New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-11
FLOWER TO THE FARMERS
GOVERNORS DAY AT THE STATE FAIR.
THE STATES CHEF MAGISTRATE POINTS o'l
THE SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED

THE SPLENDID oPPORTU MITES AFFORDED
BY THE HOME MARKETS.
syracuse Sept lO.-This Governors paS y,
tho STATE Fair The weather was perfect the cIo"u
immense and everybody happy. "oVcrioi INV"
and his wife arrived In this city soon in'er
this morning from Albany. and were NE. ~ "
New York Central depot by prominent residents II
respective Of party, who assembled 10 90 no"o' "
| tho Chief Executive OF the State. From the nep''
| the Governor and party were escorted To the ho"o
OF Charles f. Grouse on West Gencsseest'' "n''0
| they Will be entertained during their soJouiD J" VIZ
| city. ,, g.,
At 1890 the Governor and party accompanied by
,,,or NJ state Fair officials and prominent ctk'h''
| drove 10 the state Fair grounds. The Governor "''
Mrs Flower rode in Colonel A. G. 'hases drag WI
| arrival at the fair grounds the party were mc' ~
| thc dist separate Company. Of THIS CITY, anu ''
! 43d separate Company, OF Geneva "m'h "'"'
| tho Governors body guard. \ Governors Sl'u'e
| ~ twenty-one guns was fired BY Mayor ->"o' y"
| Tho i,h Rattcry This morning spent III vle"
ing the exhibits Of the fair which excel all Pf'lo"
| exhibitions Of the state Agricultural So''cF'
| Inncbcon wa, served at noon. and at ! 80 O'CLOCK
Governor Flower escorted to the si'u'u S''
| and after being introduced By Colonel Chase 'poA'
~ follows: .,
! NJ, Chairman and Inflow CITIZENS When reject on
the Rams Of bucoc wisdom, which Distinguished pre-
teccssors have inflicted upon ia" farmers "l u'' 49,
| ana am confronted with the fact that agricultural DE-
|
oil This executive learning has been wasted on TN f"f
air OF else has Of the causes Of 'si,u '''
distress In recent years the conditions 81 lsh'''D'
competition have radically changed. and thi' Enormous
body Of citizens engaged In filling thu soH ar Sn'''"'
the evils Of eerlou. depression market, ana prices
From Montauk Point 10 Niagara Pals The Ne" o!"
| farmer has been told again AMI agalh th"t H' '''"'
ceasc irving 10 aud wheat sgiin-t the c"m'
ton Of the cheap lands and broad h-d' u the No'l ''
devote hi. energies products mora suited t. lis hgh
priced lands and hs proximity TO good Har"'I~ A'' "
Is q startling fact that to-day practically the same hu"
bor Of acres devoted raising corn and wheat ~ u'
state ~ devoted that purpose twenty years ago
After dwelling on this point ID" Governor alNl 81
the farmers that they have free Held pi"'u'A|'
~ they win the lands Ia other crops than corn
ana wheat. To cec the great and rapidly Increasing
population Of this state and III constantly multiply
| ing vuns lie said would alone make our 10000
| farmers happy and well to do they would ohf
undertake the work with thoroushncs, aud Intelligence
Leave TO the sister states the task Of supplying our
people with those articles Of food which they can pro
ducc more chelply This tendency has already ret H.
We arr Inclined to look upon agriculture her" ~ wan
! Ing occupation. giving employment 10 fewer men Than
formerly, adding greatly 10 the States wealth ana
ranking low In production. This. the Governor said.
was an erroneous impression, and be quoted statistics
10 that effect. The Governor seemed TO have III"
figures Of prices and amount Of farm productions at
his finger tips FOR he dwclt Cd them for some time" ana
continuing, said
wheat We AZ. away behind other States and cannot com
p.tc WIN them successfully for ua entire home
consunptlon il the production Of other crop. q
fruits Of butter cheese etc. excel them all.
because natural advantages and our proximity u
good markets There seems no reason why The United
sta,,s should import eight nine million pounds % ch'"
every year whcn by weldireced efforts our own farm
ers could get this market and will not do 10 say that
the high priced be probably made in this
State / know a woman the county OF Jefferson who
earns a splendid by selling al the best NewforH
RESTAURANTS French cheeses. which she leaned how to
BY sending her b. France ~ study tho
process all send their sons abroad
TO cheesenaking, know but have ia this State
splendid nucleus for such instruction ia the Experiment
Station Geneva FL the Agricultural Department Of Cor
nell University. and in the p-rlnbu3ung dairy schools
for which Legislature ha~ recently provided.
The speaker then reviewed the prices and produc-
ton In truck farming and vegetable gardening, fruit
growing, poultry farming and bee culture. holding mat
those branches would give promising yields and best
returns. The Governor thought the fnrncr, slOnlG
study 10 satisfy the increasing demand for the
finer and more rcmuncritve qualities Of butter ana
cheese. In concluding, the Governor reviewed the
legislation passed In the Interests OF the farmers ana
said that the material. social and political conditions
are doing much for the farmer besides widening his
markets. go .
This evening Governor Flower dlncd with Mr..
Grouse after which reception was held