The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-13
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
FARMERS ASSOCIATION TO BE
 PERMANENT.

Steps We'll Under Way in That DIrec-
 tIon-sOme of the Leaders and Their WOrk-Report Not Ready on TeIe-
 phone BiIIs-NOtes of Interest.
 Hartford, June 12-The permanent organization of the Farmers associa- tion in the general assembly will be ef- fected without difficulty, steps being well along in that direction. Each county in the state will be represented by three members in the committee on continuing the organization. Repre- sentative William H.Warner, of Wood bridge, is at the head of the New Ha- ven county membership in the general committee. He has been one of the most active members of the associa- tion and will be thoroughly useful in the work of permanent organization. The Farmers association, which has been in the minds of legislators good deal of the time through the session, was well officered at the outset. Rep- resentative Henry W. Averill, of Bran ford, was made president of the body and olcott F. King, of South Windsor, secretary.
 President AYerill, who is one of the leading fruit growers in the state, has ably guided the deliberations of the
 
 association and has been an important faetor~in it's work. He has been con- servative, promoting the support of good measures and obviating in all fields the enactment of ill-timed and dangerous legislation.
 The secretary of the association, MT. King, of South Windsor, is farmer of high instincts and education. He is a prominent tobacco producer, represent ing in that capacity the foremost agri- cultural interest in northern Connecti- cut s-sa..s.. .,....... s-... s+.
 Senator Bush, of East Lyme, and Representative Frederick S.. g. Fosdick, of Lyme, have both been influential in the lines of thought and discussion taken up by the association. Senator Bush has been especially directive in the consideration of bills affecting pro- bate court and the fee system in these courts, in the offices of town clerks and sheriffs. F ..s. sE~ .-.. .
 Representative Andrew Kingsbury, of Coventry, vice-president of the asso- citation, has exercised a valuable influ- ence from the start.
 Royal K. Southwick, who is a mem Der of the house from Cornwall, has been in many respects the most infiu-r ential farmer in the general assembly. He is an apt student of railroad legis- lation and has been time and again singled out for the F. presentation of farming interests in the discussion of the important railroad bills of the ses- sion. He took one of the principal parts in the house debate on the Consolidated Railway company bill.
 All of the railroad measures having any bearing of consequence on the az ricultural interests of the state have been discussed in the Farmers associ- ation before reaching either branch of the general assembly. a.... ...r. ;,
 The automobile legislation that is now to be recommended by the com 1littee on public health and safety, Senator Whitney, of New Haven, chairman, has been threshed out, in the Farmers association. The regulation of the telephone business in the state has been fruitful topic for months with the farmers. They have been thinking of the best ends to be gained