The Lamar register., 1917-01-31
PLEDGE AN ACRE FROM EVERY
FARMER FOR WAR SUFFER
ERS
Stupendous Christmas Gift Will Dem
onstrate Untruth of Misrepresen-
tation About West Now in Cir
culation in East


RADIO Farmers Congress is now busy
with the initial preparations of a
statewide campaign to pledge every
farmer in Colorado to donate the pro-
ceeds from one acre of his farm at
his next harvest for the benefit of
sufferers in the war stricken nations
of Europe. This idea was presented
to the delegates of the congress by
retiring President o. F. Gardner at
the Fifth Annual Rural Life Banquet.
It met with immediate approval and
early indications are that n generous
contribution to this good cause will
result. The delegates promptly adopt
ed a resolution covering the idea at
the business session the following
day and appointed a committee to
carry out the plan. The first to vol
unteer an acre was young farmer
delegate to the congress, Emerson
Lambuth of Goodpasture, Colo, who
announced that he would give the pro
ceeds from one acre of pinto beans.
The committee in charge is now
formulating a plan whereby every
farmer in the state will be given an
opportunity to pledge in writing that
he will give the proceeds of one acre.
Arrangements will be made so that
each individual farmer can remit the
money his acre produces direct to the
office of the American Red Cross so
ciety in the capitol building in Den
yer, and designate to which country
in Europe he wants it to go. A care
full record of all pledges will be kept
and a complete compilation of results
will be made.
In this resolution the congress au-
the Twenty-frst General Assembly,
now in session, and ask that an ap-
preparation be made for the design
and production Of a suitable medal
to be awarded to the man who makes
his acre produce the most.
While this movement may be re
garded as a very natural undertake
ing on behalf Of charity at a time
when a large proportion Of the world
population needs charity, there is an
other and very excellent reason why
Colorado farmers should look favor
ably upon the plan and join in carry
ing it out. Because Of the careless
writing of a woman named Ger
trude Atherton false impression re-
garding the people of the west and es-
pecially farmers of the west has been
given circulation by the papers of the
east. People of the west have been
described as heartlessly lacking in
sympathy for their fellowmen even if
he is suffering. This writer has gone
so far as to say that many of the
farmers of the west do not even know
there is a war and if they do know
they do not care. II was in order
that the farmers of Colorado might
demonstrate to the whole world that
these statements are untrue that
President Gardner made the sugges-
ton which crystalized into the move
ment now in progress. Because the
misrepresentation applied to the en-
tire west and not especially to Colo
RADIO, il is believed that all the other
western agricultural states including
Kansas, Oklahoma. Wyoming, Utah,
Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota.
South Dakota, Oregon, Washington,
California will follow the lead Of the
Colorado farmers as soon as they
are advised of the movement here.
The resolution adopted by the con
gress urge that the business and man
ufacturing interests of Colorado join
in a similar plan. 1t is expected that
these interests will fall in line as sug-
gested when they learn of the patrio-
tic and generous plan of the farmers.
The committee in charge of the
movement consists of c. L. Hover who
is chairman, President David Halls,
Of Mancos and Secretary Treasurer H.
T. French Of the Extension Service Of
the Agricultural college. Working
with these and as a part Of the com-
mittee are the following members of
the executive committee:
George McCarroll, Denver.
r. NJ. Haythorne, Eaton.
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