The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-06-07

harvested. The course of trade shall he
as unhampered as it is possible to make
it and there shall be no unwarranted
manipulation of the nations food SUNNY
by those who handle it on it's way to the
consumer. This is our opportunity ~
demonstrate the efficiency of great
democracy, and we shall not fall short of
it.
This let me say to the middlemen of
every sort, whether they are handIino
our foodstuffs or our raw materials of
manufacture or the products of our mines
and factories: The eyes of the country
will be upon you. This is your opportu-
nifty for signal service, efficient and dis
interested The country expects YOU. as
1t expects all others, to forego unusual
profits, to organize and expedite shin
ments of supplies of every kind but es
pecially of food, with an eye to the ser
vice you are rendering and in the spirit
of those who enlist in the ranks for their
people, not for themselves. | shall con-
fldently expect you to deserve and win
the confidence of people of every sort and
station.
10 the men who run the RAILWAYS of the
country, whether they be managers or
operative employees, let me say that the
life and that upon them rests the i'm
mense responsibility of seeing to it that
those arteries offer no obstruction of any
kind, no inefficiency or slackened power
To the merchant let me suggest the mot
to, 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 how MANY
ships are sent to the bottom. The places
OF those that 60 down must be supplied
and supplied at once. TO the miner let
me say that he stands where the farmer
does-the work of the world waits on
HIM. II he slackens or fails armies and
statesmen are helpless. He also is en-
listed 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 process; and
want only to remind his employees that
! their service is absolutely indispensable
and is counted on byeveTy man who loves
/ the country and it's liberties.
Let me suggest also that everyone who
creates or cultivates garden helps, and
helps greatly, to solve the problem of the
feeding of the nations; and that every
housewife who practices strict economy
puts herself in the ranks of those who
serve the nation. This is the time for
America to correct her objectionable
fault of wastefulnesS and extravaganza.
Let every man and every woman assume
the duty of careful, provident use and ex-
penditure as public duty, as a dictate of
patriotism which no one can now expect
ever to be excused or forgiven for ignor-
ing.
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 ali
who need reminder of the solemn duties
of time such as the world has never
seen before, beg that all editors and pub
fishers everywhere will give as prominent
publication and as wide circulation as
possible to this appeal. | venture to sug-
gest, also, to all advertising agencies
that they would perhaps render very
substantial and timely service to the
country if they would give it widespread
repetition. And | hope that clergymen
will not think the theme of it an I'M
worthy or inappropriate subject of COM
ment and homily from their pulpits.
The supreme test of the nation has
come.
We must all speak, act and serve to-
gether
(Signed)
WOODROW WILSON.