Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-05
NEW JERSEY READY
TO AID FOOD DSAVING
covernor Edge Assures
Hoover State Will Coop
crate Fully in Con-
servation
COLBY AS COMMISSIONER
o.hor Men Recommended for
Position Designed to Keep
Touch With Government
TRENTON, June 8.


..~ror Edge, in response to a tele-
Cove irotiirv from Herbert Hoover
hlapS hpaS states Food Administrator as 10
Unlevn -, Jersey could do toward solving
wh"st tood conservation problem mas assured
tne tJoover of this states assistance ana
esi,oneration -, in his work ana ouInnlls
eo-op sas been accomplished in this direc-
ZION in New Jersey .- ,,,,4 ,,o,.or IN tho
Ino Ne g, large an acreage been placed
sA.o .,itivation and the prospects are
ua, os far as production is concerned.
p'ea,,ornor Edge recommends TO Mr..
.r az the latter's request, the name of
nor senator Everett Colby, OF Essex
ran,r pl,n as Federal Commissioner from New
I.rssv. 10 keep in touch with the Govern
selss.;s' Tood Department, and with the New
men. mem, Committee on Public Safety and
1eIes' state organizations, so as TO bring
o., o.nel ,be hest possible team work between
~. s,ote and Federal departments on the
food question. .-... cs,,,.,, ,,z,o
a., Governor also recommends to Mr..
Ioovsr the following for this position; Gem
ii y p. Meany, Convent; ex-Assembly-
man ogden H. Hammond, BernardsVllle !;
Ishn n Dorrance, of Camden, and James
NJ Johnson. of New Brunswick.
~ bis letter to Mr., Hoover, assuring him
- Nav, Jersey cooperation and outlining
wbat New Jersey is doing regarding the
natter OF food conservation and produc-
don Governor Edge says;
'ryou NAV depend upon the assistance
and cooperation in handling the various
nroblems associated with the distribution
and regulation Of food during the war
emergency.
mediate future of operations. the first thing
would do would be to hasten the legisla-
ton necessary and bring Congress to a
ouck recess, sending every Congressman to
Ms district and every Senator to his State,
that they might go to the people with
speeches constant and numerous, setting
forth the causes Of the war, the prepara-
lions for the war, the needs of the war, the
RESPONSIBILITIES and dangers that are now
upon the Government In this way the
country would be awakened and would re-
spond to its representatives, who they
would know came fresh from the partici-
patton in the events and were advising the
people Of the facts as they really are and
directing them to the welfare of the coun-
Try at large
We need awakening and action and we
need il at once. Our country is taking il
for granted that we can defeat the enemy
whenever we are ready and that we can
be ready by merely declaring that we are.
From this illusion thGG country must be
aroused and practical operations at once
entered upon with unanimity and enthu-
Slasm.
"a State committee, consisting of Mayors
Of municipalities, is handling the work of
pushing agricultural output to the limit in
each subdivision of the State This COM
mlttee is assisted by the State Department
Of Agriculture and also by the Department
Of Public Instruction and by the Commits
sloner Of Labor Plenty of labor is avail
able and registered for farmwork at all of
our Federal and State employment bureaus.
"over 5000 sChOolboys are enrolled and
ready to assist on the farms when called
more than $4,000 school children are en-
gagged in home garden work. Never has so
large an acreage in New Jersey been under
cultivation, and the prospects are bright so
far as production is concerned.