McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1918-08-02
10 doing a service Just as valuable and


just as essential to the life of this ma
tion and the porpetuity OF its institu'
tions as is the boy in the uniform on
the front line in France or Flanders or
on the high sess.
when you think. my friends, of tie
enormous burden placed upon the food
administration, which must not only
stimulate in every way possible the
production of foodstuffs, but must ses
that they are so conserved and dis
tributed, that in addition to feeding
the hundred and ten millions of our
own people, there shall be surplus
sufficient to feed sixty millions of our
allies and an abundance for the mil.
lions of men whom we have sent aui
will send to the firing line in our do
Tense, you will appreciate that / havS
not exaggerated the important part
that the county food administrator
must play in this struggle.
"If we are to effectively administer
the rules and regulations of the food
administration il is not only necessary
that the county administrators know
them, but also that they have some
understanding of the reasons which
have prompted their promulgation In
short, the county administrators ought
to be able not only to explain, but 10
defend the necessary regulations Q.
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.
tention to your private affairs, but this
is the hour for sacrifice. This war IL
going to be won only through the sac
rifice and devotion of the American
people; those behind the lines as we'll
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 cog in its wheels. Every regula.
tion 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
or half-heartedly announced. These
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
| 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 NJ.
tion's service today No order of the
| food administration comes as the re.
suit Of whim or caprice. They are
all the result of profound study and
keen conception of the problems to be
solved
| "Yours Is a thankless task II there
Is any man in the organization WHO
| expects any reward other than that
which comes from consciousness Of
duty we'll done, he is doomed to disap-
pointment. l have no illusions about
| our work. know that no matter how
great our sacrifice, how intense our
devotion, this job Is wholly lacking in
pect popular applause or public appre-
citation To constantly interfere with
established customs of business; to
eternally tell men thus far you shall
60 and no further in your selfish de-,
| sire to make money; to be forever on
the housetops shouting warnings 10
| men that they cannot indulge appetites
as old as life itself-these things, as.
suredly, are not calculated to make us
| popular heroes or to prove a stepping
stone to future preferment. If one o..
you thinks for moment that this sery-
| ice payes the way to either riches or
fame, Danish the idea, otherwise YOU
are destined to die of a 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, is inyoly.
| 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-
iministration, without chart or COM
| pass, with no precedents to guide it.
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
lems that were staggering to contern-
plate. After nearly year of actiyi-
ties, in spite of mistakes that were
unavoidable and expected, it surveys
its accomplishments with pardona.
bic pride.
without the hope of reward, actu.
ated solely by love Of country, devo.
tion to humanity, in response to the
dictates of duty, urge you to con.
tinue the splendid service which you
have rendered in the past May God
give you the grace to 60 where duty
calls"
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