The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-06-07
Town Men Called as Patriotic
Duty to Assist With
the Crops.
CAN'T WIN WITHOUT FOOD
Can't Produce Sufficient Food Unless
High School Boys and Town Vol
unteers Are Used to Utmost
in Every Community.

meEt of Agriculture.)
If n part of the western front fails
to hold, no mutte~ at what cost, when
the command has been issued that no
ground must be given, the freedom OF
tho world, your freedom, your family's
security, are imperiled.
If one state fails to hold it's part of
the line back hOme--fails to produce
Its part Of the food crops needed for
war purposes-the strength of the bat
tie front is weakened. And as it is
weakened your home becomes less Sc
cure. That Is the personal meaning Of
the situation.
The gravest period Of human history
may be described In terms Of a popu-
lar American expression-and prac-
tice: Civilization endures or declines.
freedom f1ourishes or fails, just rs that
line on the western front delivers the
goods" just as the production line
back home delivers the goods" just
as you deliver the goods"
Will You Deliver7 .
The western line is making delivery.
What about your state, your county.
your zown-youl
It is necessary in every county and
| camms.nity for emergency firm labor
needs this Summer md fall to be sup
piled BY emergency workers from the
towns of that county and community
as far as possible.
Which means that yOu-a town man
of past farm experience-are called,
as a patriotic duty, to work on nearby
farms this summer and fall at such
! intervals ana fcgg such periods as local
conditions may ssc11u!re.
: Which means that you--R farmer
/ must make the best Of this emergency
| help as q patriotic duty. We can't win
! the war without food; we can't pro-
duce food without farm labor; we
! cent have sufficient farm labor this
yea. unless high school boys and towr
yo.unfe~rs r used to the utmost In
everv coro,. vanity, idlers forced to sc
70 work : " community's entire
ENERGY tnrnoa II work during the
- eui''sa.iVH rad this ut
some town people hays forms
titude: "Ohi It Is hard work y. !;
Qnd the pass q Smaller than / ear
town. Why should I lay off from n,
town job even for a Short time and 10
farm work? Why can't sOtne one else
do 1t? One person doesn't amount ~
much. So what does, 1t matter wheeler
I - any farm work II this ccuhty or
nOt?"
OF course, II you <weTt the only per,
son In all the Unitaf States to have
. Observation-Disclosures viewpoint
1t would make n 10 differ ance.. Bot sup
pose the other fellow h,els Ne same
way. All 1t would amount to,, n that
sort of thing continued, would merely
beour losing the war. That liz The
Importance OF yO0f part.
Some farmers have had this ats5-
tude: "Oh, It is hard to make crops
with haphazard heIp-boys and town
volunteers. Why can't some other
farmers use that sort Of help? One
farm doesn't amount to much. What
does 1t matter whether ! keep up my
by using this emergency la
Dor or not?"
AS In he case of the town man, Il
would be a trivial thing II you were
only one. But the other farmer
may conclude he Is safe in laying
down on the job" since you are going
70 do your part. A continuance of that
would merely losing the
val. That Is the Importance Of your
part.
The only course that Is safe and GER
ain Is for every town person Of farm
to go to work on farms in
lis community, when and where he Is
leeded during the heavy periods this
and fall for every farmer to