The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-02-14
SAFE AND SANE
/ PROCLAMATION
Gov. ROUGH CALLS UPON THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE TO
CUT DOWN COTTON AND
RAISE MORE FOOD
STUFFS.

81 Gov. Brough has issued the follow
ing proclamation:
Whereas, the cotton growers of. the
South held a meeting on February 9TH,
1t New Orleans, La, and unanimous
~ passed a resolution calling on the
people of the Southern States to as
seYnble on Saturday, February 18th,
and in their various communities, to
discuss the question of reducing their
cotton acreage SO 1-3 per cent and
planting a corresponding acreage in
food stuffs, and
81 whereas, the staple commodity of
cotton has declined $500 bale with
in the past tire months and is now
selling at an average price of not
more than 25c pound, due partly to
The manipulations of the cotton ex-
change in the East which it is earn
estly hoped that Congress will regu-
late, and partly to the operation of
The law supplying demand by virtue
Of the fact that European cotton
manufacturers have not been able as
yet to readjust themselves to normal
conditions, and
Whereas, approximately one hun
dred and twenty million of dollars
worth of food stuffs are now being
Imported into our state and sight
Drafts averaging from $4,000 to ST.
poo daily are being drawn on each of
our various counties to pay for i'm
ported feed stuffs, and
whereas, all agricultural author
ties in our state unite in the slogan
of producing enough feed stuffs
at home not only for home consump-
zion but for sale in the form of cattle
and hogs, and
whereas, the governors of several
Southern States-Governor Cooper,
of South Carolina, Governor Roberts,
of Tennessee, Governor Bilbo, of Mis-
sissippi, Governor Pleasant, of Louis
lana and Governor Hobby of Texas,
have urged the farmers of their re-
sspective commonwealth to reduce
their cotton acreage 80 1-3 per cent
and plant this acreage to food stuffs.
81 ssNow, Therefore, I, Chas. H.
Brough, Governor of the State of Ar
kansas by virtue of the authority
vested in me under the Constitution
and laws of said state and acting in
my official capacity do hereby pro-
claim Saturday, February 18th, 1919,
as public holiday in the various cot
ton counties of the State of Arkansas,
and call upon the people in the cotton
raising sections to assemble in their
various communities for the discus
sion of this vital problem of cotton
Production. earnestly request the ayr
cultural authorities of the state and
JAIL agricultural agencies to send out
Speakers to address these farmers
meetings, telling as do that they will
be rendering their state notable pat
5riotic service"
This action was in response to re-
Quest on the part of Governor Pleas
ant of Louisiana, who wired Gov
&Brough as follows:
"The cotton situation calls for the
earliest attention of all woh are in
8 terested in this great product, and the
present and future welfare of the
Zsouth, demands the active co-opera7
ton of all the people thereof, stop in
order that the south may be reor-
ganized in this great movement to
avert distress and insure prosperity
and in response to the urgent request
] of many leading farmers, bankers,
and business men generally and fol-
lowing my own convictions in the pro-
misses. I deem it most advisable to
call a great cotton conference to be
held in the city of New Orleans on
Monday and Tuesday, February 18th