The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1898-05-20
Tennessee Industrial Con-
Vention.

Capt w. II. Badly and Esquire
J. w. Bass, delegates from Harde-
man County to the Tennessee In-
dustrial Convention, recently held
in Nashville, returned last week.
Capt. Badly stopped over in Bolivar
and called on the BULLETIN. He is
enthusiastically in favor of the move
ment started for the development of
our resources and expects beneficial
results to follow. Representatives
to the convention were present from
sixty-nine counties in every part of
the State and held FIVE sessions of
an extremely interesting character.
The papers read were, without ex-
ception, on live topics, and those
susceptible of discussion were fully
considered by the convention. These
papers related TO agriculture more
than any one other topic, and the
evident effort of the delegates was
to get at the prevailing causes of
the depression in agriculture and to
remedy it. The very first paper was
read by J. B. Killebrew and treated
on this subject. 1t was asked for
by all members, and on motion it
was decided that it be sent to the
chairman or judge of every County
Court in the State with a request
that it be read by some good reader
at the July session of every County
Court in the State. The live char
acter OF the address makes it of spec
ial interest TO the farmers.
But there were other papers which
farmers will read with profit, and
for this purpose the organization
perfected under the name of the
Tennessee Industrial League will
work, Jas. II. Head was made Presi-
dent, Geo. w, Ochs, of Chattanoo-
ga, Vice-President for East Ten
nessee, w. COLLIER, Vice-President
for Middle Tennessee, and J. Ii.
Mcdowell, of Union City, Vice
President for West Tennessee. As
an Executive Committee the Con-
veutiol named Herman JUST, Chair
man; John a. Pitts, w. g. Collier,
II. w. But'off, of Nashville; b. r.
Strong, Of Knoxville; Owen Lilly,
of Memphis.
Individual membership in the
League was fixed at one dollar year
and hundreds of names were signed
to the membership blanks before
the Convention adjourned. The adj
vantages of membership are that it
will not only enable the member to
work for the development of the
State in the ranks of strong organ
ization, but it will bring every mem
Der a substantial return in valuable
literature which will be supplied by
the Executive Committee, and which
will do more good than ten times
the money cost of the membership
fee. Applications for membership
can be sent direct to Mr.. Justi,
and those applying quickest will
soonest begin to receive the litera-
ture for themselves and friends.
Farmers were particularly well
represented in the Convention, and
every county was present in a
number of the most earnest and
progressive farmers and agricultur-
alists of their respective sections.
These seemed to be the most inter
ested of all in the papers and dis
cussions, and were the first to en-
roll their names as members of the
permanent organization, the Ten
nessee Industrial League.
Notable among other things and
most notable among all things was
the harmony prevailing. There
seemed to be but the one desire to
find out what would benefit the
State and to do the best thing to
bring that about. Merchant and
farmer, lawyer and manufacturer, all
agreed. There was no discord, no
clashing. The populist agreed with
the suggestions of the republican,
and the republican with those. of
the democrat. The lawyer support
ed the motion of the merchant, the
merchant that of the farmer,
the manufacturer, and railroad man.
There was throughout sincere desires
to do something for the
State ofTennessee as a State without
regard to the interest of party or
business allegiance.
The highest from of patriotism is
that which seeks the promotion of
the States industrial welfare, for
therein truly lies the greatest good to
the greatest number. With in |
dustrial advancement comes wealth,
and all the concomitants of the
highest civilization. 1t means en-
1lovment for the idle and is the !
surest means to abolish poverty with !
all its attendant evils.