1844 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. alien all 'ance; those who should not be relieved of their present responsiligities; above all, those who can not be spared from the ciyil and industrial tasks at home upon which the success of our armies depends as much as upon the iightirig at the front. _But all must be registered in order that the selection or military service may be made intelligent] and with full information. This be our final demonstration of lo alty, democracy, and the will to wm, our solemn notice to all the world that we stand absolutely together in a common resolution and purpose. It is the call to duty to which every true man in the country will respond with pride and with the consciousness that in doing so he plays his part in vindication of a great cause at whose summons every true heart offers its supreme service. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done in the District of Columbia this thirty-first daly of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine undred and [san.] e' hteen and of the independence of the United States ' oigAmerica, the one hundred and forty-third. Woonaow Wrr.soN By the President: Rom-:1z·r Lmsme Secretary of State.
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_ A PROCLAMATION @5,,% Whereas, Under and by virtue of an Act of Congress entitled "An am, pp. ms, ma. Act to proglide fugther for the national} secunpy ang defensphblg ep; co the ro uction, con the supp y an contro t distrigutron oflfood products and fuel, " lalpproved by the President on the 10th day of August, One Thousand me Hundred and Seventeen, it is provided among other thing? as follows: _§’::f*;'g8f"'“°“ ‘Sec. 14. That_ wheneyer the President shall find that an emer- ’ ` eney exists reqmring stimulation of the lproduction of wheat and ghat it is essential that the producers of w eat, produced within the United States, shall have the benefits of the guaranty provided for in this section, he is authorized, from time to time, seasonabl and as far in advance of seeding time as practicable, to determine and fix and to give public notice oi? what, under specified conditions, is a reasonable guaranteed price for wheat, in order to assure such roducers a reasonable profit. The President shall thereu on fix such guaranteedxprice for each of the official grain standard}; for wheat as establish under the United States Grain Standards Act approved August eleventh,_nineteen hundred and sixteen. The Presidiint shall from time t0_tur1e establish and promulgate such regilations as he shall deem wise in connection wit such guaranteed prices, and in particular governing conditions of delivery and payment; and differences in price for the several standard grades in the principal primary markets of the United States adopting number one northern spring or its eigggivalent at the principal interior primary markets as the basis. reupon, the Government of the United States hereby guarantees every producer of wheat produced within the United States that, upon compliance by him with the regulations prescribed, he shall receive for any wheat produced in reliance upon this guarantee within the period, not exceeding eighteen months, prescribed in the notice, a price not less than the guaranteed price therefor as fixed pursuant to this section. In such regulations the President shall
