The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1889-11-23


entered the street cars and rode
through the city. The evening was
spent by the visitors at the theatres
and the opera.
At $50 o'clock President Kolb
called the convention to order in
the ladies' parlor at the st. Charles
Hotel. Secretary Clayton was at
the desk.
Mr.. VIM. Gregg of New Orleans
welcomed the guests to this city,
bespeaking for them q hospitable
reception and deploring the fact
that their early departure would
prevent their suitable entertain
ment by the people of New Orleans.
1t was decided to have five-min-
ute speeches from one representa-
tive of each State, who would speak
of the resources and possibilities
of his section. Brief addresses
were made by the following: Ala
bama, Prof. Newman; Arizona, Ex-
Governor c. NJ. Gulick; Delaware,
Prof. Neal, of the State experiment.
station; Florida, A. B. Smith; Geor-
gia, George w. Spofford; Indiana,
H. F. Work; Iowa Farmer, L. F.
Coffin, one of the ex-railway COM
missioners; Illinois, Milton George,
editor of the Rural; Kansas, Col.
Forsyth; Kentucky, NJ. Brown;
Maine, William Freeman; New
Jersey, w. L. LIppincott; North
Carolina, Nh tIagg; Michigan,
Mr.. Porter; Ohio, Hon. VIM. Law
renee; Wisconsin, Hon. F. b.
Norton.
During the last days session at
Montgomery a committee was APP
pointed to draw up resolutions.
This committee reported last even
ing as follows:
Whereas, it is a well-known fact
that the land and labor pay for
everything, it will be we'll for us,
as members of the national farm
ers' congress. to consider for q
moment in this gathering the i'm
portance of this mission of our
organization to do valiant services
for the development of the agri-
cultural resources of our nation,
and, If possible, secure for the pro-
ducers better prices than now pre-
vail; and
Whereas, the ninth annual con-
vention of the national farm ers'
congress is about to close it's pres
ent session with great good accom-
plished; therefore, be It
Resolved, That we may we'll take
courage by reason of the harmony
and social good feeling among its
members and the scope of the work
which SO urgently demands the
attention of the members of this
body-north, south, east and west.
Resolved, That our success as q
national congress of farmers is in
q most praiseworthy degree due to
the untiring and efficient services
of our honorable president, r. F.
Kolb of Alabama, and our honora-
bic secretary, B. F. Clayton of
Iowa; therefore to them in a par
ticular manner we return our sim
cere thanks.
Resolved further, That in our
Judgment it is fitting and providen-
tial that the closing formal session
of the ninth annual meeting of the
farmers national congress should
take place in the commercial me-
tropolis of the south-the city of
New Orleans to the hospitality
and hearty welcome of whose citi-
zens we owe much for the social as
well as intellectual Of this, our last
formal meeting Of said session; we
therefore extend them our hearty
thanks.
Signed by A. w. Smith, Milton
George, L. III. Weller, committee
on resolutions.
The following were also passed:
Resolved, That the unanimous
thanks of this congress be rendered
to the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company for their kind
ness and liberality in furnishing
complimentary excursion from
Montgomery to New Orleans and
return, as well as for the other cour-
tesies received by the members of
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