The Green Forest tribune., 1917-10-12
PLEDGE CARD WEEK PROCLAIMED BY GOV.
EVERY CITIZEN OF STATE IS URGED TO HELP IN FOOD
 CONSERVATION.
WORK BEGINS OCTOBER 21
Three Hundred Thousand Pledge Cards Have Been Prepared For Dis tributon, and in Addition Are
 Having Display Cards Printed.
Little Rock.

Hamp Williams, federal food admin istrator for Arkansas, and J. B. Dickinson, campaign manager, have set in motion a statewide publicity campaign preliminary to the card pledge Tce :, which begins October q ana will end October 2S. They have prepared 300,000 pledge cards for dis tribution not later than October 10, and in addition are having printed 126,000 window display cards.
 Governor Brough issued as procia- nation, as follows:
 Governors Proclamation.
 '9To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
 Know ye that, whereas, the sue cess of our brave troops and our he roic allies in this unprecedented cru sade in behalf of democracy and lib ertv against autocracy and despotism, will largely depend upon our food sup plies, Napoleon's famous adage being true, that an army travels on its bel ly; and,
 "Whereas, the United States faces a decrease in it's staple crops which have hitherto been consumed at home, that too, despite the fact that we have 22. COG. 900 families in the United States to feed and 334,000 families in Arkansas to feed, in addition to 10,- OO0,000 of our allies on the firing line and the destitute women and children of France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Roumania, Poland and other allied countries; and,
 "v..-.-.. the president and Con- gress of the United States have ap- pealed to our patriotic people, espe- cjally in the homes of our land, for food conservation, and have appoint ed the Hon. Herbert Hoover federal food administrator of the United States, and the Hon. Hamp Williams of Hot Springs federal food admini5- trator for the state of Arkansas, men who are unselfishly devoting their time and energy to the service of their country without pecuniary reward; and, H
 "Whereas, the problem of food con- servation will be solved very simply if our people will eat less of the foods which, because of their concen- trated nutritive properties, must Ee sent abroad, such as wheat, beef, pork, sugar, dairy products, and eat more of other foods of which there is an abundance, such as vegetables, poultry, corn meal and fsh--one day each week of such economy represent ing a saving of between S0,000000 and 90,0OO, 900 bushels of wheat and two billion pounds of meat, these calcula- tions being based on normal per cap- ita consumption of these commodities in the United States;
 Now, therefore, I, Charles H.. Brouen, q Ternor of the State Of Ar kansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me, under the constitution and laws of said state, do hereby set apart, and proclaim the week begin ming October 21st, and ending Octo- Der 2Sth. at National Pledge Card Campaign Week in Arkansas, and call upon the wives, mothers and daugh- ters in the 1000 families in our state to sign the Pledge Cards, which will be furnished them by the county chairman of the County Council of Defense, which cards will be distrib- uted ivy the county clerk of each of our 75 counties, and may he sent back to the proper authorities without even the expense of postage. 1 earnestly hope that the State of Arkansas, which has already raised over $500,000 for the Red Cross. subscribed over S2,000,000 for the Liberty Loan, nearly $5,00G for the Library Fund, in addi- 10000 selected troops and over 1000 volunteers in the National Guard, will take the leadership in this great movement of food conservation and will win for the State the beautiful silk flag which will be presented to the state showing the greatest propor- tionate number of signatures to these pledge cards. *
 In test:~~ony whereof, l have here unto sa hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of State, in the Executive Chamber, Little Rock. Ark ansas, on this sixth day of October, A D. 1Y17.
 Charles H. Trough,