Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-05-25
WHEAT FOR LIBERTY.

The only question for every true
hearted American today is: "What can
do to help win the WARP" The only
answer is: Give instantly the service
needed That service now is until the
next harvest, to give your share of
wheat to your comrades across the sea.
Belgium, England, France and Italy,
Including our own noble fighters, must
be fed. Citizens of America, it is bad
enough to have those countries across
the sea bear the brunt of all the fighting.
1t is impossible to believe that with the
facts before US there is a living man or
woman who will permit those countries
to starye for US alone. In old times the
prophets would have cursed the bread
so eaten. 1t needs no prophet now to
say that there is curse for anyone who
in mere qualification of appetite eats
| wheaton bread, and that curse proclams
him a traitor to himself and to his
country.
Food will win the war, but whose
food Our or Germanys?' Germany
knew so we'll at the start that troops
must be well fed to fight that almost
Immediately she established at home the
ratiOning system, the elimination of
waste and the science of substitution.
| BY autocratiC degree she compelled SER
vice and sacrifice, which so far we have
merely requested. She has continuous
ly won. By using every atom of power
she has gained victory after victory till
| today we stand in danger of defeat.
| Minutes of delay now will result in years
of destructive warfare. Food boarded
| by Americans now will sooner or later
be paid tor by the lives of men, women
and children. Glance for an instant at
the sad history of Russia. She has come
under the iron heel of Germany largely
because the food supplies for her army
were unorganized and ill-managed.
Mr.. Hoover says that we must save
sugar and fats but that the situation with
regard to wheat is the most serious in
the food supply of the Allied world. IfI
we are to satisfy the minimum wheat re-
quirement of our Armies and the A lies
and the suffering millions in the allied
countries our consumption of wheat in
the T. S. until the next harvest must be
reduced to approximately one-thrd of
normal. 1t is inconceivable that we
should fail in this crisis. For each of us
who can personally contribute to the re-
lief of human suffering it is a privilege,
not a sacrifice. To meet the situation
abroad and to prevent serious suffering
at home it is imperative that all those
whose circumstances permit shall abstain
from wheat and wheat products in any
form until the next harvest. This is not
command but an earnest appeal
In compliance with this request to the
people of the United States, Mr.. Herried
has asked the Committee on Churches
to arrange for appropriate, prayerful
consideration of our perious war-rela-
tions and responsibilities, on Sunday,
May Goth, 1918, in every church in South
Dakota, as on that day, in every state,
from every loyal pulpit, Mr.. Hoover's
appeal will be delivered to every wor-
shipiug congregation.
Our Government proclaims; THE
NEED FOR RENEWED DEVOTION
AND EFFORT Is PRESSING. Are you
loyal American? There is now no
time for evasion or sdestepping. Every
one is either a patriot or traitor Gle
that is not with me, is against me,
saith the Lord.