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Show I SILT LAKE TO GET IN I LIE TO HELP I COUNM - H SALT LAKE, April 10. Swift and H r mploto preparedness for war and H all it may impose upon the common- H -wealth is to be effected in Salt Lake, H This was determined yesterday by n H Fathering of citizens called into eon- H urence by Mayor W. Mont Ferry. It H v,jb unanimously agreed that everj H r .ource of the municipality must be ro"-g Jn-JJ, u-.j-.il.. ." j. t nrrr-rai mobilized in the shortest possible time In such manner as to prepare the city to tako care of itself and contribute to tho needs of tho nation. The most imperative need at this time, it was agreed, Is that of insuring insur-ing against food shortage. To this end action will bo taken to enlist the entire en-tire population of tho city into the ranks of producers or contributors to the production of food or its conservation. conserva-tion. A commlttco was appointed by Mayor May-or Ferry at the close of the meeting the duty of which is to meet with . Governor Simon Bamberger at 12 : o'clock today. After having confer- red with the state's chief executive . this committee will draft a plan of l procedure in harmony with such plans as he has for mobilizing the resources L of the state and that plan will be sub-' sub-' mitted at 3 o'clock Wednesday aftcr-y aftcr-y noon to the citizens whom Mayor Fer- ry has asked to lake up the work of putting Salt Lake on a war basis. Immediate Action Needed. It was made clear at yesterday afternoon's af-ternoon's meeting that the time has come when something more than speculation spec-ulation is in oi'der with regard to the reclamation of tho waste ground in Salt Lake. In a speech reflecting a sterling patriotism pat-riotism on the part of the wprking men whom he represented, Otto As-bridge, As-bridge, head of the Utah, Federation of Labor, urged tho imperative need of efficient and early measures to insure in-sure against want in the homes of the workers. "The working man is at the present pres-ent time so occupied with making his earnings buy enough, food to meet actual ac-tual necessities that he has little time to think how lie can bo as much a patriot as ho feels that ho wants to be," said Mr. Asbridge. "The working work-ing men are not thinking of clamoring for higher wages or making demands for concessions at this time, but they aro wondering how Uiey are going to weather tho high cost of living if It is to become worse under war conditions. condi-tions. Food is the primal necessity. Will Measure to Mark. "If the breadwinner is to be frco to go and fight for his country tho bread for those dependent upon" him must bo assured by tho community for which he goes forth to fight. If the home of every working man can bo supplied against want of food, the patriotism of the laborer will be found to bo of tho mark that has sustained b( principles ot our great country ii) all times of ensio. i 'fih 'mil iiii i jbe: i ii i ii rn-nn ii' ' " "The one possible solution for Salt Lake is to speed up production and help to take from tho back of the working work-ing man as much of the weight of the high cost of living burden as may be. To this end we must have effective organization and untiring effort on the part of those who undertake tho task." |