Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-05-11
GOVERNORS APPEAL
Asks Farmers and Business Men
to Help

dress TO the people of Tennessee
urging prompt and energetic food
preparedness. He asks business
men to give substantial aid to the
movement for great food crop pro-
duction, and says the vagrancy
laws should be strictly enforced.
He declares that if loafers will not
work they should be made to la
Dor on public roads.
The address is as follows:
10 the People Of Tennessee:
Il have just returned from a
trip out in the state and appreciate
the peoples interest in the present
food crisis. Organization is be-
ing perfected in various counties
Of the state. but still some people
fail to recognize the seriousness of
the situation with reference to the
threatened food shortage and to
the request of the president to the
people Of the sonth that an extra
effort be made that we of the
south this year and during the
period of the war feed ourselves.
This appeal is made peculiarly
TO the southern people, and | hope
every Tennessean will respond en-
ergetically to this request. Be
cause Of the food shortage in Eu-
rope there has been. during the
last two years, a very heavy draft
upon the food products of this
country and. without knowing it,
in many cases, there has been a
serious inFoad upon seed needed
for the liberal planting Of our lands
this year. This is particularly
true with reference to food crops
such as beans of all varieties, and
also true Of sorghum, both for
syrup and forage.
Since the declaration Of war,
industries for the manufacture of
war materials have been calling
seriously upon the rural popula-
tion for labor, and unless great
careis exercised there will not only |
be a shortage Of seed supply, but
of labor of the growing Of maxi
mum crops. Our government has
emphasized and re-emphasized to
our young men on the farm the
necessity of loyalty to the cause
in remaining on the farm, since
the food supply in America is GO
ing to be the most important fac
tor in oHHsaining victory.
II especially desire to enlist the
interests Of this food preparedness
campaign Of the absent land own
ers, particularly in tho cotton sec
ton of our state. See to it that
this tenant and share-cropper pay
special attention to the growing Of
foodstuffs for the family and that
that may be necessary for his work
stock, breeding and meat animals. |
''Onr business interests should
give hearty support to the govern
ment and make available money
for the growing Of larger crops
and that that may be necessary for
the preservation and judicious
marketing Of the same.
In this crisis all unnecessary
public activities should be post
poned so as to liberate all available
workmen and lire stock for the
field.
In cities and towns officials
should pay particular attention to
the vagrancy laws and see that the
oilers and lCafers Of every kind
are made to seek employment and
aid in producing something, or
else be sentenced to do duty on
public roads.
Il deem it important that this
year every family maintain a gar.
aen through the year, not 50, much
for the sale of the products, but for
family maintenance, ia order that
food products which we normally
import may be made available for
the army. and the people of our
allied armies and nations.
With the high cost Of food pro-