The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
The Denegre Car and Truck Company has started Back to the Farm" movement that may become nationwide.


 Through The Herald this morn Ing the Denegre Car and Truck Com pany announces that 1t will place its whole working organization, consist ing of thirty-five men, at the disposal of any farmer within radius of twenty five miles of Birmingham for one full working day.
 Charles Denegre will furnish his own men with transportation to and from the farm picked for the days work and also will feed his entire or ganization, so that the farmer will be under no expense whatsoever MT. Denegre, president of the Dene- gre Car and Truck Company, in com menting upon his Back to the Farm" movement last night, said: "I fully appreciate the situation the farmers are in through the labor shortage and I also am con- vinced that this country is facing food shortage unless something is done immediately to assist the farmer. It is for this reason that I am willing to close up shop for one day and place my whole or gRnizatfOn farm within, a radius of twenty-five miles of Birmingham to do one days work. We can accomplish great deal of work for some farmer who needs 1 help badly and we will be only too glad to do it."
 | Hewitt Heninger, sales manager fol | the Denegre Car and Truck Company, 1 in announcing the plan to cooperate l with the farmer, said:
 Thirty five men working nine hours ! can accomplish great deal of work | on some farm, and that's what we ara l going to do. That makes a total of l 315 hours work and is equal to thirty nine working days for one man at | eight hours per day.
 FOOD SHORTAGE 1 "We fully appreciate the fact that l there is going to be an acute shortage | of foodstuffs in this country if the farmer isn't given immediate assist ance. We are perfectly willing to close up for one day and devote that to farm labor. We are going to give each and every applicant serious con sideration and the farmer who needs help most is going to be given the benefit of this organizations one work day
 We feel that it is our duty to give l one day to the farmers and we're go- | ing to do it. Our branches out in the state are going to do the same thing at the first opportunity. | This is the shortest route to bring 1 ing down the high cost of living. for 1t will give the farmer invaluable as- I crease the crops accordingly. l MT. Denegre will be willing to re- ceive calls for help from the farmers | tomorrow morning. He states that every call for assistance will be given every consideration.
 FARM DAY
 Farm Day" will probably be adopted in Birmingham within the next ten days if the plan of J. c. Will ! ia ms n1a ark in Fl har a h w c division of the Jefferson county court | of misdemeanors. is adopted. l He suggests that a day be set aside to be known as farm day and that : every man who can get away from his work go to the various farms and as- sist the farmers in blowing and plant ing.
 This plan will be great help to the farmers in getting their crops in the ground he stated, as the rainy spring l has kept them from doing any farm ing at all This late start will neces- sitate speeding up this work if any crops are to be raised, for everything must be planted within the next three weeks.
 This will be a patriotic work" said Mr. Williams, flor if there are nc crops money will do us no good an6 l the decrease in production will most
 certainly increase the price. Working
 on the farm for one day will be a means of fighting the fl. c. L. and
 should be one in which everyone would | be willing to join.
 ''Of course, some man would have tt
 be at the head of the movement and
 confer with the farmers and see how
 much help they need. and then helcoult
 assign the volunteer workers to the
 various farms. Another thing is tn.
 fact that the farmers will not have
 sufficient stock to allow many addi
 tional men to work, but persons hav irg stock they are not using could lent it for that day. If this plan is adopted
 1t will facilitate things for the farme
 and he will be able, with the assist
 ance the citizens are able to give him
 to get all crops planted and worked
 and the delay caused by the rain vii
 not be felt to such an extent as fl probably will unless the farmer re l. ceives some aid"