The Pulaskian., 1917-10-12
EVERY CITIZEN OF STATE IS URGED TO HELP IN FOOD
 CONSERVATION.
WORK BEGINS OCTOBER 2t
Three Hundred Thousand Pledge Cards Have Been Prepared For Dis tribution, and in Addition Are
 Having Display Cards Printed.
Little Rock

Little Rock
 Hamp Williams, federal food admin istrator for Arkansas, and J. 5. Dickinson, campaign manager, have set in motion statewide publicity campaign preliminary to the card pledge vee :, which begins october 21 and VIII end October 2S They have prepared S0O,000 pledge cards for dis tribution not later than October 10, and in addition are having printed 126,000 window display cards.
 Governor Trough issued as procla- nation, as follows:
 Governors Proclamation.
 gro all to whom these presents shall come, greeting:
 Know ye that, whereas, the sue cess of our brave troops and our he. roic allles in this unprecedented cru sade in behalf of democracy and lib erty against autocracy and despotism, will largely depend upon our food sup plies, Napoleon's famous adage being true, that an army travels on it's bel ly; and,
 "Whereas, the United States faces a decrease in it's staple crops which have hitherto been consumed at home, that too, despite the fact that we have 22, ,000 .000 families in the United States to feed and 394,000 families in Arkansas to feed, in addition to 10- 00O,000 of our allies on the firing line and the destitute women and children If France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Serbia, Roumania, Poland and other allied countries; and,
 ~ the president and Con- gress of the United States have ap- pealed to our patriotic people, espe. cially in the homes of our land, for food conservation, and have appoint ed the Hon. Herbert Hoover federal food administrator of the United States, and the Hon. Hamp Williams of Hot Springs federal food adminis- | trator for the state of Arkansas, men who are unselfshly devoting their time and energy to the service of their country without pecuniary reward; and,
 "Whereas, the problem of food con- seryation will be solved very simply if our people will, eat less of the foods which, because of their concen- trated nutritive properties, must te sent abroad, such as wheat, beef, pork, sugar dairy products, and eat more of other foods of which there is an abundance, such as vegetables, poultry, corn meal and fish-one day each week of such economy represent- Ing saving of between S0,000,o00 and 90,000, GOO bushels of wheat and two billion pounds of meat, these calcula- tions being based on normal per cap fla consumption of these commodities ,n the United States;
 Nov, therefore, I, Charles H. Bropgr vernon of the State of Ar kansas, by virtue of the authority vested in me, under the constitution and laws of said state, do hereby set apart, and proclaim the week begin ming October 21st, and ending Octo- Der 2Sth, at National Pledge Card Campaign Week in Arkansas, and call upon the wives, mothers and daugh- ters in the 394,00O families in our state to sign the Pledge Cards, which will be furnished them by the county chairman of the County Council of Defense. which cards will be distrib- uted by the county clerk of each of our 75 counties, and may be sent back to the proper authorities without even the expense of postage. l earnestly hope that the State of Arkansas, which has already raised over $500,000 for the Red Cross, subscribed over s2.000,O00 for the Liberty Loan, nearly 5000 for the Library Fund, in addi- tion to furnishing quota of over 10000 selected troops and over 1000 volunteers in the National Guard, will take the leadership in this great movement of food conservation and will win for the State the beautiful silk flag which will be presented to the state showing the greatest propor- donate number of signatures to these pledge cards. $*
 "In teat'~ony whereof, have here unto hand and caused to be affixed the treat Seal of State, in the Executive Chamber, Little Rock, Ark ansas, on this sixth day of October, A. D. 1917.
 Charles H. Trough,
 "Govarnorn