New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-07
FARMERS CONGRESS IN SESSION.
NATIONAL GATHERING AT FORT WORTH.
TEX-ANNCAL ADDRESS BY EX-
GOVERNOR HOARD

Fort Worth. Tex. Dec 6-The Farmers National
Congress began rs annual session here to-day with
several hundred delegates present After addresses
OF welcome by Governor Culberson and others. the
president Of the Congress. Ex-Governor Hoard, OF
Wisconsin. delivered the annual address. He said
in part:
congratulate you on the increased hope and en-
couragement thai have come io.ihe homes OF the
great mass OF AmersiCan farmers the last year
In almost every branch. except cotton farming
there has been a manifest Improvement IN priceis
Let us hope that brethren of the cotton held
have gained somehng IN economic mi nr Hh4wyege
Some of the questions for this Farmers Congress
eanizei way to help emancipaie this great bust
ness OF Iarmas from acA od m rb,t o
ne MAJ Il, o"i the neoev Of more intelect on the
farm? How contribute force to the
emancipation of the farm from the wasteful eff
fects Of ignorance. and help pat in is place the
energizng and enr.ch.ng influences of knowledge?
educat!ons What can this Congress DO to promote
wise legislation IN he state and M Eationa Lee egis
great force to arrest the tendency Of the Ameri-
@ F Wa to cSS do nf to p6
and the great educational forces Of the country to
culture in the primary schools q the land?
Like all other lines Of human thought and action
throieh process Of evolution To see behind some
things as well as ahead 10 have a judgment as to
fav 1 is constant ami supreme necessity in
every phase NJ the farmers life No man touches
he must feed all the rest.
Heretofore our vision has been directed almost
wholly 10 the price 10 receive for our
products The present tide Of evolution bears US
In another direction We cannot control prices
me market end Of the question Is beyond the in
can we do. what must do to increase his profit?
For on that hangs his prosperity This be
do He must realize that he IS no longer n crude
producer. he is a manufacturer. He must invoke
science. invention. better system. more thorough
organizatinn among his fellow farmers more ex-
business. improve methods. everything that he
lay hold Of to contribute TO reduction OF the cost
Of production
other manufa ,turer The world declares that Il
viii have cheap food and clothing. for such Is the
farmer Is in the forefront 81 merciless competi-
zion for from the soil must come primarily all
food and clothing. lie must furnish rs good a
the best or he will lose the market He must do
this AZ a living cost and keep up the fertility Of
The soil or he and his farm VIII both perish by
expensive II costs more 10 i've. educate his chill
drsn and be a among men than Il did his
thor nfty years There Is only road
~ the Gifiicutv as ! can see He must put more
thought into this question OF the cost Of produc-
ZION This Is his end OF the proposition. the farm
end the only end within his control
REPRESENTATIVES Of the heet-sugar industry are
here in numbers ard 1t is more than likely that
tho probable effect on that branch OF farming or
the annexation Of the Philippines Will be Of the
most exciting questions to claim the attention Of
the Congress Iowa and Colorado have the largest
Allegations here. but all The trans Mississippi
country Is well represented The convention will re
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