The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-22
Birmingham is organized.

Birmingham is organized.
 The Alabama food preparedness cam paign is gathering more momentum every passing day. When a community gets organized, it's just like the most dignified man in a city joining the hriners he becomes a part and parcel of an organi- zation, and governed by it's mandates, he leads lion around town or rides razor back mule bareback, he is organized. Organization does the work, whether you are in for religion, business, pleasure, philanthrophy or service to your country Organiza tion-thats the thing.
 The Birmingham district is organized. Jefferson county is organized. Alabama is getting organized from one end to the other, and with Mrs. Mathis in the field imparting her motherly advice to the farmers, the gardeners, the merchants and the bankers, something is going to hap pen around the family table. There is going to be corn, beans, peas, potatoes tomatoes, peas, hay and garden truck enough to feed Alabama, and then some when old autumn begins to remind one of frost.
 Farmers are assured of markets for their products They will not have to peddle their wares and then get low prices. The food preparedness commit tee has based it's fight for greater food production upon market for the prod ucts, and Alabama merchants, wholesale and retail, are in line and will have 8 market for the farmers crops.
 FRYE ON THE JOB
 Every section in the Birmingham dis trict knows what is on the minds of Ala bamians The newspapers of Birmingham have informed them of the splendid work of the various committees in this city, composed of business men, who have de- serted their offices and are devoting their time to the campaign to make Alabama feed herself. These men have unselfishly laid aside all creeds and business differ ences, if they had any, and are hand in hand striving for common good in a com mon cause-more food crops.
 John H. Frye, president of the Traders National bank, is chairman of the execu- tive committee. and is systematically handling every suggestion, accepting those that are applicable, and putting steam behind the movement in suffi- cient quantity to generate power that will be felt from Bridgeport to Golden, and from Florence to Dothan.
 S4OOO OF FUND RAISED
 Oscar Wells, president of the First Ma tional bank, is steering the financial end of the campaign, and yesterday afternoon his committee had raised $4000 of the $10.- 900 fund to meet the expense of the cam pagn. MT. Wells is personally directing the campaign for money, and this assures the ultimate success of the movement.
 The Tennessee Coal Iron and Railway company is backing the, committee with every agency that company controls. while the Coal Operators association is doing a magnificent work, which they be- gan prior to the campaign in helping the miners and other employees to plant gar dens the companies fencing the land and breaking up the larger gardens free. Seed are furnished where the occasion demands it, as well as fertilizer from the company stables.
 HOME GARDEN ASSOCIATION
 The Birmingham Home Garden asso- citation, backed by the city commissions CTS, is right on the job, Prof. E. E.. Smith, who was a few days ago em- ployed by the city to carry on the work, being exceptionally well posted on conditions throughout the city, thereby enabling him to give aid to the needy families who cannot buy
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