Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-28
LEAN AND HUNGRY AGRlCUL-
TuRlSTS ARE ENTIRELY
OUT OF STYLE.
cARTooNlsTs COMPELLED TO
REVISE THEIR IDEAS
q
President Whiting, Of Breeders Asso-
citation, Points to Past and Present
Conditions Of Tillsrs Of Soil-lnter-
state Assoei alton Meets in Sioux
City.

Sioux City, Feb. 2S.-That education
has been the foundation for the pro-
gress Of the farmer during the las,
twenty years and that it will continue
to be as long as the human race en-
dures, was the keynote OF the annual
address delivered before the thirteenth
annual convention of the Interstate
Farmers and Breeders Association,
that convened yesterday. by President
w. B. Whiting. of Whiting. Iowa. Ihe
annual address was featured with OPP
timistic predictions for the future. The
first session was held in the large
BANQUET room of the Martin hotel. y
small attendance marked the opening.
Last evening a reception for the.
visiting members was held at the
hotel.
Prof. W. J. Kennedy, Of Iowa State
College, made an interesting talk THIS
afternoon on The Farm Tenant Sys-
tenn" The program was concluded
with discussion OF wheat by Bert
Stoddard, OF Sloan. Iowa His subject
was Why and How 10 Grow Winter
Wheat"
Speech Of President WI ting.
In summing up the work of the asso-
citation for the year. President Whiting
said:
Let US touch upon the year that Is
past the conditions as they exist to-
day and the prospects for tomorrow
Not many years ago, when cartoon
lists wished to produce hearty iauSh.
they would draw a picture OF farmer
and what picture i vas Y long
lean frame. tattered straw hat, long
shaggy beard and the unfed scraWnN
dog trotting behind. Our city cousins,
as they looked 4po:; this picture would
offer a silent prayer for the Lord 70
deliver them from leading the life ~
a farmer.
In years gone by these pictures
were right to a certain extent. Many
a man who was never capable Of doing
anything els. would drift onto q farm
1t was not hard work and il Was i'm
possible for him 10 starve 10 death
He took UP farming because it was
along the lines Of least resistance.
"A great change has come over III
the pas. twenty five years. Instead Of
the lank, lean specimen. the cartoonlst
now draws fat, self-satistied farmer
with pockets bullying out with worldly
goods. He is the picture Of happiness
itself.
Education has been the principal
force to bring about this remarkable
change. The desire for learning has
not been confined entirely 70 the stu
dent; il has reached the farmer. When
the farmer realized the great good
that could De accomplished thru scien-
tific means he al once began 10 study.
The farmer Of TO-DAY, result of
this. is the most interesting Of all peo-
pie because, no matter what his age,
he has become a student.
Farmers and stock raisers are es
sential TO the lives OF millions OF peO-
pie in this country and, in fact, The
whole world Their esponsibiiities are
great. for they are depended upon u
feed the many. They realize this per
haps as well as any one, and in order
to meet the task they have taken W
the scientific training.
Prosperity Has Ahounded.
"In reviewing the work Of the asso-
citation for the past year, feel that
can make a happy report. The crops
have been good. the rainfall plentiful,
the cribs have not been large enous.
to hold the crops and there mas oeen
no International strife.
Enough for the past; let US oci aI
the present. ne great 4lN F.L!tS! " ~
dustry was never oiled as nicely nor
running as smoothly as il is a. present.
Our legislatures are honestly at work,
and we trust that the Laws they pass
will not be TO the interests Of the farm
er alone, but to the great mass q peo-
pie; that the poor and suffering MAJ
be relieved and the uneducated and
poverty stricken may by our laws BE-
raised to a higher plane Of living.
IN regard to the future, the outlook
was never brighter, but there are pit
falls to be watched QUE for. Rome built
up a great country and fell because Of
the morals Of her people. # We do not
instill into the lives Of oar people the
right standard Of living L We fail TO
teach them the golden rule. if we do
not teach them that morality is above
money, then our lives viii have been
failures"
Operation Is POSTPONED.