The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-01-25
The Farmers Institute at Decatur.

The annual Van Buren, County Farm.
ers' Institute convened at Decatur, Jan.
10Th, with very large attendance.
We regret having been a few moments
too late to hear President Haydon's adj
dres, but understand he made some
happy hits that were well appreciated
Resolved, That Tuition in all State
institutes of learning should be flee To
citizens of the state" was sharply dis
cussed but most of the speakers were
against the change Rev. Hammond
declared it was both an injustice to
pupil and tax payer to educate IA person
who could possibly educate himself,
claiming that the effort required will
make the knowledge gained better APP
preciated. Mr.. John Cook and others
then sat on" the measure and it was
much hurt. Mr.. Hayden advocated
opening the doors to the poor and let
ting the rich take care of themselves
The question, however, might arise,
where could you draw the line?
Mr.. Milton Pugsley's paper on the
Present Situation and Future Policy
of Farmers was full of good ideas. He
thought if the old sayi.g was true that
labor was wealth, that most farmers
would be rich and have no cause for
complaint He spoke of many of the
wrongs he thought ought To be righted.
from a farmers point OF view, such AS
smaller salaries, cheaper school books,
ietc., To meet the times lie predicted
that the bottom price had been reached
in most ct our farm products, especially
he thought this true OF wool. We
would agree with him that the indica-
aiOnS last November would predict aS
much, hut it is considerable Tor "A man
of his political persuation to own in
public
Mr. George Pratcr, who led the dis
Susson, declared that he had not come
To any satisfactory conclusion as To the
future of agriculture, but thought some
valuable things would be CLEANED from
the depressiul,. He said that farmers
generally did not take active part
enough in politics. He thinks the
interest should he represented accord
ing to It's magnitude.
A G.. GIidden said it was not the
present but the future that worried him.
We have heard said that sons were
worth IA thousand apiece. Ii this he
true we see no immediate necessity for
his alarm.
Mr. John Cook says he paid running
expenses last year, but explained how
il was done His three grown up sons,
who ought To be attending the Agricul-
tural college, not only worked the farm
but earned couple of hundred dollars
outside that they turned into the gen
cral fund Mr.. Cook claimed in the
course of his remarks that he was the
first Greenbacker and Free Silver man
in Van Buren, county-an honor and
distinction that believe | heard Mr.
Sullivan Cook of Hartford claim in one
of his campaign speeches somewhere in
the eighties. But as both are clamor-
ing for political honors, | suppose we
ought not to be too critical with their
statements.
The paper Reforms in the House
hold, Dress, Cooking and Conyeniences'
10y Mrs. Jennie Buskirk, seemed to
make favorable impression. She
declared that the last century had rails
ed women from mere cypher To q
thinking, active being, able to cope
with man for fair share of the worlds
blessings.
Mrs n IL Bangs declared she had
no desire to be model housekeeper
for they were most always sickly.
j. +. Maxwell, M. d., on SANITARY
Science gave us some good ideas. Ht
said pure air, food and water were the
most essential elements to health. III,
thought that many cases of tuberculosis
in the human family could be traced t.
infected milk and meat, and that the
greatest care should he exercised will
both.
Hon. D. j. Woedman said in sub
stance that in his experience with thu
live stock of Michigan, the highbreC
animals were the most subject to tuber
colosis, and that scrubs rarely, If ever
were affected.
The present convict labor system wa
discussed at length, but the majorit,
was in the favor OF continuing the oil,
contract system.
The evening session was opened by
paper on the Need of New Virtue
Frugality," by Mrs. j G.. Gould. IL wa
clear that the writer did not conside
it new virtue, but thought it ought {,
be revised; but, politically, she consider
cd frugaity lost art.
A paper by Prof. w. v Sage-"Hoy
Shall the Farmers Sons and Daughter