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Show ,j . . ' They Had to Eat I The habitual caution of our worthy president is well , i j demonstrated by this, from his Brookings, S. D., speech to 1 , the colk'giates: i "I think it is entirely within reason to say that, without : i the supplies that came from the American farms, it is im- ; !, possible vo see how the World War could have been won." S i No question about the reasonableness of saying it; but, .j j it lakfs statesmanship to say it. Just thing of our boys ' ': lying, for months, in camps and fighting, during those dreadful dread-ful months in Europe, without beans, bacon and canned beef ! I It is, indeed , impossible to see how they could have done it and i! wnen the next war starts, one of the first considerations i should be the feeding of our fighters. Mr. Coolidge has said ; something to tickle the farmers. 'Tis well. Somebody ought to do something to tickle them. |