The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-04-20

after peace shall have come both
our own people and a large proper
ton of the people of Europe must rely
upon the harvests 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 nations not count
upon them to omit no step that will
increase the production of their land
fectual cooperation in the sale and
distribution of their products. The
time is short. 1t is of the most impera-
tive Importance that everything pos
sible be done and done Immediately
to make sure of large harvests. call
upon young men and old alike and up
on the able bodied boys of the land to
accept and act upon this duty-to turn
in hosts to the farms and make GER
tain that TO pains and no labor is lack
ing in this great matter.
81 particularly appeal to the far
mers of TIE south to plant abundant
foodstuffs IS well as cotton. They can
more conVir cling way than by resist
ing the great temptation of the pres
ent price of cottCns and helping, help
ing upon a great scale, to feed the ma
ton and the peoples everywhere, who
are fightin~ or their liberties and for
our own. Tho variety of their crops
will he tire visible maa sure Of their
comprehensive Of their national duty.
Duty to Foreoo Large Profits.
"The government of the United
States and the governments of the sew
eral states stand ready to cooperate.
They Will do everything possible to
assist farmers in securing an adequate
supply Of seed, an adequate force of
laborers when they are most needed
at harvest time and the means of ex-
pediting shipments Of fertilizers and
farm machinery, as we'll as of the
crops themselves when harvested. The
course of trade shall be as unhamper-
ed as it is possible to make it and
there shall be no unwarranted manip-
ulation of the nations food supply by
consumer.
''This is our opportunity to demon
strate the efficiency of a great
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 mater
ials 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 sig
nal service, efficient and disinterested
The country expects you, as it expects
all others, to forego unusual 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.
'T shall confidently expect you to
deserve and win the confidence of peo-
pie 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 railways 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 inef-
ficiency or slackened power
Housewives Can Help.
"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 de-
ponds upon him. The food and the
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 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 manu-.
facturer docs 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 it's lib
critics.
"Let me suggest also that every one
who creates or cultivates a garden
helps, and helps greatly, to solve the
problem of the feeding of the nations
and that every housewife who prac-
tees strict economy puts herself in
the ranks of those who serve the ma,
ton. This is the time for America to
correct her objectionable fault of
wastefulness and extravaganza. Let
every man and every woman assume
the duty of careful, provident use and
expenditure as a public duty, as a die
tate of patriotism which no one can
now expect to be excused or forgiven
for ignoring.