The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-26
Farmers Congress of the United
states-Meeting at st. Louis Septem-
Der 29th, 1882.

We heartily endorse all that the
Rural World says, as to the value of
this great council of the farmers of the
Union. The views of the World are
fully up with the progressive spirit of
the age, and tells in a few words the
wants of the American farmer.
The press of the South, and especial
ly of this State, has long been aroused
to the importance of home development,
and has labored with untiring energy to
build upa higher standard of agricul-
ture. 1t has regarded the cause of In
dustrial progress as its cause, and moth
ing We are assured will be left undone
that will enlighten our people and aid
in the development ST our great re-
sources.
The Congress was singularly happy
in its appointment of President, in the
person of Hon. T. j. Hudson and of
his co-worker for Mississippi. Judge
Locke E. Houston, the Viee-President,
is one of the first intellects in the South,
and brings to the discharge of his high
and responsible duties a full under
standing of the wants of the people, and
heart in full sympathy with a pro-
gressive agriculture Gov. James L. |
Adams, the Chairman of the Committee
on the Improvement of the Mississippi
River, is justly regarded by men of all |
parties as the best informed man on this
subject in the South or West. To save
the rich lands in the bottoms from over
flow, and to imp owe its navigation has
been his study for a greater of a CEN
fury.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, the Chairman of
,he Committee on Education, is splen-
did selection. He is now the President
If the Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
,hanical College and the success of that
is the highest evidence of his
qualification for the position given him.
The appointments from our neighbor-
ng States are men Of first rate ability, ]
nd the country confidently expects c
wise counsel and practical benefits from '
is annual meetings: c
Rural World July 13
We publish in the Horticultural Depart- o
1ent this week, the names and PostofIice
ddresses OF the officers elected and the COM
llttees who are to report at the next session
+ the congress to be held in st. Louis. Sen
ember 80, 1882. Ii
There Is no American who takes any in I
crest in the development of the industries e
his country, who is not proud of the il
lIghty power of our agricultural produc- fl
ons on the trade and commerce of the az
orld. 10 lessen the labor and tolls of the
lrmer, to increase his comforts and wealth. w
nd to maintain the supremacy of American q
srlculture among the nations of the world,
re the great and primary objects of this
'ganization. II
The governors of the States who are ,
larged under our political system with the III
re OF all the interests of their respective
ates, Will meet to counsel together about q,
is industry. The presidents of our State 81
ricultural colleges will be here to inter sa
ange views as to the best means of advanc-
g the cause of agricultural education, TIL
d the representative farmers from all the
ngressional districts in the Union will
let to consider as to the wisest policy for n
couraglng more progressive agricul- ~ nc
re. "
We need this National Farmers Con- ~
49, We need an interchange of ideas be- ues
cen all who till the soil. We need that !uP'
'mOny, unity of action and that feeling of II! ~
common brotherhood that must result sne
N its deliberations. The farmers are G 1a'l
rywhere awakened to the value of CO. ohe
ration and the necessity for concert of "n'
ion. The men who are at the head of COT
movement throughout the Union, know oils
such word as fail, and only ask the we we
iial aid of all who favor higher stand In9 q
of farming. We ask the assistance of anu
contemporaries of the press, in directing cas 3
attention of the people to the objects Of anu anu
association and to notice the time of the I'd,
meeting in ST. Louis. jan