Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-03
Sincerely yours.
CLIFFORD PINCHOT.
Philadelphia. Mar. 30.

Philadelphia. Mar 30
Shall I'VE awaken to the fact that
the agricultural situation IS growing
worse. and meet 1t while there is yet
time. or. shall we complacently drift
M T. Il. says we entered the war,
stern foremost?
p II we and our allies do not go hum
fry next winter. as we went cold last
winter. somebody must WORK-and
not all of us are to receive munitions
plant. or ship yard. or railway union,
day pay.
That IL not pessimism, nor is it an
attack on the government or any de-
partment OF government; 1t is
statement Of solemn. serious fact that
must be met II we escape suffering
for our folly.
Macleans C"Canada's National
Magazine") has. in the March num-
Der. an article by Agnes c. Laut that
should be read by every American
citizen, and more especially by those
American laborers who are clamoring
for another pound OF flesh in the con-
tinuous performance of driving
prices OF necessities higher, so that
others have to secure higher wages,
and so on.
Where is the limit-more wages,
shorter days, less product?
The author quotes Jim HILL 1.-THE
. wise man OF the West" when asked,
. els there a remedy"
+, Ho replied:
: You can never ram a ready made
&. remedy down the throat Of a democ-
= racy. Water never rises above its
. source. nor n government above its
+. people. When tho people learn that
. all tho wages in the world will not
T: buy a pound Of food unless somebody
/: has gone out and by hard work raised
. the food, there will be moro people
who raise food, and fewer people tell
. others how to do il. Hunger is our
only remedy and you will sec it
!. within 20 years"
The 20 years Is not up. The stu
alton Is known TO all to be bad, and a
, few like Mr.. Pinchot realize that It is
alarming.
The country is full Of feeble minded
gentry clustering with importance
. and clamoring for personal ag-
grandizement. begging personal pub
. LEFTY. and shouting to others How to
DO II. To our desk comes reams and
. bundles and cords Of idiocy under
. the camouhage OF high sounding
. patriotic titles. full Of sophistry. false
. Information" cunningly concealed
!. advertising of those who steal news
. paper space, and pretense of being
. ofYicial The Agricultural Depart
. ment has warned against this stuff,
Z. .cautioning editors to exercise care
. mcnt. II used.
+. In our waste basket today repose
two fine color posters advertising a
F. loud -mouthed individual who pro-
claims the millions he has saved by
telling others what to do and how to
do It. He knows about as much Of
practical agriculture as we know of
Hindenburg's hopes.
Agnes Laut says: I'VE can win
shis war only by increased produc-
ton and not by increased wage. and
shorter hours"
And again: Labor and labor onlv
hes the fate Of freedom in its banda"
There Is the meat in the nut. The
author cites numerous striking cases
and Gays: Il could give hundreds of
such examples within a radius Of a
hundred miles from any big market
in the Eastern States"
Here Is one case offered: 1t was a
capitalists farm with an investment
OF &225. 600 a herd Of 100 and a very
high average production both OF milk
and crops. OF course. with such a
supply OF fertilizer. A hundred head
were sold of last year to pay a
defacit and the whole plant Is being
shut down this year. ~ asked the