Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-09
FARMERS CONGRESS-
MEETING in MACON

~ kim; West Virginia, w. F. Brown;
Wisconsin, ". ". Gilley.
The committee on addresses was as fol-
lows:
George NJ. Whitaker. Massachusetts,;
G.. ". Tucker, New York: W. L. Baldwin,
Michigan: 7. c. Andrew. Ohio; Eugene
Anderson. Georgia, (Macon).
The committee on finance was as fol-
lows:
r. L Taylor, Georgia; Jacob Jeigler, IL
linois; A. c. Fuller, Iowa; T. ]. H.
Krocke, New York; Henry karin, Vir-
GIN.
The only address Of the evening was
that Of Professor T. J. Woofter, Milledge-
VILE on the "Inter-oceanic Canal" Pro-
fessor Woofter showed that the worlds
commerce was being shifted TO the Pa
cific which meant that the time had come
when the interests OF commerce demanded
that the canal be bu I.
During the remainder Of the afternoon
the delegates and visitors were busy MAX
ing inspection Of the agricultural display
which was made up chiefly of the exhibit
Of the Southern Railway company, and
that of Jones ana. Bibb counties.
This display is considered as fine in
quality as was ever hei- I'm Macon. The
counties exhibits consist of wheat, oats,
hay, sweet potatoes, corn, barley, cotton,
rice. pumpkins. kershaws, besides vege-
tables Of every kind.
Professor Jonn Hyde. statistician Of the
United States department Of agriculture.
who was to deliver lecture, illustrated
by stereopticon views. entitled, "a Birds
eye View Of the Wheat Fields of the
World" has not arrived, but will be heard
TO lecture tomorrow.
-Jy q vote of the convention II was de-
cided to make all the ladies attending the
convention from a distance associate del
egates.
Thursday afternoon the delegates will
attend the big barbecue at the Log Cabin
Club.
Nine hundred delegates had registered
at the bureau of information last night.
Beside these there are several hundred
in the city who are stopping with friends
who have not registered.
President Flanders saIo IN his speech
TO the congress:
We have lived 70 see the demand for aEri-
cultural education which should educate the
boys back toward the farm, that should edu-
calling might be dignined also with the title
OF profession. grow until 1oday we stand
upon prominence down which we can look
into the years that have gone by and see the
path made by this steady progress. and am
thankful 70 say that that prominence upon
which we stand is the result OF the recorded
viii OF forty-three states OF this union, 70 the
effect that education shall be provided for
among those who are pursuing agriculture for
living. 70 the end that they may unlock
the secrets in the laboratory Of nature in such
q way that they may make use Of her greatest
ability without impoverishing her strength OF
inturing her future usefulness.
THE granaries Of the world are being filled
until today We are confronted with the fact
that IN the United States five and two-thirds
millions farms are producing five and one
half billion dollars worth OF agricultural
products. q sum said to be much in excess or
the total income OF the farmers at any other
time in their history in this country. This
year we are raising In the United States as
- - a.. ~
year.
The education that has been going on IN the
interest OF the agricuturist during the last
thirty years has produced wonderful results
but all, or nearly 50, are upon side OF
this two-sided question. viz Upon the side
distribution or the question Of the relation OF
the agriculturist to the government or govern
ments under which he lives and BY virtue or
which he is protected. we are living in an
age OF combinations. an age when corporations
and corporate interests unite for purposes
which TO them seem wise and just. an age
when the labor element is organized for pur-
poses which 70 II seem Just and right, an age
In which capital, generally speaking, Is organ
lied and combined for reasons which TO Il seem
Just and right, so that when any problem
arises from the question OF distribution to the
question OF legislation they are prepared at
short notice 10 determine what action should
be taken and then act a unit. What Is
true Of these combinations is not true or the
agricultural population, and yet that population
Is 10-zsth OF the entire number engaged In the
industrial pursuits OF this country. The scope
that IL viii extend to this class OF our popu-
lation much information as possible through
some kind OF an organization or by some means
best suited 70 that end the fundamental prfn-
ciples involved in economic questions of the
times and OF their political duties and oblga-
lions 10 themselves and others through the
government or governments under which they
live. In other words. the theories and funda-
mental principles Of constitutional law should
be taught alongside Of the fundamental prfn-
ciples underlying the production Of agricultural
going few changes. Every agricultural citizen
should understand that the government OF the
ment OF derived powers, that It has no powers
except those that have been conferred upon It
and that the comforting done by the SOW
ereign states OF the union and that the matter
conferred is enumerated in that document
known as the Constitution OF the United States,
and that. when he desires the national govern
ment to do anything in his interest he must
first know whether the power TO do that thing
has been given that government in that in
strument II the power has been conferred
then "a Is plausible and feasible TO petition
the congress OF the United States 10 do the
thing desired. but II II has not been conferred
then all the effort put forth In that direction
Is useless because II such a law were passed II
would be declared unconstitutional by the
structiOn should be given that the whole
general scheme OF the government OF each
state and OF the national government should
be understood by the agriculturist he should
be familiar with the powers that have been
given the national government and from what
source they were derived and how derived.
I believe that no better work now be
taken up along educational lines In add
ton to the work already being done than
70 put the agricultural population OF this eoun-
try in possession OF such knowledge relative
10 the government and its workings as will
qualify equip each and every one TO at any
time step into the legislative halls OF any
States and legislate with intelligence upon the
questions that viii be placed before them