Kansas City journal., 1898-01-15
combine their influence to. secure their

combine their influence to, secure their
power" said he "all other powers will be
unable to plunder the tiilersrof the soil.
He said the farmers shouid:demand an
sist that all caIlings where wealth is Sc
cured should pay the same portion OF tax
for protection as the farmer He also con-
ten tended that the honest proc products or the
and frauds. At present honest farm prod
ucts were placed in competition with these
goods.
In discussing the plans OF the federal
agricultural department he said that an
effort would be made to perfect the sys-
TEN of collecting crop reports from all over
the world before the crops were harvested
1T IS not Of much use for farmer 10
know that there is a big shortage in II
certain crop 4 few days after he has sold
his crop" said he. He declared that. de-
spite the general rule to discredit the pre-
dictiOns made by the weather bureau, over
10 per cent of the predictions come true.
He said that there was such a thing as
over production of crops as well as other
things and that the department would en-
courage the diversitication of crops. In
this way. better prices could be command
ed for all crops.
Enormous crops don't always mean the
largest profits to the farmer; said he. The The
brought 1888, 600 less than the four small
est crops combined: the four largest potato
crops brought $OoOo.Ooo less than the four
smallest This shows that the farmer
must. study the markets. look ahead and
calculate BEST he can what crop he
should plant each season.
He claimed that system which caused
this great agricultural country to buy
s4oo.eoo,oOO worth OF agricultural products
from foreign countries annually needed
remedying lie believed that inside of ten
years this country will be raising all its
sugar. which will keep sloo.oeocoo at home
had proven satisfactory. In Northern Ohio
and Arizona good results had been OBJ
tanned. He did not know about the exper-
iments in Kansas. He spoke of the efforts
markets American butter and cheese anu
meat products, and its effort TO find out the
they could be bred here. Agents We're now
in the arid countries of the Old World Sc
lecting varieties of grasses suitable for the
arid regions of the West. A large quaint,
ty of seed had been procured. and would
be shipped West in the spring. He said the
outlook for the American farmer to-day
was very bright and that prosperity was
at hand. ,,--..--
In conclusion. he said the agricultural de-
partment would do everything. possible to
secure the enactment of laws beneficial to
the farmer 1T is Your department" said
he. We are your friends My principal
work Is to keep in close touch with the
farmers. We want suggestions When
you have any. OF want any Information
write us. When you come to Washington.
call in and see us. 1t doesn't take any
cards. The latch string to my office is al
ways hanging out to a farmer. Secretary
Wilson has to keep his door locked on ac-
count of the presence of great many who
are willing to assist in running the coun-
try through official positions. But ] am
not troubled with oficeseekers. 1 have
no offices to give out. am there to listen
10 the farmers. If any of you farmers come
to Washington. don't try 10 get away with
out calling at the agricultural department.
II you do. the police will stop you. Ii takes
passports issued from our office for 4 farm
er to get out of town"
This pleased the farmers immensely and
they applauded heartily. They felt as If
they had some warm friends at the cap
ital of the nation.
Colonel Brigham. as parting word, said
that the people of the great Central West
had better schools than those of New En-
gland. and that II was in the Central West
where boys are now being raised who will
control the destinies of this great nation.
Every member present greeted the colonel
at the close of his speech. and vote of
thanks was rendered him. He will leave to-
morrow morning for Washington. The an
nual meeting of the state board adjourned
tonight.
Mrs. J. B. Sims, Of Seabrook. read an
interesting paper on "A Little Journey in
the World which concluded the annual
meeting of tn board-the most successful,
in every way, that has ever been held.