Milford chronicle., 1917-08-17
WOMEN, The GAMERS
need YOUR SERVICES
In The State OF Maryland Active
Steps Looking To The Solution
OF The Problem Facing The
Gamers Have Been Taken.

FARMERS 10 increase luelF dcfeageS OF
all goods that can be put in cans.
The farmers have responded excel
lently, but now another problem is
facing the country. That of getting
the crops canned In Maryland the
authorities, recognizing the serious
ness of the problem, have taken act
i've steps looking to its solution. They
are organizing WOmen's Sections of
the Maryland Council of Defense and
these sections are making excellent
headway in their. work. A Baltimore
paper of recent date has the following
to say:
The first general call for organized
help from the women of the nation
is now being sounded. 1t is the call
/ to women to enlist IN the Food Re
! serve Corps" or in other words to
perform a definite service by Offering
! themselves as workers in the Gamer
| les of the state.
The labor supply in the Maryland
canneries is alarmingly insufficient.
| This year canning will be done on
just about double the scale of former
years, yet the labor supply is less
than in other years. To save the to-
matO crop something drastic must be
done. and the WOmen's Section of the
Maryland Council of Defense has un-
dertaken to do that drastic" thing.
They have sent out a general call to
the women of Maryland. no matter
what their station in life, to volun-
teer their services in this big, patri-
otic work of canning the states per-
ishable crops.
Eywarvy NH, o,rs1s-
Food Reserve Corps viii be paid for
the work she does the pay being made
on the piece work scale.
The call has come for the women
who are ready to help in producing
and preserving food for this country
and our allies. Already the canning
factories are feeling a serious short !
age OF labor and a reserme must be |
created from new sources. To meet |
the emergency, therefore, a body of |
women to be known as the Food Re /
serve Corps" is being organized by /
the Bureau of Registration and Infor- /
nation of the National League for |
Women's Service of Washington, with /
the approval of the Secretary of La
Dor, W. b. Wilson, and Herbert C. /
Hoover.
The womens section of the Mary
land Council of Defense, in cO-opera-
tiOn with the Bureau of Registration
and Information, is organizing the
Food Reserve Corps for Maryland.
This state alone packs half the coun-
try's entire output of tomatoes, and
much of this perishable food will go
to waste if the canneries handling it
cannot secure enough labor. The
farmers have been urged to produce
greater crops and the tomato crop for
this year is much larger than last
years. Thousands of additional wO-
men will be needed to see to it that
all of this food crop is conserved.
Women and girls are now being or
ganized in groups of 10 or more, with
a woman leader for each group. The
leader will act as the representative
OF the group. dealing with the employ
ers, and, in groups of young women,
will take the responsibility for gen
eral oversight of the group. A plain
service uniform with "F. R. c." on
the sleeve will be supplied at cost to
those who desire it, or if anyone does
not care for the uniform, a sleeve
band with F. r. c." may be sub
College women, teachers.
and working women
have already offered to serve in the
ranks and lead groups Women de-
pendent on wages for a living are, in
accordance with Secretary Wilson's
ruling, given preference, but many
others will be needed.
The work in the canneries began
about July 15 It is paid work and is
practically piece-work. Most of the S
will be wanted to Skin toma-
.oes," and the amounts earned vary
with the individuals quickness and
iexterity. While the work is not diff
icult, the continued application will
De hard, especially az first for women
to factory work, and
will be a test of the real desire to a
ierve the country's needs. The work g
will probably last about two months t
md effort is being made to arrange. i
or housing the Food Reserve Corps S
n camps, or in barracks, in or near u
he city. g
1t should be understood that this I
york is a definite patriotic service. t
The output of the canning factories t
# the country will go, in a very large n
,art, to the Government to help feed t
ur soldiers or to our allies. That b
he necessity for letting no part of p
he food products go to waste is i'm I
erative has been pointed out from all Il
ides. Much will be wasted, none
he less if there is not sufficient labor C
o take care of it. The fact that this c
abor will add something to the profit "
f the packing industry does not re- il
eve the women-the c0untTry's ioEi-
al food conservers-from the urgent
uty of seeing to it that the industry
elivers its full measure of service in
he national crisis. 7
The same condition that faces the ii
anners of Maryland faces those of
delaware, and if the tomato crop is m
} be saved, it is necessary that the d
-omen volunteer their services in aid u
f the government at the present time. fC