advertising agencies that they
would perhaps render a very sub
stantIaI and timely service to the
country IL they would give it wide
spread repetition. And hope that
eIergymen will not think the theme
of IL an unworthy or inappropriate
subject of comment and hOmfly
from their puFpIts-
THE SUPREME TEST OF THE
NATION HAS COME. WE MUST
ALL SPEAK. ACT, AND SERVE
WOODROW WILSON.