The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-20

men. the materials or the machinery
to make.
1T is evident to every thinking man
that our industries, on the farms, Ill
the ship yards, in the mines, in the
factories, must be made more prolific
and more efficient than ever, and that
they must be more economically NAH
aged and better adapted to the partic-
ular requirements Of our task than
they have been, al what l want to,
say is that the mer. and the Women
who devote their thought and their
energy to these things will be serving
the country and conducting the fight
for peace and freedom just as truly
and lust as effectively as the men on
the battlefield or in the trenches. The
industrial forces of the country, men
and women alike, will be a great ma
tional. a great industrial service army
and noble and honored host engaged
in the service of the nation and the
world, the efficient friends and sa-
yiors of free men everywhere. Thous-
ands, nay hundreds of thousands, OF
men otherwise liable to military SER
vice will of right and of necessity be
excused from that service and assign
ed to the fundamental, sustaining
work of the fields and factories and
mines, and they will be as much part
of the great patriotic forces OF the
nation as the men under fire.
Speaks to Farmers.
II take the liberty, therefore, Of ad-
dressing these words to the farmers
of the country and to all who work on
the farms: The supreme need OF our
own nation and of the nations with
which we are operating is an abun-
dance of supplies and especially OF
foodstuffs. The Importance OF an ade-
quate food supply, especially for the
present war, is superlative. Without
abundant food, alike for the armies
and the peoples now at war, the whole
great enterprise upon which We nave
embarked will break down and fail.
The worlds food reserves are Low.
Not only during the present emerse1-
CIV but for some time after peace shall
have come both our own people and
a large proportion Of the people OF
Europe must rely upon the harYests
in America. Upon the farmers OF tAis
country, therefore, in large measure
rests the fate of the war and tAe late
of the nations. May the nation not
count upon them to omit no step that
will increase the production OF their
land or that will bring about the most
effectual cooperation in the sale ana
distribution of their products. The
time is short. 1t is OF the most i'm
perative Importance that everything
possible be done and done lmmed!-
ately to make sure of large harvests.
| call upon young men and old alike
and upon the ablebodied 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 matter.
81 particularly appeal to the farm
ers OF the South to plant abundant
foodstuffs as well as cotton. They
can show their patriotism in no bet
ter or more convincing way than by
resisting the great. temptation of the
present price of cotton and helping.
helping upon a great scale, to feed
the nation and the peoples every.
where who are fighting for their lib
critics and for our own. The variety
of their crops will be the visible
measure of their comprehension OF
their national duty.
: ssThe 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 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 we'll
as of the crops themselves when har-
vested. The course of trade shall be
: as unhampered as it is possible to
make it and there shall be no unwar-