prosperity and accumulation of wealth 

 which have made America the most hated 

 and bitterly maligned of nations, enable it 

 to stand today in the happy position of the 

 one country that thru its accumulated 

 riches, unlimited resources, and spirit of 

 magnanimity and philanthropy, can save the 

 world. I say "the world," for tho Amer- 

 ica is at war with the central countries 

 of Europe, there is no hatred of the people 

 of these nations, or desire to see them 

 suffer; if peace were declared tomorrow, 

 the people of Germany and Austro-Hungary 

 would have no reason to complain at the 

 treatment they would receive from this 

 country. I also say "unlimited resources," 

 for it is an incontrovertible fact that the 

 United States has sufficient tillable land to 

 raise enough grain and other food stuffs 

 to feed the entire white race, and possibly 

 the whole world ! 



In order to insure the maximum develop- 

 ment of the food resources of the United 

 States, however, the people must be mobil- 

 ized as never before. It must be mobiliza- 

 tion of brain power, of comprehension, of 

 cooperative purpose, and above all, of 

 sympathetic approval of the acts and regula- 

 tions of the authorities to whom we trust 

 our affairs. 



As previously stated, an enormous 

 amount has been written and published con- 



