The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-16
FARMERS CONGRESS
Great National Meeting In
Macon In October.
A Splendid Program and Events of Great In
terest Will Draw Great Crowds
10 Macon

The next annual meeting of the National
Farmers Congress is to be held in Macon.
Ga, from October Z to H. and it is going
to be great event. 1t is expected that
President Roosevelt will be one of the
speakers, as will also be Governor Cand-
Ter, of Georgia.
The program of the Congress is an in
teresting one, and that which is partially
completed is as follows:
f, Address of Welcome, State of Georgia
Governor Allen d. Gambler.
Response, on part Of Congregation.
Harvie Jordan. Monticello Ga.
l. Interoceanic Canal-Hon Hoke
Smith, of Georgia
,. National rrigation-Affirmative C.
NJ. Heintz, Los Angeles, Cal; negative,
Gilbert NJ. Tucker, Albany, n. Y.
| 3, Reciprocity, How May it Affect
| Agricultural Interests-Hon John X.
Campbell, Ypslanti, Mich.
| t. Effect Of Present Insular Possessions
| on Agriculture of the United States.
| ). Preservation of Forest and Re-
| forestation-Hon. Geo. NJ. Whitaker
! Boston. Mass.
6. A Birdseye View of the Cereal
Fields of the World-Hon. John Hyde
statistician L. S. Department of Agricul-
| ture, Washington, d. c.
| Z. Postal Reforms Particularly Affect
| ing the Farmer-Hon. l.. H. Weller
! Nashua. Ia.
8. Mutual Relations of Northern and
Southern Farmers-E. ". Wickey, Ocean
| Springs, Miss.
.. The Relation of the Dairy Industry
no pII1t o1 nf hn
| South-Hon. w. d. Hoard Fort Atkinson,
Wis
10. Farm Products in the Markets of
the World-O. 2. AUSTIN chief bureau
| statistics Washington. y. G.
/ 1.-THE Labor Problem from the Farm
er's Standpont-John NJ. Stahl, Chicago,
Illinois.
How Can We Best Build Up Our Mer-
chant Misunderstanding Subsidy, F. b,
Thurber, New York City; opposing subsi-
dy. Hon Oliver Wilson, Magnolia, Ills.
Macon proposes to outdo all other
| places at which the Congress has been
held in the way of entertainment. There
has been d large sum of money raised to
collect a complete display of Southern
products which Will be placed in tent
| for inspection. that Northern delegates
can learn OF what is being dore in the
| South This feature alone will be q great
| one.
One interesting thing to visitors from
the North Will be field Of cotton in full
growth Near Macon a field has been
left untouched and when the Congress
| meets it will be white for the harvest.
| There will be an excursion through
parts of Georgia and into Florida, and
on this the delegates and their friends
| Will be taken without a cent of expense,
and this il Will give a delightful view Of
the orchards, farms and mills of the sec
ton. The farmers Of all that section of
Georgia will be present and will make
the Congress an eventful ono.
The business sessions of the Congress
will bc held on October Z, s. 9 and 10.
Immediately after this the excursion Will
start and five dayS will be consumed in
the trip which Will be taken through Il
most beautiful section.
This is the twcnty-second annual sos-
sion of the Congress, and its present Off
GERS are President, Geo. L. Flanders, Al
bany. " Y: First Vice President, Haryc
Jordan. Monticello, Ga. Second Vice
President. Bcrohan Cameron. stagvillo,
n c. Treasurer J. II. Reynolds Adrian
Mich: Secretary John II. Stahl 432>
Langley Avenue, Chicago, H.; Assistant
Secretaries T.. a. Callahan. Albany. y
Y: Geo NJ. Whitaker. Boston, Mass;
Joel ". Roberts, Waco, Neb. Executive
Committee, b. i. Clayton, lndianOla, Ia,
E W. Wickcy Ocean Springs, Miss. "
l.. Amcs. Oregon. Wis. En- Olficio, Geo
i. Flanders, Albany, n Y; John NJ
Stahl Chicago Ills.
In going to Macon visitors who pass
through Atlanta will have an opportunity
of attending tho great State Fair which
Will be in session there at that time
There viii be sold tickets at rcmarkai iN
! low rates. and stop overs in Atlanta ca
ic arranged. Parties who desire full in
formation should write to the Secretary
and Col Bcncham Cameron at Stagvillc
will be glad to give information also
Governor Aycock has appointed delegate
, from North Carolina and there Will be
a large attendance from this State, as
well as from the other States of th'
Union
An editorial in Chicago Inter Ocean on
the meeting Of the Farmers National
| Congress, October ii 1901, has the fol
lowing:
The resolutions adopted indicate rs
rorcibly as any expression or event o'
recent years the progressive spirit Of tho
intelligent American agriculturist.
, They do not set forth any Of the day
dreams Of six or seven years ago.
They DO rot endorse phant OmS. Thc\
arc such resolutions as would have don'
credit to representative gathering OF
the foremost thinkers and business Eci
! of thc country They do not dc
pIorc the condition OF the farming class
They do not view anything with almn
, They do not soc i'll The present expansive
, mInercial tendency of the country any
[ thing like 4 menace to the welfare O.