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Show THIS IS FOR LOT OWNERS. The President of tho United StateB has issued an urgent appeal to the people to seed and cultivate every acre of land possible the present season, sea-son, lie tolls us that for the time being the English and French govern ments have all the men on tho battlefield battle-field that they need and can feed; that instead of sending men to France to fight with their armies that they will be satisfied if we send them food and money. We have all the money needed, thank God, but are short of the food. Thc food can be raised, however, if we will hut seed and cultivate cul-tivate the land. Will we do it? On Monday our Citizens committee of preparation and Bafety issued an urgent appeal, through this paper, to the owners of idle lots and acres to permit others who are willing to do so to furnish the seed and labor necessary neces-sary to produco crops upon such lands. Up to the present time very few offers of-fers of land have been received by tho committee and instances are reported where owners who have not been, and do not now contemplate, using their idle lands oven insist upon being paid a rental, if they permit the use of their land by others. If there ever has beon a timo in the country's life when the people should arouse from uicii ioiiixibJ ouu LUlun ttoiue uiuir selfishness, the time is right now. Every ono should have such a love of country at heart that he would bo willing to either go into the field, as the President has said, "as a soldier of the commissary," or permit some other person to till the field and produce pro-duce the necessary crops to sustain the life of the army, the navy, and the people who are permitted to remain re-main at home. That Is as lltUe as can bo done, and It is a good business busi-ness proposition as well. Send in the size of your lots and acres to the committee, at once. Abandon tho idea of sharing the profits, and be patriots of commerce at a time when such patriotism is intensely in-tensely needed. |