Show i Q i t Ira Protecting Food Production N NO OW Jn i is the time for the tIle United States to formulate it its plans for meeting tho the food problem of 1918 As progresses our facilities for fOl handling food pro pro- will wm be curtailed At the same time demands for food from our allies will be he moro more pronounced In- In Industrial In In- l preparedness is essential to the success of our arm During three years ears of war Great Britain and France rance IIa have 0 struggled against ag odds to ke keep p up industrial strength Their future futuro is uncertain nn and the ind indications are are ire that they will produce le less than they did last year The United d States must fill the gap g-ap Our farmers face the task of feeding and th the our army anny at same time provide pro pro- l yule vide c a surplus for our allies Consi Consideration of this problem cannot ho he postponed postpone Until JIntil next without summer seriously hampering our war prO program and entailing severe losses on our farmers V We c have e reason to believe e that the tho farmers of the United States Stales will twill rally to the tho support of the increased pro- pro Auction movement They Thoy Thoy will the thc improve records es established Cs s- s in 1917 if they are arc given m the necessary support sup sup- port tort at nt harvest time Our farmers felt the pinch of the labor shortage e during dur dur- ing g the last The labor Jabor market is not going to be improved 1 as ng more mort men are Ire rel recruited for military service ice and antI others are arc called to industries es essential to I the tho conduct of or the war It i is encouraging to note that the administration has hns assured the farmers farmer of Virginia thai lint evils which heretofore affected the labor market i inre are to he be eliminated The government go is to adopt a sane lIle system of registration regis on to procure men lUen for war nr industries which has hns threatened threatened threat threat- eliminating some of the competition ened the future of the farmer By this thi departure men will not be hc attracted to government activities itil when the work is not fitted to their abilities Tile They fhe will not he be drawn from profitable le employment and comfortable surroundings ings ing's to war industries not ready really to receive them The labor problem must be he solved sol largely by hy hotter better distribution although in itself this will not offset the shortage caused cd by the absence of men to in the military service cc 0 Efforts must be mn made c to provide pro n new w labor h by putting prisoners to 0 work and making it possible for foi formen the fruits of the men in training to lo aid in protecting protecting- farmers farmer's rs industry Production hi which h is wasted is is s of no value to lo the f forces at tho thin front or the tho C civilian imputations 1 f at ft t home |