Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-16

 the forms. The supreme need of our nation and of the nations with which we are in keeping is an abundance of
 supplies and especially of foodstuffs.
 The importance of an adequate food supply, especially for the present year. is superlative. Without abundant food, alike for the armies and the people
 now at war, the whole great enterprise
 break down and fail. The worlds s food reserves are low. Not only dur ing the present emergency, but for some time after peace shall have come portion of the people of Europe must rely upon the harvests of America Up- on the farmers of this country, there
 fore, in large measure rests the fate Of the war and the fate of the nations. May the nation not count upon them to omit no step that will increase the production of their land or that will bring about the most effectual CO.,
 operation in the sale and distribution of their products2 The time is short.
 It is of the most imperative import
 ance that everything possible be done
 and done immediately to make sure
 of large harvests. I call upon young
 men and old alike and upon able act upon this dutyto turn in hosts to
 the farms and make certain that no pains and no labor is lacking in this great matter.
 T particularly appeal to the farm CTS of the south to plant abundant foodStuffs as well as cotton. They can show their patriotism in no bet ter or more convincing way than by resisting the great temptation of the present price of cotton and helping up- on a great scale. to feed the nation and
 the peoples everywhere who are fight ing for their liberties and for our own. visible mea sure of their comprehen- sion Of their national duty.
 Cooperation of Governments. The government of the United States and the governments of the sev- eEal states stands ready to cooperate. :. They will do everything possible to assist farmers in securing an adequate
 supply of seed, an adequate force of laborers when they are most needed, at harvest time and the means of ex- pediting shipments of fertilizers and farm machinery. as well as of the crops themselves when harvested The course of trade shall be as unhampered shall be no unwarranted manipulation Of the nations food supply by those who handle it on it's way to the con-
 sumner. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of a great democracy and we shall not fall short of it.
 Handling Our Foedstuffs. This, let me say to the middleman 1 of every sort. whether they are hand ling our foodstufrs or our raw materi- als of manufacture of the products of our mills and factories; the eyes of the country will be especially upon you. This is your opportunity for signal service efficient and disinterested. The country expects you. as it expects all others, to forego unusual profits. to organize and expedite shipments of supplies of every kind but especially of food, with an eye to the service you sa f,, sr-sk who enlist in the ranks. for their peo- pie, not for themselves. I shall con- fdently expect you to deserve and win the confidence of people of very sort and station.
 Much Rests Upon the Railways. 'To the men who run the railways of the country. whether they be man agerS or operative employees, let me say that the railways are the arteries ! Of the nations life and that upon them rests the responsibility of seeing to it those arteries suffer no obstruction of any kind. no inefficiency or slack ened power. To the merchant let me suggest the motto: Small profits and quick service and to the shipbuilders the thought that the life of the war war supplies must be carried across the seas no matter how many ships are sent to the bottom. The places of those that go down must be SUD- piled at once. To the miner let me say that he stands where the farmer does; the work of the world waits on him. If he slaclxens 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 process: and want only to remind his employ es that their service ois absolutely in- dispensable and is counted on by every man who loves the country and its liberties
 Wastefulness and Extravasanee. 'Iet me suggest also that everyone who creates or cnltivates garden helps, and helps greatly to solve the problem of the feeding of the nations: and that every housewife who practic- ranks of those who serve the nation This is the time fer America to cor rect Der SpzardonassA-f fss1t ksysstal