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ders may be sustained on the battle
front.
He said in part: .r
There has never been any great
achievement in the world except by
sacrifice, blood and tears. The PHI.
grim fathers who fled from England
to Holland, from Holland to the bleak
savage shores of the new world sacri-
feed for the ideals OF liberty and
truth. OF our three million Americans
dwelling In this country at the time
of the Revolutionary War, only three
Thousand heroes stayed with Wash
ington lat Valley Forge during that
dark winter of Encouragement, SUI
ferings with cold and hunger, and
wounds in order that you and might
have country and flag.
~ CO.. Why We Fight
To-day we are called upon to make
sacrifices for the winning of a war
in which the whole world is engaged
we are fighting not only because
American ships have been sunks and
American citizens drowned by the
ruthless warfare of the submarine. but
we are fighting becauseEthe conscience
of our people had beenSstirred by the
brutal attack of Austris upon Serbia.
the INSCRIPTIONS assault {of Germany
upon Belgium, and tho horrible mas
sacre Of eight hundred thousand lib
erty.loving Armenians Sbys the Turks,
and their German officers. Almost
the whole Armenian nation has beer
blotted out because they stood In the
way OF the kaisers dream Of an en-
piro stretching from Berlin to Bag
dad. - '..H. 'G,@t e.. ..rt .
1--WE are fighting because no nation
has a right to trample upon weake,
peoples nor wantonly to attack it,
neighbor states We are fighting tc
make the world not only safe for de
mocracy but safe for; humanity. We
are fighting in order that all nations
may have the right to freedom and
self.expression. We are fighting to
put down international lawlessness
and to win international disarmament,
arbitration and lasting peace
,EsGsH% Situation Serious ~ +: s..
e't'''The war situation at present, is .
serious one. Germany has conquered
nearly the whole of Belgium, some OF
the best lands in France, has con.
quered Serbia, Roumania and Monte.
negro, has put Russia out Of the war
BY her spies and gold and unscrupu'
lous intrigue, and has made terrific
drive upon Italy, II she can break
through the lines of heroes on the
western front, the war may be. carried
to our own Atlantic sea board
. zone Of the biggest factors, and
perhaps the deciding factor in this
war, is the question Of food.
In times of Peace Germany pro-
duced four-fifths of her own food sup.
plies, while England produced only
one.fifth, France one-half Belgium
one.tenth and Italy two-thirds of the
amount necessary for their people
The seas are sown with German sub.
marines, and it is easier for Germany
to starve our allies and our own sol
diers at the front, than 1t Is for us to
= starve Germany Germany may be
hungry but she will not starve. I'm
der normal conditions, before the war
the allied nations were compelled to
import an average Of forty per cent OF
their food supply. Since the war com
menced their production of food has
very greatly decreased. The farms OF
France are producing barely half as
much today as they were producing
in the year 1918.
1--WE have an enormous corn crop in
this country, the largest that we have
ever had. Often the question Is asked
why we do not send Europe corn, OF
when we have an abundant supply
instead of wheat, since we have only
wheat enough for the average con
sumption Of our own people in nor
NAL times. The answer to this ques
ton Is that corn meal is not stable
meal; It will not stay good more than
,atfew days and will. not stand ship
ping across the sea. II we were to
ship corn we should. have to ship it in
the grain and there are no mills on
the other side suitable for grinding
corn. Even If mills should be built
for this purpose, there is the further
difficulty that the women Of Europe
have neither the knowledge to make
corn bread nor the equipment in their
kitchens with which to cook it. The
women Of America, in colonial. days,
made all of their soap and wove the
cloth for the garments of the men,
but we have found is this country that
it is more economical to have soap
and cloth made in factories and sold
over the counter in our stores. Even
so the women of Europe long ago gave
over the baking Of bread to the bak.
ers for economical reasons, and they
have not the equipment in their
kitchens to bake bread. Corn bread
IS delicious when served hot, but<Ecan
you imagine any one wishing to}goato
the bakers and buy corn bread that
is several hours old, COR would you
send to the Frenchmen who aresfightt
ing in the trenches, corn bread that is
several days old? There is another
reason which is psychological. 1t is
impossible to make radical change