The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04

most eftectual cooperation Tn the sale and distribution of their products ? The time is short. It is of the most imperative importance that every thing possible be done and done im- mediately to make sure of large harv- ests. I call upon young men and old alike and upon the able-bodied boys of the land to accept and act upon this duty,-to turn in hosts to the farms and make certain that no pains and no labor is lacking in this great mat ter.
 I particularly appeal to the farmers of the South to plant abundant food stuffs as we'll as cotton They can show their patriotism in no better or more convincing way than by resist ing the great temptation of the pres ent price of cotton and helping, help ing upon a great scale, to feed the nation and the peoples everywhere who are fighting for their liberties and for our own. The variety of their crops will be the visible measure of their comprehension of their national duty.
 The Government of the United States and the governments of the several States stand ready to cooper ate. They will do everything possible to assist farmers in securing an ad- equate supply of seed, an adequate force of laborers when they are most needed, at hervest time, and the means of expediting shipments of fertilizers and farm machinery, as we'll as of the crops themselves when harvested. The course of trade shall be as unhamp- cred as it is possible to make it and there shall be no unwarranted mani pulation of the nations food supply by those who handle it on it's way to the consumer. This is our opportunity to demonstrate the efficiency of great Democracy and we shall not fail short of it!
 This let me say to the middlemen of every sort, whether they are hand ling our food stuffs or our raw mate rials 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 servcie, efficient and disinter- ested. The country expects you, as it expects all others, to forego unusual profits, to organize and expedite ship ments 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 them selves. I 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 agers or operative employees, let me say that the railways are the arteries of the nations life and that upon them rest the immense responsibility of seeing to it that those arteries suf- fer no obstruction of any kind, no in- efficiency or slackened power. To the merchant let me suggest the motto, Small profits and quick service;" and to the shipbuilder the thought that the life of the war depends upon him. The food and the war supplies must be carried across the seas no matter how many ships are sent to the bot tom. 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 farmer does: the work of the world waits on him. If he slackens or fails, armies and states men 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 I want only to remind his employees that their service is absolutely indis- pensable and is counted on by every man who loves the country and its liberties.
 Let me suggest, also that everyone who creates or cultivates a garden helps greatly, to solve the problem of the feeding of the nations; and that every housewife who practices strict economy puts herself in the ranks Of those who serve the nation. This is the time for America to correct her unpardonable fault of wastefulness