Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-06


through to victory over common enemy must in
the last resort be the United States
WE MUST STINT OURSELVES FOR oThERa
That the people of the United States will fulfil th,.
responsibility none worthy to be an American can
"ouo' IL IL as sacred duty any incumbent upon
~ III our great undertaking. Yet it were idle blink
~ '' 'hae we snail find 1t a stern business and
one to try many souls among us. We may not WIN,
out disgrace to ourselves. expose to any hazard bx
manly possible to avoid the acauittance Of tho .r
pse"e oplleation we have assumed. From the ont
set then we must be rigorous with ourselves decad
ing upon plan Of feasible action and fo,,oxvir~ -
reientlessly to the end. There must be- Slear ora
i'fhi COORDINATION Of what may undertake with
'pe vi SUCCESS with the definite needs Of our allies
anu VIC must act with the utmost speed, since wa
nave but two months at the outside for formnI.+,n
plans and putting them into execution
we begin with tho knowIedoe that +h.r. !. -,
-. ''"''es' onsnoe that we can avoid stintne our.
wives IN order to give allies their propor+or.,
part OF our seasons wheat production We knon, ~.
tnat the loss OF this wheat will certainly mske ,+,.
lei. In curtailment OF domestic production 90
iA anu pu'ter, Tor our dairy farmers as a class can
o'.eh iu Yields OF milk without the use Of the
ny-produots Of milling wheat It in idle 70 - a..
the dairy farmer himself grow suhst,+r+a -,
iii REEDS; he might If he had enough and copd
re iaoor enough but he certainly cannot do q mt,
D6tpD
VIZ u'e one hand treatment in operation with orr
allies and on the other hand investigation h. -
petent government authority with n view, 20 ,,.,,
" Impartial adjustment in respect of costs nr,ces
''oh ana the like, between the wheat prospc
INV Tic country as whole, obligated to use the
~ " " certain way as we'll as between the ha rd
PRESSED producers of milk and butter and the eous,,
hard- pressed consumers Of these products NH, =,
out an example of the problems that should r.. ..,
at
u'h matters. having the authority of government as
the sanction of their decisions
HOPE IN POTATOES CORN AND BEANS
The most important question of ALL however ia
that OF the two or three crops-not more-upon which
all our available agricultural energies should be ex
pended ANY SUBSTANTIAL increase Of total wheat
crop being now out Of the question except in so far
as nature may show herself exceptionally kind to our
spring wheat we have two major crops still entirely
ahead Of us which directly available for human
food corn and potatoes To these might we'll be sd
ded third crop, beans Of high deteto value tbou,h
altogether too little among U.S. even bv tho.. ~
moderate means. Beans of the mainstav. of
HE Tor the Italians. and their production of
'ese is nearly three times that of the United States:
yet y are among the easiest Of all plants grow In
the United states, whether as field garden crops
AN Intelligent campaign in their favor might wen
lead to the production this year of really consider
Corn and potatoes. however, must now be the corn
mestic food supply and for fulfilling its obl,pation.
TO It's allies Every effort those charged with tho
conduct OF our affairs in these particulars should be
uirec'eo first to the production, and then to the
saving OF these crops 1t is well to insist upon the
importance OF the second of these obligations since
the amount Of really important waste in connection
with these two crops is greater than perhaps for all
our other crops put together.
The alI-mportant point however !. +h.. ~ ,,,.,
IN order to be safe in the matter of
for its own and its allies uses OUGHT tn ,.i.. 81
preserve Tor the market a potato crop Of NJ LAS,
ooo"o'ooo bushels, as compared with the 2a5oooooo
us"e's ESTIMATED to have been grown 1915; and At
'eas' oooooooooo bushels Of corn instead of tho D
oo'''o'0" bushels OF the past season. II were WE'LL
.'o' we could produce 900 bushels Of beans
'"''''a OF our usual ten or twelve million bushels
me attainment of these detectives is Of more i'm
portahee than are all other projects of agricultural
production for the season ahead NJ ~. rhn. 49,,
employment Of all the energies and authority fev.,
"i'hin existing statutory limits), and IL needs ho
"o"eS resources OF the government, these objective.
' 'e oroueht Wen within the bounds Of possibility
Though so much stress is laid upon them in public
discussion and even in governmental proposals. I'M
to discuss here the projects Of
public control of distribution conscrp
ion OF youth for agricultural labor and the like
which the enthusiastic but inexperienced have ad-
'anced panaceas for foodstuff situation Most
# these projects have been tried and have failed IN
me or more of the belligerent countries of Europe;
he best Of them may well be left for adoption In
ase the desired results not obtained by more
atural methods. The really essential matter now II
o obtain speedy expert decision, consistent with
ur own requirements and with those of our allie.
8 TO the two or three crops whose production ON
largo pn1a ,obo
he maximum of insurance against failure to have
adeuuate SUI Of foodS4