Morris tribune., 1910-03-25
News Of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
CONGRESS A GREAT SUCCESS
ST. Paul Meeting ArOuses Inter
est in Conservation.

Conservation has been adopted as
permanent policy for Minnesota's flu
INSTRUMENTATION in a definite, pro
gressive sense-as result of the frs
Minnesota Conservation and Agricul
tural Development congress, which Wa'
in session four days in the ST. Pau
Auditorium. The meeting set stand
ard for future legislation and state
policy 1t crystallized ideas for prog
ress in many lines. 1t awakened in
terest anew in farm and industrial ed
ucation. 1t pledged the state as &
whole to good roads campaign, tc
more liberal treatment of state lands
and to rational apportionment of leg
islative districts.
This result was taken part in by
S,O38 delegates who registered with
the secretary and by several hundred
more who overlooked that formality.
There were sixteen meetings in the
Auditorium, each addressed by spe
cialists and by big men with messages
to give.
The delegates, who represented ev.
cry county in the state, gave much
attention to the exhibit features col
lected, which also had their educa-
tional value. They formed a perma-
nent organization. County conserva-
tion clubs will be organized, with
printed volumes of the congress pro-
ceedings to guide their work and a
second state meeting will be held next
winter in Minneapolis.
J. J. Hill Drawing Card.
The second day of the congress
was more largely attended than the
first, while in the exhibit rooms scores
of visitors inspected the displays. Not
a small part of the crowd attended
especially 70 hear James ]. Hill, who
has for years been preaching the doc
trine Of conservation, rotation of crops,
scientific farming and economy in pro-
duction and who has demonstrated the
soundness of his theories by putting
them into practical use at his farm.
President Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific railroad was in the
chair at the morning session and Pres
ident Cyrus Northrop of the state uni
Versity presided at the afternoon
session. The general subject of the
mornings session was The Agricul
tural Development of the State of Min
nesota." Professor E. V. Robinson of
the University of Minnesota was the
first speaker on "Minnesota's Farm
and Soil Resources" and Mr.. Hill fol-
lowed him on "Minnesota's Agricul-
tural Opportunities" The closing ad-
dress of the morning session was by
Professor A. E. Chamberlain, superin-
tendent of the Farmers institute,
Brookings, S. D., and Professor A. D.
Wilson, holding the same position in
Minnesota, spoke for this side of the
state line in the afternoon.
The committee on permanent organ
ization, in it's report, recommended
that the congress be made a per-
manent affair and the report was
the present officers to retain
their positions during the ensuing
year
In the Interest of Good Roads.
The third days session of the con-
servation congress was notable for
many things. The Minnesota Road
association was organized and
in addition an all day good roads Sec
ton was held, with meetings in the
afternoon and evening.
Women figured prominently in the
days session of the general section
Of the congress, the discussions relat.
ing to agricultural and industrial edu-
cation, pure food, public health and
sanitation. At special session in
the afternoon "Woman's Part in Con-
was discussed by number
Of women speakers.
Two speakers of national reputation
in the days programme,
DR.. H. w. Wiley, chief of the bureau
of chemistry, and D. J. Crosby, spe
,ialist in agricultural education
Forestry and Mines" was the sub
iect of the morning session of the
,ourth day of the congress, with w
}. McGonagle, president of the Du-
nth, Missabe and Northern railroad,
n the chair. The 2 o'clock session |
vas on Drainage and Water Powers"
he 4 o'clock session on Better Farm
ng in Minnesota" and in the evening |
Governor Eberhart presided over the |
losing session, the programme for
which was miscellaneous, and includ- |
ID a special address by Mrs. Perry
;tarkweather, assistant state labor
in charge of women and
hildren, on "The Welfare of the
yhild."
The resolutions adopted by the con-
,ress are broad and cover practically /
very subject of importance touched
uring the convention
Bede May Oppose CIapp.