Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-06
SENDS MESSAGE TO FARMERS.
President Wilson Speaks Of tho Ne
ccSSiticS OF the Hour.

son said he thought statesmen on
both sides Of the water realized that
the eliminating crisis OF the war had
come. and this years achievements
would decide it.
The message. which the President
intended to present personally until
attaC od by Il cold several days ago
was delivered by President James. OF
the University Of Illinois. Recount
ing the aggressions OF Germany, the
President said:
All Must Help.
81 need not tell you, for | am sure
YOU realize as kccnly as | do. that we
arc as Il nation in the presence Of a
sacrifice and endcavor OF every one
Of us. We can give everything that
is needed with the greater willing
ness, and even satisfaction, because
the object Of the war in which we are
engaged Is tho greatest that free men
have ever undertaken. 1t Is to pro-
vent the life Of the world from being
determined and the fortunes of men
every where affected by small
groups Of military masters who seek
their own interest and the selfish do
minion throughout the world Of the
governments they unhappily for the
moment control. You will not need
TO be convinced that it was necessary
S<,, cNf 4,,1,
in this WAY. The rulers OF
Germany had sought to exercise their
power in such !: way as to shut off
our economic life, so far as our in
ed. and to conflne our people within
the western hemisphere, while they
accomplished purposes which would
have permanently impaired and i'm
neded every process Of our national
lie and have put the fortunes of
America II the mercy Of tho imperial
government Of Germany. This was
NO threat. 1t had become a reality,
Their hanI Of violchce had been laid
upon our own people and cur own
prosperity In fragrant violation not
only Of justice, but Of the well-rccog-
niZed and long-standing covenants Of
international law and treaty. We
are fighting. therefore, as truly f>r
the liberty and self-govrrnment of
the United States as if the war OF
our own revolution had 20 be fougat
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.
Our national life and our whole eco
nOmic development will pass under
the sinister influence Of foreign con-
troll if We do not win. We must win,
therefore. 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.
Crisis IiuS Come.
You will realize, as think states
men on both sides OF the water real
iZe, that tho eliminating crisis of
Wv ~ ",toiS SolhS anu tHdl lIG
achievements Of this year on the one
side or the other must determine the
issue. 1t has turned out that the
forces that fight for freedom depend
upon us in an extraordinary and un-
expected degree for sustenance, for
the supply Of the materials by which
men are to live and to fight, and it
will be our glory when the war Is
over that wa have supplied those ma
terials. and supplied them abundant
]y, and it will be all the more glory
because in supplying them we have
made our supreme effort and sacri-
tice.
"1n the field OF agriculture we
have agencies and inStrumentalities
fortunately, such as no other govern
ment in the world can show. The
Department OF Agriculture is un-
doubtedly the greatest practical and
scientific agricultural organization in
the world. The banking leg
islation Of the last two or three years
has given the farmers access to the
great lcndablc capital OF the country.
Both by direct purchase Of
nitratcs and by the establishment Of
plants to produce nitrates, the gov
crnment is doing its utmost to as
sist In the problem OF fcrtilizatio
The Department OF Agriculture and
other agencies are actively assisting