Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1918-08-08

10 DONG service JUST as NAAuhpiS 1u4
Just as essential TO the life OF this ma
ton and the perpetuity OF its institu-
lions a. Is the boy in the uniform on
the front line In France or Flanders or
on the high seas.
when you think. my friends, of the
enormous burden placed upon the food
administration. which must not only
stimulate in every way possible the
production OF foodstuffs. but must SEP
that they are so conserved and dis
tributed, that in addition to feeding
the hundred and ten millions Of our
own peopism&here shall be q surplus
sufficient Gt9bed sixty millions OF our
allies and an abundance for the mil
lions OF men whom we have sent aud
will send 10 the firing line in our dc
Tense, you viii appreciate that have
not exaggerated the important part
that the county food administrator
must play in this struggle.
III we are to effectively administer
the rules and regulations OF the food
administration 1t Is not only necessary
that the county administrators know
them, but also that they have some
understanding of the reE@oas which
have prompted their PRONUNCIATION. IN
short, the county administrators ought
to be able not only to explain, but to
defend the necessary regulations o.
the food administration. To do this
requires time and study You are busy
men. Few OF you are SO situated that
you can live without giving some at
tentlon to your private affairs, but this
is the hour for sacrifice. This war IS
going to be won only through the sac
rifice and devotion of he American
people; those behind the lines as well
as those who go over the top Unless
you are willing to make this sacrifice,
to give Of your time and efforts. you
have no place in this orgnazition. You
are a cog In its wheels. Every regula-
ton issued by the food administration
is founded in the grim necessities OF
nation desperately battling for its very
existence. It's rules should be fear
lessly promulgated, not apologetically
VI udll-u6dTteuly
rules are not issued until the whole
field, not only In this country, but in
the nations allied with us, and the ma
tions from which we can draw sup
plies, has been fully surveyed by that
genius for organization, Herbert Hoov-
er. No man in America has finer Or
a larger vision of the task that con-
fronts the nation, than Mr.. Hoover.
HIS grasp of the problems before him,
his wonderful magnetism. his deep
conservation to duty, mark him as
probably the second man in the ma.
tons service today No order of the
food administration comes as the re.
suit of within or caprice They are
all the result of profound study and
keen conception of the problems to be
solved
yours is thankless task II there
is any man in the organization who
expects any reward other than that
which comes from a consciousness Of
duty well done, he is doomed to disap-
pointment. / have no illusions about
our work. know that no matter how
great our sacrifice, how intense our
devotion, this job is wholly lacking In
thrills and therefore it Is idle to ex-
pect popular applause or public appre-
citation. To constantly interfere with
established customs OF business; to
eternally tell men thus far you shall
go and no further in your selfish de.
sire to make money; to be forever on
the housetops shouting warnings to
men that they cannot indulge appetites
as old as life itself-these things, as.
suredly, are not calc ulated to make US
popular heroes or to prove stepping
stone to future preferment. II one OF
you thinks for moment that this serv-
ice paves the way to either riches or
fame, Danish the idea, otherwise you
are destined to die of broken heart.
ITO this task we must dedicate our
all Food will not win the war alone,
but assuredly the war cannot be won
without food Civilization, everything
that makes life worth while, In involv-
ed in this struggle. Surely we can give
the best that Is In us to the service OF
our nation and Of humanity. Born Of
the necessities Of world on the cross,
Of nation at Gethsemane, the food ad-
ministration, without chart or com.
pass, with no presidents to guide IL
with nothing but the devotion and pa.
triotism Of the men and women Of
America to finance its organization, set
itself resolutely to solution of prob.
lens that were staggering to contem.
plate. After nearly a year OF activi
ties, in spite of mistakes that were
unavoidable and expected, it surveys
its accomplishments with pardona.
BILE pride.
Without the hope Of reward, aetH-
ated solely by love Of country. devo-
ton to humanity, In response to the
dictates Of duty, | urge you to com