The Arizona copper camp., 1917-07-14
WOMEN Of RAY
To Be FACTOR
IN SAVING FOOD
Now Is Time for Loyal
Women to Join Nation
wide Movement for Con-
servation of Food for Our
Soldiers and Our Allies

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Soldiers and Our Allies
Women are to be the big factor in
conserving the food of the nation so
as to assure a supply of food for our
own troops and our allies. Work of
enrolling the women of America has
already begun, and is now going for
loyal woman in the United States is
being asked to sign a pledge to re,
duce the bill of fare in her own home,
and to carry on the further programs
that will be issued from time to time
by the food conservation bureau.
The women of Ray who have al
ready responded Loyalty to the calls
for the Belgium relief and for the
Red Cross are now taking an active
interest in the food conservation work.
Pledge cards have been received here
by Mrs. French, and the work of sign
ing up the women of the camp for food
conservation is already under way.
At the request of President Wilson
and of Mr.. Herbert Hoover, national
food administrator, the state councils
of defense throughout the nation
through their women's committees
plan to mobolize between July and
July Is the women of the nation in a
great volunteer organization for saw
ing food and eliminating waste.
President Wilson in his letter to Mr..
Hoover on this subject states: "The
women of the nation are already earn
estIy seeking to do their part in this
our greatest struggle for the mainten-
ance of our national ideals, and in no
direction can they so greatly assist as
by enIisting in the service of the food
administration and cheerfuIIy accept
ina it's direction and advice. BY so
doing they will increase the surplus
of food available for our own army
and for export to the allies. To pro-
vide adequate supplies for the coming
year is of absolutely vital importance
to the conduct of the war, and without
very conscientious elimination of
waste and very strict economy in our
food consumption we cannot hope to
fulfill this primary duty.
of the country will not only respond
to your appeal and accept the pledge
to the food administration which you
are proposing, but that all men also
who are engaged in the personal dis
trbution of foods will cooperate with
the same earnestness and in the same
spirit | give you full authority to un-
dertake any steps necessary for the
proper organization and stimulation of
their efforts"
Mr.. Hoover in letter to Mr..
w. S. Clifford, director of the national
council of defense, states: 'The presi-
dent is anxious that we should lose no
time, and as we have as yet no ma
tional appropriation to cover printing
and other expenses, we are thus COM
PEELED to ask the state councils to
assist us by themselves printing and
disseminating the pledge cards, a SAM
pie of which is attached.
'The campaign for membership be-
gan on the first of July and we hope
within the following fifteen days to
enroll the major portion of the women.
1t will be necessary to organize defi-
mite drive to this end for this period.
1t is hoped that each state will make
as fine a showing in this registration
as it did in the registration for military
service.
at needs but statement to indicate
the Importance of the whole 1000 con-
servation issue and of carrying it into
the home. If we can reduce wheat
bread consumption by one pound per
week per capita, by economy, elimina-
ton of waste or substitution of other
cereals, we shall have increased our
export surplus for the allies by 100,-
100000 bushels of wheat per year and
if we can induce economy in eating or