Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-18
CITY GARDEN CAMPAIGN
and OWNER DRIVE
President Pack, of National Com.
mission, Calls for Cooperation OF
Real Estate Agents OF Country.
LOVE or TILLrNG OWN SOIL
Richmond Agents VIII Cooperate
and Preach Two Sermons From,
One Text--Nationnl War Garden
Commission Appeals Not in Vain.

Real estate agents throughout the
country. including a number OF those
whose habitat Is Richmond. arc boom
ing the war garden campaign in con-
ncction with what they call their
"Own-a-Iiome drive" The idea Is that
any man or any woman, as for that
matter, who loves a home garden will
love II just five times as well IL II Is
located on home place that they alb
solutely own, and so whilo tho home
garden fovcr is on all over the United
States. II seems n prcpitious timo to
drive homo" the idea OF every man OF
family owning a home and getting out
OF tho renters column.
The agents who arc thus preaching
two doctrines from one text are CO.
operating in large measure with tho
National War Garden Commission at
Washington. Charles LathroD Pack.
the president Of tho National War Gar
den Commission. writes The Times
Dispatch that he is getting letters OF
inquiry from all parts OF tho country.
many OF them being from Richmond
and other virginia cities and towns, as
10 the war garden primers the com :
mission Is using IN it's nation wild 9
campaign 10 encourage and instruct
the city farmer in food production.
He wants the real estate men OF the
country to help him and his commits
sion in the distribution OF these primers
and In doing everything else 10 work
out the two schemes OF home garden
ing and home owning. He writes:
ITO tho real estate men of'the coun-
try there comes a unique field OF CO.
operation IN the war garden campaign.
The real estate mems mission IS TO I'M :
press tho Importance OF owning land
upon the people. and thus mailing the
people TO become independent as only
landowners can be.
Therefore. ! urge that every real
estate man place food conservation
display In his window. l urge that
they distribute the war garden ins;ruc-
lions the National War Garden Com
mission issues in order that the need
OF food production be spread as far as
possible.
"a campaign of this character f. now
on with many real estate firms
throughout the country. The commits
sion stands ready 10 cooperate with
the real estate men I'm this great en-
deavor II they viii but write Tor the
plan OF campaign.
Every man and woman who helps
10 feed himself stands In The front rank
OF patriots, particularly il that man or
woman lives In city. and has not here
iotorc been producer OF food. To
the extent the real estate men can get
the peopie oack 10 thc land. Ia that
extent do they perform a wonderful
s"rEice not only 20 the people bat 20
ihcir country at this time"
The Richmond real estate men. and
some or the lives: and mos. wide
awake In the country are here in Rich
mono. VIII doubtless respond promptly
10 President Pack appeal
The members OF this commission
v'',h Mr.. Pack arc Luther Burbank. Or.
Charles W. Eliot. Dr. Irving Fisher,
Fred II. Gion. John Hays Hammond.
fairfax Harrison. My!on r iIcrrick.
pr. John Grier HibGcn Emerson Me.
N!i!'n. 4. ". Sha", Mrs. John D.ciiu-
son sherman, Of the General Federation
Of Women's Clubs Captain J u. White.
and Hon. James Wilson. former Secre-
nrT or Agriculture. and l.. $. Hidsdale.
rccfc:ary.