The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-05-09
EDUCA-
TON.
Congressman Goodwin Addresses
Farmers Union Men on ALI
Important Subject.

ing III Lumberton MONDAY, at
tended by large crowd, Con-
gresham Goodwin delivered the
following address:
Mr. President, Members of the
Farmers Union, and ladies and
gentlemen, | want to say IN the
beginning that it is great pleas
ure to be here to-day. 1t is
always a pleasure to me to have
the great privilege of coming
before the farmers and men who
I'll the soil, the great class OF
men who support the country,
that great class of men who are
the backbone and sinew and stay
of the country, to talk with them
upon agricultural subjects, and
subjects that lie at their very
doors.
had no idea of seeing so many
here to-day. 1t is a great sur
prise to me, that | consider a
personal compliment to me. |
know it is a very busy time with
the farmers everywhere, and es-
pecially in Robson county, a
county that is such an agricuitur-
al county, and it is a pleasant
surprise. Why, | feel like the
young lady did who was kissed
by her sweetheart for the first
time, when she exclaimed, Il
was entirely unprepared for such
pleasant surprise. But it is
a great pleasure to be here in one
of the greatest counties in North
Carolina. 1t is a great pleasure
to be here and talk to you in one
of the most magnificent court
houses to be found anywhere in
the State. have, since my term
of office as your public servant,
made the statement everywhere
in this district that Robson
county is the finest county in
North Carolina, and that you
have the best citizenship, that
you have the finest standard of
morality and education and reli-
gion to be found anywhere in the
confines Of the great State of
North Carolina. | am glad of it,
and you should be proud of it.
Now my friends, we have met
here to-day to study a question
that concerns everybody. We
have come together for the pur.
pose of making an investigation,
lor the purpose of making in
curry into our condition, into the
conditions that confront you, into
conditions that mean as much tt
you, and more, than any Other
conditions, that are so vital tt
the people of the State, and tina
is the great question of agricul
tural education.
Now, we boast af our citizen
ship, we boast of the South. w,
are glad that we are North Caro-
linians. We are glad that W.
are citizens of the great State
of Robson. But, my friends
going along hand in hand witt
that boast of citizenship, Their
is a duty that it behooves ever,
good citizen in the State to per
form. If you would have a grea
county, if you would have grea
agricultural community, if 70
would have a great town, 20
must have great men and gres
women, men who study, who ar
concerned and deeply intereste
in the study of the problems thu
confront them and lie at the
very doors.
Take up, my friends, the con
mercial world. and you will Sc
that the manufacturer studi,
his business. Go to the cote
mills over the State, and the
you will find the men in char,
of our mills back in their offic
at their desks Studying how
make those manufactured ar
cles with the least possible co:
studying how he can buy his "a
material in the market
the greatest advantage; al
then. my friends, when
gets those articles manufs
tured and ready for market.
begins to study how to put it c
on the market and sell it to t
greatest advantage. And so, I
friends, the manufacturers of t
country meet yearly, yes, otter
than that, they meet eve
month, and sometimes otter
than that, they meet every we
IN their associations, in their |
ions, so to speak, in their cow,
tons. They have their coul
meetings and their State so>
ties, and Southern States me
'ngs and conventions, and tt
are Stu6yipC tboir b,,o;ao,, ~