The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-17

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but the idea has grown far beyond
the child. We have come now to
realize that we never finish our edu-
cation as long as we live" DR.. Page
stressed the Importance - fthe coun-
try side of education to which this
present conference is largely devoted.
and declared that never before in the
history Of the South or probably in
tn ecountry had so many educational
experts in every walk of life gathered
for a common purpose. ITO these
mon" he said, ave are all beholden.
Their coming together at this time is
a personal favor to us all. for they
are helping US to realize the one great
problem of INSTRUMENTATION
DR. Page. before introducing the
three speakers Of the evening, made
formal announcement of the program
for today. as we'll as the social feat
ures and stated that while only two
thirds of the delegates had registered.
n conservative estimate Of those now
1000, while others are expected to ar
rive today.
What Texas IS Doing.
Colonel Henry Exall. of Dallas,
president of the Texas industrial con-
gress, who made the opening address.
is not only practical. forceful man,
who has done much to build up the
Lone Star State agriculturally, but Is
a splendid platform speaker. held the
Z ~ Tor CT a val of Of ha n
/ dienCe for half-hour. first in explain
ing what his Organization does and
secondly why 1t was necessary to do
It, Three years ago the congress of
fered $40 600 in gold as prizes for the
best products and best yields in corn
i and cotton in Texas. There were
then 1,746 entries for these prizes
and 16l counties were represented in
/ the entry list. This year there are
+ 10, sos entries and every county in
/ the State is represented, showing the
stimulus the plan has given agricul-
ture. The difference In the average of
corn and cotton 10 the acre between
those who participated in the con-
tests and those who didn't represent
ed to the State $4,000 600 gain on
the former crop and $300, 600, 600 on
the latter II that contest average could
be preserved all over the State, and
eventually II would be.
The inspiration for the formation of
the congress and the offering of prizes
as a stimulus TO agriculture was pre-
scented in the fact that the population
increase vastly exceeds the food sup
ply, and this problem, Mr. EXall
claims, is the most serious this coun-
try now faces We are now robbing
the land of its productive elements
leaving nothing for generations to
come and what viii happen TO the
countless millions of the future when
the land no longer produces food is an
appalling thought Farming Is now
done Al O loss, and the object of all
. agriculturalists should be to stop
waste. cherish the land and call a
halt on present-day methods. Colonel
| T1xall at times was dramatic and at
all times forceful and interesting.
Problems of Transportation.
t.. President l.. f Johnson, of the Nor
folk and Western railway, who dis
cussed the rural problem from the
standpoint of railway official, pre-
scented two paramount questions to the
conference for discussion and consid-
Grafton which struck a keynote. one
was the shortening of the hours of
the women on the farms, and the
other the problem Of transportation
Of getting their products to market
economically. and that involves large
d
transportation problem, in President
! JohnsOn's view. IL the most serious
/ the rural South faces. President John
son put himself squarely on the side Of
the Countrywide true nursery of lib
erty and the section to which the ma
ton must look in the future. He
stressed the fact that this is an age
7 of specialists and that no vocation OF
profession called for more thorough
education than that OF modern farm
ing.
Or Charles Lee Raper, dean of the
graduate school Of the University OF
North Carolina, treated briefly and
largely from an historical standpoint
| Taxation: the Effectiveness and
Justice Of Government in the South
ern States The government, DR..
| Raper declared. should be exemplar,
but laws which assess one man 3
per cent and another G5, or permit
one conscientious citizen to assume
a greater burden than another less
/ conscientious are necessarily ineffec-
tive and unjust The problem of
equality and justice in taxation, he
said. had been with us since the time
4 Of the declaration that made Patrick
Henry famous. His burning words
gave inspiration to a people to undo
that wrong. and present-day injustices
! are SuIDCltHt 10 arouse the people OF
! the Southern States TO adjust their
wrongs without the necessity OF a
Patrick Henry.
Round of Conferences To-day
Today Will be marked by a num-
Der Of conferences, the most import
ant OF which. the conference of CO.
operation, will he held at $40 o'clock
in the auditorium on. John Marshall
high school. with President d. H. Hin,
of the Agricultural and Mechanical
college of North Carolina. presiding
AT o o'clock the Southern Asso-
citation of College Women will re-
sumo its sessions in the auditorium
of the Y. NJ. c. A., hearing reports
and discussing a number of import
ant economic topics.
At ESQ four important conferences
Will be called 10 order in as many
meeting places,
The Cooperative Credit association
VIII assemble in the auditorium Of
the Christian church aanex with ..
G. Thach Of Alabama, as chairman.
The conference of taxation, of
which Governor Mann is chairman.
will meet in the cOrporation commits