Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1917-09-27

raetors IN Economic cfisIg-hppesl
for oopefumsnt bgtlon.
G0Yanet FOB eHagHHa HE
fh8Uefs III 8ufdna mnpif iWdin n
fHfm UGier4Ha md competent i0ftI
lnbor b WrWllf neeeH af} ~ mig
c0gufrys future participation ~ lhf
STR. deeigfe ~ mnnHHoinfera ~
tngmiue lDola apd machinery - ne
United sfafe8 1his HniH uHai bh 10
medlaie and Hdio9t tle9 aa Or ~
1918 the lnfed States wlil fniI ~ pfo
diiee f0hdwHHa ueeeasarY ~ FEED lfF
eipl popnIh ron " our ulles nnd 20
keep The allied armies ia fialnin9 iffin
This declt raflou II made 10 q pubic
statement rs no SaiIouai Implement
md Velile AaA01alIon. whose nte1
hers manufacture m9stof thp tautpf
Implement used ~ and exported from
the Lniied statcs n llic A#pcla
Tons answer ~ a. Nnsious lnguitS
about reports If Il prospective itulif.
meui shortage addressed ~ y ~ belhlt
NJ HE couutrYs fnfmina Interests ~
IS sG0yernor W. - fiaam ~ Wisnot
sin one 81 lhe leuarra ~ American hR
ricuIlure aud publisher u lieada
Dniryinnn The statement wlnfh ~
signed by chn1ca y lirhnllnelmn,
Chnirnan 1T the Aasocinlona E&ecu.
tive Committee snYH
Unless prompt action y lnkeh ~
ihe Government. or country Wlll mike
lie snne mialses thu bnve fe3hll
cd Ia compelling our Aiiica A. ~
penl 10 ~ 10 eayh tlieln from talpihe
tinlesn wn protect the pfodnetiGa ~
lpiorstalnR fnrp machinery nnd he
supply If skilled farm labor We. TOO.
must sooo face u shrinkage Of food
eHpplles.
Without such notion ~ IA here sue
Rested ana arged, HE fnrmtis ~
lie United States VIII not hive enough
anchinea or men IN 1913 90 meet The
demands upon them.
1--WE nrr now confronted by shortages
OF raw material and factory labor I'M
viii begin 10 be manifest IN shoflagsa
of certain lines ~ farm machinery This
fall and will result III serious shortages
In mnny vital limos next year, stocks
on hand Ia Important kinds Of tools
and machines are smaller ihnn Ia nor.
rinl years, because OF cartier scarcity
OF factory labor and n rnpldly tighten
INK scarcity Of all raw uatprnlA,
Farmers have deferred during the
last three years The replacing 81 OLD
and bndly worn tools and mnohiiva,
Now, confronted by the practical Ger
tniuty fllnt he war N 10 continue In
definitely with attendant assurance of
iluuvy dcmnnd aud high prices for MI
their products aud hy IN Inevitable
shortage OF farm labor they cannot pllt
OFT longer replneemonla Of worn oul
machines aud The additions to elulI
ment necessary 70 Increase hcrnnHe
aud production,
III IL also essential In meeting Tie
demand OF the farmers for implements
that there shall be preference N lrnhA
portntion for raw materials 10 the fno
tories aud for finished goods from the
factories 20 the farms,
"tor the Inst ton yenrg fnrih lnbVi
has been more aud more difficult to
secure. and now with an enormous In
crensc IN tho demand for labor IA mu'
nifiona factories, aud the Withdrawal
OF mnpy young men from productive
occupations. there In bound TO be .
shortage ~ farm labor such a. this
country hna neyer known, In Kansas
nlune vast number Of fertile acres on
which the wheat crop failed VIII liz
idle this summer, chiefly for lack ~
labor aud partly through lack OF ma
chimes 10 renlnnt 20 corn
we regard Il ~ Vital 70 keep on the
firms the men now there who know
the huAlruas, especially Tire men
trained /. the use Of lnhar'vnvlng ma
choery. M would be wus'Nful and
foolish to M, them 10 mud nf'efwafd
try to repli.c,, them with unAkllled men'
1--WE geek 90 advantage fov our In
duatry over any other, nnt we realise
and we want the public TO realize that
without Tins product aud without auf'
llcient lahor the farmers of the United
states cannot Increase or even maln'
tain their production Of fuuslAtuifh npSI
yunr. 10 avert the calamity TINT nuch
condition viii surely produce, our IN
tluxtry aud the farming Industry whlrl
Il chiefly supports muat be put upon
the same preferred haals ne the making
OF war munitions, even II other lnAs
vital Industries suffer thereby for ma
tslins aud men.
"IheHr are the measures thar W. dc
clare to hy vital 10 the feeding q th''
ualion nnd liz nllles next sear
u. That the manufactures Of far'u
phssrlais b. given eaunl nrsfsfenss
With tlas nnAnfaeluFe OF Nnf mum
tInns ns feglraa uullpilaa 81 nveeaaaf,
raw materials.
~. Iha, service 10 The vvunirN y
fnum ,naehlnes factories he enuel'l
cred III Nulnl lupnstunee with Aetsies
il muntllln maisllfs planis. siossV's
rsns IL p'isass'