Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-04-19
Governor Emanuel L. Philip Urges
Everyone to Join in Producing
All From the Soil of Wisconsin
That is Possible
ADVISES ON SHORTAGE
OF SEED, If IT EXISTS
Recommends People of Cities and
Villages Plant Literally of Veg
etables to Protect Against High
Prices

Ia so much as our country is now
engaged in a war with the centrsM
| powers of Europe, the possible mag
nitude Of which we must not under
estimate, feel it my duty to call the
attention of the people of the State
Of Wisconsin to the sacrifices that we
must make and the responsibilities
that we must assume ia order THAI
we may fully cooperate with the ma
] tional government in upholding the
! arms of cur nation. Whatever disa-
greement there may have been abojA
the necessity er advisability Of en-
gaging the war is new thing of the
past War is upon us and / call upon
! every citizen of the state of Wis
consin to aid in the preparations that
must be made to meet every emery
ency and to enable eur state to dc
it's full share, in the support of our
government.
i Military preparations must of re
cessity be controlled by the United
States government. We shall be
called upon to provide eur quota Of
troops, and | feel confident that Wis
consin's sons will respond to the call
of the president of the United States
willingly and promptly and with the
same spirit Of patriotism that has
characterized our soldiers in the wars
of former years.
| Soldiers alone cannot carry on a
: war successfully. Battles cannot be
won with empty eommissaries. Troops
must be equipped Armies must be
fed. No soldier can endure the
j hardships of a campaign unless he is
properly nourished. 1t is with view
of awakening our civilian population
to full realization OF their duty in
the present situation, therefore, that
I address this message to the people
of Wisconsin.
important Problem
The most important problem that
confronts us now, and which must be
met in no uncertain way, is to pro-
vide supply of food. The high cost
of living has been a source of com
plant in our industrial centers for
more than two years. The available
stocks of food have been gradually
depleted until we find ourselves prac-
tically without any surplus in our
own country, and an absolute short
age seems to exist all over Europe.
The price of some commodities, be-
cause of this shortage, has risen SO
high as to place them ont of reach of
the masses of the people.
To add to the seriousness Of the
situation is the fact tAat the South
American grain crop is partial fail
ure and that vast acreage of wheat
in our own country has been winter
killed. In the Canadian northwest
there exists a shortage of labor, which
will materially reduce che acreage OF
wheat in that section. The fact that
we shall enlist a large army Of able
bodied young men and take them out
of production, coupled with the fur
Their fact that large numbers Of la
boring men will be required in the
a. &hn
tions and other supplies for our army,
may produce a similar shortage of
labor in our agricultural districts.
I regard this as a serious situa-
ton, particularly in view of the fact
that we must feed an army in addi-
ton to our industrial population, and
also provide food supplies to the pee
pie of Europe with whom we are up
on friendly terms.
In view of the foregoing, it is per
fectly apparent that the man who
works with a hoe will be a patriot in
the service of his country, and urge
all who are able to work to contrib
ute their part in the production OF
food, to the end at least that none
shall contribute less than is required
for their own support. What the
| country will need most are these plain
! articles of food: meat, potatoes and
hcereals for bread.
Plant, Plant, Plant
4 T urge every farmer in the state Of
/ Wisconsin who has suitable land, to
l olans enough wheat 10 pro6aes the
four necessary for his own use, and
! surplus II possible. arge that no