The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-13
Farmers Insist They Must Stay
on the Farm.
Accomplish This by Making
Life Attractive.
MIR. SUTTON'S ADDRESS
President Points Out Duties of
Tillers of Soil.
Governor Stubbs Delivers Ad.
dress of Welcome.

The formal opening of the thirty
ninth annual meeting of the Kansas
state board of agriculture took place
last night and there was a good rep
resentation of delegates present aside
from interested unlookers. Governor
Stubbs and Mayor Green welcomed the
farmers to the capital city, the re-
sponse being by President Charles E.
Sutton. who set forth the ambition and
purpose of the board of agriculture.
Then to cap an otherwise good program
President H. ]. Waters of the State
Agricultural college gave an address IN
which he emphasized the effects of pro-
per feeding of stock illustrating with
charts and a big juicy piece of beef
steak.
DO you fully realize said Presi-
dent Sutton in his address, that the
farmers are the balance wheel of our
government? This is true in national
government. but more so In our state
government.
'The ambition of the state board of
agriculture is to raise the standard OF
life on the farm. to make the calling
of agriculture and stock raising so at
tractive that the cream of our young
manhood and womanhood will remain
on the farm.
Until the standard is raised and not
until then will the tide of immigration
to the large cities turn and bring back
to the farm the class of skilled labor
and brains that are necessary in inten-
sified farming. We must keep our boys
and girls on the farm and in order to
do that we will find it necessary to
provide them with all the comforts
and advantages they expect to find in
city life.
"It is with pride that we can refer
to our Kansas Agricultural college as
ranking at the very top, and while per-
sonalities are usually out of place l
feed so proud of the recent victories
gained at the Chicago International
exposition by our Kansas college, when
with two Angus steers they met and
defeated the steers of every other ag-
ricultural college and every other in
dividual exhibitor. winning for Kansas
the grand championship for steers, and
also the reserve championship.
ST think. it would be decidedly proper
| for the board of agriculture to vote
Prof. Kinzer and his assistants our
thanks and congratulations.
The Last Roll Call.
Now my friends, am confronted
| with a sad duty. one that am not able
to do Justice. You who always attend
these meetings and have done so for
years and years. know how I feel when
it comes to referring to the members
who have answered to the roll call of
the grim reaper.
y
we miss them more than I can find
words to express. To know them was
to love them.
"They were examples of manhood we
are proud to refer to. and the world is
better for their having been so many
years with US.
~. w. Robinson probably enjoys the
distinction of having accumulated the
largest fortune from the production
| from crops and live stock than any
farmer in Kansas.
"E Harrington was always full OF
fun and ready to disagree good nat
| uredly with Governor Click and Mr.
Robinson in any and all subjects and
| rub in on US the fact Gas he used to
say) that Brown county was easily the
| best county in Kansas is also among
! those faces we miss tonight
'In closing let me say the world is
| calling for scientific farming, greater
crops than we can produce under old
methods-the prices we are getting for
| our products of our farm is convincing
evidence of this fact. Our population is
| increasing at the rate of over 10000 a
day. This explains why we are con-
suming more and exporting less each
year"
| Governor Stubbs' Address.
| Governor Stubs said in his address
| of welcome:
"One of the pleasures of being gov
| ernor Of Kansas is to meet the people
| Of Kansas in public gatherings and
| every day. presume that there are no
people in the state that represent more
| fully the interests Of the state than the
people who are here tonight.
Seems to me that agriculture with
| stock raising is the foundation of all
our material prosperity. 1t has been
| said that last year was the bumper
year in the agricultural industry. That
means a good deal as Kansas has been
breaking records for some years past
I am proud of the success of this in
i H. r bot Im
/ state will go right ahead and break
| more records. They say that Pride
| goeth before a fall and we may get too
proud of ourselves, but hope that next
year will break the records again"
Good Word From Mayor Green.
"You represent an industry said
Mayor Green in his address of well
come (which represents our greatest
| wealth. In my observation of things
in Topeka I have been led to believe
that if 1 were a farmer 1 would use
my influence to our legislatures and
fewer politicians.
| sI have witnessed good many ses-
sions of the legislature and I have OBJ
served with disgust the personal po-
liticaI policy which blocks our 1egis-
| lation. 1t is not a very favorable COM
| ment to make when I say that it is
tdeplorabfe that no legislature has ap-
propriated money which would permit
a state exhibit of products because the
different sections could not agree on q
location.
I'm Topeka the pessimist and
knocker has been relegated to the
lrear-the town is full of live wires
and ready TO build up the city and
the state The power house is the
Commercial club down on Kansas ave-
nue. between Sixth and Seventh and
the members of this club invite you
/ there this evening"
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