Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-10-11
Morning Session Put in Wrestling With Report OF
Committee Part of Which it is Found Neces-
sary to Leave for Later Consideration.
MORE ARE REJECTED THAN ADOPTED
Delegates Find Time to Visit Rock island ArsenaBecome
Guests of Moline This Afternoon and Evening
and Hold Session There.

congress for an appropriation of 81 900
for each state TO defray the expenses
of delegations to the Farmers National
congress.
Further action ON the resolutions
committees report will be taken later,
and other resolutions will be reported
by the committee before adjournment.
Federation Mny Result.
The federation of 10 agricultural So
cieties in the United States may result
from the investigation of a committee
to be appointed by President Stahl of
the Farmers National congress. The
matter was brought before the conven-
tion this morning by Secretary Whit
aker. who explained that it had been
suggested TO him by an eminent east
ern man who believed the plan would
be beneficial to the farmer. The sug-
gestion is that every organization shall
send a representative to the convention
of another. there to gain such informa-
ton as may prove of value to his own
association.
The constitution of the congress was
slightly changed this morning by the
convention. The treasurer will here
after be a member of the executive COM
mittee, and the general purpose of the
organization will include social and ed
ucational work.
On Presidents Address.
AT this mornings session of the con
gress, the report of the committee on
the address of President Stahl was
made by Chairman Z. II. Chapman
The report recommends that agricul-
tural colleges introduce into their cur
ricula a course of lectures on the sub
ject of equitable distribution as COM
pared with economic distribution This
is Il question on which President Stahl
dwelt at some length in his address.
The Committees Report.
Following is the report of the COM
mittee as submitted and adopted by the
congress:
we, your committee to whom the
presidents address has been referred,
beg to report as follows:
I'VE earnestly recommend the ad.
dress to the consideration of this con-
vention as an able document. full of
thoughtful suggestions of great mo-
ment TO the farmers of our common
country
"A consideration of the distributive
half of farming with view to solving |
the numerous and difficult problems it |
presents. is of critical Importance to |
us as producing class. While we de- |
sire to discover methods of producing |
more at less cost, and to utilize fully |
such methods as have already been
discovered, we feel that of even more |
concern is the discovery of |
better methods of selling our products |
not only in our own but in the markets |
of the world That our consuls are
doing little to increase foreign markets
for farm products, is a matter that
should be seriously called to the atten-
ton of the federal administration,
while. as Governor Cummins has point
ed out the fact that the gates of
France have been shut in our face,
and that the same action is imminent
on the part of Germany, indicate that
our senators have failed to appreciate
the Importance of these markets to our
farmers. There is also a vital neces-
sity that the integrity of the home
markets be preserved to our products.
and that the rising generation have
instilled in their minds the principals
On which such integrity depends.
I'VE therefore suggest that the con-
sress respectfully recommend that the
agricultural colleges and schools of
this country introduce into their curri-
cula course of lectures on the sub.
ject of equitable distribution as dis
Linguished from economic distribution.
Your committee takes pleasure in
the able and patriotic
in which the president, John
NJ. Stahl. has presided over the Farm
ers' congress with efficiency and dig
nifty, and on behalf of the congress we
extend TO him our sincere thanks and
E. III. CHAPMAN,
Chairman"