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Show :vTELLiIGlKIB W. W. Armstrong, State j Administrator, Addresses J Roundup, Conference. DRAWS VIVID PICTURE Big Assemblage Assures Government of its Co-operation in Resolution. Special to The Tribune. LOGAN, Jan. 23. W. W. Armstrong, federal food administrator for Utah, d.e- j livered a telling address before the farm- ers' round-up and housekeepers' confer-I confer-I ence here this afternoon on the food sit- ?JrArmstrong was to have delivered an address on the opening day of the gathering, but he had been called to San Francisco and was unable to be present. A special conjoint session of the roundup round-up and conference was arranged upon his return, and today he spoke under the auspices of the extension division of the Utah Agricultural college and the school of commerce and business administration of the institution. Resolution Adopted. So intense was the interest aroused by Mr. Armstrong's picture or the seriousness serious-ness of the food conditions, that the following fol-lowing resolution, introduced by "VV. O. Peterson, was unanimously adopted: Resolved, that we, the farmers and housekeepers of Utah, assembled at the Utah Agricultural college, Lo- gan, Utah, pledge to the national and state food administration our ,un-qualified ,un-qualified support of every measure adopted and every measure necessary to adopt in the future, in meeting the serious and critical issues which are now ahead of the nation. And we-pledge we-pledge to suffering humanity the maximum production from our fields and the maximum conservation In our homes. "This government is starting up the most wonderful engine of war that the world has ever seen," Mi. Armstrong declared de-clared in opening. Must Whip Germany. Mr. Armstrong then said that histo rians in future will assert that this war was won on the farm and in the homes of Americans. "This war must be won by the nations fighting for democracy and humanity," he added. "If we don't whip Germany, Germany will whip us. We must not let ourselves develop a feeling of security because the flames of war i Ttf' confined to Europe. If the flames iiot put out there, they will leap the x$r Atlantic and ravage our fair land. America Amer-ica is today standing with her back to f the wall, while the mad dog of Prussian autocracy leaps at her throat." In stating the problem now before the (ltion, Mr. Armstrong said that it was 9 "&77jm in its statement, but intricate in " its solution. "The solution," he continued, contin-ued, "must be left largely to the individual indi-vidual who understands best the conditions condi-tions of. home and community. The problem prob-lem is just this: We must produce more and use less. We must produce more wheat, meat, fats and sugar; we must use less wheat, meat, fats and sugar, and we must use substitutes for those valuable val-uable foods as much as we can. It is this problem which the food administration administra-tion has sought to solve, as is fitting In a democracy, by an appeal to the people. peo-ple. Today the work of the administration administra-tion is 99 per cent appeal and 1 per cent law." Adds to Gravity. The fact that during the last twenty-five twenty-five years the United States has ceased to be a great food export nation adds to the gravity ofi the food problem, declared Mr. Armstrong. Just before the war this country produced barely enough to feed itself, he added. The wonderful agricultural organization of Utah, working co-operatively with the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, simplified greatly the work of the food administration administra-tion in this Btato, asserted Mr. Ann-strong:. Ann-strong:. With the Utah Agricultural college col-lege at the head, working through its extension ex-tension division in co-operation with the U ni tori States department of agriculture nnd the farm bureau, the food administration adminis-tration was early able to get good hold of the situation in this state. In everything every-thing that has been asked by the federal fed-eral government, Utah has been able to respond nobly, he added: Declaring that it was unpatriotic to criticise our national leaders In a time of crisis, Mr. Armstrong gave it as his opinion opin-ion that the progress made by the United States siiice its entrance into the war is nothing: short of marvelous. "It is wonderful," declared Mr. Armstrong, Arm-strong, "that in the few months this nation na-tion has been able to put into the field l an army of one million and a quarter men, it has been able to equip this army Wand provide it with transportation. It is lt us to do nil in our power to assist irVpvernrnent in this great problem now before it. War Our Business. "We must make war our business. We must consecrate everything to the strug-Rlo. strug-Rlo. There can he no such thing as usual business while wo are engaged in a life-aiid-death struggle. We might as well cry 'Home life as usual,' with our houses burning down. Of what value is farm, business, factory, home life itself, if we lose this war. I appeal to you in the name of God and of humanity to conso- crate your all to your government in its I hour of need." At a meeting for farm bureau representatives repre-sentatives held just following the con-Joint con-Joint session, D. D. McKay, president of the state farm bureau, struck a vigorous blow at the agitator, German in his sympathies, sym-pathies, or who was doing anything to hinder production on the farm or in the factories. "The war is the one big thing before us, and we must win It," said Mr. McKay. F. M. Cornwall, -a director of the state farm bureau, discussed the value of the farm bureau to the farmer. C. L. War-nick, War-nick, vice president of the state bureau, told what the farm bureau had accomplished accom-plished in 1917, and O. B. Jesness, of the bureau of markets, United States department depart-ment of agriculture, talked on farmers' co-operative buying and selling organizations. organi-zations. Attendance Growing. The daily attendance at the round-up is growing beyond the expectations of the college officials. This morning 411 had registered. Last year for the entire round-up only 3S3 registered. By the close of the, week it is believed that about 600 will have attended. The principal places represented are Canada, Montana, Idaho and Utah. At the morning session O. B. Jesness, of the bureau of markets, discussed cooperative co-operative organizations for farmers. "Before "Be-fore such an organization can be of service ser-vice there must be a real need for it," said Mr. Jesness. "To make it a success there must be three conditions, which are that the community must be able to produce pro-duce at least enough of one crop to supply sup-ply a definite section - for market to find a market; farmers must be close together, to-gether, so they can meet frequently, and there must be no other marketing agencies agen-cies already established in the community. The organizations without capital stock are the ones advocated." College Complimented. J. W. Jones, of the United States department de-partment of agriculture, said the college had done more for the development of the sugar, beet industry than the department depart-ment itself. The present sugar beet machinery, ma-chinery, he added, is inferior, and before there can be a decrease in cost of production pro-duction more. and better machinery must be used. This evening a patriotic concert was given for round-up and conference visitors vis-itors by the department of music of the college, under the direction of Professor C. R. Johnson. , |
