The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-04-04
NUMBER Ii.
FARMERS OF KANSAS IN COUNCIL
Large Attendance and Harmeaisa.
Action.
A State Organization Effected.

The delegates to the Farmers
State Convention assembled in the
hall of the House of Representa-
tiyes, at Topeka, on Wednesday
afternoon, March Goth.
| Owing 20 our limited space we
can give but the facts Of the pro-
eeedings, and leave out the speech
es. The discussions took a Wide
range OF subjects and were able.
The convention was called to or
der by Alfred Gray, Secretary of
the State Agricultural Society, who
read the call for the convention.
The hotels of Topeka charged
the delegates half fare and all the
railroads OF the State did the same
thing except the Atchison & Ne
braska, and Lawrence & Pleasant
Hill roads.
j. K. Hudson, of Wyandotte,
was made temporary chairman,
and DR.. Chase, OF the Kansas
Farmer, WAS chosen temporary
secretary.
A committee on credentials was
appointed, composed of Wyllis, of
Morris county; Stiles, of Wabaun-
see; Galloway, Of Montgomery;
Fitzpatrick, of Crawford, and Mil
Ter, of Riley.
During the absence of the com
mittee, Mr.. Bronson, OF Douglas,
entertained the committee with a
speech. 1t had some good points
in it and some very poor ones.
The committee on credentials
made report showing that there
were about two hundred delegates
present. We find from the report
as published that the southwest
part of the State was represented
rs follows:
Lyon county-T. p. Hall, j. b.
Morgan, N. j. frey, C. Z. Payne
and A. G. White.
Cofey-R. E. Lafetra, a. H.
Dow, John Geisey, A. Holland.
Morris-S. j. Wyllis. W. w.
Daniels.
Sumner-Charles G. Broadbent.
Reno-C. W. Clapp.
Marion-T. C. Thoburn.
Chase-Frank Smith.
Butler-M. Vaught, H. w. Beck.
If this report is correct it will
be seen that several OF our most
important counties were not rep
resented, which is a matter to be
regretted, and ought to be amend
ed in the future.
A committee of permanent or
ganization was appointed as fol-
lows:
G Z Wilson, chairman; AIessrs
G w II Moore, Van Wrinkle, J N
Insley. Bronson, T p Hall, G NJ
Moore, Shidler, C w Clapp, r
Morgan, A H Grass, G NJ Parks,
C G Broadbent, f Kingman, Chas
williamson
At the evening session this CON-
mittee reported the following per-
manent officers, which report was
adopted:
Hon. John Davis, of Davis
county, for president; Jonathan
Weaver, of Saline and Alfred Tay-
lor, OF Johnson, for vice-presi-
dents; j X Hudson, of Wyandotte,
for secretary, and j 7 Stevens, of
Douglass, assistant aecretary.
a committee on resolutions,
composed Of one from each judi
cial district was appointed, but
the Commonwealth report does
not give the names.
Ex-Governor Charles Robinson
offered the following resolution,
which after long and able discus
sion was adopted, but the names
of the committee are not given:
RESOLVED, That q committee
consisting of one from each judi
ciaI district, he appointed to draft
q plan for state organization, to
which all local organizations may
be auxiliary.
We give brief synopsis OF the
discussion on the above resolution,
which is a specimen Of the point
ed, spicy, commensurate speeches
throughout the proceedings Of the
convention:
In support of this resolution
Governor Robinson stated that the
only benefit the farmer could hope
for was by well-considered organ
ization; the old question of de-
mand and supply was obsolete and
played out; none OF the great in
terests were using it. It was in
stead the new word of combins-
ton which determines the price at
which iron and other commodities
are sold from New York 20 San
Francisco. AL classes, whether it
be mechanics, engineers, shoemak-
ers or bootblacks, combine and
fix the price for their different
products or labor. We have par
| aliel lines of railroad, but they
combine and do not compete. II
the poor tanners were TO combine
and withhold their hands the peo-
| pie would perish. There was but
one course for the farmer TO pur-
sue, and he would not give one fig
for anything they would accom-
plish unless they did. He adyo-
Gated county and State organiZa-
tions, auxiliary to national one,
and all should be in correspon-
dence with headquarters; and
that the national directory should
set the price for farm products in
our cities; who should find out al
the statistics of interest to the
farmer, average of grain and cost,
and have an intelligent informa.
ton of the prices determined in
sill our great cities. The State or.
CARNATIONS should, within theiI
limits, gather up such statistics
; and fix prices, and county socie
ties should do tho same. The
| farmer would then handle the sams
weapons and be on the same foot
ing with dealers in iron, wool and
cotton. He urged organization
and when organized, to CORES
pond with headquarters, and agres