Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-04
AGRICULTURE.
Address of Col. Beverly Of Virginia TO
tim Farmers OF the United
States.
The Aims and Purposes of the National
Agricultural Organization.
To the Farmers ofthe United States:

AT the recent meeting OF the Nation
al Agricultural congress at Louisville,
| KY, bonoredby election to the presi-
dency of the body the duty devolvrs
upon me of issuing this brief address
explanatory of the aims and purposes
of the organization; this earnest appeal
Ia every farmer IN the Union toexteud
to US his action and cordial sympathy
and evaporation. Everything which,
can effect the dignity and prosp, rity
Of agriculture is u subject of national
Importance, and Is entitled TO the re.
spectful attenti of the government
ui the nation, 80 often vauntingly de-
clared Ia be the government of the
people, by the people and for the PEG.
| pie: yet the fact is utterly and scorn-
fully ignored that the tii!ers of the soil
are clear majority of all the people.
The ultimate aim and purpose of the
National Agricultural congres, Is two
lOld, viz: First. To arouse agricultural
lists themselves to realization of this
great fact; and secondly, TO enforce "a
recognition of it upon the representa-
tives of the people who have been del
egated to administer the state and ma
iona governments. IL is fact which
dumi $ uf no dispute that no promi
nent and Influential statesman in any
department of the national govern
utnt either POSSESSES, or apparently
e>ir-s To possess, even Il superficial
knowledge of ag iiculture in any of its
Il in cts, relations or interests THIS
| great business by which u majority o.
all the people live, and through which
all have their bread, is practi
cally represented in any department
OF the peoples government In the
e<."utive branch the> have comu,is.
stone who ranks only with the clerks
of other depaltn ems; in the senat
they have one, and in the House of
r preventative twenty-s, ven members
in Il body or more than three hundred
| When we propose tn remedy this inn
proper, unreasonable md unjust stat.
of affairs, We are Sc Infully told that
the word agriculture is not in the
institution of the United Stat, $. ~
We might retort, neither Is the word
lawyer We might very properly
| epiy, 1t, then the word agricultur is
not IN the constitution of the govern.
ment of which we are mai ri,y
| hen we mean 10 put it there. If a. II
class we possess To right, rs a majority
everlheless we po ses5 all rights and
ali powers under the constitution ana
Nv pONfIuilltDi dS lntN StiIlu.
In order hat agriculture may be
| placed upon AN "a ,itable footing III
| the Xecutive hrai,n of the govern
ment, it is believed, and We shnul de-
maud, ii should be represented i'm tn,
cabinet by minister of equal inilu.
-uce honor and uisuiiy with any and
| all other constitution / advis, rs of ,nt.
|. president. To- the end tha its true re-
htiuns to taxa ion 10 ,m,nercr, /"
finance and all other & elt industries
may be effectively studied and under
s"od, and presented aud dtfend, d
with proper dignity anu f"ice in the
councils al the / hti IN That such is
now thr case il is but id to pretend
Farmers al America, We put il Ia YOU
that II is your houuden duty to your.
elves and [" your post.rity to use the
power which belongs to you
to enforce this just recog
milton "f your dignity and
your rights! If the W, I'd 'agrirul-
jure" not in the constitution you
have always found yeu will yer fnn,
when votes are wanle' il L. j every
politicians mouth. W, make no war
upou any profession, calling or pur
suit; We know fu,l well 'h4l tne pros
perity uf each is the pros erit, 81 all
in any well-ordored community; we
simply ask of our repiesent All, es
T. as"nable and proper recognition ol
our rights; and thi, let us cause them
Il understand. is what we are resolved
TO have. We are fift> seven per cent.
of the population of he United STATES;
we need such organ cation rs shall
awaken us Ia comprehension of the |
lIabitunl subordina ion of our interests
to those of every other class, reducing |
and non producing Such organiza-
ton and such intelligent cOmprrhrn
sions of our SITUATION IA will secure u
proper representation for Us in tn, leg |
isiativc branches OF the governments, |
atiUnal and state, under which we |
live. is one of The prime objects of our |
organization. 1t il only by and |
effective organiza ion in every |
county, III every state. that We can
nope TO act intrllIgently together 10
obtain practical recognition OF our po-
litical powers and our political ri hts
Let your present ieprese ,atives he
made Ia know that some IF the most
interests OF agriculture are
to-day seriously Imperfect by their
failure or refusal to provide remedies
to the danger; that you look
Ia them and expect of them {" pruviue
proper and sniiici nj ppriati0ns of
the public funds TO protect the great
animal industries of The country from
menace and immin. mt dan
ger 10y contagious diseases, constitu-
tional qualnis TO the contrary notwith-
Let them know also that
the agriculture Of the country Exp, cts
and requires at their hands that the
benefits OF the signal service be extend
ed to the farming operations of the
country as W, II ns to navigation. COM
mere, and other pursui 4, and that
whatever organization Is required and
funds are necessary fer such
n purpose ought 10 he provided with I
out further delay, 81 hat information
of approaching storms, cold @nve- and
inciemtncits OF the weather, threat IL
ing and causing destruction to ag-
ricuitural produc's, may be time,y
sent "a ever, community which rail-
roads or tel graph lines reach, or TO
when warming signals can he CON
veyed by any means known I" modern
scirnce Az one result already ma
IuIed of the hem flcent wisdom of the
N..I II.