The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1917-11-27
MARYLAND EXCEEDS
QUOTA FOOD PLEDGES
Women Commended For Work Done
In Connection With Conservation
OF Food-Assignment 10000;
Signed Cards, 1873 3,O19.

Maryland's quota in the food con-
seryation pledge campaign was 13O,-
900.
The total signers were 133,019, or
3.019 in excess of the assignment.
These are the figures reported by
the Department of Food AdminiStra-
ton. Mrs. Edward Shoemaker, gen
eral commanding, and Francis King
Carey, chairman of the executive
committee; William H. Maltbie also
assisted in the work.
In its report the department ex-
presses its appreciation of the work
done by the women of Maryland who
participated in the campaign.
''inspired by an unsel1ish patriot
ism they have rendered valuable
service to the administration" says
the report. This service which they
have rendered, often in the face of
very serious difficulties, has had two
distinct results" continues the re-
port. In the first place it has eX
planned to the housewives of Mary
land the necessity for food conserva
ton, and has enlarged to a great de-
gree the number of homes in the
tive conservation is practiced. In
the second place it has had ten
dency to bring our people closer to-
gether in a common purpose to do
whatever may be necessary to facili
tate the winning of the war.
1t is necessary that every indi
vidual in the nation should have the
war brought home to him, should
rnDiiya thDt ic nntjnn'S
business and that it calls for the 10y
al cooperation OF every citizen. The
recent campaign has, we believe, done
much to spread this understanding
and promote this cooperation.
1t is desirable also to call atten
tion TO the way in which this canvass
has been conducted. 1t might have
been a simple thing to secure the
signing of 1873 900 cards in the State
of Maryland if those cards had been
distributed indiscriminately. with an
invitation to everyone, men, women
and children, to sign and with no
particular care taken to exclude du-
plications. The campaign in Mary
land, however, was not conducted up
on this basis. Practically speaking,
every card of the 10000 of our quo
Ia represents a direct visit by one
woman to another, an explanation of
the program in those cases where it
was not understood, and voluntary
intelligent pledge of cooperation
made by a housewife or woman con-
cerned in the handling OF food. I'm
der these circumstances the signing
of 10000 cards means that approXi
mately one-half of the families of
the State of Maryland, city, county,
native white, colored, or foreign
born, have been visited and have
agreed to cooperate in a national
program"
The following are the quotas and
totals by counties, the first figures
representing the quota, while the sec
ond represent 81 ese, the total; >
1896; 2792.
Queen Anne's county-Mrs C. F.
Parks, 1854; 2391.
Baltimore county-MrS. G. D.Ben-
son. 1925; 1929.
Worcester county-Mrs. T. p.
Wharton, 24S4; 1882
Cecil county-Miss V. Abrahams,
2376; 1861.
Allegany county-Mrs. r. Amman,
6241; 6003
Frederick county-Mrs J.,L Mot
ter, 5267; 5OS5.
Wicomico county-Mrs. Grant Sex
ton, 1852; 2642.
Hartford county-Mrs. w. W.Pres-
ton, 2796; 1856.
Garrett county-Mrs. G. S. Ham
i'll, Jr., POLL; 1853.
Talbot county-Mrs. Mary B. Dix
on, 1862; 1885.
Caroline county-Mrs. Kenny Ste
vens. 1922; 1889.
Anne Arundel county-Mrs. John
Z. Craven, 1855; 1929.
Montgomery county-Mrs. Geo. V.
Chandler, 3209; 2571.
Carroll county-Mrs. Frank Mil
Ter, 1898; 1854.
Washington county-MrS. James
Findlay, 1862; 1908.
Prince Georges county-Mrs. V.
X. Chestnut, 1915; 2457.
Dorchester county-Mrs. w. N
Andrews, 1857; 1920.
Howard county-Mrs W.B. Lown-
des, 1911; TIA.
Charles county-Mrs Adrian Po-
sey, 1889; 661.
Somerset county-Mrs. T. S. Hod-
son, 2645;SS4.
Calvert county-Miss Carrie Har-
desty, 1898; 314.
st. Mary's county-Mrs. C. B.
Greenwell, 1903; 444
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