Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-04-20
WILSON APPEALS
FOR UNITY OF ALL
Says Supreme Test Of Nation
Has Come,
FIGHTING FGR M4ARIHD

1--WE Must Speak and Act Together"
Says President Wilson in Personal
Appeal.
In d personal appeal addressed
to his fe.,ow-countryman, President
wilson cans uyuE uvc.y AmeE:c II
r:;iz.sI.-m.E. - man 32t Il ~
to join together to make the ma
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IL is IDEAS and icr triGmpn ii de-
mocracy i'll the world war.
Tie supreme test o. the nati@n has
numc," says the add. es5. We must
all speak, act and serve together"
The address fellows:
MY Fe.lUw-CUuntrymen:
Tie entrance OF our own be.oFel
country IutO tie griM and terrible war
!0r democracy ANA humal r2niS
mich has shaken the word, creates 20
many problems OF national Lie and &C.
ion which call for Immediate c0HSiu-
Grafton and settlement that | hlpc You
viii permit me 10 address 10 \oa Il
Jew words Of earnest COUn&e. ami "p-
peal with regard 10 them.
FIGHT for Rights Of Mankind.
We are rapidly putting our navy up
on an effective war footing ana are
ABOUT to create and eQU p great ar
ny, but these are tie Simplest parts
Il the great task to " ilCh We ave
addressed ourselves. There Is nos i!
single selfish element so far as |
can see, il the cause We are llSAllAS
!or We are iig-i2g for what We :
Iieve and wish To be l&e rGnsS OF MN
Kind and Tor the future peace and Sc
curity OF The world. T. 90 his great
Thing VERBALLY and successfully, W.
must deycte ourselves tG the sc V
ice without roga:d to Profit or ma
terial advantage and with an enc g.
and into li.cnce that will rise to III =
level Of tnJ enterprise itself We nil !
realize 10 the lul! how great i=e "a X
is and how many things, how many
Kinds and elements q C3Eac!ty "tid
service and self sacrifice It Two .Ve@.
These. then, are the things we mH: t
10 and do well, besides tisatinG--the
things without winch nee ligh -.nS
would be fruitless:
We must supply abundant food, not
only for Ourselves and Ilr our arm ei
and or Sramcn. but also for | " < 2
.art OF the nations with whom we now
have made common cause. n W,ose
support and by whose sides we shall
be fighting.
Must Supply Ships by the Hundreds
We must supply ships by the u
drodS out Of our shipyardS 10 carry 10
the other side Of tie sea, suhm2rlleS
or no submarines, what every day VIII
be needed there and abunGa2t ma: e.
ais OFT of our fields and our mines
nd
to clothe and equip our own forces on
land and sea, but also 10 c.Othc ana
supper. our people for Wnom the gal
liant fellows under arms c3n no long
or work: to help c.OtEe and cqu p lie
armies with Wnicl we are coop Il
ing in Europe, ANA to keep the looms
ami manu!acJ@r!a : L eTI II ioN III =
terial; Goa! to keep the fires going IN
ships at sea and ia me lurh&c,s tt
hundreds OF factories across the sea;
steel out Of watch 10 make arms and
ammunition bOtn here ana tneie:
rails for WORKOUT railways b.,ck u
the fighting fronts; locomotives and
rolling stock to take the place # those
every day going TO pieces: mules,
horses. cattle for labor and for MILL
tary service: everything with Wh.cl
the people OF Engiand ana France and
Italy and Russia usually have SupDn2d
1 -
men, the materials or the macAtnery
to make.
Il is evident to every thinking man
that our industry and On the Iarlns,
il the shipyard.. in tile mi2es, III re
factories. must be made more prolific
and more efficient than ever ana a
they must be more economically man
aged and b1tter adapted TO tie p r
ticllar requirements Of cur task t an
-, ,rtlg | ~
say is that the men and the me
who devote their tho1Sht ana lh"li
energy to these things will be sew
in% the country and coGductEg t.-e
light for peace ana +, al t. JUS -
truly and just as effective y IS tn
men on the battlefield or in { enc
cs. The industrial forces / the e IN
Try, men and women aux WI Pc
great national, Il great lie lIdi.aAe
service army--u n0lao, Q &ad Il o.e
host engaged il The #crTi & . i "a
ton and the world. ne efficient tric2 !.
and sayiDTs oi free re eve " or.
Thousands, nay hundreds q III u
sands. Ct men O.AcrW.@o lab t. mt-!-
1ary service viii Of rig ard o n2>eS-
Si1y be excused IrCia ,A~1 .G.NIcc al
assigned TO tie ruatam ia Il Il
ana mines, ana tIey wi! lie a n.u Il
part Of the great IA fi0tc iGrc ,..e
na.iGn IS the M ind 7 fl q.
Must Rave Food or En:er2risc Fails.
take the liberty, thtrofctc, o adj
dressing this WGrG 10 tie ia mCrS II
the country and 10 all who y k o.
the lalmS: The supreme need # cur
own nation and Cf Ia rs wi Il
w Itch VIC 2"c 60, par4l n, IS al anu :
dance ul supplies, aal especial y Fl
JOojstuis. Tie i2uGJ.t NC 0. n aI--
qu1te food supply, especially for tie
present year. IS sUpCr.uttYc. Without
abundant feed. H!.K@ Ter the a. m eS
ani the peoples nuW a var TIE " e
great cntcrp~i&c nfuu W.tch We have
embarked VIII b.. K GtWa &nd Ill.
Tie worlds ICud reserves are low.
Not only daring the present en-, gen
cy. but for some rim alter peJ,e SIall
have come, net cur own pop ana
IA large proportion Of the po~p,e II
Europe mast re2y upon the haiV SIS
America.
Upon the formers If tai; couHt"E,
fate OF the VIZ and fac t nc
nations. My the natl Il nj mt
upon them to omit 70 SIP th.t "
increase the pr&d&@tion 81 |, eli la"d
or that will brig "b2H. the N s:
effectual co-ope Al 81 in the 81 ma
distribution Of their prOaucta? TIE
time is short. 1t is Of the & t. I
imperative importance thai everEtui &
possible be done, and done lmmCd.-
ately, to make sure Of Large hllYe- $.
| call upon young men ana Oh a. ko
and upon the ab.e-bGdlet bty+ OF the