Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-03-22
,,orv Citizen Must Be Prepared
n Give Government Full
share Of Support.
ALL MUST MAKE SACRIFICE
,....rt and Future Interests OF Ma
,,o, Are at Stake-Troops Must
Sc Kept Fit to Bring the
Final Victory.
pv BEN r. M'CUTCHEON.

This crrat war in which the United
c.otoy NOW is an active and determined
Hortcipant is war of the whole peo-
r,a II is not being waged in the in
forest OF any one class or combination
- classes. The present and future in
.orosts of every citizen of the natiop
80 If stake. and because of this there |
con he no division of duty or RESPONSE
huitv AZ plain matter Of self-de-
fense. every man, woman ana child
,,rst ,l,lller Il fair share Of duty
and responsibility; must be willing to
make any sacrifice the circumstances
demand must practice the thrift that
worl;, a.. the conservation of labor and
neteriat-in word, must be prepared
20 ru.ouarate with the government at
washington in the most wholesome
and elective manner possible.
The United States has been at war
with the German empire almost year.
DESPITE the fact that great strides have
been made in the nations vast under
taking. many citizens, particularly
those in isolated parts of rural Sec
tIons. have not yet had the war
"brought home" to them forcibly and
with the full meaning of the possibili-
ties OF victory or defeat.
Farmer Much Concerned.
The American farmer, however far
removed he may be from the centers
Of war activity, however vaguely the
war has been brought home" to him
IS as much concerned with the outcome
of the great struggle as any other citi
zen.
America went to war with the impe
rial German government partly be
cause the kaiser and his advisers re
fused TO let this nation send to Europ
its vessels laden with the products
American farms and fields and factor
les. The imperial German governmen
cruelty sank these vessels and murder
ed American sailors. Assuming the
the German government had not bee
called on account for it's open viOlatio
of International treaty right--fOr thel
was IN understanding that neutral We
sells should not be sunk without war
Ing and not then unless they containe
eontraband of war destined to the e
emy-what would have become
American shipping in general?
The answer is that none Of Americ'
products would have reached the #
eign markets. The war has vastly
creased the foreign demand for Ann
lean farm products, and the prices t
producers are receiving are the hlt
est they have received in many yea
So, the war is being waged very larg'
In the interest of the American prod
er Of foodstuffs, making it possible
hlm to enter his goods in the fore
markets, which, because Of war cor
tons, have been forced to rely aim
entirely upon the American produc
for the necessities of life.
Men Must Be Kept Fit.
With conditions, intolerable and
structive to the American prOdu
brought about by the arrogant Germ
government, the United States, a.
subjecting it's patience to the seve
test, took the bit into her me
and entered upon the task Of pres
Ing her rights and the rights of all
live under her flag This nation
called many hundreds of thousand
young men to the colOrs, many
whom already are in the war zone
Flanders and France. Other yC
nen-sons Of the soil as we'll as
Of the city-will be called to streng
these who already have dOnned
Khaki Of the army and the blue OF
navy. Their voyage across the sui
rlne-infested seas must be safe-gr
ed; their bodies must be kept str0n
The proper nourishment while on
european battlefields and on the