The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-16

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The lull text of the appeal follows
MY FelloW-Countrymen:
Nhe entrance OF our beloved country
into the grim and terrible war for dem
ocracy and human rights creates so
many problems OF national life ana ac-
ton which call Tor Immediate consid-
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These are the things we must do
and do we'll, besides fighting the
| things without which mere fighting
would be fruitless:
We must supply not only abundant
food for ourselves, our armies and
our seamen, but also for large part
Of the nations with whom We nov
have made common cause.
We must supply ships by the hun
dreds out of our ship yards to carry
to the other side of the sea, submar
ines or no submarines, what will every
day be needed there and abundan
materials out OF our fields and ou
mines and our factories with whicl
mot only to clothe ana equip our owl
forces on land and sea, nut also e
clothe and equip our people for whom
. the gallant fellows under arms can NJ
longer work. to help clothe and eQuil
the armies with which We are cooper
, ating in Europe and to keep the loom
and manufactures there in raw ma
r terials. coal to keep the fires gOinl
{ In ships at sea and in the furnace
of hundreds OF factories across On,
sea; steel out Of which to make arm
Iand ammunition both here and there
. rails for worn out railways back O
/, the fighting forces: locomotives an,
B rolling stock to take the place Of thos,
- every day going to pieces. mules
, horses. cattle for labor and militar
, service; everything with which tl
. lppop'c of England and France AM
! Italy and Russia have usually supple
, themselves. but can not now anor
the men. the materials or the machir
cry to make.
, Industries Must De More Prolific.
4, Il Is evident TO every thinking ma
that our industries must be- made NOR
-. IprOliGc and more efficient than eve
and they must be- more economical
. managed and better adapted 20 th
/ particular requirements of our tls
d. than they have been; and what
, want TO say is that the men and won
, on who devote their thought and thei
, energy to these things VIII be- scryiu
the country and conducting the frt
for peace and freedom just as trul
land just as efficiently as the men o
thc battlefield or in the trenches. TN
industrial forces of the country. me-
land women alike win bc @ crclt %.
tonal, @ great international seruc
,army q notable and houorcd host cf
gagged iu the service of the nation am
, the world, the efficient friends an
! .ayior- of free men everywhere.
take the liberty. therefore. OF nd
dressing this word 90 the farmers q
the country aud TO an who work o
u the farms: The supreme need of on
own nation and of the nations wit
which We are cooperating Is am ahur
dance OF supplies and especially q
q, toodsluns. Without abundant food
alike for the armies and the peoplc
nov at war the whole great outcrprs
upon which We have embarked Wil
{ break down and tall The worlds ZOO
reserves are low
Not only during the present cmol
. roncN but for some time after pcac