The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-07-06
FARMERS NATIONAL CONGRESS
1909 Session to Be Held in North Gar
DINA i'll NOyembCr-Efi>0rira-
PurDGSeS-InfluenccS Resolutions

DINA in NOyember-ffi>orica-
PurpOses-InfluenccS Resolutions.
The Farmers National Congress
composed of delegates appointed H.
State OhicialS-uSually p.
represent their States 1t meets ar..
a year in different places for the cur-
sideration of agricultural questions nj
a national character. avoiding as mn...
as. possible local problems, hicn ..r
be better treated by State and county.
meetings It's program Includes a0-
dresses by prominent persons ami.
leaders in different lines of actflire
bearing on agricultural interests. an.
also the. consideration of Resolutions
The Congress was organized in r>>r.
and during the first il years of it,
existence. it had three p~reSjdeut--aI.
from the. South: T. J. Hudson. 40.
Mississippi; Col. Robert Beverly. of
Virginia, and Col. r. f, KoIb, of r1or-
ida and Alabama. Then t?he preeG6an-
cv went in turn to Kansas, Iowa. Wis
consin. Massachusetts and New York.
returning to the South by the reCp-n.-
ton of Georgia. Then fOlluH.6
| president from Illinois and then tin,
office came South again, the pres .t
fincumbet being from North CaHH|H.
The majority of the Nice-pr.-uen|-
have also bee from the South.
The Congress has ATTRACTED II. g.
many~agricultural leaders. some of
twhpfn have been called to official poo
/ sitions as stated above. fX-GoNrruor
Howard, of Wisconsin. than Whom.
Enog.0ne has d0ne more for American
agriculture, has held the office of
presidents. as has Hon. HarVie jnr-
dan, of Georgia, who did such mag
nificentMork. in organizing the cotton
growers. The. present president
+ Cobb. Cameron. OF StagNlIIe. \. o.
has a 1000 acre farm and is pr.mI-
nent in social, political literary and
religious circles, as we'll as in a4r.ruI-
t ture.
The secretary of the Con2re~- s
assistant in market milk investigations
in the United States Department OF
Agriculture. @
The South has been we'll rrpre-"nt-
ed in the places where the Con-"r~@
has met. Sessions have been hD|a 3-
Kentucky, Tennessee Alabama. Mh-
nesota, Georgia. Texas and VIRGINIA
The.meetings of 1906, 1907 and 1908
We're held in the West, and this year
the session is to be held in tn South
and East. The beautiful, enterlrteln-
city of Raleigh, n. c., has been s"L~cf-
ed as the place for the next session.
which will begin November Bird.
Meeting III North Carolina. ana
with a North. Carolinian president "h
exceptionally large attendance IRON.
the South is desired and eNpr"i~i.
! Every State should have d DELEGATION
and a large one. and there shoH." '
alert interest to bring tins .'5"'
Each OF the last three sessions mas
been in turn a recOrd-breakef- "'t .
is hoped that there will be u" "'#N-
ening in the attendance or en1hu@".s"
this year
There should be a large ~att"n'""'
not only to crafty local pfIQr "'"H IVY
show what this section can 0o Z" ~j.
hold the interest in the Congress- .""
in aiding American a~grlcultuf'
full as is the Congress in an r"N'"
tional way, its greatest help t. a-l.'o.
ture is through the resolutions @.'n.
ed. Resolutions from a body '' I'll"
telligent, representative. cohS,l |".
farmers. from almost every @l""
the Union are bound to be mi
The influence depends nue. '"
number of States represented. l'.
State has a member OF the f'@"'~'
committee. .
The Congress has been u St.''- ..
tor in securing a national d"I".
of agriculture. the interstate ,.,.
merce commission. rural MAJ rr
cry, OleOmargarine Legislation. .~-
~denatured alcohol from taAal+
creased appropriations Tor a@-'
al education. ..r-
The Congress now stands tor .i
sion of the parcels post. nail'..- 49,
for good roads, improving IAl"0.. W.
teraws, postal savings banks >.. saf
! ing natural tSPeI Fl.
fertility and forests. tedtI4i
secondary agricultural scho0.7 r.a
We hope for a large "t-
this year to press on the SDg. .r-9
GFO N. WHITAh'.''
Washington. u. G.