Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18

| ~ Maine resources which if copSyery-
"a vii, nroduce food for what VIC
have done we can do again and more.
We have produced in times past more
than 100000 bushels Of oats 30
600. 900 bushels of potatoes. Hoo"'ooo
bushels of apples and with no eSeF-
tion. we can raise corn for man and
boast The State of Maine provides
farm loans for those who would I'M
prove their focks and their herds. we
can care for half million COWS ana
make butter which will rival the
famous butter of Denmark. We have
green hills for million sheep whose
wool is needed for clothing, for nos
pitals and for trenches and whose
flesh will supply our tables. We nave
| facilities for raising pork for cur
| needs and to spare and some day
these giant resources which now lie
| sleeping must awake.
Winning the War
! These days ] go about my daily
tasks with 4 swelling heart. Ny
blood runs swiftly and more inten Sc
ly hot than ever before in all my
life | have no thought of danger for
myself or my own safety. | am ready
to go into the trenches and sustain
the supremacy and glory Of Old Glory
whenever my country feels l can bc
OF create, service there then i'll the
duties which now accept. ImpcnG-
ing danger hoNcrs over The long years
of human progress and the uncer-
tain issue Of conflict between the
divine right of kings and "VoX pop
uli voX Del or the voice Of the pC1-
PIE is the voice of God make it tS-
sential that all should be patriots to
the cause. In these hours Of peril
there must be no great. no small. TO
high. no low, no privileged classes N
America. We may as well settle our
selves with regularity in the furrpN
and in the trench for an indetermin-
ate conflict. The study of conditions
and situations point to war TO che
adjustment of one force or another.
There is no longer a hope Of sever =
ing the ties between Prussia and her
allies; there is no longer hope that
the proletariat of Germany will 90
for her what the proletariat Of Rus
sia las done for her; there is no hope
that hunger will gnaw its way
TIN rough German preparedness and
Prussian militarism. Won Hnderbufg
and Lenine have Obliteratcd the east
ern front and erased the boundaries
between the central empires and tn ;
nations beyond. In Russia. Germany
las won a food supply of vast i'm
portance, but the wheat fields Of
Ukraine are not of greater cOnSe-
quence TO Germany than the wheat
fields Of Kansas. Nebraska, Mime
sofa and the Dakotas are to the al
lies. In order TO offset the Russian
gain t. Germany America must rise
to che ultimate Of her power and her
food resources. These days ther ,
should be no non-cCmbatants in
; America. Every man and every wo-
man should ask Of himself or herself
am I doing my full duty in my coun-
trys need, and every one should seek
his position of greater service. Thc.;"
days the occupations of all of our
people s..vuId be producing, conserN-
ing, praying, lighting; we should not
be afraid nor even vet ashamed ~
wear old clothes if they arc patched
ard clean. Our mills are busy with
our soldiers needs. The woman who
puts the price of her spring bonnet
into thrift stamps. and the man who
in, ests the price of his spring over
ccat in Liberty bond at once helps
self and cause. Until the world is
purged of its menace the war Will lie
fought out on the battle line from the
North sea to the Adriatic; the test of
mech anism, of technicianS. of munt-
tons of war, Of men with courage
will eventually decide the fate of the
world; possibly not in a month or in
n year but in the years which will de
plete the accumulated wealth of gen
erations; years which will enrich TIC
deSoI ated fields of Europe and stain
the waters of the sea with blood "f
the flower of American manhood,
years which will produce mountains
of broken hearts and rivers Of Sor-
row. Is there man with soul So
dead VI no cannot bow in prayer tn n
Jch, yah may strengthen the arms of
America and who cannot rise in full
self Genial and daily discipline CT
himself 10 the fullest necessity