The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-01
On TRADE EXPANSION
Chester l. Long Delivers an
Address to implement Men.
In CONVENTION NOW
Congressman Handles Matter
In Hand SkiIIfuIiy

Kansas City, Mo-, Oct. 51.-Col. ]. G.
Stowe, former United States consul to
Capetown. who resigned his post two
months ago to engage in private enter
prises in Kansas City, addressed the del
esates to the annual convention of the
National Association of Agricultural In
plement ana Vehicle Manufacturers at
their morning session today. Col. Stowe
after touching on the war waging In
South Africa spoke of the great trade
possibilities for American manufacture
ers in the Transvaal and urged increased
efforts upon the part OF the producers of
this country. His words were greeted
with applause. The convention then took
up the election of officers for the. ensuing
year and the selection OF place for hold
ing the convention in 1902
In conjunction with the implement deal
ers, the National Association Agricultural
Press League began it's annual meeting
today. Several advertising agents of wide
reputation are in attendance.
George H. Maxwell, manager Of the
National Irrigation Association, Of Chi
ject Of mis- organization and urged the
delegates to join his association and to
engage in the work Of developing home
markets in the west and to aid In secur-
ing sound national legislation that all
results in the so-called arid lands being
reclaimed in order that men seeking
homes in the west, might obtain them
without difficulty. Congressman W. A.
Reeder, Of Karsas, supported Mr.. Max
wells argument with a vigorous speech
The president of the association was ap-
pointed TO act IS a member of the ad-
visory council of the national irrigation
congress and the secretary was instructed
to communicate with the members of the
association and request them TO identify
themselves with the irrigation movement.
Col. Nicholas Bell, a director Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition company,
made a speech inviting the ssociation
to make an exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
in st. Louis, in 1903 and c. H. Aubrey
extended an invitation to the association
to make an exhibit at the exposition to
be held in Charleston. S. c., next year.
Eight delegates to the national reciprci-
ty convention TO be held at Washington,
November -, were appointed.
At a banquet given tonight by local
dealers at the Midland hotel Chester I.
Long of the Seventh congressional dis
trict Of Kansas made an address on trade
expansion. MIR. Long said:
Il am thankful for this opportunity of
addressing you who make agricultural
implements. The members of this associ-
alton and their predecessors in business
have changed farming from the hardest
kind of hand labor TO a manufacturing
industry. I speak from experience when
L refer to the Improvements that have
been made in agricultural implements.
I was born and reared on a farm and in
my youth became very familiar with the
implements used upon It. The small boy
who dropped corn by hand and covered it
with a hoe has been succeeded in business
by the self-dropping corn planter. The
corn reaper now does what the farmer
once did with corn knife and his strong
right arm. Grain was once sown broad
cast and threshed with fail or tramped
out with a horse. The cradle was neces-
sary in the field as well as in the house.
The grain drill and seIf-binder have made
sowing by hand and the cradle in the
field unknown today. The threshing ma
chine has driven the fail out of that
part of its business and has relieved the
horse from a duty that was arduous and
irksome In vehicles, the heavy farm
wagon must now accept the companion
ship of the speed-making automobile.
The inventor gave you the idea and you
have developed the machine into a ser
viceable shape and form.
In the improvement of the reaper and
the plow you have been assisted by the
farmer. who is always ready to buy the