Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1891-11-12
FARMERS MEET.
Eleventh Annual Meeting of the
National Farmers Congress.
WELCOMED By GOVERNOR FRANCIS.
Farmer W. Pope Yeaman Delivers an Adj
dress-A Resolution Adopted Highly
EIAttering to Farmer Rusk-POI-
itics Slip In.

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ers' congress began here yesterday
to last three days. About 2T5 delegates
are in attendance, representing 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.
AID iresses 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 t. by Hon A. w.
Smith of Kansas, Col. Daniel Needham
of New England and Il. f. Clayton of
Iowa, who is secretary of the Farmers
congress
| Sedalia's business houses are deco
rated in honor of its guests. There
| are hundreds of visitors in attendance
who are not delegates, and the indica-
tons are that this will be one of the
| best attended sessions ever held
| AFTERNOON SESSION.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Nov. IL At the after
| noon session of the Farmers congress
the committee on resolutions was APP
I h,
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. NJ. Clements, of Kentucky; w. II.
Vinton, of Maine; Rev. w. Pope Yea
man, of Missouri; w. S. Delano, of Ne
braska; j. b. Smith, of Pennsylvania,
and Orlando Hardman, of West Vir-
giuia-
Various resolutions were introduced.
all of which were referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions without discus
sion.
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.
Dick Dalton, of Missouri, steered the
discussion into the political path. He
discussed the farmers condition from
the democratic standpoint He at
triouted the depression of agriculture
to class legislation affecting the
finances of the country and to high
tariff. He was called to order by
various delegates who were on the
other side of the political fence, but,
supported by those who sympathized
with his views, he continued his re-
marks in the vein in which he started
Joshua Wheeler, of Kansas, thought
each of the old parties was as much to
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care much for the farmer, excepting at
election time.
The discussion was continued at
great length until Secretary Gray
moved to adjourn. lie said meeting
of this kind resembled keg of beer.
just so much foam had to be worked
off before they could get down to bust
ness. He thought time enough had
been given to working off the foam.
Adjournment was taken until s
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
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
licitude of our farmer secretary of agri-
culture;' and,
Whereas He has shown by his work that
he realizes that the development of the
agricu tural vo-atiOn 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 commune ted to them by Texas cat
tie which precluded the sale of our stock
cattle at market centers for any purpose ex-
cept slaughter for canning at prices at least
81 per 100 pounds lower than they would
have brought for feeders had il been safe to
use them as such, which loss has Ieen
stopped and all such disease or any symp-
toms thereof entirety eradicated by the eff |
cient quarantine rules and regulations
promulgated and enforced by him: and
Whereas, 1t was largely throu n his effort
that the foreign nal kets were opened for |
the reception of our live stock products, |
thereby creating new avenugs of outlet for |
our markets, overwhelmed by the excessive |
production of our fertile and prolific coun- |
try, thus creating a largely increased de- |
mand and consequent increased market val |
ues therefore, be it
Resolved, That the National Farmers con- |
gress of the United States, composed of del |
egates from each congressional district in |
the union, in their seventh general conven- |
ton assembled in the city of Sedalia, state |
of Missouri, do hereby tender Hon. J. NJ. |
Rusk. seer, tary of agriculture of the United |
States, our sincere thanks for the great and |
good work he has accomplished for us and |