Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-07-05
FARMERS CONGRESS.
GREAT GATHE RING OF FAR
MERs Al COLLEGE.
Gov. SayerS' Address-An Ardent
Advocate of the Nicara-
qua Canal.

Is the most successful yet held, and
shows conclusively that the move
ment is growing in popularity and
has developed a permanent and
practical character that will re-
suit in great good to the state and
to the College as well. There we're
five hundred people in attendance
yesterday and the greate,t interest
is manifested in each Of the Sec
tions and in the general meetings.
A general session was held yes.
terday morning at II o'clock and
an important paper was read by !
Hon. Heber Stone Of Brenham on
"How the Banks Ca Help the
Farmers" The paper was plea
for a flexible currency and the
elimination of national banks of
issue, and for the use Of treasury
notes instead Of national bank
notes.
Ex-Gov. Geo. T. Jester Of Cor.
sicana was among the distinguish.
ed visitors present and to him fell
the honor Of introducing Gov.
Sayers He disposed Of the pleas.
ant task bya happy allusion to the
glorious Fourth and eulogized
this great country, asserting that
we have more reason to feel proud
than any nation on earth.
Gov, Sayers addressed the Con-
gress at length, stating that, as
most politicians were fond Of
claiming, he was neither a farmer
nor the son ola farmer, but that he
had some experience to his credit
in that line, and had lost money
on short-horned cattle, neverthe.
less he regarded short horns with
favor and as money-making in
yestment in this country. He
urged the farmers to DO their duty
in demanding a full measure OF
good government from their public
servants, and argued that at this
b time the farmers of Texas can not
= do better than insist on improve.
ment of waterways and ports OF
the state through their congress.
men. With crop Of over 3, 0O0,-
e OOC bales Of cotton some years, and
. Of 100000 bushels Of wheat, we
furnish one.third Of the worlds
r cotton, We lead in raising cattle
and stand high in the scale as
! grain producers, and with it all
the Texas farmer needs transpor.
p tation for his products to the mar
kets Of the world. We need i'm,
y proved waterways and ports, bur
above all our one great need is tn,
Nicaragua canal. The farmers o
Texas should not have to senC
4. their cotton TO China through Liv
v erpool, Bremen and Harvre, bu
should be able to ship through tn,
i gulf Of Mexico, an isthmair
canal and across the Pacif,
direct to the 100000 of con
e sumers ready to buy. vi
: want 10 develop these markets an,
i they will make US rich. An 18th
main canal will make Of the gul
Of Mexico a grander highway o
., commerce than the Mediterranean
in its palmiest days. write m
m down. he said, "a canal enthusiast
10 and let W. get il any way and b.
- any route we can" The governo
said he desired to talk to the farm
- ers about the A. and NJ. College
and told them it depended upo
them whether their senator's an
representatives shall make thi
institution what it should be. II
proclaimed himself a champion {
the College, oharacterizing it as h
greatest boon to the agriculture
interests Of Texas upon which rel
all other interests. He said thei
should be thousand student
there this fall, but that while IL
state has been advancing so rapi,
ly in many lines, provision hi
not yet been made for the COLES
in keeping with its needs. He d
clared himself in favor Of approp
ating all the money necessary f