The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-19

the new labor reserve where most
needed. In the Kaw river valley and
other large potato growing areas, the
boy from the schools will meet the
labor problem by digging spuds.
Resolutions.
The war conference resolutions fol-
low:
This is the first war in which the
armies have not been able to live in
great part off the country in which
the war is being waged. In conse-
quence this is primarily war of peo-
pies rather sthan of armies. Next in
importance to the successful organiza-
ton and handling of the army is
the proper organization and conduct of
the industries relating to the war. In
the administration of the selective
draft law in the first call too little at
tention was given to the selective fea-
ture, resulting in a DISCRIMINATION,
to a considerable extent, not alone of
the recognized war industries but of
the agricultural and livestock indus
try on which the peoples and the arm
les must in the last analysis depend.
In the call soon to be made it is
recommended to the war department
that selections for military service be
made with due regard to the need of
expert help in all these industries AS
a further measure of relief to the agri-
cultural and livestock situation it is
urged that a systematic effort be made
to secure the return to the soil of men
trained to that employment, who are
now resident in urban communities, to
the end that every man who is able
and experienced be employed in some
productive capacity.
We commend the decision of Walter
P. Innes. state food administrator, to
add to local price regulating commit
tees representatives of the producing
and consuming classes, in order that
this important matter may not be left
in the hands exclusively of men en-
gagged in distribution.
Retention of Well Bred Stock.
We encourage the efforts being
made toward stabilizing of prices for
the benefit both of the producer and
the consumer. aPrticular1y do we
urge the stabilizing of markets, as a
stimulus to increased beef and pork
production. To the same end, we urge
the retention in the country of all
well-bred breeding stock.
We commend the patriotic efforts
off citizens, particularly the house
wives of the state, in the direction of
food conservation, not alone because
of the saving of food but also because
of the habits of thrift thus developed,
and this saving can be made doubly
effective by the investment of sums
thus saved in thrift stamps and liberty
bonds.
We recommend the organization of
home guards for the protection of
life and property within the state and
we earnestly urge that all citizens give
their united and enthusiastic support
toward the maintenance of the Kansas
home guards.
In the effort to speed up industry
and bring the best efforts of all our
citizenship to the successful prosecu-
ton of the war, the schools should not
DE overlooked. We suggest to the
school authorities the ACCESSIBILITY of
holding school sessions six days of the
week, instead of five, and for a longer
period during the day for the school
children, who have reached an age,
where they may have a part in indus
try and the intensive training of the
older students for useful labor, fol-
lowing the close of such schools m
the spring.
Loyalty of Germans Here
We believe that the vast majority
of our citizens of German descent are
loyalty behind the government in the
| war and we appreciate the splendid
efforts of many of them in the war
work activities. but we suggest that it
would contribute to a better under
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