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Show f THE WAR, THE FARM , I 1 AND THE FARMER t, ' Br HarUrt Qaid. . '. MasaW FaeWal Fans Loaa Board " The faifaw; evryirhef lotas' peace. The'Aaaerlcaa laasaer especially espe-cially loves peace. Blaaa the dawa of hlstorykthefsTmer'haajhasa the aiaa who suffered most ftesVwar. All that he poasesaes Ilea out of aeors la plain sight and la spoil ef war his house, kla grata, kai livestock. The taaaaa that Ikjkt the skies ,1a tke rear af every) la vadthg arpsy 'ara'oaaaaailag alajthaaps that yesterday resreaeated hla Ufa vara, aad Jh,lsfa labors at past teaeratlesw of fmars.t ,'" ' 'Kverywhere the fanaer ta a warrior vhea war to the oaly tUig t kick wall Bsakaaa heap htat tree..Ma eaaaet ra)ly. to 'the colors as aalekly as caa tke dwellers la the oHIea, haaaasa,H takes loatar to seaa to tk tanas this' all; to raw. It takes leaser 'to oaB the tarssera' trasa tka teMa tkaa tha cltfdwellerf from the sheas, jltaay, a, aot kaar the Irst blast of tha trumpet ' Others do, sot at Irst uader-stand uader-stand 1U aiaaaiag because they have not had taer time -a talk' the matter ever with their acquaintances. Instead of reading half a dosen extras a day, .the farmer may read weekly papers only. He, must, have more time in a audden emergency to make up his mind. It is Impossible to set the farmers of the' United States on Are-by .means of any audden spark of rumor. But when they do Ignite, they burn with a slow, hot fire which nothing can put out They are sometimes the last to heat up; but they stay hot In a long light they are alwaya' found sturdily carrying the battle across No-Man's Land la the last grim struggle. Tha American farmer will give all that ho haa and all that ha is to win this great war' against war. Thla war waa at first hard to under-' stand. No armed foe had Invaded the United States. The night skies were. not reddened by burning ricks aad fans, houses. No raldlag parties robbed us of our cattle or horses. No saberrattlers Insulted our women" It seemed to many otua that we were not at war the thing was -so far of. We did not realise whaLa. giant, war ! bt5"5t! gPflPME jKtt ! hud arms, that could reach across the saw that -It was so. " I It the Imperial German rgqyetnmes had made aad enforced.'' order that so American farmer.; siiaaht Haavo hla ). (This . Th.-flrrtefr-artUlse,'"! ,v--n-,-- J.-w4t-?fr-- ." owa land, haul, grain or drive .stock to town, It would have done only a little more than It accomplished by lU'lntsrdlct agalast ths freedom of the sea. c What Was the order agataat which we rebelled when we went, lata la-ta this war LeckattheooadlttonM tha. Aatericaa fanaer tn the latter part efmt and the irst halt of lll aad'-aaa. "f, - - Whea the war'trolie out,, through aarprisa aad.paalo we partttUyfaave! frrsuwhUe;..fa use of the asa as ftfw.AL.M ttnMn ef AaMrioa faced ruin. I know an (owa fanaer Wao'eeld Us 1914 crop at 15-999 15-999 blshAla Of wheat for aeveaty ceaU a hashal. Faraurs la, tha eaatk sold tketr oottea for; half ska eeet; si, prefacing pre-facing U. All this time tia7ipo tleaa af tha world whose parts' were' pea were ready ta pay slasest aay price tor our products. Whea anally wa' set our shlpita motion once more, prosperity-rararpad to the 'farms. But It never, ret an ad for the' farmers of these Batloaiwhlch remained cut oil from bceajC traffic. Tako the case of Australia. There ' three crops have reraalned unsold on ' the farms." No ships could be, spared to make the long voyage to Australia. 8o in spite of the efforts ef the Government Gov-ernment to save tha. farmers' from I ruin, grain has rotted laljlhe open. I Millions of tons have kelK lost for lack of a market. -OSR Such conditions RpiapHretrlevable disaster, such condttlalVwould have prevailed In tMs couatrltffrom the out-.break, out-.break, pt the war unULAow It our OMarament had net flrstsfeelstsd with aVerjr,- diplomatic jreapbajhnd. finally drawn the sword. ' .. 'Why, did Ira, draw the sword? To keei up the price of wheat and oot-ton,J,nd oot-ton,J,nd to protect trade only? If someaie should order yoa to remain on ypoVfarm, aad not to use thepub . lie flfhways, would your resistance! batowdVonly oa the fear of loss 1b I'r'gjjr'fTom failure to market your IMkSI H- eanaI You would tlM GuTtlUpt .(ot to make TsjBeJan i enslaved, all his taftaBHflt;.! his wages. But the wjnDSH, sever been able to ao- ''snawJo never yet been sBslHsVr?lNaved. There rises up n)s:aarjarvltude a resentment ae sirrlWe that death always la pret-erahle. |