Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-17

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Speaking on the question Of the
need Of increased production, Mr..
Waldron said hat it was not a ques-
tion now Of profits but a question of
whether this country n those who
are united with us in the struggle to
maintain human rights shall survive
or perish a. free and independent
peoples.
Impossible to Determine Result.
1T Is not necessary to go into sta
tistics of the worlds food supplies"
he said, TO convince intelligent PEG.
pie of the truth of this. We would
be glad to believe that it might not
be so but SO long as millions of our
allies are face to face with starvation
we cannot ignore nor mistake the
situation. With the uncertainty ex-
listing not only in Russia but in other
of the warning countries, as well as
those not yet engaged, it is impossible
for anyone at this time to foretell eX-
actly what the factors and circum
stances are that will influence or de-
termine the result of the struggle"
There vas one factor, however, he
said, that is greater than all Of the
rest.
"Once let there be a serious food
shortage, either for the fighting men
or for the bulk Of the population that
remains at home. and nothing that
man can devise in the way of fighting
machinery will make victory pos
sible,' he said.
Before war was declared, and as
one of h contributing causes Of the
war;" he continued, "the German gov
eminent proposed to dictate to the
United States the amour Of produce
that could be shipped abroad each
week. The amount was SO ridicu-
lously small that it would have re-
quired fifty years to export the sur
plus of a single years crop. What
restrictions might be imposed upon
US if we should ever find ourselves at
the mercy of this arbitrary power that
knows no mercy nor justice can
readily be imagined" he said.
Should Have Share of Profits.
I'VE have arrived al the time when
we think that we should be allowed a
voice in. the disposition of our products
and a rightful share in the profits that
accrue as they pass into the worlds
markets. No one who knows the
spirit of the American farmer can
imagine hiatt he will ever surrender
this right. particularly to an un-
oA NV o"O
with your prices made in Germany
you would stand a fine chance of get
ting more than a slaves return for
your labors, while you would be re-
lieved from yer talking about grades
and Standards" President Waldron
declared.
So, he said. it has become evident
that it will require the best that all
of us can do to prevent such a ca
tastrophe. What we must do must
be one promptly. he asserted, for he
said, the coming e is III critical
time. The strain is so great upon
both sides that anything of inn
portance may turn the tide, he de-
Burdens Arc Heavy.
THE burden hat falls upon the
farmers now is heavy" he said. land
will not 500 become lighter, but they
must zeal it bravely and uncomplain-
I. ingly unto the end"
The seed situation, he said, was the
most serious in ONE respects that the
people have ever had to face. The
seed wheat situation was not SO seri-
> Gus however. but that it can be taken
care Of locally. The oat situation was
! the far more serious, Mr.. Waldron
/ said.
: LESS than half of the counties OF
I the state produced enough for their
own seed, not taking into account the
. amount required to help carry stock
through the winter. If the usual
: acreage Of oats is sown, he declared
> it would be necessary to import seed
!. from outside points.
Dat Acreage Larger.
lowing to the extreme shortage OF
seed corn in Minnesota, Wisconsin
South Dakota, Iowa and ever Illinois
Ohio and states further south. the GA
acreage in these states is sure to be
much larger than normal" he said
ut would seem to be we'll, therefore
to leave the growing of oats largely
to the regions that have more en-.
couraging prospects than we have al
this time.
Declaring that the criticism that
came from certain quarters. when the
government fixed the price of $2.20 g
bushel on No. l wheat had about died
out, President Waldron said:
"It' has come to be fairly we'll un
derstood that with the high price Of
labor, machinery and other factors
crop and the industry of farming gen
orally, hat the price agreed upon will
not place the farmer in the class OF
war profiteers."
Farmers Willing to Take Risks.
1.-The farmers Of North Dakota AND
the however, ne con-
tinued. 'have always shown their will
lingness to take risks and by theil
optimism, industry inc sheer nerve il
the face of debt, small prices, grea'
%privations and uncertain yields. have
done their utmost to keep production
up to the highest point.
"Just what should be don at tn
present time toward financing thu
\ farmer so hat he can accomplish hi:
utmost toward the production of
maximum crop for the coming sea
son." President Waldron said, ''is {
matter that is now being duly consid
cred by congress and by those in au
thority who are entrusted with mat
tiers of his kind. Therefore. it woult
!. be well for this assemblage to pu
itself on record as to what measures
it considers most practical to NEE
the present crisis Mr.. Waldron sale
in conclusion.
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