The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-06-13

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together for mutual benefit. That was simply
the beginning Of the movement. Societies
having so members were entitled to one repre-
sentative in the Congress. Many societies,
being in their infancy, had no representative
this year, but would next. The societies
met with due regularity, and the cooperative
idea was being experimented upon in many
places.
The following resolutions were offered by
Mr.. Milliken, of Ohio, and referred:
RESOLVED, That all effort on the part of the
organization Of any class to increase or de-
crease the value of labor or the products of
labor are injurious in their influence and
against the interest of farmers.
Resolued, That the Eight-Hour law passed
by Congress and now applied to labor per
formed in the Government, being against and
a disturbing element in the management Of
the business of the whole country, ought to be
repealed.
Prof. Reed, President Of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, offered a resolution indorsing
the efforts being made to secure additional aid
from Congress in behalf of agricultural col
leges established by the land-grant Of 1862,
and approving the Morrill, bill.
Prof. Reilly, State Entomologist of Missouri,
spoke on the cotton worm, which in one week
last year destroyed $40, O0O, 900 worth of cot
ton. He felt quite assured that Paris green
would clean out the pest, as it had destroyed
the potato beetle. The mineral, mixed with
thirty parts of flour, would be effective, and
twenty pounds of Paris green, at twenty-five
cents a pound, would do for several acres. 1t
could also be applied in water.
At the second days session, the tariff ques-
ton WIS brought before the Congress, in some
resolutions offered by q South Carolina dele
gate. One of these calls for the admission Of
iron free of duty, reciting that it is the chief
material in railway and steamship building,
and the tax on it is one great cause Of high
transportation charges.
The resolutions were referred.
Mr.. Richie, of Ohio, offered a preamble
setting forth that the importation Of foreign
wool last year reduced the price of American
wool less than half the price Of one year ago,
while the current prices Of clothing and WOODEN
goods to the consumer were as high as ever
heretofore:
Resolred, That the member of the several
societies, as we'll as farmers and workingmen,
be requested to Use their influence 30 with
Congress that whether We have q high or low,
or protective or prohibitory, or a revenue
tariff, it may operate equally on all classes of
the country, promote the greatest good of the
greatest number, and not protect q small num-
Der at the expense and greater cost of the
masses of the people. Referred.
Mr.. Hendley, Of Alabama, offered a resolu-
ton providing that Congress should consider
the feasibility OF furnishing a complete nomon-
~clature, on a scientific basis, Of the grape as
cultivated in the United States. Referred to
the Committee on Horticulture.
Mr.. Stephens, Of Minnesota, offered a reso-
luton recommending rotation of crops. Re-
ferrcd to the Committee on Crops.
Mr.. Reilly, of Missouri, from the Committee
OIL Entomology, reported. offering resolutions
providing that Congress shall require railroad
companies and settlers receiving the benefit of
the homestead acts to plant trees on one-tenth
of their land that agricultural colleges should
give more attention to forest and tree planting
and horticulture that railroads DO requested
to plant trees on their lands that each State
should employ an entomologist. and tina, aeri-
cultural societies hould give more attention
TO the subject. Adopted.
The attempt to get a vote Of approval for
the Morrill, bill to distribute the public and
among the agricultural colleges wss a failure.
The introduction OF tho resolutions to that
effect provoked a spirited debate, which ended
by laying them on the table.
The resolutions condemning the Eight-Hour
law, and requesting Congress To repeal it, also
provoked a lively discussion. They were voted
down by an overwhelming majority.
The Committee on Transportation made their
report. After a long debate, in which nearly
overy member expressed his dissatisfaction with
it, a motion was made and carried to rccommit
the report 10 the committee.
At the evening session, the report was again
presented, in an amended form, and adopted.
W. H. Jackson, Of Tennessee, WAS elected for
the ensuing year.
TIT third and last days session was marked
by another attempt to take up tho resolutions,
previously laid on the table, approving the
distribution of the public domain among the
agricultural colleges, but it was unsuccessful.
Consideration Of the proposal for a State
railroad from Lcavenwortb to Port Royal was
postponed till next years meeting.
The resolutions touching the Eighth Hour
law were again discussed, but no definite
action wns had.
The question OF transportation was discussed
at length, the general opinion being expressed
that rafaa p axnrl;s.,f .,I At,.t .oJ.of .l...lI
be had through some channel, but the ques-
ton was, How il it to be obtained? The ma
jority Of the convention eyinced IN indisposi-
ton to bringing about any antagonism with
the railroad corporations of the country, but
seemed rather TO prefer to harmonize the in
terests Of the producer and the carrier.
The Committee on the Railway System, by
its Chairman, Gen. Jackson, Of Tennessee, re-
ported a series Of resolutions on the subject,
which were adopted unanimously. which en-
body the equitable view Of almost the entire
body, and evince a conciliatory disposition OH
the part Of the Convention.
The subject Of pomology was brought mp,
and delegates were appointed from the several
States to attend the meeting of the American
Pathological Society, TO DO held in the city OF
Boston.
A resolution was passed asking the Govern
ment to send weather reports to all postoficos
and railway stations, 30 that farmers may have
the benefit Of them, rs well as the readers of
daily newspapers.
The Congress adjourned to meet at Atlanta,
Ga, on the second Wednesday OF May, 1874.
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