The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-08-14
THEY TALKED TO FARMERS
Messrs. Warner, Mason and
Moore in Maryland.
Ian INSTITUTE ORGANIZED
Rraddock Heights Filled With Agri-
culturists and Their Families.
They A re Told That Their aurai
Existence Comprises Happiness
and Independence.

A number of prominent Washingt'nians
were present yesterday ut the OR rgan'zation
meeting Of the Farmers Institute. of Fred
erick county, Nd, held at Braddoek Heights,
five miles west or Frederick The pur
pose OF the meeting was to effect anorgani-
zation of the farmers of the county. for
mutual benefit, Irrespective OF politics.
and the meeting was made the occasion or
an imn1ensa farmers picnic Farmers
came for miles around with their faHI-
lies, and after enjoying a MONDAY re-
past, listened To speeches on crops and the
farmers outlook The days exercises
were opened by Mr.. u. Columbus Kemp,
president OF the Institute, who introduced
Mr. b II. Warner, of this city, whe said
Iu Is pleasure TO attend meeting
OF tins cha aFaCteT, called 10 exHiOt the
strength OF agricult8rlSts Of this section, !,
the garden spot OF the StateaGd country
The farmer can look around MIN ana
well Je proud OF MS Possessions anti ac nley We
ments he is more indeI Ieneent than the
tnan nufactUrer or professional man lie
depends less upon the fortunes oil HE. ne
gets more Of the gifts or nature Ior ms
use and EN- loyment. Il ne AIR. the sunlight,
the trees, the green fields the blossoms,
the flowers. the seed time, the harvest,
contribute 10 his daily lie and form MS
capital.
Free from the pent-up and nervous
life OF the city, he gets what the Tor
tune hunter of the metropolis does not
possess. We hear many complaints that
farming does not pay. can assure You
that no other occupation pays as Well, no
amount or capital invested In any other
pursuit affords so great a return OF
places a man on the Same social scale
far IL l.fg ma Tar- llss :
prince OF his own estate, aud can labor
or refrain from work as he pleaSes. The
lawyer. the doctor. the teacher and the
preacher nay be more pToIninent IN the
affairs OF the day, but is not as indie
pendent.
Look today on the bright side OF your
lives See the good points IN your BONES,
your families, your broad acres
The farmer has great reason 10 take
an aFtive part in the politics Of the day
TO him The Issues OF the campaign are
Important affecting the prices he gets
AID the prices he "a Us. in opening or
closing he doors OF the markets. in wisely
or eNtravagantty using or eXpending the
taxes, which are a constant. reverend
Ing burden. These gdi behring's are or the
greatest benefit in bringing together uen
or thought and Prominence. for the eX-
change or theories and practices which
HhaIi improve the conditions or The Coun-
try and commonwealth
Prof. Otis I. Mason spoke partially IL
follows:
The farmer is partly Consumer. partly
manufacturer, partly merchant and part
ly transporter. He naS something also to
do with the mineral Kingdom, since he
must nave mineral uLanules, and springs
dug. Ha more than works in the taking
and rearing Uf domestic plants AMI ami
mails. He Il prinla rily the feeder OF men.
He also gets them material for clothing,
but his home. after all, is among the do
Ine>ticateri plants. Like every other pro-
duction OF Dame Nature. it II now the
cGaGsnon belief that the farmer has been
ia OOrated. evolved, as SOME would have
~ II - fact or common knowledge
that nowadays he raises more species and
varieties Of plants. ctlItfvafes them with
more intricate apparatus. and that he
quires a. much machinery TO harvest and
store them as does the manufacturer.
Prof. Willis Moore. chief OF he Weather
Bureau. explained how the Instruments
in his department were read, and what
Dcnefhi ial effects De farmers derived from
the bureau. He said:
But great rs is the advantage To the
farmer. uiuch greater IS lie Snowiesige to
the mariner. OsT st6rIns are really SreaI
atmospheric edtlies, 900 to 1000 miles
IN diameter, VIM ch Rotate across the
c0HASry frosn the West eastward: one
" est lnGlaR hurricane woalsf %aVe aot
less than. s., ,0tU ,0O0 worth Of wFeckaxp
on our Atlantic coast II danger signals
were not displayed in advance OF its
Coming. Ben ldnlIn fraRklTn's grratA>t
meteorological feat was not the icenfifi-
catiOa OF the lightning of the clouds with
tie electric currents Of the earth, for he
really was the first TO tfsc1ver that storms
had Rotary motion. and that they pro-
gresSed in an easterly direction His CON
teTnporarles did not give him credit for
this discovery, because they knew so little
about what Franklin was telling the1u
and hence IL remained for osBer Americans,
hundreu years later. to discover W hat the
great FRANKLIN had 50 accurately outlined
In 1850.