Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-02-04

inc morning session being dispensed
with. There was large attendance
which Mr.. rhos. Campbell. president OF
the Rock Island County Farmers Insti.
tute. called to order. Mr.. John G. Os.
borne, of Yuma, was elected chairman in
the alb sence of Hon. E. B. David. Of
Aledo, vice president of the organization
Rev. G. w Cue invoked divine blessing
on the proceedings.
| THE MAYORS WELCOME
Mayor ncConochis spoke words of
welcome as follows:
M. President and Gentlemen of ne F'arnsrs, In.
sthnts Of The RieoenM congressional district
OF Illinois
| extend u You greetings and bid you a God
| speed IN tie good work you have inaugur-
ated In the state of Illinois, and in the name
and In behal of tina citizens of Rock Island ex-
tend TO you sll q hearty welcome on this pleas
| ant occasion, your first formal visit to our city
hope You v ill enjoy yourselves and make your
| selves at home while you remain in our midst
| III snail ever be our earnest desire TO make your
WISH AZ ms pr eny future period as pleasant and
your homes may you carry with you happy re-
l memorances OF this meeting. not alone for the
pleasant ssociatlons you may have formed here
| but also for the useful information YOU NAV ac,
| quire by listening to the words of wisdom from
the iIs OF tloee who have had the practicable ex.
perienee OF lie time which entities them to
| speak intenigently upon this subject. Many Of
| them have devoted both time and thought study
| Ing out the best methoths OF farming in all its
| different branches. Such Information will no
| doubt be be nehcial to you in all your business
| ransactiont. in the manner OF successfully con
ducting the affairs Of your farms and In the dis
position and transpoitstic of your stock and
crops to the best and most advantageous markets
The aims and objects of your meetings IL nm
derstand IN sm right is To have the farmers united
and meet frequently for discussion and TO have a
friendly exchange OF views upon topics of interest
70 farmers This Is as il should be- because In
this manne very valuable hints aud suggestions
may De oot med, which is very essential to begin
ners or you ~ farmers. You will here learn the
practical experience OF those who have made a
specially OF the different branches of farm indus
tries. To he successful as a farmer there is much
10 oe learned. Ii Is the greatest mistake In the
world TO oppose because man can hold a pillow
OF build stack Of hay he will make q farmer
There Is no mechanical industry 80 intricate
and dlvenined requiring keener intelligence
among the professions Of today. The bone and
snew OF the land well as the sblest men this
country ever produced, were born and raised upon
the farm. At no period in our history was that
grand old MOTTO that ia union here is strength -
so strongly exempli1ed at the present time il
ls no longer theory, but fact established by
years OF experience. But experience has also
demonstrated this fact, that by single in tivid-
ual effort little or nothing can be ACCOMPLISHED
and more especi lily in the way Of legislation. In
tulc hSc VI eitctTClty ana steam everything Is
| tending to the formation OF powerful combine
| tons sud trusts to protect as they themselves
would term II, their own particular interests en-
tirey regardless as 10 what the effect may be up
on he gre at mass of the people II such combiua-
tons are light and proper, can sec no good rea-
| son WIN farmers should not meet, unite and or
ganze TO protect their interests In any legitimate
| manner possible, and in this connection wish to
| say 10 you, gentlemen, you are mighty host up
| on this Continent, should you meet, unite and act
| In unison upon some of the great questions that
agitat the minds a the
today. In looking over your programme l see you
have maj intere ting questions under consider
| alton, such ~ what shall we do with eur bows
| and girl, aud several kindred subjects These
| are indeei difficult problems to solve. which we
are all More or less interested in. and IL may be
permitted to advance opinion, would say for
the girls, God bless them; what can we do for
them but to give them good education-learn
them TO Few and do general Homework, and final
ly marry hem to good hu .bards, and IL they are
| endowed with brilliant talent, give them pro-
| fessfon il you will; should they be possessed of
an iron will and a strong mind of their own put
| them on the platform to advocate the cause
or temperance and woman's ri shts, and have
no doubt they will succeed in any or all of them
and the ay IL not far istant when the woman will
take her place side BY side with her iege lord aye
Will CROW him In all the professions and walks of
life, even to meeting him face to face with her
cleaning lance ready for the tray in Joint debate
on the floors of our national Legislature. And for
| the boy What more can you do for him except to
change matters u littler Whenever you find a
bright and intelligent lad give him a profession
by all cans, If he Is so inclined. Never spoil a
good lawyer or doctor by trying to make bad
farmer when he Is adapted to one, and not to the
| other and vice versa.
see Dy the papers an other important ques-
| ton the farmers are considefng-in fact il un-
derles every other issue connected with the farm
| industries In the west-and that is, what can or
| shall b. done To- improve the condition of the
American farmer Or, If use the slang phrase of
the farn ers themselves, which believe they have
| borrowed from holy writ. and IL now defined and
quoted, and is lie aiding topic of debate in debat-
ing Soc cites in the country districts throughout
the west that Is, What shall we do 10 be saved =
would appear from the language of thu text that
| the farm Industries OF the west are in danger OF
| some d sastrous calamity in the near future and
il is to avert such n catastrophe, if possible that
| Is bringing farmers together all over the land for
delber1tion 10 discuss the situation, and to adopt
| such measures advocating such line of policy as
In their Judgment, will be conducive of the mos,
good tC the greatest numbers II lie not my pur-
pose &c attempt 10 tell what is best for you to
| or not % do. have not the req uisite Qualifca
lions for such task. Political economy il one OF
/ those Questions that have always considered toe
| brosd and comprehensive for my reasoning fac
| uties TO comprehend; neither am 1 one of those
polite al quack doctors who is always hand to
prescr be their nauseous doses for every ailment
that mly appear on the body polite, attrbutine
every depression to some legislative enactment ol
on the other hand because some such action was
not taken to prevent every unforeseen contingency
/ that might arse. The country is full of lust sucf
quack-, who have fastened themselves upon the
people like lot OF teaches, prescribing tbei
| weekly doses to be readily swallowed up by
misguided, but, nevertheless, appreciative follow
ing. some Of them will tell you there is too muct
protet tion others that there Is not enough Others
will tote the language Of the manufacturers. anC
tell you the whole difficulty lies in oyer prodrc
ton, and there are those who will maintain tina
there can be no such thing as over production
| and - on down through the whole calendar ream,
| and cams OF paper has been written and printed
upon this subject, the widest theories advocated
by tn sorists whose theories are rs visionary anC
inprncticabe as the men who edvocate them
Their is another element You have to contend
with hat is the new spaper farmer, good writ srs
| who fill responsible positions the editoria
staff ofsome Of our great dailes or farm journals
hei writings are the work of master, their die
ton and composition are perfection itself. Thel
will produce well-written articles on the ar
of teese and butter making, agriculture, horti
cult re, stock breeding they viii I'LL column af
ter c1lumn on the beauties OF the silk worm or be,
culture but root sugar production Is one of thei
fayo ties hobbies; they take especial pride in de
scrit ing the best methods Of grating gooseber
berrT bush or Siberian crab tree they will tell yol
wha grain is best adapted 10 certain kinds OF soil
Nov this may be very well In Its way, but any o
you who have followed their advice know whethe
Il is Practicable not. Nine-tenths of these mel
new, lived on farm, and some OF them neve
saw one, consequently they do not know wheths
thei- theories are practicable or not. Every com
muI ity has plenty of Intelligent farmers who hav
devoted life time practicing and studying al
the best methods OF farming In all its dideren
branches their opinions are worth more to yo
thai all the treatses ever written on farming by tn
graduates OF all the eastern agricultural college
will not attempt to detsin you longer telin
YOU what do or do not know about farming.
aid not have the good fortune OF be
ing born on q farm, therefore my es
per ence in this connection would neces
sar ly be limited, but az boy j worked on
far r, for six dollars month until quit and wen
Into the service of Uncle Sam for thirteen dollar
AMI board and clothes thrown In, provided di
not eat and wear too much; the supply was nc
| nm United This was quite an increase in pay
car assure you, but for some good reason unknow
10 ne the young men of that day did not cons ide
IL one of the most desirable of jobs; therefore
ha no difficulty whatever in securing situation
BIT your business here today 10 not TO listen
nv personal experience. l see before me gfa
ma red gentlemen, venerable sages, VINO Will
do 4 bt give you the benefit of their personal CT