The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-30
LOCAL FARMERS PATRIOTIC.
G
Pledge Best Efforts Toward increased
Production of Foodstuffs.

The quarterly meeting Of the AS
cension division of the Farmers Ed
ucational and Cooperative Union of
America was held at Galvez on the
21st inst, and an interesting pro-
gram was carried out. Hon. H. Ar
thur Morgan, one of Ascension's rep
resentatives in the gemral assem-
bly,, presided over the meeting in his
capacity of chairman of the parish or
ganization, and there was large at
| tendance of farmers and their wives
and families. Talks were made by |.
N. McColister, of Many, president of
the Louisiana division of the union !;
R. D. Bowen, of Paris, Texas, prom
inent official of the Texas division; J.
TO- Montegut, parish farm agent, and
President Morgan. Resolutions were,
adopted as follows: &-.
''Be it resolved, that in the world
fYar into which our country has en-
Tered We, the members of the Farm
ers' Educational. and Cooperative
Union of Am erica, will do our part by
furnishing food and clothing not only
for our own army but also for a large
part of our associates in the mighty
struggle, and will further assist by
furnishing nearly half the boys in the
trenches with food and clothing.
= "Resolved further, that we insist
upon our government giving organ
lied farmers full representation in
the peace congress that will be form
ed at the end of the war. We de-
mand this as. being due the farmers
Of the nation in consequence Of our
numbers as compared with the bal
ance of the population, and also by
reason of the fact that without the
farmers our nation would perish by
famine. All we want: is equity and
justice-equal rights to all, and ad-
justment of affairs which will insure
the greatest good to the greatest
number.
Resolved further, that. food and
ships are the main requisites with
which the war can be won-and it
must be won-and that if local mer-
chants and bankers will do their part
we pledge for the organized farmers
of Ascension parish that we will put
in larger food crops for 1918 than we
have ever done before. We also real
ize we must have proEmf transporta-
ton facilities on land and sea in or
der to carry this food to our soldier
boys abroad and tosour allies, and we
commend and endorse the shipbuild-
ing program na,W being carried out
5bypbur goYelaWUent, ], and have every
faith in the ultimate construction Of
an ample supply of ships with such
practical men ana tried and true
citizens as Edward N. Hurley and
John H. Kirby aiding 3. in construc-
ton"
The president was instructed to
have copies of the resolutions for
warded to Senators Joseph E. Rams
dell and Robert F. Broussard, Con-
gressman J. Y. Sanders Of this dis
trict, and Messrs. Hurley and Kirby.
respectively chairman of the United
States Shipping Board, Washington,
D. c., and United States Timber
Commissioner, New Orleans.
The committee on education sub
mitted the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
"Whereas, the United States gov
ernment has enlisted our school sys-
tenn as an aid in distributing timely
Information; and whereas, there is a
shortage of some four hundred and
more teachers, and possibility Of
fifty per cent: of our schools being
closed next session unless something
can be done to remedy conditions;
and whereas, our schools are trying
to promote the thrift movement, the
cause of greater food production,
and aid our government in various
other ways; therefore
"Be it resolved, that we, the Farm
ers' Union, here assembled, go. on
record as promising to do all in our
power to cooperate with our schools
in. promoting the various movements
fostereda1y the government, such as
de: sale of thrift stamps, increased
food production, etc, and further
more, that we ask the state legisla-
ture to devise some means whereby
our school system will be assured a
more substantial standing, as we real
ize, that a better education will be
to cope with the great so
cial and economic changes that will
take place after the war;
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