The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-02-16
DOWN ON THE FARM


James F. Byrnes, White House Ad-
stated in his recent re
port to the President and Congress,
hat in 1914 almost one-quarter OF
the country's farm outpst went di-
rectly to our armed forces and Allies,
get total food available to civilians
slightly exceeded the 1935-39 aver
age, and on per capita basis was up
per cent above that level" In fact.
says Mr.. Byrnes, total food supplies
increased % per cent" simply
nderfully-because many farm
women and youths, normally not in
lie working force, stepped into the
reach"
The men, women, children and the
mited number of farm workers
throughout the country are doing
.tagnificent job and reports from
.lany of the States reach Congress.
indiana officials admonished the Leg
slative body not to overlook the fact
hat "tke boys now remaining on
4lms can out-perform their fathers
) elders in the operation of present
lay machinery. j.. In most cases the
Dung men pat in many more hours
field and livestock operation than
.heir elders can After all, human
beings must eat! Therefore, the wise
.oosiers have made definite appeals
10 Congress to lift the restrictions on
ann machinery, parts and repairs,
hn nr1y q ND lo
horse and buggy are unreasonably in
adequate in the present era when wer
production is racing at high speed
with mechanical help everywhere but
IN the farm. The Readers Digest.
which everybody seems to read
ticle recently that food is the mos
important product of war. Hunger
and starvation round the world
proves it. The Digest made it plain
hat our best farm machinery pro-
ulcers are in TIE Detroit area, and
ave all the answers on how to multi
ply farm production by using trac
.ors and many accessories in place of
he fork and hoe-which are still in
the horse and buggy" class.
The Press In The Postwar Period
This is a day when some of tie
groups that count heaviest on the
press to keep people informed as re
CARDS their activities also attempt
minimize the influence of news
,apers on public opinion. Thus it is
efreshing indeed to find organiza-
ions deep-rooted in real American
traditions recognizing the true value
nd high calibre of American news
papers.
A case in point is The American
legion Its National Commander,
edward N. Sckeiberling, in a timely
Ind important address before the
New York State Publishers Associa-
ion, pictured the crucial conditions
acing the United States and a world
Tow closely knit together and said:
with the traditional foresight
Tat is characteristic of the American
press, newspapers are alert to these
conditions. They are rendering valu-
able wartime service, botk in keeping
our people informed and in pointing
% sound policies and programs neces-
airy to the maintenance of our way
If life. This service is all the more
important when consideration is CIV
N to the difficulties of paper short
ges, censorship restrictions and man
,oxx,oY ,, r. m atorio1 b1o,,oc
The wartime contributions of the
Iress on the homefront, and the cou-
ageous service of war. correspon-
.ents in the thick of battle, should
a constant reminder that a free
)ress is assurance that Democracy
ives. In no other country in the
world do we have the high calibre of
metropolitan and hometown newspa-
jers that we have in the United
States.
ut is my earnest hope that when
we have completed the production job
II the homefront; when our armed
orces are in Berlin and Tokyo, news
apels VIII devote the same attention
o safeguarding the peace and assur-
ng homefront status for veterans
hat they have given to the war;"
Commander Scheiberling can be
tssured tkat in the postwar period
he newspapers will ''carry on" as
hey have done in wartime. And such
expressions of confidence as his are
ertain to have heartening effect on
newspaper editors who seek to serve
hir country and their communities.
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Winning The War
Apparently one of the early prob
ems of the war will be "How to Get
'5e Boys Back Home" rather than