Show I r Y YANKEES WILL DESTROY SUBMARINE MENACE DECLARES VROOMAN oJ By E. E J. J David i 1 YS Y'S terror of ot the sea sea sea- 55 r- r the submarine rine which has t. t I- I caused used the death of ot thousands Vr S ot of men and nd scores cf of women and 0 reri and has destroyed commerce jt orth hundreds of ot millions of dollars lJ doomed to destruction and complete elimination American merican inventive genius i Is to demonstrate how the sea shall be cleared of ot the machine of murder This is the message that Carl manS man assistant secretary of the United States department of agriculture gives to a world waiting In eagerness for forthe the appearance of a a. contrivance that will destroy the submarine Mr Ir Vrooman in his address at the I Commercial club yesterday said that America had amazed the world by the speed it showed in landing an army in France He also said that civilization would be astonished at the speed that another army would be landed in inI I France America he asserted was wasI I fast to respond and It would surprise the world with an article that would ba banish the submarines of ael Germany el I Mr Vrooman I declared d that a American an S Inventors were now working on ou the object that is to spell death to the sea wasps At an early date ite the United States would send to the English channel the conquering all-conquering ob object ob- ob b- b of ot destruction and would keep Jeep the waters I clear from any menace War conditions in England were discussed ills dis cussed by Mr Vrooman He said that America should see to it that It did cUd not make the mistakes committed b by England shortly after the tho outbreak of hostilities He urged the most intensified sifted cultivation possible so that the United States would not only bo be able to feed itself but would be able to sustain all the allied nations When th the war started Mr 1 Vrooman said that that people people had old fashioned no notions notions no- no of warfare of They thought wars were made b by armies England for Instance entered this war with the tle thou that all it needed was to build up up- up army an army to match her incomparable able navy KITCHENER'S A ARMY MY Kitchener said Mr Vrooman supplied th the army arnu as arny-as as s fine tine a body of men as ever marched under God Godl sky but but wh when n they got to the trenches they found to their amazement that men are not enough They found foun that they had ounces of powder where they I should have had tons pounds of ot munitions munitions muni muni- where they needed shiploads The They found that the Germans had ar artillery artillery ar- ar tillery that outranged outranged the British gunsby suns guns b by miles m Arid And for months they stood in the trenches x and were shot to pieces by foemen whom they could not see a and d at whom they could not I shoot in return Mr Vrooman said that England then tilen woke to the danger and called upon David Lloyd George to td create reate muni muni- tion factories that would woul enable the British soldiers to cope with their ad adversaries adversaries ad- ad on n equal terms And when In an Incredibly short time the United Kingdom was pouring out more munitions muni munt- per hour than it had formerly J 4 produced h ar ar it thought its task was nY done The British sa saw TU victory ry almost In their grasp In their haste to further their j Just st cause said Mr Ir Vrooman Trooman the British forgot that Justice began at home The question of ot illegitimate war profits arose and the British workmen struck When they were reproached for lack of patriotism they said Not a wheel shall paIl turn in England until we have Justice Our masters are piling up illegitimate illegitimate ille ille- profits by the millions but we cannot live on the wages they pay ACCUSED OF DISLOYALTY DISLOYAL TV The sequel to this attitude accordIng accordIng according accord- accord I Ing to Mr Vrooman was that the workmen workmen work work- men were accused of disloyalty The Themen Themen Themen men then retorted We shall see who is lo loyal al and who disloyal We will work for low wages if it needs be for no wages at all on condition that our masters will place their factories their mines and their railways at the disposition dispo of ot the government as we offer our labor When this acid test was applied AIr Mr Ir Vrooman said that the British govern- govern called a conference of ot capitalists cap cap- cap cap- of laborers of farmers of ot government government government gov gov- officials The They got around a common table and came to A common understanding to guarantee to every everyman man a square deal To capital it was agreed a reasonable profit should go and no more to la- la hor a a. living wage wage and and no more to the farmer a reasonable remuneration for or labor ant and capital and capital and no more Mr tr Vrooman said th that t on this basis the work of ot England was coordinated and from that moment the British war I machine leaped forward with ever- ever accelerating speed Since that time it it had been achieving prodigies of effiCiency efficiency effi effi- and valor I America Mr Ir Vrooman said had no use for tor the food gambler or spec specula specula- a.- a. I tor It had no use for the manufacturer I er ar making huge war profits This he dramatically declared amid great applause is no time for forthe forthe forthe the heaping up of gold This is the time when when America America must do its duty 0 to Itself and to the nations fighting b by Its side for the saving of ot racy S I SWILL WILL BE WON IN FIELDS Mr Vrooman claimed that the war var would be won In the agricultural fields of ot the United States rather than thanIn thanIn thanIn In the trenches If It America could provide the necessary food tood supply its cause in the great war would win The allies were calling out for food and members of ot the British commission he said raid made no secret of the fact tact that they could not sustain themselves on I Britain's production This war Mr Vrooman reiterated ted is js a food war with famine fighting against the field The rhe he speaker asserted that famine so f far fag x had got the best of ot the struggle and It was Americas America's duty to supply S food o d more food tood and more food so that the he hungry would be fed ted and this country would stand before the world worldS 1 S M AS AS- one which had nobly done its Us part partIn In civilizations civilization's holy cause Mr Ir Vrooman In a speech delivered yesterday morning mornin at the municipal market spoke of ot the terrors of ot famine In Europe He alluded to It again more forcibly at the Commercial club lunch- lunch eon con He declared that It was not possible possible possible pos pos- sible to exaggerate the gravity of the crisis that America as a people and a world orld power faced today This said Mr Vrooman is the I most momentous hour In our history If not the most fateful hour in all his his- tory It Is not merely war that concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns us and us-and and war on a scale transcending transcending tran tran- anything that the world has een ecu hitherto in In n the way of military operations operations but hot we are Lace face ace to face tate i Ii also with wars war's most dreadful h handmaiden hud hand ud- ud maiden famine Not as a people of course for we we can always hope to feed one of a sisterhood of ot ourselves bu but as nations we are face to face with famine tamine right right now We Ve may not be starving ourselves but millions of ot our fellow fellowmen fellowmen men are I FAMINE REAL FOE v This arch enemy of oi all aU mankind I this thi dread mother of pestilence is our real foe While we are doing our best to stand by our allies in a strictly military military mili mili- tary way we are fighting another fight that is 19 harder even than this great fight of democracy against autocracy autocracy- the fight against this enemy of all the world of ot the central powers as well as of ot the allies Today this ghastly specter Of f famine is lurking over the skyline of ofeY eY ev every ry European nation Whether it itcan itcan itcan can be kept from the streets of their very lery capitals whether or not Its victims victims vic vie tims will ultimately be m more re numerous that the victims of ot the trenches it is for you and me and the rest of ot us Americans to determine We alone can I hope to meet this menace menace and and It It has not yet been decided whether we can meet it successfully Mr Vrooman appealed to the business business business busi busi- ness nien men of Salt Lake Lale to help the farmers market their produce recognizing recognizing recognizing such work worle as a 8 duty With such cooperation existing he thought that Americas America's scheme to provide an anat at all sufficient food supply for the starvIng starving Ing ng millions of Europe would go a longway longway long longway way toward consummating the object in n view Mr Ir Vrooman stated that the United States entered the conflict nor for conquest conquest conquest con con- quest not for national aggrandizement aggrandize- aggrandize ment nent but because to remain at peace longer meant silent acquiescence in inthe inthe inthe the murder of American citizens silent acquiescence in the destruction of in international in- in law and silent acquiescence in n the possible triumph of autocracy over democracy WAR ON DESPOTISM This said Mr Vrooman was a aprice aprice I price irice that we could not pay not even evenor for or peace and the weight of our hun dred million people and unrivaled I material wealth was thrown into the scales on the side of worldwide democracy democracy democracy racy as against despotism on the side of law as against anarchy on the side of civilization as against on the side of ot humanity as sian ism Mr I Vrooman Mr-Vrooman Vrooman remarked that the task before the United States States' was great enough to appeal not only to the patriotism patriotism pa pa- but to the imagination and compassion of every man who had I within him a spark ot of devotion to principle principle prin prin- ciple and to humanity I There Is not one of us I take it I he added who vho as a child has not read stories of the great and good men of ages past and been thrilled with the desire to emulate them and nd rise above the smug and commonplace above the level leyel of conventional sue suc suc success c cess ss in itt life We have al hoped that some time Ime It might fall to our lot to that would make us I the spiritual kindred of ot the g t minds and souls of other da days s sNow Now Now a our chance has ome come Appl Applause use lasted several minutes as I Mr rr Vrooman concluded his speech Dr E. E G. G Peterson president of the Agricultural college of Utah also als spoke He lie th the tha farmers were doing to make greater production this year than ever before in the states state's history Co County nty agents I working under the state council of de- de rense tense were present occupying seats on the opposite side of the long table I at which Mr Vrooman Dr Peterson and others sat F. F C. C Richmond president president dent of ot the Commercial club presided In addition to the two speeches made publicly Mr Vrooman also conferred with the county agents and said that Utah had done nobly in increasing production He declared that no other part of ot the United States ha had t done better than Utah and that there were only a few sections where the work had been equalled CONFERS WITH GOVERNOR Mr l Vrooman also 4 Governor Bamberger making the jur jurney ney to the capitol before speaking at Rt atthe atthe the market He also met President Joseph F. F Smith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints and was informed of the strenuous efforts being put forth by the members of the tha church hurch In hi the great campaign for the mobilization and conservation of food food- stuffs stutts S Following the speech at the Commercial Com Corn mercial club Mr Vrooman held a conference conference conference con con- ference with farmers and others interested inter inter- ested In the work of greater production tion This conference was held at the Hotel Utah Mr Ir Vrooman leaving it it while it was in session to catch a train for San Francisco Cia n to his way to the l Vrooman will stop for a day at Lake Tahoe I Before leaving the city he found time timeto i to grant an interview lIe He said that i food conservation conser was a vital problem problem lem of national and international im Im- im- im The conservation of structural structural structural tural materials particularly Of steel lumber and man power was almost as important Mr l Vrooman said that untold quantities quantities quantities quan quan- of ot all kin kinds s of structural materials materials materials mate mate- rials were required require for the present military emergency For this reason I business expansion requiring new machinery machinery ma ma- ma-I ma chinery and structural steel not actually actually ac ae- ac- ac aeI I I required to meet Immediate In Industrial In- In I and agricultural needs should I be deferred until the war Is over orI ot or until the steel Industry has caught up with the demands upon it of ot the military military mili mill I tary necessities of ot the United States vor or or Its blUes allies S Any promotional schemes mes stated I Mr Vrooman which are put forward for any reasons other than meeting real wartime needs should be discouraged discouraged discouraged aged at this time in the interest of ot nanal national na na- na- na nal efficiency The business of this nation natlan from now on or until we have signed a a. victorious victorious vic vie I peace is war All other considerations considerations con con- must be subordinated from I this time on to those of military fleets fleets- sity All ill advised investments at this time are as much waste motion Speaking on the question of food production and Its distribution Mr Vrooman said Eald that European nations had learned by bitter experience that the cutting down of the cost of food tood lethe to le the consumer below a paying price to the farmer meant nothing less tess than sawing off oft the limb on which both consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer and producer were sitting FAIRNESS TO FARMER Mr Vrooman remarked that the consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer must be made to understand that unless he paid fair prices the farmer could not and would not 1 sow The farmer fanner he said should be made to realize that unless he sows sowe the city consumer cannot live tp to to do his bitt part for tor defense We W are he added all aU in the In-the th same boat those who buy food and who grow or raise raUe it If anyone anyon scuttles It we shall all sink The assistant secretary of ot agriculture ture stated that the tho nation needed food needed it for the civilian population population population tion for the neutral countries for Am American soldiers and for the soldiers of the allies alUes who were daily dally dying by tho the thousands fighting the battle buttle mt civilizations civilization's behalf The experience of other nations he said indicated that to get food It might become necessary to guarantee to the producer a price high enough to repay him for his labor and expense plus a a. r reasonable profit The next thing would be to market the products at atthe atthe atthe the smallest possible advance over Oler its cost on the farm falm The third step would be to conserve conservo the food products to eliminate over-eating over unintelligent eating and all other forms of waste S In conclusion Mr Vrooman l said bald id there is little tittle food When too the nation mUst go o hungry When th there re reis is enough food but no efficient system of marketing it again the nation goes gOE'S hungry while crops rot on the ground Even where there Is enough food tood and it is efficiently distributed |