The Arizona copper camp., 1918-01-12
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Branding as deliberate lies the re-
port circulated by food slackers, pro-
Germans, Wobblies and other disloyal
persons, with a view to discouraging
the food saving campaign in Ray, w.
E. Mullen, chairman of the hotel and
restaurant committee of the U. s.
Food Administration for Ray and So
ods of these INSCRIPTIONS individuals
in the following forceful letter. In
vestigation of the situation in Ray
has convinced Mr.. Mullen that there
ic q deliberate campaign being waged
in this camp to interfere with or null
lily the food-saving campaign by the
dissemination of lying reports calcu-
lated to discourage those who are 100
per cent Americans, and who are try
ing to do their best to save food for
our soldiers and our allies. Mr.. Null
len is man of few but forceful words,
and while, in some instances, it has
been deemed advisable to modify some
of the terms used in his letter, the
Copper Camp is in hearty agreement
with the strong language used in char
acterizing these lying reports.
The letter follows:
Ray, Ariz., January Z, 1918.
Arizona Copper Camp:
Since have been appointed chair
man of the Hotel and Restaurant COM
mittaa Il 8 !. EEaas : 4 f1Eaiaistratioan for
Ray and Sonora, / have been having
all kinds Of trouble. 1t seems there
are few people in and around Ray,
and, thank goodness, there are not
many, who go from one restaurant to
another and try to discourage the pro-
prietors from observing meatless and
wheatless days. Some one will go to
Mr.. Baker of the Ray Con. Copper
company boarding house and tell him
that the Cinnamon uptown are serv-
ing meat of all kinds on meatless days.
uptown restaurants; will investigate
the matter, and find out that someone
has been lying.
1t was reported over town the other
day that Carl Smith had, or did, serve
sucking pig on Tuesday, January /,
meatless day. I find, as a matter of
fact, that this was lie-told for the
purpose of discouraging other men,
restaurant men, from needing the gov
ernment's appeal to conserve food.
Carl Smith served roast pig on Thurs
day and Friday, between Christmas
and New Years. The pig was pres
ent to him from one of the butcher
shops, and was Christmas present,
but Carl Smith did not serve it Christ
mas, nor did he serve it New Years
day, for the reason that both of those
days we're meatless days.
Again, people will go into the Chi
nese restaurants and swear around at
the Cinnamon and tell them that they
can go down to the Ray Con. boarding
house and get all the meat they want.
These are more lies, downright lies,
for / know that Mr. Baker is doing
the very best he can. In fact, l am in
formed upon good authority that Mr..
Baker observes the meatless days
strictly, and does not serve either beef,
mutton, pork, lamb or veal.
l was told that the Moore boarding
house was a place that paid no atten-
ton to wheatless days. Some more
lies, downright, pernicious lies.
ONE CANNOT USE LANGUAGE
STRONG ENOUGH TO EXPRESS
ONES FEELINGS IN DESCRIBING
THESE SLACKERS, OR PRO-GER-
MANS, OR WHATEVER THEY ARE
ONE THING SURE. THEY ARE NOT
TRUE-BLUE AMERICANS.
Regarding the Moore boarding
house. 1 have this to say for them:
/ don't believe there is a restaurant
in the State of Arizona or anywhere
else that is more strict in observance
of meatless and wheatless days. A
few days ago on Wednesday, wheat
less day, boarder went into the din
ing room for lunch and said he wasn't
very hungry, wouldtake just piece
of pie and a glass of milk. He was
told that they did not serve pie on
that day. The boarder happened to
be 100 per cent American, and in
stead of saying that he could get all
the pie and cake he wanted downtown,
he told them that he would be satis-
fled with what they would serve. So