Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-05-02

"uoIo great enterprise upon Wntoh
We have embarked will break down
and fail. The worlds food reserves
are low. Not only during tho present
but for some time after
peace shall have come both our own
people and large proportion Of the
people Of Europe must rely upon the
In America. Upon the farm.
ers Of this country, therefore, In large
measure, rests the fate Of the war and
the fate Of tho nations. May the ma.
ton not count upon them to omit no
step that will increase the production
Of their land or that will bring about
the most effectuai cooperation in the
sale and distribution Of their pro-
ducts? The time Is short. It 10 Of the
most imperative importance that ev-
erything possible be done and done
Immediately to make sure Of large
! call upon young men and
old men alike and upon tho able-bod-
led 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.
particularly appeal to the farmers
of the South to plant abundant food
stuffs az we'll az 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 great scale, to feed the
nation and the people 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 sew
eral States stand ready to cooperate.
They will do everything possible to as
sist farmers In securing an adequate
supply Of seed, an adequate force Of
iaborers 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 az unham-
pered as it is possible to make It and
there shall be no unwarranted manip-
uIation Of the nations food supply by
those who handle it on its way to the
consumer. This lis our opportunity to
demonstrate the efficiency Of a great
Democracy and we shall not fall short
of it!
This let me say to the middIemen Of
every sort, whether they are handling
our food stuffs or our raw materials
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
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 peo-
Pile, not for themselves. shall con-
fidentIy 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 manag'
ers 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 See
ing to it that those arteries suffer no
obstruction Of any kind, no inefficiency
or slackened power. To the merchant
let me suggest the motto, "Sma'I pro-
fits and quick service;" and to the
shipbuiIder the thought that the life
of the war depends upon him. The
food land the war supplies must be
carried across the seas no matter how
many ships are sent to the bottom.
The places Of those that 90 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 awaits on him. If he slack
ems or fails, armies and statesmen are
helpless. He also is enlisted in the
great Service Army. The manufactur
er does not need to be told, I hope
! that, the nation looks to him to speed
and perfect every process; and ] want
only to remind his employees thai
their service is absolutely indespens
able and is counted on by every mar
who loves the country and its !iber
ties.
| Let me suggest, also, that everyone
who creates or cuItivates a garder
helps, and helps greatly, to solve thu
problem of the feeding Of the nations
and that every housewife who prac
tees strict economy puts herself In TIL
ranks Of those who serve the nation
This is the time for America to cor
rect her objectionable fault Of waste
fitness and extravaganza. Let ever.
man and every woman assume tn
duty of careful, provident use and e>
penditure as public duty, as die
tate Of patriotism which no one cal
now expect ever to be excused or FOL
given for ignoring.
kA~A All o$4 NJ n
the needs Of the nation and Of tn
world in this hour Of supreme crisi
may stimulate those to whom it come
and remind all who need reminder
the solemn duties Of time such a
the world has never seen before, ] be-
that all editors and publishers every
where will give as prominent pubIics
ton and as wide circulation as poi
sjble to this appeal. ! venture to sue
oest, also, to all advertising agencie
that they would perhaps render YER
! substantial and timely service to tn
country If they would give it wide
spread repetition. And | hope tina
cieraymen will not think the theme Q
it an unworthy or inappropriate sui
iect of comment and homily fror
their pulpits.
THE SUPREME TEST OF TIL
NATION HAS COME. We MUS
ALL SPEAK, ACT, AND SERVE TC
GEThER!-WOOD WILSON,.
F Miss Ina Brynildson of Willmar wi
make her last visit to Litchfield mex
: week. She has had classes in must
in this city for some time and has bee
: very successful teacher: With he
T parents she expects soon to leave fo
!, Los Angeles, California, to make he