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Show IT MUST BE DONE NOW "War, except in the interests of righteousness, is a prostitution of all the higher motives of humanity. War for righteousness is the most sublime dedication that mankind can make because it involves the "giving of the 'last full measure of devotion.' "America is launched upon a war for righteousness. Every resource of the nation will be drawn upon in the prosecution of relentless measures. The farmer particularly will be a soldier sol-dier of the Republic, because he will supply the one great indispensable food without which armies perish and the nation will be defeated." Many of our people could not go to war if they would, many would not if they could, but whatever be our condition in this cause for right-ousness right-ousness we owe the rendition of our services to the greatest advantage for our country. The boys who have gone to the firing lines to hazard their lives for their country left with full confidence confi-dence in the support of those they left at home in safety. If we cannot go to the army we must render the next best service. We must produce all the necessary supplies. Every family should strive to raise enough food stuffs to be self-supporting self-supporting with a surplus for the ones who can't. All promising land should grow crops. Remember, you can't reap unless you sow. For the surplus a non-perishable crop should be grown, such as beans, corn, potatoes, pota-toes, etc. Eat vegetables in season instead of other more expensive things that can be used in winter. Can, preserve and cure all surplus vegetables, fruits, eggs and meats. Especially roast and bottle surplus roosters to save feeding them until wanted to eat. Keep down expenditures for clothing cloth-ing by making over wearing apparel and by using the old ones a little longer. Remember, it is not so much the high cost of living as it is the cost of high living. The American people are without doubt the' most extravagant extrava-gant people. America is the granary of the world and we must furnish our allies with unstinted amounts of food supplies. sup-plies. The food requirement- per capita will be greater this year. We must face the possibility of food destruction de-struction in trans-Atlantic shipment. Remember, what is done now will be realized in a few months; what is not done now cannot be corrected to realization for at least one and one-half years from now. |