El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-03
THOUSANDS
WILL ATTEND
Immense Gathering Of Far
mers At Fl. Worth.
A NATIONAL CONVENTION

A NAIIUNAI CUNVcN IIUN
Distinguished Men From All Parts O
the Country Will Deliver Addres
ses on Subjects OF Vital Import
ance.-Free Excursions For thu
Visitors.
The eighteenth annual meeting o.
the Farmers National congress will be
held at Fort Worth December 9Th to
14th and that town will likely be over
crowded with visitors and delegates
from all parts of the country.
Every state in the union and all the
territories will doubtless be represent.
ed, for the governors of all have ap-
pointed delegates to attend.
The delegates will assent BILE at the
city hall December 9Th at 10 o'clock
and be called to order by the presi-
nor of Wisconsin, after which speeches
of welcome will be made by the mayor
and others. These speeches will be
responded to by other orators. The
entire morning session will be devoted
to these speeches.
At 2 O'CLOCK in the afternoon Hon.
James Wilson, secretary of agricul-
ture, will deliver an address ION
the subject, Extension of foreign
markets for farm products. AT it's
conclusion the call of the roll of states
and the appointment of ommittees
will take place.
Many otner orations will be deliver.
ed on subjects of national Importance.
Booker T. Washington of Alabama,
the colOred orator and educator, will
s sSsss on of Inc the 0n nss1o."
1.-THE beet .sugar industry" viii be
described extensively by Hon. w. G..
Whitmore of Nebraska and the bject
handled with his usual eloquence.
Mrs. S. Isodore Miner, of Dallas, will
speak on The orgaDi ip OF country
ination'' will be handled by Hon. d.
G. Purse, of Savannah, Ga, and Hon.
A. E. Stillwell of Kansas City. LIE
gislation to check disease among
STOCK" will be the subject of an ad-
dress by Hon. James Sexton Of Spring
House, Pa; "Stock feeding" will be
treated exhsustively by Hon. II. b.
Harris of ILL.,, Prof. W. A. Henry of
Territory. Other live subjects wi II be
treated by competent men.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
In the way of diversions for the ben
eft of her guests, Fort Worth will ex-
eel all former efforts in that direction.
A trough riding" and rOping con-
test will be one of the most interesting
exhibitions given. This is not to DE
COMPOUNDED with travelling shows but
Is q typical scene. The cowboys will
be the real article, imported from the
immense cattle ranches of Western
Texas and New Mexico. The cattle
they will rope and tie will be untamed
and aged steers, type now almost OBJ
solete in America, and the brOnchOs
they will ride will be the wickedest,
secured from the few herds of outlaw
ed horses which remain in Out-of-the-
way sections OF this big state. The
arena of Athenian and Roman days
was nowhere beside this bloodless,
though none the less exciting sport.
OThere will be an old fashioned "cake
walk" participated in by genuine
plantation darkies in grotesque Co.'S
tunes. They will, besides walking for
the grand prize cake, give the most
marvellous buck and wing dancing,
such as can be seen nowhere but in the
southt
The Fort Worth Poultry and Pet
Stock association, j. E. Randall, sec
rotary, will hold big annual exhibit
ton December 6 to 9. This show will
be worth coming miles to see, and will
be one of the numerous evidences OF
the agricultural progress of Texas.
Plans are being perfected for big
exposition of agricultural implements
and machinery, showing everything
modern in those lines. This will be
free to all visitors.
EXCURSION.
A grand free excursion for the dele
gates from other states than Texas, to
cover about 1000 miles and to occupy
four days time, will include in its itine-
rary Waco, Galveston, Houston, and
and Dallas. All travelling will be in
mentioned will entertain the delegates.
The above itinerary will be supplement-
ed by sidetrips in various directions.
WHY NOT TO Ell PASo?
It will be noticed that free excur-
sions are to be run for the benefit of
Fort Worth's visitors to nearly every
city of any consequence in Texas ex-
cept Ell Paso.
There is no apparent reason for
this Ell Paso is the tourists Mecca
and attracts visitors from all parts of
the country and is one of the most in
decreasing points to visitors in the
United States. She is situated in q
region of eternal summer the
and Texans residing to the eastward
should take pride in pointing to her
geographical and commercial advan-
tages.
1t maybe, however, that it Is because
of her own non-assertive disposition
that Ell Paso has been overlooked.
Other cities of less Importance have
Cuisines leagues" and merchants
exchanges" who see to it that their
towns are not Disseminated against
nor slighted.g