The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-23
FARMERS OF WORLD
STUDY DRY FARMING
Foreign Nations Send Ex-
hibits to Big Congress
At Tulsa.
CHINA REPRESENTED
Farm Women Show Labor
Saving Devices to En-
tighten Work.

TULSA, Okla, Oct 23-With exhi-
billions by the United States govern
ment, all the agricultural states Of
the union and more than score of
foreign countries, the international
Dry-Rarming Congress opened here.
The Chinese exhibit was transported
more than $4,000 miles by Chinese
farmers, and is one of the principle
subjects of Interest,".
There are thousands Of visitors in
Tulsa and arrangements have been
made to accommodate many more.
Transportation companies are pre-
pared to transport 5000 people an
hour from Tulsa to the exposition
grounds, which, by the way, cover
more than 120 acres.
Seven of the great buildings com
posing the congress, have total floor
capacity of more than 100000 square
feet. They are arranged in the form
of a parallelogram, in the center of
which is a park. At one end is the
Oklahoma Kafir Corn Palace.
Western Exhibits.
Two buildings, each 60 by 200 feet.
are occupied by the agricultural eX-
hibtS of various western states. An
other building is given up to Canada
and to the United States government,
and another to foreign nations, among
which are Brazil, Russia, Colombia,
Italy, Chile, Nicaragua, Venezuela,
Belgium, Argentine Republic, Mexico,
TurkeStan, ROumania, Hungary, China
and France. Russia made a special
appropriation to cover the expense OF
gathering and transporting its exhibit.
The Chinese exhibit consists largely
OF cotton, Katir corn, milo maize, mil
let, kaoliang, wheat, rye and barley.
The United States government spent
$4,000 to prepare its exhibit.
One Of the special features of the
exposition is the Womans building in
charge of the International Congress
of Farm Women. On exhibition in the
building are a model kitchen, labor
savings devices and general exhibits
Of the work of farm women.
Many In Attendance.
Among the most prominent men in
attendance are f. I. Brent and Carl
Scholz, Of Chicago, two of the lead
ing coal operators Of the Middle
West; +. w. Brunton, Of eDnver, pres
ident Of the congress and the leading
drainage expert of the world; John
Hays Hammond, Henning Jennings
and Grdiner Williams, all multi-mil-
J lionaires who made their fortunes in
the gold and diamond mines Of South
Africa.
Government men who are taking
part in the convention are Secretary
of Labor w. B. Wilson, Secretary of
interior Lane. DR.. Joseph A. Holmes,
director of the Upited States Bureau
of Mines, who has just completed a
three mCnths tour of Alaska; DR.
George Otis Smith, director of United
States Geological Survey; Senators
Shatroth Of Colorado, Walsh of Mon
T. tana, the head OF the Senate Commit,
tee on Mines and Mining; and SUIT
berlaEd, of Utah. Representative
Foster, of Illinois, chairman of the
House Committee on Mines and Min
ing, and tho other members of this
committee are also here.
Miners Present.
Representing the bituininous Goa
operators are John II. Jones, presi
dent OF the Pittsburgh Buffalo Goa
Company; S. \. Taylor, president OF
the Corona Ccal Company; w. r
r. Woodford, president of the Rail and
River Coal Company, and J. A. Moore
head, president of the Madison Goa
Corporation.
More than fifty Of the best known
mininG engineers in the country have
come from New York, headed by
James Douglas, dean OF the Mining
enginecri0% profession in the United
States; !. Parke Channing and d. r
ingalls,.
These men are all scheduled t
make addresses during the week
Among the topics discussed are, mine
taxation, greatly safety for worlmen
workmen'S compensation, reduction
in cost of production and transporta
ton, conservation of our mineral re
sources and proposed legislation il
relation to the mining industry. The
land policy which the government il
pursuing in relation to Alaskan mine:
and the decrease in gold production il
the United States will also be con
sidered.