Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-30
FINE EXHIBITS
OF NORTHLAND
MANUFACTURERS SEND BIG
&C.. DISPLAYS TO MADi-
SON.
INTERESTING PROGRAM KEEPS
THE DELEGATES BUSY
LISTENING.
Madison, Sept. 26.


ming early in the morning with the
address of Professor r. A. Moore on
the subject of Seed Grain Breeding,
followed in the morning by a tour of
of the university build
ings, and in the afternoon by the
speeches of NJ. R. Myers of Chicago
and ]. w. Lang, Chippewa Falls, the
program did not close until late in
the evening with the address of DIR. A.
S Alexander on Horses and the
speech of J. H. Davidson of Oshkosh.
The state exhibits from Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin are in place
at last, in charge of enthusiastic inn
migration agents, who will lead you
to believe that the counties near the
pine barrens are the garden spots of
the entire northwest. The exhibits
of farm machinery are also well
worth seeing, perhaps we should say
hearing, for the sharp exhaust of the
gasoline engines and the incessant
hum of electrical machinery almost
make it impossible for you to catch
the wonderful merits of the respec-
tive machines. To use the words
of one of the visiting farmers ''Ev-
erything was on the hum"
Afternoons Session.
The big crowd was too large for
the auditorium of agricultural hall in
the afternoon, when the subject of
cooperation and the rights of the
farmers were being discussed. M.
R. Myers talked enthusiastically on
Farmers Cooperative Enterprises, Cit
ing the examples of Ireland, England
and Denmark, where in some cases
the producers own the retail stores,
wholesale concerns and means OF
transportation, besides controlling
the forces of production. After tell
ing of the advantages of such sya-
TEN Mr.. Myers contrasted the condi-
ton of farmers in the United States.
In speaking of them and their oppo-
nents, as he characterized trusts, the
speaker said:
eff / had my way I would take ev-
cry large organized industry in the
country and cooperate it. I do not
believe that any man. like Marshall
Field. should be allowed to gather
up $40, 900, 900 to hand down to his
heirs and thereby create an aristoc-
racy. The farmers of America must
fight and fight and fight if they are to
gain proper recognition for their PROD
Uets in the markets of the world as
against the monopolies and trusts.
The farmers are unprotected as far
as their own organized effort is con-
cerned and they should work togeth-
have to pay high prices because there
are a great deal too many business
concerns now. There are for in
stance five grocery stores where there
ought to be one, five sets of clerks
and five delivery wagons soliciting
trade and delivering goods on the
same street and as many wholesale
houses selling in competition with
one another to tie rsetail stores. In
the future there will be one grocer
and he will sell better goods at less
cost" ~
rana Cbinpewa Fails, who spoke OH
Marketing Produce. This, he be-
lieved could best be done through Or
ganized effort and cooperation.
AT the evenings session the prln-
cipal speaker was Congressman }. IL
Davidson Oshkosh, who was to have
snol,en at the afternoon meeting but
was delayed by a railway accident
CONGRESSMAN Davidson spoke on
Deen Waterways Congressman DaV-
idson is a member of the waterways
commission and discussed the sub
iect from the standpoint of personal
knowledge.
Con gresham Davidson referred 10
the great improvement made by the
government at Galveston, Texas
where 100000 has been expended
The audience was astounded by the
statement made by the speaker as u
the rich benefits afforded by this i'm
movement. The harbor improvement
At Galveston. he said. is such a means
of cheapening transportation that II
IS good for $4,000 600 every year to
tbe farmers whose products &c
through the Galveston harbor. These
farmers are not alone in Texas, but
in several of the states OF that par
If the country. This and other mus
trations were made with excepuona
effect of the fact that water trans
nortation is cheaper than ran trai
fic The speaker laid emphasis upor
the fact that development OF water
TRANSFORMATION should be made one
of the great functions of the govern
7,ent. not to be confined to the sea
hoa-d but to be effected ever!
where possible.
Plea for Pure Horses.
DIR. A. S. Alexander, veterinarian a