The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-10
AGRICULTURISTSINC COUNCIL
The Board Begins the Work of Reorgan-
izatiOn by Filling Vacancies.
An Annual Fat-StOck Show Determined Upon
Margin Gambling Condemned by
observation-disclosures Addresses.

OF eight members of the State Board The
names proposed for the different districts were
as follows:
First District-Robert Mitchell, and Joseph
Davidson, both of Gibson county.
Second District-Samuel Hargrove, of Pike
county, and Hervey J. johnson, of Martin
county.
Third District-J Q, A seig, of Harrison
county.
Fourth District-W. B. Seward, of Monroe
county.
Eighth Districts W. DUNCAN, of johnson,
and Charles E. Mortified, of Marion.
Fourteenth District. B. Custer of Cass,
and Joseph Rippy, of Elkhart
Fifteenth District-W. A. Banks, of Laporte.
Sixteenth District-R. NJ Lockhart, of De
Kalb.
The voting for the candidates was deferred
until the afternoon session. Reports were pre-
scented by the superintendent of the different
departments.
The special committee appointed to consider
the presidents address reported concurrence in
his suggestions; and the holding of fat-stock
show in Indianapolis during December, 1884, I'M
der the direction of the agricultural board, was
recommended. The exclusion of sideshows and
games of chance from the fair grounds during
the annual exhibitions was advised. The report
of the committee was adopted The agricultural
board was instructed to hold the fat-stock show,
and to offer as liberal premiums to exhibitors as
would be justified The matter elected dis
cussion of considerable length, and it was gener-
ally believed that the show, if properly managed,
could be made a success. Even if it failed to
realize expenses the first year, the exhibition
would be incaculably beneficial to the State
An address on ''The Profits of Farming" was
dol nv Of Noy l.
bany. While there are many failures in farm
ing, it is profitable he said, to the large proper
ton of the men who make it their occupation
and wealth is accumulated in the pursuit. He
quoted statistics to show the profits in the pro
duetion of the different crops, and drew the con
clusion that farming is more profitable than any
other business. Nl
At IL o'clock the convention adjourned to give
the delegates an opportunity to make trip
around the Belt railroad. an invitation having
been extended by VT. Malott. The session
was not resumed until nearly o'clock in the af-
ternoon the trip around the Belt having CON
sumed more time than was intended it should
The election of the new members Of the board
the principal business of the afternoon.
Robert MITCHELL in the First district received 90
votes and his opponent, Jasper Davidson, 9.
The candidates from the Second district were
Samuel HargrOve and Harvey j. Johnson the
former receiving 50 votes and the latter Z. J. @.
A. Seig was elected as the member from the
Third district by reclamation, and w. B. Seward
was elected from the Fourth district For the
representation from the Eighth district, s. w
DUNCAN received 81 votes, and Charles Z. Mer-
rifeld 8. L. B. Custer was reelected from the
Fourteenth district by az votes, against "a for
Joseph Rippy. w. A. Banks was reelected
from the Fifteenth district by reclamation, and
r. NJ. Lockhart from the Sixteenth The only
new member elected was j. c. A Seig in the
Third district
The following resolution, introduced by R. NJ
Lockhart, was adopted;
Whereas 1t is notorious fact that millions
of money have been taken from Indiana and in
vested in what are generally known as margins
but only another name, in our opinion, for gamb-
ling; and,
"Whereas, By such gambling, large sums of
money have been lost to the State, individual
fortunes wrecked, homes destroyed, and impov-
erishing and demoralizing the citizens of the
State therefore, be it
Resolved, That we most earnestly condemn
this form of gambling, and call upon all good
citizens of the State and upon the press to op-
pose and expose margin speculation, and we do
most respectfully ask the next General Assembly
of the State to pass such laws as will so far as
possible suppress the vice. a11 u 4ge ta5
A paper on '.The Industrial Progress Of Wom-
an" was read by Mrs. Florence M. Atkinson,
of the State Fair Association. revolution has
been brought about, Mrs Atkinson said, in WON
ans industrial position and opportunity. The
woman who engages in paid labor is respected
to-day, and, what is more, respects herself She
has worked her way into almost every depart
ment of labor Her sphere is limited only by
her ability The census of 1880 tells wonder
full story of womans industrial progress in the
United States. In that year the number of girls
and women above ten years of age, engaged in
gainful occupations, was 2, CAT 157 increase in
ten years of 800 000 rate considerably larger
than that in the increase of population. Women
have entered PIG of the 265 occupations enumer-
ated in the census. The housekeeper at home
is the unpaid laborer of the word-the worker
who never goes on strike and to whom the ten
hour law is a barren ideality. She is a sup
ported woman. The man provides barrel of
flour and fuel to cook it. The woman bakes it
into bread worth in the market four or five times
the cost of folS and fuel. He furnishes dol
lars worth of calico. She makes it into gar
ments that Will readily sell for two dollass
Therefore, she is supported When at the end
of forty years of toll and economy she finds her
self without dollar she can call her own, is it
any wonder that she feels that being supported
is rather hard fatel The fact that home work
does not bring in immediate money returns does
not detract from its actual value. When her
labor everywhere receives just valuation, then
will the proper recognition of her worth dawn
Dr. Lemuel Moss, president of the State
University, addressed the convention on 1.-THE
Development of the Precious Resources of the
State" There is scarcely any limit to the posi-
bilites that lie concealed in our territory, Dr.
Moss said. There need be no fears that as the
years and decades come, our resources will
be exhausted. The time is coming when our
Weld of wheat of all other crops, will be
larger than now, and the -four produced will be
made more valuable and wholesome There is
no end to the uses to which every particle of our
resources can be turned The great resources of
our State having the largest possibilities OF i'm
provement are not however, hidden beneath the
soil. and are not to be found on the surface of
the soil, but they are to be found in the 1000 900
people constituting the population of the State.
Professor W. c. Latta, of Purdue University,
delivered an address in the evening on 1.-The
Mission and Needs of the Agricultural College,
The obstacles to an agricultural education, he
said are many and various. The law requires
that military, scientific and classical studies
shall form part of the course of instruction,
while it is impossible, in a course of four years
to make the student thorough in these branches
The dead languages and the military instruction