Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-05-18
RICHMOND SCOUTS
TO SAVE POTATOES
Plan to Use 1000 Boys on East
ern Shore in Harvest
ing Crop.
HUXLEY ISSUES AN APPEAL
Calls for Food Conservation and
Better Methods of Canning.
and Preserving.
HUXLEY ISSUES AN APPEAL


the State upon AN absolute war basis
TO meet the nations need. the Virginia
Council Of Defense will not only call
able bodied men TO do their proper
tionate share in the trenches and I'm
the supply reproducing branches Of i'm
! dustry. but viii urge. as n patriotic.
duty. that every woman in the State
practice the strictcst economy and use
every means at her disposal for the
more efficient production and ccnscrva-
tion OF articles of f"od
The council points out to them thai
. IL is solemn responsibility which
America. a nation. never before has
, faced, and a responsibility which de-
pends. not solely upon var ar peace.
but upon economic conditions Great cd
by world war II seeks to drive
home the point that. il peace were de-
clarcd tomorrow, conditions would he
the same. Famine threatens large
part of tho world. America is face to
face. in peace or war. with the ncccs-
sity OF feeding herself and her allies
SCOUTS TO AID IN
HARVESTING FOOD CROPS
! Coupled with this urgen, appeal to
the women TO do their part in solving
the food problem. Benjamin G. Moo
NAV. Jr. secretary OF The Virginia
Agricultural Council OF Safety. which
fs working in the closest co-opera ton
with the Council OF Defense, is work
ing out a plan with Charles l.. Weaver
Boy Scout executive for Richmond, un-
der which the boys will have an oppor-
tunity TO serve in helping harvest food
crops
Mr.. Moomaw and Mir Weaver have
ust returned from the Eastern shore.
the great potato producing section Of
Virginia. where they put UP To the
. growers the proposition TO furnish dur
ng the rush season in harvesting 900
, Boy Scouts and school children from
Richmond for work in the fields
| Their plan was cnthusiasticaliy in
dorscd. and negotiations will be en-
tered into Immediately with the War
Department for obsolete tents under
which the boys will camp.
Boys who do this work will nc un-
der tho immediate supervision of the
Boy Scout organization, and every
measure for proper moral and sanitary
conditions Will be taken. Mr. Weaver
has been commissioned by those in
charge OF the Scout movement here to
work in tho matter with the Council
OF Defense. He Will sec to it that the
boys arc as we'll cared for as they
would he in their own homes. They
Will receive as compensation for their
services the current prices paid un-
skilled labor
ONE THOUSAND RICHMOND
BOYS TO HARVEST POTATOES
Mr.. Moomaw has figured that the
1000 Richmond hoys Will be able to
harvest during the season 100000 bar
rels OF potatoes. He thinks their SER
vices VIII count for moro in harvesting
crop than in making it. And another
consideration is that with tho boys
IN the harvest fields. men will he re-
leased for heavier work which they
arc more capable of doing II is
planned to carry other Boy Scouts to
the apple and the tomato sections.
The Council OF Defense has asccr-
| tanned from the numerous queries re-
ceived by Secretary Hunlcy the fact
/ that Virginia farmers are in dire need
or funds with which To begin the
years operations and immediate at
| tcntion will be given To this phase
of the defense work. The committee
handling this question is composed of
James O. Winston. Colonel T. r. White
Homer l.. Ferguson and President L.
l.. Johnson, Of the Norfolk and Western
. Railway.
Tentative plans discussed by tho
committee include n cooperative union
of banks in Virginia, which will agree
TO pool an amount of money. proba bly,
/ total ling 100000, for loans to farmers
in need OF funds to begin the years
operations. This money will be lent
without collateral. The necessary in
dorsemcnt will be given either by
tpp l,N-c
the county designed by the council
Each bank will be expected to nut up
its proportionate ,sharc. based either
upon its capital stock. it's loans or
its deposits. Al the end OF the year
losses by individual banks will be
pooled and borne proportionatcly by
the others.
WILL CONSULT WITH
COMMITTEE OF MINISTER'S
Much of the councils work toward
securing adequate defense measures
will be accomplished through the min
done much in the task of arousng the
latent patriotism of the people and Of
imprcssinG upon them the Importance
Of thrift and economy. To work out
more fully the plan of CO. operation be-
tween the ministers and the council. a
committee from the Richmond Minis
tcriai Union will meet the defense
body for conference on Tuesday
morning ut 1880 o'clock. This COM
mittec is composed of Rev. George w.
Kcmper. Rev w. Asbury Christian. D.
D.. Rev Russell Cecil. d. d.. Rev w.
Russell Bowie. D. D.. Rev. George W.
Mcdaniel. d. D.. and Rev. J. j. Schcrcr,
Jr
To gain more insight into the prob.
lem OF keeping labor In the South dur
ing the war, the council Will use it's
influence to secure for Richmond the
impending meeting OF the University
Commission on Southern Race Quca-
tions. This body. which Is composed
OF professors from the universities of
the South. is devoting much attention
to the question OF the shortage In the
cs a : .,