St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-09-22
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ture and that is why our sympathies
are so aroused and the Red Cross
has received such splendid support.
The men and women all over the
country have responded nobly and
here in our own parish the women
are doing a marvellous work. But
we have to consider the fact that
great many of our men VIII return
from the battlefields ready for work.
and that it will he financial neces-
sity for them TO work Immediately.
Now, If we allow our industries to be
crippled and our farms to lay waste
land they will unless the places of
the men lighting are flled) our men
will be forced to idleness and the
country will suffer UNNECESSARILY.
Our fathers and grandfathers can
tell us how dreadful the conditions
were after the Civil War how pro-
feesional men and men skilled In
certain lines of work had to take the
first job they coul get, simply be-
cause there was no preparation or
effort made for industrial organiza-
ton. We must profit BY the ex-
perience OF our fathers and OF the
present financial and economic loss
IN France and England before they
had a full estimate Of their woman
power.
The Legislature has passed q lew
requiring the registration OF the wo-
men of our state from the age Of 16
up, and in order to save expense for
| the state, the woman's committee Is
entrusted with the organization work
| md the actual registering Of the wo-
men. You must understand that
| while the women are required to
register, the offer of service Is pure
ly voluntary. It is not like the reg
'stration of June 5th-the men who
registered on that day knew thai
they we're doing 80 because their ser
vices were to be demanded-the reg
l istration of women on October 18th
will not bind you to anything.
It Is the aim of the government to
have at once complete statistics az
to the women who are already train
ed TO take up the work OF men In
some capacity; and the names OF
those who wish to be trained along
lines needed by the country: and
Those who wish to engage dn phflan-
Ithropic work. That is the object OF
Of registration.
There are many advantages to be
considered, mainly. the patriotic
wish to maintain our industrial
standard while our men are serving
lat the front. Then there Is the ad-
vantage Of becoming trained work
Ter at the expense Of the government.
should you desire It, and the fact
that the government hopes to act az
Ia sort Of employment agency in find
ing work for the women who need It
The housekeepeEs will he helped i'm
measurably because they will receive
q great deal Of valuable Information
regarding community conditions and
demands, and the result of the lates
successful experiments in food con
servation.
II This is a wonderful, a splendid op
portunity for women, and 1t Is to 81
hoped that they will make the Wort
of registration easy by responding
Immediately. The date is Octobel
18th, and at present the plans ar
j indefinite but our cha .rman, Mrs
, Burns, thinks It WEI be both con
, venient and wise to use the schoo
houses throughout the parish as reg
listration booths, and to ask minis
!, ters and teachers to assist in id
vertisdng 1t. In the wars Of the pas
:, It has always been woman's just AM
= mournful plea that hers was tn
q hardest task, to watch and wait-a
! last she has an opportunity to serve
II Mr.. Salmen introduced Mr.. w. H
o Sullivan, of the State Councn of De
: tense from Bogalusa, as q man VIII
a was we'll known to every man, wo
man and child in this section. an
= who would be listened to with In
= terest.
al Mr.. Sullivan.
II Mr.. Sullivan spoke earnestly i
4 support of conserving the product
I Of the State. He said he was ais
4 interested in securing an army cam
n in this section. That there was n
n doubt that we could offer great al
9 MANAGES for such q camp, bat tina
n the great difficulty was in secur,n
n an inspection. That he had arrana
!. ed for an inspect on next Monday q
3 Tuesday. That at Hattiesburg til
r water was not az good nor as easil
rea ched. That there was an abund
o ance of the purest water here. Tha
his company was going the limit i
an endeavor to sucure the CAM
That three thousand acres OF Ian
had been offered for this purpose.
81 Mr.. Sullivan paid tribute to s
J Tammany parish in describing n
sensations on reaching here eIeve
years ago. He said the sweetest i'm
pressions of his life we're those RI
ceived on landing at Mandevill:
The throwing on Of fur wraps an
getting into the beautiful sunshin
vas an experience that had neve
4 been forgotten, and he had exercise
his best talents during the time b
had spent here for this country tbs
n he loved. It had always been r.
r greet with him that he could no: d
II more for St. Tammany parish. H
realized that Bogalusa should nav
n been located either at Lacombe G