The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-02-26
Delayed.
Farmers Clubs Meeting.

planned
AT the morning meeting after Pres.
VIM. Saver, Jr., had called the meet
ing to order Rev. Woodlands Offer ed
prayer and A. l.. Chandler had delivered
an address of welcome, Frank Whelan,
of Shiawassee. spoke on "Some Things
the Farmer Doesn't Want" In the
course of his talk Mr. Whelan declared
that the farmers do want primary reform
and are tired of substitutes. He urged
that legislators who favor primary re-
form be elected hereafter.
Following is a list of the officers
elected:
President Frank Whelan. Shiawas-
see.
Vice PRESIDENT Owen, Yer
non.
Secy Treas-Mrs. Jennie Place,
Owosso.
Fred W.. Love, of Owosso township
discussed commercial fertilizers. He
believes in them for the poor man the
man with his farm paid for should have
sufficient stock so that the manure will
carry him through.
James ID. Post, in talking of the plant
ing and care of corn, declares he believes
in blowing deep. He does not believe
in drilled corn. Don't use a man, said
Mr. Post, to cultivate the crop; a boy
will do just as we'll. If school is going
ON send the boy to school instead of to
the cornfield.
County School Commissioner H. E.
Slocum, of Corunna, discussed the duties
of his Office and when he had finished
his hearers knew that school commits
sioner was useful as well as ornamental.
There are 1875 rural and village schools
scattered over sixteen townships and
merely to visit them in muddy or biz
zardy weather is no picnic. Office
visitation and the writing of at least
sixty letters a week are disagreeable
parts of his duties.
Another enjoyable payer was Farm
Life, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
by Mark d. Circuit, of Morrice. Mr..
Circuit sketched the advancement which
has been made in 30 years upon the
farm. He was optimistic in predicting
another marvellous step forward in the
next 30 years.
Mrs. G. B. Cooks paper was on TRADE
Marks" and was full of bright things.
Clara Getman, Mattiebell Getman, and
Fern Greenwald were three of the little
ladies who furnished entertainment with
vocal music or recitations during the
meetings AS Judge Bush was out of
the city, his talk on "Some Legal Points
the Farmer Ought to Know" was of
necessity omitted.
RESOLUTIONS.
l. Resolved, That it is the sense
Of this club association, that the mem
bers OF the clubs composing it should
make more practical and thorough
application Of tie lessons taught and
learned in club work in order that
every club member may be more
successful farmer and better citizen.
2. Resolved, That we should make
more of an effort to get better high
ways and to see that officers do their
duty a. Keeping them passab.e for the
delivefyof rural mails.
3. That. it Is the sense OF this
association that we need to make a
greater effort to study the centers OF
trade and population and Of the mar
kets and to insist that we get the
prices for our products as fixed by the
law Of supply and demand instead OF
having such prices fixed arbitrarily by
greedy trusts and combines.
4. That we heartily appreciate
the work of every good public officer
and especially those who are protect
ing the people from postal fraud,
bribery and other corruption Of public
employment.
s. Resolved, That it is the sense of
this association that our government
acted wisely In securing the right Of
way and proceeding with the construc-
tiOn OF the Panama canal.
| 6. That it is the sense Of this club
that international disputes should be
settled by arbitration and that 1t is
foolish for the United States to become
entangled with warning nations for
the greedy acquisition Of commerce or
territory.
Z. While this club does not believe
that primary election law will be a
panacea for all the deception and cor
ruption In Michigan politics, yet we
believe that the time Is come for more
work and less talk and that we de-
mand of the next legislature the
enactment OF law giving the voters
Of Michigan, the right to nominate all
township, county and state officers by
a direct vote of the people.
8 II politics be necessity, and no
intelligent citizen of Michigan today
questions the fact that the people
have duty to perform that cannot
safely be entrusted to bosses, there
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