The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-05-04
President Wilson'S
Appeal To The People

gency but for some time after peace
shall have come, both our own peo-
pie and a large proportion OF the
people Of Europe must rely upon the
harvests of America. Upon the farm
ers of this country, therefore. in
large measure, rests the fate of the
war and the fate of the nation. May
the nation not count upon them to
omit no step that will increase the
production OF their own land or that
will bring about the most effectua!
cooperation in the sale and distri-
button of their food products? The
time is short 1t is of the most ire
mendous importance that everything
possible be done and immediate
ly to make sure of large harvests. |
call upon young men and old alike
and upon able bodied boys of the
land to act upon this duty-to turn
in hosts to the farm and make GER
tain that no pains and no labor is
lacking in the great matter.
II particularly appeal to the farm
ers of the south to send abundant
foodstuffs 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 prices of cotton and helping
upon a great scale to feed the nation
and the peoples everywhere who are
fighting for their liberties and fo1
our men. The variety of their crops
will be the visabe measure of their
comprehension of national duty.
1.-The government of the United Stat
es and the government of the sew
eral states stand ready to cooperate
They will do everything possible to
assist farmers in securing an ade-
quate supply of seed, an adequate
force of laborers when they are most
needed at harvest time and the means
of eXpediting shipments of fertilizers
and farm machinery as well 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 man
ipulation of the nations food supply
by those who handle it on its way to
the consumer. This is our opportun-
ity to demonstrate the efficiency OF
the great democracy and we shall
= not fall short of it.
n This let me say to the middlemeI
h of every sort, whether they are hand
}, ling our foodstuffs or our raw ma
: terials of manufacture or the pro
II duets of the mills and factories. TIL,
e eyes of the country will be especial,
# upon you. This is your opportunit
D.; for signal service, efficient and disin
d terested. he country expects you, a
Is 1t expects all others,to forego unusua
e profits to organize and expedite ship
d ments of supplies of every kind bu
If especially of food. with an eye to tn
); service you are rendering and in tn
ID spirit of those who enlist in the rank
h for their people, not for themselve.
e, | shall confidently expect you to d.
D. serve and win the confidence of tn
f. people of every sort and station.
he ITO the men who run the railwa,
OF the country, whether they be MAJ
IN ayers or operative employees, let m
p say that the railroads are the arteri,
IS, of the nations life, and that upo
re them rests the immense responsible
ey ity of seeing to it that these aretri,
eu suffer no obstruction of any kind, I
al inetiiciency or slackened power
ey ITO the merchant let me sugge
ay the motto, Small profits and uui,
le- service and to the shipbuilder Il
gy thought that the life of the war d
ne ponds upon him. The food and L
or war supplies must be carried aero
hu the seas no matter how many shi
ne are sent to the bottom The places
those that go down must be suppli
IN and supplied at once. To the min
let me say that he stands where t
nal farmer does: The work of the wo,
ed waits on him If he slackens or fai
IA armies and statesmen are helple
sh' He also is enlisted in the great s.
ry- vice army. The manufacturer dt
OF not need to be told, hope, that I
10 nation looks to him to see and D
ne Get every process: and l want only
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