The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-08
A CONGRESS OF FARMERS
NATIONAL BODY TO HOLD ITS AN.
NUAL SESSION HERE THIS WEEK.
Many Delegates Expected Pro-
on which a Number of
Weu-Know Names Appear.

The sixteenth annual session of the
Farmers National Congress will begin in
the Statehouse Tuesday and continue
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This
body is a nonpolitical organization and It's
sessions are not secret. They are generally
attended by several thousand delegates.
The congress is national in its scope ana
discusses all affairs of interest to farmers.
1t is composed of regular delegates ap-
pointed by the Governors of the several
States for two years. In addition associate
delegates are appointed. Railway associa-
tions have granted a one-and-one-third rate
TO the congress. A number OF the
delegates are women. In case the hall or
the House of Representatives at the Cap
itol is not large enough for the sessions,
the congress will then meet in Tomlinson
Hall. The following is the programme for
the meeting:
Prayer-Rev. D.. r. Lucas, pastor of the
Sixth Christian Church, indianapolis.
Welcome addreSSeS-To Indianapolis, by
Thomas Taggart, Mayor of the city; on be
half Of the press. by j.. G. Kingsbury, ed
itor Indiana Farmer; on behaif OF the
farmers Of Indiana, by j. G.. Offutt. chair
man executive. committee, Farmers Ma
tional Congress-; to Indiana, by Claude
Matthews, Governor of State.
IkCSpOISCS-DJ oONhl 0E
Vice President Cunningham and President
Clayton, of the congress.
Presidents annual address-B. +. Clay
ton, president Farmers National Congress.
Appointments of committees on creden-
tials, resolutions, finance, location and
presidents annual address.
Agricultural education-J. w. Barber,
Illinois; Prof. ]. w. Sanborn, New Hamp-
shire.
Agriculture as a Branch of Public In
| struction-Ethan Brooks. Massachusetts.
Seed Adulteration and Its Remedies-W
S. Delano, Nebraska.
WEDNESDAY.
Is a State or National Income Tax De-
sirabIe?-N. G.. Spalding, New York
The Advancement Of Agriculture-Mrs
Ada NJ. Ewing, Iowa.
Method Is the Master of Masters-Col j.
c.. Cunningham, North Carolina
Why option Dealing Should be Suppressed
Col. j. G. Denham. Missouri.
The Citizenship of oman-Mr Katha-
The Silver Question After the Election
Gen. Roy Stone. Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. c.
THURSDAY.
How the m National Congress Can
| Become a Greater Political Power in Aid
| of Nonpartisan Legislation, State and Ma
troller of Currency, President National
Wool Growers Association.
| Inc FARMER AuSl Audpl I1lIuSelI 10
Changed Conditions-Prof. John A. Myers,
director West Virginia agricultural expert.
| ment station.
The Interests of the Public and Trans
portation Companies are One and Insep-
| arable-Major d. CT. Purse, president Sa-
vannah Board of Trade, commissioner Sa-
vaEnah freight bureau.
2:30 ID. m:
What / Saw in South America During
the Past Summer-J. A. Johnson, Wiscon-
sin.
| How and Why the Beet Sugar Industry
Was Developed in G~ermany-Baron Beno
Reinhardt Freiherr Won Hermann, agri-
cultural attache imperial German embassy,
Washington, ID. e.
The Condition of the Farmer and Farm
ing Interests and What One Thing Will
Most Benefit Them-Five-minute speeches
by F. G.. Ewing, Tennessee; G.. A. Stock
well. Rhode Island; e. o. Lively. Texas;
Hector ID. Laney, Alabama; J. H. Baker,
Minnesota: David Lubin. California; Lutte
Wilcox, Colorado; T. j. Anpleyard, Florida;
Franklin Dye, New Jersey; ]. d. Clardy,.
Kentucky; A. w. Smith, Kansas.
FRIDAY.
$50 a. m.-Delayed and final business.