The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-17

recently appointed by President Will
son member of commission of seven
to investigate rural credits abroad.
operative marketing which has been
adopted with considerable success by
his town. He made no attempt to dis
cuss the Southern situation. but
thought certain features of the Mime
sofa plan might be adopted with profit
by farming communities in the South
Speeches were made at the morning
session also by John Lee Coulter, of
the United States Census Bureau, on
The Status and Possibilities of South
ern Crop Production; by !. a Mckee.
OF Kentucky. on Crop Yields" and by
Charles j. Rand. OF the United States
Bureau of Plant Industry on Com
munity Cooperation IN Growing and
Handling Cotton" The set speeches
were followed by a free discussion from
the floor. in which large number of
the delegates took part
Form County Organizations
Acting under a resolution offered by
Theodore II. Price. of New York the
business men at the afternoon meeting
voted To recommend TO tho executive
committee of the Conference for Edu-
en- to create suborganization Of
permanent character in each county OF
each of the Southern States. to be af-
filiated with the national conference
| The county organizations are to re-
cruit their membership chiefly from
the rural population
The adoption of the resolution fol-
| lowed an address by Mr. Price, In
which he pointed out the folly OF try
ing to help the farmer from the out
side Reform he held. must begin
from theb ottom. and the organization
or the farmers Is necessary prelude
to any scheme of bettcrment The
trouble with the Southern farmer. he
thought was that he is too individualis-
tic. With the rural population organ
lied and in tune with the big confer
ence. he said reform will follow much
more easily.
Chairman Carr named as standing
committee to confer with the execu-
tive committee of the Conference for
Education in the South. In carrying
out the proposed suborganzation
Theodore II. Price. Of New York: James
Speed' of Louisville, Ky; Walter G.
/ Cooper of Atlanta; a. V. Smell. of
/ Charleston, S. c., and f c. Wisner.
of Laurel, Miss.
! Negro "a Factor.
Former Governor Noel OF Mississippi
discussing the general tenor of the
4
inize the danger of tenancy. It was an
economic condition, he said which will
/ disappear as soon as the tenants as
I sert their ability to own and care for
property. The presence of the negro in
! large numbers, thought MIR. Noel made
tenancy III the black belt OF the South
unavoidable The low average state
OF tenant intelligence, particularly in
/ the Gulf States, he said made il eco
nomically more profitable both for ten
ant and owner to cultivate the land on
| the large plantation system. Indivi-
| dual ownership will come, he predicted
With the rise of Intelligence and the
| consequent development of Initiative
Mr.. Noel sounded note of warning
against the encroachment OF the boil
weevil. The pest. he said, was already
q problem of first Importance in Mis-
sissippi, and Will reach Georgia in a
year. He urged that the farmers and
business men of the Southern States
unite in urging upon Congress the i'm
portancc of liberal appropriation for
| farm demonstration work TO fight the
evil. The urgency OF this subject was
pressed upon the conference also by
r. q. Wisncr. of Laurel. Miss, who
detailed his experience with the pest.
Need Immigration.
Leonard Robinson, of New York, told
the conference that Southern aEricul-
ture stood most in need of new blood.
The cities. he said, have for many
years taken away from the farm its
ablest young men, and others are need
ed to take their place He advised
tho creation of local committees In
trusted with the task of passing upon
desirable immigration both from other
sections of the United States and from
Europe. The former would be mate
rally aided. he said, II the Southern
states would adopt rigid laws against
SPECTATORS who have by their fradu-
lent practices I'm the North brought
Southern land into dlsrepute.
James Speed, of Louisville, Ky, de-