The Prescott daily news., 1918-08-27

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 Your commission from Governor Charles H. Brough as chairman for the Farmers Give-a- Bushel War Fund will be sent you in a few days. It is within your province to draft as much assistance as may be needed for this work.
 This is a farmers movement to raise funds to help wounded American and allied soldiers, sailors and their families during and after the war, and to help returning soldiers and sailors re establish themselves satisfactorily in civil life; to induce our civilian population to back up the men in the trenches by putting the same quality of self-sacrifice and patriotism into their work at home that the soldiers are putting into their fighting abroad; to make America, when she welcomes home her returning sons, as worthy of love as are those battle-scarred heroes who are daring all in her de- fense; to help the soldier make the world safe for democracy" and to help the civilian make democracy safe for the world
 This movement is to continue dur ing the war and for as many as five years thereafter. Every farmer is to be solicited to Give-a- Bushel at har- vest time of the most abundant crop in his county, or the value thereof. For the most abundant crop there is always a ready local market The gift bushels are to be sold under the direction of the organization in the county. parish or community where donated The funds collected will be deposited in local banks to be selected by the managing directors, to be for warded by them to the state treas. urer.
 The state headquarters are at state capitol, Little Rock The officers are as follows: Governor Charles H. Brough. chairman; Col H. L. Rem mel. vice chairman; Gen. Lloyd Eng land, treasurer: Hon. l. s. Speed, sec retary; C. K. Elliott, state director The board of trustees consists of l5 prominent citizens of the state and the advisory board consists of B mer of prominence in the farming and business interests.
 The national organization now be- ing formed in Washington will be composed of such men as Vice Presi dent Marshall, First Assistant Secre tary of Agriculture Carl Vrooman Speaker Champ Clark, William Kent of the United States tariff commits sion: H. C. Stewart, chairman Ma tional Agricultural Advisory commit tee. and other men of nationwide prominence. These national trustees will organize this movement in every state in the union. This movement having been instituted by Arkansas this state is given the honor of put ting it on first All the other states will follow, and then after the organl- zation is completed in the United States it will be taken up by the allied nations of the world.
 Senator Robinson told President Wilson that Arkansas will give bush els to the amount of million dollars. It is estimated that the entire United States will produce one hundred mil lion dollars. President Wilson says: "I have vision enough to see its won derful possibilities" This movement has the endorsement and active sup port of every branch of our national and state governments, Arkansas al- ready has the honor of having return ed four times as much flour to our government as all the other states combined, and now having started this great work in her borders the eyes of the nation are upon us.
 If it were not for the drouth Ar kansas laone would produce a million and a half dollars. but we are in the grip of the worst drouth the state has ever known. At the same time, we must not forget that we are in the worst war the world has ever known, and in all history men have never been asked to face what our boys are facing lover there" and with what