Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-04-21

dressing this word to the farmers OF
the country and to all who work Oh
the farms: The supreme need of oui
own nation and of the nations with
which we are cooperating is an abun
dance of supplies, especially food
stuffs The importance of an ade.
quate food supply, especially for the
present year is superlative. Without
abundant food, alike for the army and
the people now at war, the whole
great enterprise upon which we have
embarked will break and fall The
worlds food reserves are low.
Not only during the present emer-
gency but for some time after peace
shall have come, both our own people
anad a large proportion of the people
of Europe must rely upon the har
vests in America Upon the farmers
of this country, therefore, in large
measure, rests the fate of the war and
the fate of the nations. May the ma
ton not count upon them to omit no
step that will increase the production
of their own land or that will bring
about the most effectual cooperation
in the sale and distribution of their
food products? The time is short. 1t
is of the most tremendous importance
that everything possible be done and
done Immediately TO make sure oi
large harvests. | call upon young
men and old alike and upon the able
bodied boys of the land to act upon
this duty--to turn in hosts to the
arms and make certain that no pains
and no labor is lacking the great
matter.
Il particularly appeal TO the farm
ers OF the south to send abundant
.oodstuffs as well as cotton. They
can show their patriotism in no better
or more convincing way than by re
sisting the great temptation OF the
present price of cotton and helping
upon d great tNdiC " iSNh INV h"ttSt
and the peoples everywhere who are
lighting for their liberties and for oui
men The variety Of their crops viii
be the visible measure of their com |
prehenson of their national duty.
The government of the United |
States and the government of the |
several States stand ready to coop |
crate. They will do everything pos
sible to assist farmers in securing an |
adequate supply of seed. an adequate
force OF laborers when they are mos
needed at harvest time and the mean
of expediting shipments of fertilizers |
and farm machinery "a well as OF the |
crops themselves when harvested |
The course OF trade shall be as unlIam
pered as il is possible to make it, and |
there shall be no unwarranted manip- |
uation OF the nations food supply by |
those who handle il on its way to the !
consumer. This is our opportunity |
70 demonstrate the efficiency of the |
gre,.t democracy, and we shall not fall
short of it,
This let me say to the middlemen |
of every sort. whether they are hand.
ling our foodstuffs or our raw materi- |
ais OF manufacture or 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 disinter
ested. The country expects you, as
it expects all others, to forego un
usual profits to organize and expedite |
shipments OF supplies OF every kind |
but especially OF food, with an eye |
to the service you are rendering and |
in the spirit OF those who enlist in !
the ranks for their people, not for |
themselves. | shall confidently expect |
you to deserve and win the confidence
of people OF every sort and station,
"To the men who run the railways |
of the country. whether they be man
ayers or operative employees, let me
say that the railroads are the arteries
Of the nations life, and that upon them |
rests the immense responsibility of
seeing to it that these arteries suffer
no obstruction OF any kind, no inefh
cheney or slackened power
"To the merchant let me Suggest
the motto, Small profits and quick
service and to the ship builder the
thought that the life of the war de
pends 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 go down must be supplied
and supplied at once, To the miner
let me say that he stands where the