Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-04-02
no YOU ExPEOT TO EATi

Don't be alarmed-but please do be impressed
DO you expect to eat next Fall and Winter? II So
where do you expect TO get the victuas?
This is not a foolish question. It is put to You in
all sincerity and all solemnity
You expect TO earn money. OF course even II there
is war: or you expect the government to see that
money is your family in case you march away TO
fight
But money won't buy food II there isn't any food.
And we ask you 10 consider the possibility that there
may not be much food.
Because men are leaving the farms 70 work in fac
for greater pay and larger tracts Of land are
falling continually into disuse.
And because the farmer Is not getting his proper
share OF tho increased national wealth-because in
many cases he is not getting any share at all.
AS we'll 10 work the guns, this nation will
need men 10 tin the soil-for IN OF must
feed our allies in increasing measure we'll feed
ourselves.
II everybody is to eat our people should see to 1t
that very available Of ground IS used TO the best
advantage and allowed lay idle neither for lack Of
help lack OF machinery.
II Farmer Jones hasn't enough horses to plow his
land he must receive enough horses, and terms must
be found on which he get them without mortgagng
his future life and his hopes OF heaven
Chambers Of commerce bankers associations and
business in general being urged to SEQ that
the farms are properly manned Particularly is this
urging coming the biggest financial institution in
the United states-the National City Bank OF New
York
From the March letter OF this great bank, quote
! these sentences:
1.-THE time deal with next Winters food riots next
Winters proposals for embargo and other wild leg
slation and next Winters demands for higher wages
is now
1T would be well II a survey made this Spring
Of crop prospects IN every agricultural county of the
country.
'The question Of facilitating production comes down
at the situation each farmer; does he need
anything required for his work-seed a horse an i'm
plement, temporary assistance advice-which
a community organization might provide?
"If chambers OF commerce. bankers associations end
other local organizations OF business will take the
situation in hand in a formative way, they can do
to safeguard tho prosperity OF the country than
be done at this time by any other effort
There is no danger OF OVERRIDING production for the
largest possible crop in this country is certain TO bring
remunerative prices.
the war ends any time before the crop of 1919
is harvested there VIII be great demand from CEN
trail Europe for the crop OF 1917"
We suggest that labor unions may he able to help
in this crisis by offering cooperate with their local
chambers OF commerce in solving the problem farm
production perhaps by offering the services of their
unemployed members should there DO any as temper
AIRY agricultural laborers. guaranteeing them the
equivalent Of the wages they would otherwise make al
their trades.
And everybody else help. toby gardening II
back yards and vacant lots.
Cleveland drew a knife from his pocket
startled onookers with the cry. "They say I'm Ger
man spy-and I'm not" and then he sashed his throat
Boy page the little group OF Willful men
" You'd imagine the commander of tho Moewe 70 hav
a snappier than the Burgrave and Count vo
DONNA Schloden."
Did you ever stop 70 think that while the German
IA shortened their line, they shortened the enemy
y, line?
- Another revolution grows out OF the great war-Bri
!, ish Government says 10 favors votes for women
After all it isn't much that Uncle Sam needs me
rs that men need Uncle Sam.
b., They failed to make it Germerlca; they're tr
ing Germexico.