The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1918-02-16
BOLIVAR COUNTY LEADS MOVE
That Should be Made State Wide.
South Should Raise Sufficient
Food for Man and Beast This Year

furnish all the food stuffs for mules |
cattle and hogs upon his property
but in addition thereto to furnish !
sufficient meal for his family and |
all of his tenants, then said planter
agrees to plant all additional acre
age sufficient feed and food for all |
mules, horses, cattle and hogs upon
his property, and also to feed him.
self aud his tenants.
Third Realizing the danger Of
failure TO do this upon the part of
all farmers, through Ignorance OF
conditions, we recommend that |
committee consisting of P. M.
Harding, Food Administrator of
the State of Mississippi, Alex. Y.
Scott, Food Administrator of Boil
var County, and such other citi-
zens as thev may appoint from the
farming and business interests of
this section shall proceed as speed
lily as possible to Washington and
point ont to the authorities at
Washington the grave danger
threatening the South aud the
whole country at this time through |
ignorance upon the part Of the
Southern farmer; and that we Ill ge
t hat a statement be speedily issued
from the Director Of Railroads
pointing out the shortage of cars.
the fact that it will be impossible |
to haul food stuffS from other sec
tions Of the country 70 the South |
and that unless The South now
plans to raise its own food supply. |
it will not be able to secure it from
other sections; supplemented by
statements from the Food Admin
istrator that our allies and soldiers
must be first fed, and that the
supply for them will be taken at
source, and directing that each
farmer and planter plant sufficient
food stuff for his own use; and
further asserting that the Depart
ments of Agriculture and Food
Administration intend and expect
TO investigate and ascertain as
speedily as possible wheather a
farmer has complied with this
instruction of the Food Adminis-
| tration Departments, and that in
case it shall be found that he has
ia led so to do, he will not be
permitted to have food stuff hauled
to him bv the railroads or sold to
him by wholesale dealers.
And further. that this should
be supplemented by proclamation
from the President of the United
States, pointing out the grave dan
gel threatening our people from
insufficient food production. that
each section of the country must
at least be self-sust aiming, and
should if possible produce surplus
and that failue to be selfsustaining
warned as they are in time, they
must suffer the consequences of
short rations.
Be it Further Resolved. That !
this committee should act quickly |
in order that information may be
generally spread over the South |
now and before the crop is thrown.
In making these suggestions,
we are imbued not only with a !
spirit of patriotism, which we be
lieve should and does fill the hearts
os every Southern man. but we are
imbued and impressed with the
grave danger threatening our sec
tion at this time from lack of
knowledge of lack of appreciation
of world conditions and through
lack of appreciation of the tre-
mendous task whi ch this nation
has undertaken and which it will
successfully perform, but only can
or will it dc so when each man
and each woman in the nation is
aroused and fully understands the
task confronting us,
and the dangers which threaten
this failure.
Resolved. Further that the
press be furnished copy Of these
resolutions and urged to impress
upon our people the grave dangers
confronting us
(Sisned)
w B. ROBERTS,
Chairman.
(Signed)