The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-11-20
FARMERS, CONGRESS.


The National Farmers' Congress Meets at
Sedalia, Mo.-Gov. Francis Welcomes the
Observation-Disclosures Adopted.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Nov. 1.-THE eleventh
annual session of the National Farm
ers' congress began here yesterday
to last three days. About 275 delegates
are in attendance, represen ting thirty
states and territories. The meetings
are being held in Woods opera house,
which is handsomely decorated with
corn, wheat, rye, pumpkins and other
farm products
Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Gov Francis, Acting Mayor Cornell
of Sedalia and Frank b. Meyer, presi.
dent of the Sedalia Commercial club.
These were responded to by Hon A. w.
Smith of Kansas, Col. Daniel Needham
of New England and B. F. Clayton Of
Iowa, who is secretary of the Farmers
congress. .. Gag
SEDALIA, Mo-, Nov. 11.-At the after
noon session of the Farmers congress
the committee on resolutions was APP
pointed as follows: G. w. Swenk, Of
Colorado; II. w. Long, of Georgia; C.
w. Baker, of Illinois; Leroy Temple
ton, of Indiana; Senator w. G. Kent,
of Iowa; Joshua Wheeler, of Kansas;
F. M. Clements, of Kentucky; w. III.
Vinton, of Maine; Rev. w. Pope Yea
man, of Missouri; w. S. Delano, of Ne
braska; j. B. Smith, of Pennsylvania,
and Orlando Hartman, of West Vir-
ginia. ..
Hon. William Freeman, of Maine,
read a paper on "The Relation of the
Farmer to the Manufacturer and Organ
lied Bodies" General discussion fol-
lowed in which politics, which was
supposed to have been tabooed, played
prominent part
Adjournment was taken until 8
o'clock in the evening when Rev. w.
Pope Yeaman. president of the board
of regents of the state university of
Missouri, delivered an address on
Missouri" e
Last evening the following resolution
was introduced by d. c. Wagner. of
Illinois, and was unanimously adopted:
Whereas, The advancement of the inter-
ests of the farmers of the United States,
without regard to sect color or religion, has
been largely promoted by the personal So
llcitude of our farmer secretary of agri
culture" and,
Whereas. He has shown by his work that
he realizes that the development of the
agricultural vocation is full of glorious pos
sibilities and that he Is determined to dem
onstrate such; and
Whereas, The natural cattle of our country
were before the advent of his administration
dying in large numbers from Texas splenic
fever communicated to them by Texas cat
tie which precluded the sale of our stock
cattle at market centers for any purpose ex-
eept slaughter for canning at prices at least
81 per 100 pounds lower than they would
have brought for feeders had 1t been safe to
use them as such, which loss has been
stopped and all such disease or any symp-
toms thereof entirely eradicated by the efil
cient quarantine rules and regulations
promulgated and enforced by him: and
Whereas, 1t was largely thrOu Ih his effort
that the foreign markets were opened for
the reception OF our live stock products,
thereby creating new avenues of outlet for
our markets, overburdened by the excessive
production of our fertile and prolific couu-
try, thus creating a largely increased de-
mand and consequent increased market val
ues. therefore, be it
Resolved, That the National Farmers con-
gresslof the United States, composed of DEL
egates from each congressional district in
the union, in their seventh general cOnven-
tion assembled in the city of Sedalia, state
of Missouri, do hereby tender Hon. j. NJ
Rusk secretary of agriculture of the United
States, our sincere thanks for the great and
good work he has accomplished for us and
w baU his cOnt in the me line