The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-27
THEY'RE MEETING, TOO.
Besides the Teachers and Legisla-
ture, Horticulturists are Here.

The people who raise Strawberries and
peaches, and apples, and other good
things of that kind are running in Op-
position to the legislature and the
school ma'ams today and will keep it
up till Thursday evening. It is the
thirty-secOnd annual meeting of the
state horticultural society.
There were about rs members pres
net at the opening session which waas
held in the new rooms of the state So
ciety on the first floor of the state
number of prominent fruit growers al
ready here and more are expected to
arrive on the afternoon trains. Among
those from over the state are Frank
HOlsinger of WyandOtte county, E. J.
Holman of LeaVenwOrth, Geo. w. Mum
ger of Greenwood, B. F. Douglas, DR..
Bohrer of Rice, S. S. Dickinson of Paw
nee, and E. D. Wheeler, state forestry
commissioner.
In addition to these were a number
of prominent visitors from outside the
state, among whom are Geo. E. Van
HOuten of Des MOines, secretary of the
Iowa state horticultural society; Mrs.
Alma Moore of the Western Fruit
Grower, Orchard Grove, Mo; Mr.. But
terrified of Lee Summit, Mo. and A. +.
Coleman of Corning, Iowa.
The officers of the state society are
Judge Fred WellhOuse of Topeka, pres
ident; J.W. Robinson of ElDOrado. vice
president; Frank HOlsinger of ROseda1e,
treasurer; and VIM. H. Barnes of To-
pelIa. secretary.
This is the first time the society has
ever met in its own rooms in the 32
years of its existence. In 1895 the
rooms of the society was comprised
entirely of a desk two feet square in
one corner of the labor commissioner ;
office. The following year the society
was given two small rooms in the north
wing of the state house, and last sum-
mer it was advanced to it's present To-
cation. In his statement to horticulture
lists on the programme, Secretary Barnes
says:
''Twenty-two pictures of Our Leaders
and our trophies hang on the walls, and
improvements are continually being ad-
ded. This is yours No citizens are
more worthy than the hOrticulturists;
no industry more worthy the very high
est encOurag cement. Without your Ia
Dor our state would be a sad place for
a home: an unhappy place in which to
rear children. In this our annual gath
eTing let US show our interests by COM
ing in crowds and bringing the young
people; let US dignity our calling by
showing our love and respect for it and
all connected with it. Let US consult
together that we may know what best
to plant, how to grow. harvest ana
place in the markets of the world our
fruits with the Kansas brand on them.
Let us firmly but kindly demand just
recognition of our necessary and noble
occupation in the legislature and courts
of our state. Let US demand laws to
protect our calling from lying and IN
scrupulOus nurserynen and their vic
ious agents. and to protect US from i'm
ported insect depredations. Ours is a
calling that leaves monuments in its
wake; 1egacies to generations yet I'M
born. Unselfshly. even in old age. we
plant and carefully tend the trees from
Which-exceptip by special favor Of
the Divinity-We never expect to pluck
fruit Come. then. and let US reason
together for mutual good and the glory
of our state"
At the session this morning the usual
preliminary routine business was dis
posed of and one paper, Novelties in
the Nursery Trade" was read by E. J.
Holman of Leavenworth.
The programme for this evening and
tomorrow is as follows: