The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-17
nopEsON'S GREAT
RoDH FOOD CAMPAIGN


,,.on Robson County People Pro-
" aaeo Their Own Feed and Food
IFS They Will save Millions of
nall.rs to Spend for Something
Else
Wilmington Star.
WI" Tho Robson County Food Conser-
.;on commission is carrying on the
,os+ food producing propaganda that
Nv come under our notice. The
ur;rted circulars being broadcast
ptr.oncbout the county are exceeding
tnr ooor+;nent and such publicity ought
, " pnneaI very strongly to the peo-
70 az af The county. However, the COM
p pie u also is reaching the people
IL. noster and newspaper publicity,
py .ae another direct appeal to the
N MinrI is being made to them, face to
PeOp' at meetings called in various
law, n,nnities where earnest and well
eO onted sneakers address large gather
mos nos Of the people. 1t is pretty safe
- cav that Robeson's live commits
y;on will reach everybody in the
count Tf fRobeson does not produce most
= bor food and feedstuffs this sea-
VI an Il certainly won't be the fault
81 ' bor food commission. This work
" beinc done because of Governor
p D appeal to the people of
III Coroiina to make this State as
n0arly as possible self-supporting, SO
.bot The nation won't have to. support
o .r neople while it is necessary for
the Entente allies to be fed. Rob
sson is expected to feed herself in
Stead of expecting to be fed herself.
The Robson food commission has
been thoroughly organized with Mr.
Tobn r Sellers as chairman, Mr.. L.
blanchard as executive secretary
and an executive committee consist.
inc of Messrs. A. ]. Floyd, j. K
Poole, Nena Rhyme Miss Nena Rhyme
The Star fell into a natural error
Editor.), John B. Sellers, A. w. Nc
lean. A. T. McCallum and L. p
blanchard. Those are some of Rob
eson's leading men, and they are en-
erpetically and ABLY pursuing a sys
tematic course that certainly mus
hear results. First of all, they hav
shown the county the obvious nees
Of this food campaign because of tn
fact that Robson imports annual
around s4,00O,000 worth of food an
feedstuffs.
The commission thinks it is pos
chile nv united efforts of the peopl
To produce half that import delir
ouency in food and feed, so that 81
100000 more of our national produt
ton can be released for the allie
who are fighting our battles in Ell
rope. The incentive certainly is gres
and we are satisfied that Robson
cutie capable of producing food Gro
values of more than $4,000 900
Irish potatoes and corn alone.
The commission is conservative
asking Robson to produce $4,000
900 Of food and feedstuffs, becau
Robson has been accustomed to- bu
ing annually $50 worth of food al
feedstuffs for every man, woman al
child in the county. Keeping 81
100000 at home in Robson this ye'
would add greatly to her prosperit
A payroll of that amount would
Jumped at by Robson, but food al
feed production to the amount
100000 would be better than
factory payroll, since the mon
would be distributed in the count
and not confined to the towns whe
payrolls do their work.
All of US should realize that kee
ing money at home is equally
good as any payroll, and once we t
home production we will find out t
economic effect of the millions tn
We keep in our State instead OF pr
ducing wealth to be sent abroad
be added to the wealth of other pr
ducing States. The Robson coun
commissioners have done well to a
propriate $500 for waging this cal
paign and it will be the best mon
ever spent by the county authoriti
1t will 90 towards stopping mon
flow of S4,000,000 a year out of t
wealth resources of the county
Robson. When that flow is stopp
the money tide is sure to rise in Re
eson. When her people produce tn
own feed and foodstuffs, they "
have s4,000,000 to spend for son
thing else.