The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-31
PRESIDENT TELLS
FARMERS TO HELP
BY RAISING FOOD
This Year viii Tell Supremacy
Of Opponents in War; =
GOVERNMENT HELPS THEM
Agriculture Department Bends
Every Effort in Aiding,

N'NlI AllNlN W. Ilhllbt
WASHINGTON. Ian " -- To tho
farmers ol the United State, President
Wilson today sent message In which
hr called attention 10 the counifys
need NJ their assistance during the
coming scar IN winning the war The
message was sent through the iarm-
rrH conference. being held al the Uni
,ef,lly oi lllnui, at Urbana
At the outset Of his message, the
president declared that the farmers
will realize that the eliminating
etisi1 Of the struggle has come and
that the achievements Of this year
on one ,ids or the other must de-
teTmine the issue"
The presidents message said
u am very sorry. indeed, that | cam
not be present in person at the Uf-
bana conference but in the circum-
stances, Il has seemed impossible for
ms TO be- present and therefore ! can
only send you a very earnest message
expressing my interest and the thoughts
which SAfh conference must bring
prominently into every mind.
We Face Great Task
~ need not tell YOU. for | am sure
YOU realize a. keenly as | do that we
arc, aS nation, In the presence Of
great task which demand, supreme sac
riiicc and cndeayor OF every one Of u,,
We can give everything that Is needed
with the .gfrsieh willingness and even
satisfaction because the object Of the
war in which We are engaged Is the
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world from being determined and the
fortunes OF men everywhere being at
fected by small groups OF military
masters who seek their own interest
and the selfish domination throughout
the world Of the governments they un-
happily for the moment control.
All Know what Caused War.
You will not need 10 he convinced
that It was necessary for Us as free
people 10 take part in this war. IL
had raised It's evil hand against us.
The rulers OF Germany had sought 10
exercise their power IN such a way as
To shut off our economic life so far az
our intercourse with Europe was con-
ccrncd and to cUniinc our people with
IN the western hemisphere while they
accomplished purposes which would
have permanently impaired aud imped-
ed every process OF our national life
and have put the fortunes OF America
at the mercy OF the imperial govern
mcnt OF Germany \
This was no threat. II had become
a reality Their hand Of violence had
been laid upon our own people and our
own property in flagrant violation not
only pf justice, but OF the well recog-
nlled and long standing covenants OF
International law and treaty. We are
fighting, therefore, az truly for the
liberty OF and Seli-goverument OF the
United States as II the war OF our own
revolution had to be fought over again.
and every man in every business In the
United States must know by this time
that his whole future fortune lies in
the balance
What II We Lost
"Our national life and our whole eco
nomlc development will pass under the
sinister influence Of foreign, control u
we did not win We must win, there
fore, and we shall win | need not ask
you TO pledge your lives and fortunes
with those Of the rest of the nation to
the accomplishment Of that great end.
"luu will realize, an | think states
men ON both sides Of the water realize,
that the eliminating crisis of the strug-
gle has come and that the achieve
mentS Of this year on the one side or
the other, must determine the issue.
II has turned out that the forces
that fight for freedom, the freedom
Of men all over the world, as well
as our own, depended upon us in
an extraordinary and unexpected
degree of sustenance for the sup
ply Of the materials by which men
are to live and to fight and Il will
be our glory when the war Is over
that we have supplied those ma
teriSls and supplied them abund-
antly and II will be all the more
glory because in supplying them
we have made our supreme effort
and sacrifice.
IN the field Of agriculture, we have
agencies aud instrumentalities, fortu-
latcly such as no other government IN
he world can show, The department
If agriculture is undoubtedly the great
st practical and scientific agricultural
organization in the world.
Farmers Can Get Money.
The banking legislation Of the last
wo or three years has given the iatn,ers
access to the great lendable capital ci
The country and ii has become the dusy
both of the men in charge Of the teoeFa
reserve banking system and Of the hf9
loan banking system to see 10 4 that