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6 THURSDAY, APRIL. 25, 1918
SIGNAL GODERICH, ONTARIO
An Open Letter----
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To the Mayor and Councillors of Goderich
Have your citizens organized to increase food production?
If they have not yet done so, We, the Organization of Resources Committee,
earnestly ask you to call them together in a Mass Meeting, and lay before them the
necessity of immediate and vigorous efforts --the food situation is critical.
It may astonish you to learn that in 1517 Ontario did not grow enough wheat
for its own needs. Consequently every Ontario farmer whose land is suitable, has
been urged to sow 5 acres more spring wheat this year so that Ontario's demand for
wheat shall not be met at the expense of that portion of the Western crop that should
more rightfully be shipped overseas.
For this same reason every householder who has a garden or a piece of
vacant land is being urged to grow vegetables, because the more vegetables that are
gown and eaten in Ontario the less wheat and meat there will be consumed, and, that
being so, the Ontario wheat crop should then be sufficient to feed our own people,
and leave more Western wheat and other foods available for export.
By intelligent effort, in tate cultivation of his own back garden, or from the
cultivation of a nearby piece of land, the average citizen can grow, this summer,
enough vegetables to support his family through the next winter. And remember,
if food restrictions are enforced next winter, a supply of vegetables . in the cellar
will be very desirable.
If you already have an unofficial or semi-official organization to stimulate food
production, so much the better. That will give you the basis for a comprehensive
committee.
A plan that has been adopted in many places is here outlined. You should
adapt it to the needs of your own community.
1. A General Committee should be
formeB, representing every impor-
tant interest of the community.
2. The work should be done by sub-
committees. The following list is
sufficiently comprehensive for the
largest places. You should adapt it
to your own community.
(a) A sub -committee on Finance.- The
Organization of Resources Com-
mittee is willing to help local
branches financially with publicity,
public meetings and organization.
(b) A I'uhlici:y Committee to place local
problems properly before the people,
supplementing the larger work of
the province -wide publicity, by
securing pledges, sending out circu-
lar letters, arranging for addresses
in churches, schools, motion -picture
houses, etc., and by supplying local
papers with news items.
(c) A sub -committee on Vacant Lot and
Back -Yard Gardening to include re-
presentatives from horticultural so -
cities, school teachers, etc.
(d) A sub -committee on Farm Labour,
composed cf employers of labour,
representatives of organized labour,
war veterans, etc. Labour is the key
to the food production problem. All
boy, girl, part-time and vacation
labour should be enlisted. Make sure
that sufficient labour is ready to meet
any demands made by your farming
community. This labour should be
placed on farms locally through the
Agricultural Representatives or the
Government Employment Bureaux.
(e) A Farm Lands sub -committee, com-
posed of groups of men to cultivate
target tracts of vacant land in the
vicinity of cities, towns and villages.
Flax growing is profitable and suit-
able—flax seed and fibre are much
needed.
(f) A sub -committee on Schools, to en-
list all school -children of sufficient
age to work either in home gardens,
community gardens, school gardens,
or on farms.
(g) A sub -committee of women on Con-
servation to deal with the problems
of food -saving in the homes; the
more broadly representative it is of
women's activities the better. Exist-
ing women's organizations should
not be interfered with, but since con-
servation is one of the greatest prob-
lems, there should be a women's
committee in each community to
deal with this problem alone.
3. An Executive Committee should be
appointed, to include the chairman
of the general committee and the
chairmen of the sub -committees.
This committee should meet fre-
gUently.
4. A Secretary to the committee should
be chosen, for his knowledge of the
situation, who would be free to de-
vote considerable time to the work.
Lack of food threatens the battle -line and we must deal
with the situation.
TO THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN
If you have not yet decided to plant a vegetable garden make up your mind to
do so now. You will not regret it. There is still lots of time. Potatoes and beans may
be planted up to June 1st and These are the best substitutes for wheat and meat.
For good, practical advice upon how to lay out and cultivate a Vegetable
Garden, write for a free copy of the booklet entitled: "A Vegetable Garden for
Every Home." This has been prepared by the Ontario Department of Agriculture for
the guidance of citizens who will respond to this call for increased production.
Send for copy now. Mail the coupon below:
Mail
This Coupon
0.100.
NOW
Organization of Resources Committee, Parliament Buildings, Toronto
Dear Sirs :
Please send num a copy of your booklet "A Vegetable Garden for
Every Home."
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Name
Address
ORGANIZATION OF RESOURCES COMMITTEE
In Cod)peratioa with Canada Food Board
A TERRIBLE DROP
With a,Ittuaculoua End --Haw Major
Hews Escaped Almost Certain Death.
The following account of a thrilling in-
cident in the fighting area in France is
Irvin an Edmonton paper, the Alberta
cit y being the hornets( the young aviator
who had such a narrow Gape. He is a
grandson of Mrs. Jeckell, of the London
road near Exeter:
There are few, very few flying erten
whose machine is shot down out of control
at the dizzy height of 10.000 fest int e
air who live to tell the tale- possibly
percentage of one in a thousand. Yet
such is the exceptional experience one
Edmonton's flying officers. Major G. P.
Howe, formerly O.C. "A" Company pony 202nd
Spartamen's Battalion, who subsequently
tc7�s1�r�a�d to the Flying Corps.
wnting of Major Howe's thrilling ex -
't a correspondent at the front says:
Howe, in company with two
other pilots. was engaged in patrol duty
on January 30, between 1.30 and 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. They were sailing
around, well behind the Hun line at a
height of about 10.000 feet, free, as they
thought. from the attention or molestation
on the part of the Hun airmen. seeing
nothing except an odd Hun miles behind
his own lines. Suddenly the detonating
crack and rattle of machine-gun fire m.+de
things lively.
Howe's machine was in direct line of
fire and amid the first sweep of bullets
received the full force of a well -directed
fusilade. The force of the curtain of tire
which enveloped the machine nearly
stunned him. Howe was flying in the (ace
of a dazzling sunlight and immediately he
tried to turn his machine so as to discover
his adversary or adversaries, but in doing
so his machine went into "a spin." He
shut ori his engines s. th the view ta again
obtain control. but found he had
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"lateral" control bullets having hit and
broken his aileson control wires and also
breaking the "king post" on the left side
of his rudder. That damage was bad
enough, but by skillful handling he seemed
to gain temporary control of the machine.
He tried to steer for his own lines, when
to his horror he found that his rudr had
been partially disabled, beingworkable
only to the right. which would steer the
machine still further over toward Our.
land.
By that time he had rapidly fallen from
10 000 to 2,000 and still on the downward
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trot, which looked ominous for him. to I ...-_...,_.
those of us who were watching him. He, gyp; if You have not an expert near
however. kept his nerve and nosed up and You, a message to us will secure the
did some kind of a side slip -then he services Of one in the shortest' possible
seemed to go fairly straight. Fortunately i lime -
for Howe the Hun who had attacked him In its own field the growing d flax is
was not following him. but one of his lust as important as the production of
fellow -patrol pilots was. Then he did wheat. As it can bearown where wheat
some kind of a "flat turn round" and by will not succeed. a way of service is thus
some unexplained means managed to died for those who have sod land to
head for our lines. That was all he could y be surprising to scene reederstoMONO
do and await a crash to earth. By now
he was falling over our lines with ground
beneath heavily studded with shell holes
full of water and half broken trees, upon
which he seemed destined to crash to a
certain death.
We watched him in his appalling des-
cent. thinking an second might be his
last. He made a desperate effort rdo those Provincial Orjanization of Resources
up" and by one i the extraordinary Committee. Toronto.
freaks of fate his machine turned
turtle and crashed to earth upside
down, both ends of the machine
resting on the outer walls of a huge shell
hole. There, with water beneath. and
gasoline dripping from the tank above
him. he hung securely in the pilot's seat
by his leather belt and waited while some
of his fellows rushed to his rescue and
dragged him safely oat of his sore plight.
Had a spark but ignited the petrol he
would Lave had a warm end - frit not
warmer perhaps than his miraculbus
escape was greeted by the cheering troops
as we escorted him to the rear where a
good nip of brandy given by a sympa-
thetic medico pulled him somewhat to-
gethei.
We had hardly got Howe free from his
machine than the Huns. with their extra-
ordinary politeness. commenced to shell
the wrecked machine. Well, they were
welcome-- Howe had brought home the
machine and we had him safe and sound
and not a prisoner of war.
The wing commander called up the
next morning to congratulate him on his
safe return and his splendid effort at land-
ing. The wing commander insisted on
Howe Going on seven days' leave to re-
coup -which is usual after similar ex-
ceptional experiences in the air.
The day before this Howe with his other
pilot friends was in another fine scrap.
getting three Huns down in flames and
driving down two other machines out of
control. They themselves all returned in
safety.
be informed that one-third of all the
aviators in the British air service are
from Canada. This country therefore has
a peculiar interest in seeing that the air
boys have wings with which to fly.
Any person thkiking at putting in
some flax this year and d*ninng further
information should commute with the
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The Signal to January Ise, 1919, for $L00
Waste
Waste 1s Now Illegal.
Anybody who discovers cases of waste
of food may notify the legal (authorities,
who have power, under the new order, to
take action. Wilful or careless waste has
become illegal, and municipalities who
secure the conviction receive half the fine.
while Provincial officers securing the con-
viction receive half the fine for the Prov-
ince.
Woman's idea of domestic economy is
to induce In r husband to give up smok-
ing.
Discretion has a greater commercial
value than valor.
GROW FLAX THiS YEAR.
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Fibre is Needed for the Wings el
Aeroplanes.
The Provincial Organization of Re-
sources Committee is sending out a call
to farmers to grow flax this year. Flax -
fibre is used in the construction of the
wings of aeroplanes. Russia and Belgium
formerly sspplied five -sixths of Great
Britain 'sdemand: now they supply little.
if any, and Canada is looked to to relieve
the shortage. Last year thirty-three
flax mills were operated in Ontano and
8.000 acres were planted. The mills are
in the market for all the flax straw and
seed that can be secured. and it is hoped
ithere will be a largely increased acreage
in this crop this year.
A circular fmm the Organization of
i ResotrcesCammittee says:
"Because flax can be grown mimes -
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▪ fully upon newly plowed sod land, and
because the growing of flax on this land
h a splendid frepanfor the towing
of fail wheat, flax -growing should be con-
! by every municipality in the
neighborhood of which there s hod land
Which will otherwise remain eisemdtx-
live.
"If you have a fax mill in your vicin-
ity. the experts should he consulted with
regard to seed and the cultivation of the
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