The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-12
More Acreage and Better CuI-
tivation More Energy and
Better Application Impera-
tive Now, Says Governor
FREIGHT SAVING TALKED
Prevention Of Fire, Care Of
Farm Machinery DiverSifi-
cation Of Crops, and In
tenSive Cultivation Urged,

Oklahoma Ciy is sending forth an
army OF bu,lncS, men and merchants
with message o' hopciulucsS and op-
tmi,m TO the rural districts and
small towns
This I, the FIRST trip ON which bust
ness boosting has not been uppcrmoSt
In the minds OF those who made up the
junkctlng party In ,hl, national crisis
business leaders from the states capital
arc going forth with words Of advice 20
the mV upon whom the burden Of feed
ing the state depends. They arc seek
ing 70 benefit tie state directly and the
nation as a whole indirectly
Officials Have Message
On the eye Of the annual trade trip
The heads of state departments and cx-
ecu,iycS Of the Chamber Of Commerce
have released mctaphorlcll bird, carry
ING words of encouragement and advice
PusincsS men and farmers IN the ter
ritoty 10 be traverScd hy the trade cx-
curSion will welcome the Oklahoma
Ci,yanS with feeling OF patriotism and
cooperation The trade trippcrs can
enter these towns with a real purpose
and one may well venture that business
will be a secondary conversational mat
ter
Governor Robert T. William, iSsuei
the following statement anent the
Chamber OF Commerce junket and It's
purpose
AT this time il is imperative that
every citizen should utilize every facil-
ity to extend production. more acreage
and better cultivation. more energy and
better application This will bring about
the necessary results
81 appeal to every man and woman
In the state to do their best 10 let no
opportunity pass without availing every
facility and every means Of co-opera-
tion, so that Oklahoma will produce
more to cat and more 20 live on. more
TO support our ncighbors and the army
and the allies"
Transportation Problem.
The trans sportation problem will play
no small part in the final solution of the
food crisis To this end. Campbell Rus
I sell Of the corporation commission Of
fer' this advice:
These trade excursions are not in
tended 10 be, and ordinarily are not
conducted from an al,ruiS,ic point Of
view; however the Grow II at Home
slogan which will be preached BY thi.
delegation cannot he attributed to any
selfish motive. Nobody can make a
profit off OF that which the farmer pro-
duees and consumes at home.
There has never been time during
the present generation when il was SC
important that each community be self.
supporting
"The saving Of freight Is but one ot
the reasons whv the Grow II at Home
slogan should be heard and needed b.,
every Oklahoma farmer.
oklahoma is exceptionally fottunat,
in that all OF the necessities. and mos
of the luxurics OF life. can be provide,
here
Benefit TO Cities.
This campaign. il effective, will in
oldentally benefit the cities, because i
will enable the farmer from his sur
plus TO continue TO he a good cu,tome,
for the things which the city can fur
nish TO him; and il will be wonderful,
reassurng to the urbani,es 10 know
that the 'wherewithal we shall he fed !,
near at hand, and can be reached b,
auto truck II necessary
"Yes, money is going to he very cheaI
but it will still be legal tender fol
debts at face value
The Oklahoma farmer who Grow,
II at Home this year. and some tc
spare, will find il an exeellen, oppor
tunity TO square up old scores anc
save something for the day when farm
products will again be more plentiful
than dollars.
THE benefit to those making mi,
campaign will come as reflex Of IN,
permanent prosperity which will be es
tablished in the country districts IL m,
Grow IL at Home campaign is eiiec
tive"