Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-07-21

tion, and after this is done the plan Is
 to be carried into the allied countries
 The possibilities are so staggering that they can hardly be grasped Con-
 servative estimates have placed the
 pr1eeeds to be derived from it at
 S1OO,0O0,OOO year. When it was
 presented to President Wilson in June, he was so deeply impressed with it that he said, enthusiastically, "1
 have vision enough to see its wonder
 fuI possibilities" One million dollars
 fer Arkansas is the goal that has
 been set, and when the results al readys attained in Cleveland county
 are considered, that estimate is none too high.
 The Farmers a-Bushel War ; Fund was originated by Mrs. C. K. Elliott, wife of a farmer stockman : and lumberman at Rison. It is an in- ! dependent movement and yet sym pathetically allied with every other campaign and organization designed to help win the war. The purpose of l the movement is to raise funds with which to aid wounded American and Allied soldiers, sailors and their faml- lies, and assist returning soldiers and sailors to re-establish themselves sat- isfactorily in civil life; to induce the civilian population to support the men in the trenches by injecting the same quality of self-sacrifice and pat riotism into their work at home that the soldiers are putting into their fighting abroad: to make America, when she welcomes home her return ing sons as worthy of Love and af- lection as are those battle-scarred he roes who are daring all in her defense 1 to help the soldier "make the world safe for democracy" to help the civil Han make democracy safe for the world" The movement is to continue not only during the war, but for per haps five years afterward, for there will be tremendous tasks after peace | has been declared.
 The plan provides that every farm CT or other person shall be solicited to give bushel at harvest time of the l most abundant crop in his county or the value thereof. For the most abun- I dant crop there is always ready To- cal market. The farmers will haul their gift bushels to market and sell them together with the rest of their crop, receiving for them receipts or due-bills which are to be turned over to a designated person in each coun- tv parish or community. The funds l thus collected will be deposted in To- cal banks, to be forwarded by them to the official who may be designated by the National trustees. The gift bushels will be sold at the highest market price prevailing, or even at premium, and it is expected that the local dealer will handle them without cost Storage and transpor- tatlon costs being eliminated, and there being no expenses of admins. l tration, the proceeds will be net, and the giver can be assured that every cent of his gift will go to the cause for which it is intended.
 Mir. and Mrs. Elliott called to their assistance small group of patriotic citizens, incluGing Mrs. Ethel Sum- row, l. D. Moore. J. B. Searcy, H. B. Dixon, N. A. Mckinney and R. R. Strain, and they agreed to put on the movement in Cleveland county first, before submitting it to the state council of defense. Pledge cards we're sent to all the school directors of the county in the midst of the Red Cross
 drive, during hot political campaign and at the farmers busiest planting