Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-09-23
WOULD MEET HERE
National Farmers Congress Dis.
posed to Accept Invita-
ton for Next Year.
BIG THING FOR THE CITY
Would Bring at Least 1000 Delegates
from All Parts of country-DeIe-
gate Strayer Returns.

That Rock Island will probably get
ers' congress is the word that l.. b.
Strayer. of South Rock Island, dele
gate to the meeting held last week at
Richmond, Va, brings home But first
this city must give a guarantee that
| the delegates will be properly enter
| tanned. This requires pledges for a
fund of $500 and the use of good hall
| that will seat 1000 or more. A formal
invitation must also be extended by the
mayor and representative business or
CARNATIONS, the Rock Island club and
Retail Merchants association.
Mr.. Strayer returned last night after
spending a week visiting the nationaA
capital and points of interest in its
vicinity. He has been delegate to the
Farmers congress held during the past
| four years and at each one he has urg-
ed the selection of this city as the next
meeting place. This year Rock Island
was the only city in Illinois that eX-
tended an invitation and il was favor
ably considered. The president, who.
by the way. is an Illinois man, John NJ.
Sahl. of Springfield, and the chairman
of the executive committee were in
structed to visit this city during the
next few weeks and investigate the ia
cilities for entertaining a large conven-
ton and the inducements offered by
the citizens. They will then report to
meeting of the executive committee
at Buffalo. n. Y. Nov 16. at which the
selection of the next meeting place
will be formally made and the date
fixed. The latter will probably be some
time in October next year.
Should Get to Work.
The fact that the executive commit
tee is predisposed to favor Rock Island
and that the president of the congress
is an Illinois man renders the pros
poets of Rock Island particularly
bright. But it will require some effort
to fulfill conditions and no time should
be lost in formulating invitations, see
| ing to the matter of quarters and Sc
| curing pledges for the necessary
| amount of money.
The National Farmers congress will
be one of the most beneficial conven-
lions ever held in this city. 1t has
brought together in the past from 500
to 1000 delegates from all parts of the
United States and will probably do
much better than that next year. for
| never has meeting been held at a
place so central as Rock Island is. The
| 10 states that send the majority of
delegates to the congress wherever it
| is held lie in the central northwest
| Then, interest in the work of the con-
gress is rapidly growing and in future
| Ii promises to be one of the greatest
of annual events, from the standpoint
of the farmer. The attendance here
| would be further increased by a plan
| that has proved successful on at least
one other occasion to issue invitations
TO /, 500 assistant delegates within the
state.
Proceedings mt Richmond.
The congress declared in favor of
| excluding undesirable immigrants
asked for the establishment of a par
GELS post and other rural improve
ments, and adopted the following sig
nificant resolution on the subject OF
railroad legislation:
| Whereas, We favor the active en-
| fOrcement by the general government
of all existing laws in order to prevent
| the giving or accepting of rebates or
/ special favors, through whatever de
vice, to or by favored shippers: and
Whereas. We expect that the inter
| state commerce commission will ag
gressively and promptly apply all rem
edies at its disposal; now, therefore.
| Resolved, That if the existing laws
for the detection and punishment of
| the giving or accepting of such re-
| bates or special favors are insufficient
| or defective in any respect. We favor
| the enactment OF such further legis-
lation as may be necessary adequately
| to deal with the evil and to prevent
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