The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-01-27
GRAIN MEN MEET
VRl-sTA1E GRAIN GROWERS CON.
VENTloN EcL1PsEs ALL
PREVIOUS ONES.
OLD OFFICERS REFLECTED
President Worst, Commissioner Gil.
breath and Senator McCumber
Among List Of Distinguished
Speakers.

,Hrs' convention is over and has been O,
much benefit to all those who attended
The attendance was the largest expert.
enced in the history Of the organtza.
ton. For a; day OF more before tn,
opening date all trains to the city wer,
filled to the overflowing and the visit.
ors soon filled up the hotels ard wer.
quartered in many houses of the city.
When the doors OF the operahous,
were thrown open for the first SEES.
sion there were a large number Of PEG
pie waiting outside. Before the pro.
gramme started the parquet was vel
filled, the initial attendance being thu
largest ever witnessed at the Grair
Growers convention.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the hour Sc
for the opening of the convention, Pres
j. H. Worst, Of the agricultural colleg,
called the convention to order with ,
few brief remarks. He then introduced
Rev. S. S. Wyand, pastor of the Broad.
way M. e. church of this city, who il
an excellent prayer asked the divin,
blessing to rest upon the convention.
In his address of welcome Judg,
Miller, aside from giving the farmer,
visiting here the freedom Of the city
gave the agricultural college and it,
faculty a boost which is well deserved
The responses to the address OF
welcome were made by Hon. J. Dexter
Pierce of Larimore and E. S. DELANEY
of Valley City. MI. Pierce pale
particular attention to the establish.
ment Of farmers clubs over the stat,
as a means of making rural life NOR,
interesting and beneftting the agri,
culturalists in their work.
The second day every record wa.
broken. The town simply swampet
with agriculturists from every par
of the northwest. In the morning tn.
operahouse was packed. until every
inch of standing room was taken
Fourteen hundred farmers crowded
INTO the mornings session.
This day was devoted entirely to tn.
livestock side of the organization. TIL
meeting was presided over by Prof
w. B. Richards Of the agricultural col.
lege and secretary of the North Da.
kota live stock association. 1t proved
to be one of the most interesting
meetings and exhibited the creates
amount of enthusiasm Of any livt
stock session ever held in the state.
The programme began at $3.50 o'clocl
and from that time until the moor
hour the entire time was taken VI
with subjects relating to dairying ant
the advyisability Of the farmers O
North Dakota taking up this depart,
ment of farm work. The speakers al
advised the establishment of dairy
herds and there was considerable dis.
cussion after each paper.
The third day was a very live one
In the forenoon horticultural subject,
were discussed. Pres. Worst of thu
agricultural college called the meeting
to order and introduced o. c. Gregs
of the farmers institute corps Of
North Dakota, who then. addressed the
assemblage. He was followed by A
Bracket, of the Minnesota farmers
institute corps. Both talked on tree.
for this section Of the country and
were asked numerous questions wher
their addresses were completed.
The afternoon session was under
the auspices of the Equity society ant
addressed by Sen. P. .5McCumbe1
who urged upon he farmers the neces.
sity of organization.
Said Sen.. McCumber in part:
Potentially, the agricultural class i.
the greatest power in the world. and
actually it exercises less influence owe,
its own destiny and welfare than any
other class.
"The question is often asked me
Why don't this federal inspection bill
pass? The answer could be summed
up in a single sentence: Because the
farmers are not organized, and all the
great boards of trade are organized"
The audience was estimated at two
thousand people and the senator's
speech was followed with close at
tention and was punctuated with ap-
clause.
The fourth and last day Of the CON
vention was marked by an excellent
address by w. G. Gilbreath, commits
sioner of agriculture. He says North
Dakota leads all the states in her per
capita wealth and South Dakota fol-
lows a close second.
The attendance for this last session
was up to the usual high mark and the
Of officers was by reclamation and are
dS lOllOWS. ..#a.E ..H
President-John H. Worst.
Secretary-T. A. Hoverstad.
While the convention was going on
there were also other meetings of in
terest in the city. The equity society
headquarters in Union hall, the
surgeons of the state also
held their annual meeting and the
collection of dogs ever exhibit
ed in the state were shown at the dog
show. The corr growers of the state
had an exhibition of products and
an organization and the visitors to
town found his time fully occupied in
the various exhibits and attend
ing the sessions.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
are as follows:
First-Senators and representatives
asked to give their support in con-
to ar act which will empower
the secretary of agriculture to make
at the various ports Of en-
try of all agricultural and garden
seeds and Of all agricultural, horticul-
!ural and forestry scions imported.
Second-Going on record in OPPOSE
ton to bill recently introduced in the
lower house Of congress to repeal the
o~leomargarine revenue tax when it il
to represent butter.
Third-Urging the farmers Of the