The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1917-04-12
FAULKNER. JOINING
IN FOOD CAMPAIGN
BUSINESS men ACTIVE
State Must Feed Herself or Go Hum
CRY, is Warning of Acting Di-
rector W. {. Lassetter.

, the government for production of
more foodstuffs in the south. Credit
and cash merchants alike are urging
upon their farmer customers the i'm
peratlve necessity of growing enough
food at least to supply their own
needs and warning them next fall,
money may not buy bread and meat,
no matter how much money they
have, for the reason that the United
States government has practically
decided to commander all surplus
grain and meat produced in the
north to be used in feeding the
American and allied armies.
Government control of railroads
is also being strongly suggested by
federal officials, who declare that
all railroad resources of the coun-
try will be needed to transport sup
plies to the Atlantic seaboard and no.
trains carrying foodstuffs south will
be permitted to run.
The Conway banks are also taking
a prominent part in disseminating
! the food campaign propaganda.
The Faulkner County Bank is carry
ing in this weeks Log Cabin Dem
ocrat a four-column advertisement
setting forth the present alarming
conditions and reproducing a recent
speech on the subject by Bradford
Knapp of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
The entire agricultural force with
the college of agriculture and the ex-
tension division of the University of
Arkansas has been thrown into the
field in the Arkansas food prepared
ness campaign. w. C. Lassetter,
acting director of the extension divi-
sion, who attended the conference at
St. Louis called by David F. Houston,
secretary of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, said on his
return to Little Rock yesterday:
The people of Arkansas must
awaken to the necessity of feeding
themselves during the war or they
will, undoubtedly, go hungry. This
means that Arkansas farmers must
raise at least S65,000,000 worth of
, foodstuffs in excess of that which
they raised last year since this
. amount was imported into the
= state. If they do this they will only
r uting surplus for the use of the
army and allies, a thing which every
patriotic farmer should feel his
, duty. Land owners throughout the
state should plan on raising enough
r on their own farms to feed every
man, woman, and child on their
q farms and every animal which they
possess. In addition, they should
raise as much more as they can and
still produce a normal crop of cotton.
The growing of cotton is not to be
discouraged and a normal crop is
n. the most desirable, but our people
cannot eat cotton. They must plan
on their food supply first. Remem-
+ ber money will not buy food when
q there is no food to buy.
THE agricultural men in the state
: with the business men are now in
: the field starting this campaign with
view of reaching every farmer as
q soon as possible and awaken him to
the necessity of doing his part in
this national crisis. The following
y plan for organization has been is
sued to those taking part in the cam
I paign and every community may find
it advisable to follow the general
, community plan for work. This
plan as advocated by the extension
, forces and adopted by the central
campaign committee is as follows:
Bankers, merchants, farmers,
ministers, teachers, county officials,
, newspaper men, county agents, and
all church, fraternal and social or
CARNATIONS are asked to meet and
discuss plans for making their COM
munities self sustaining. In the
towns the women's clubs are asked
; to make a survey and list the num-
Der of available vacant lots for gar
den purposes and with the assistance
of the business men to have these
lots plowed and put in condition for
growing of food crops. They are to
distribute pledges among the women
and boys and girls who will grow
SdiQSli. liCy Will SHIOui bhC
, saving of food in the homes and plan
for the canning and drying of foods
if necessary at a municipal plant.
Ministers are requested to preach
the duty of food preparedness from
patriotic viewpoint throughout Ark
ansas next Sunday and the teachers
are to see that Mr.. Vrooman's
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the state. Bankers and merchants
are to take part in touring their
county carrying information to the
farmers and assist in distributing the
leaflets to be furnished them. These
leaflets, five in number, include Mr.
Vrooman's speech, what a Bale of
Cotton Will Buy" "An Outline for
Cropc Each Farmer Should Cro,,, -