The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-06
NEARBY FARMERS
AND BUSINESS men
Community Building Big Subject
Before the Coming Confer
ence in This City.
LYNcHBURG TO SHOW RESULT
Commercial Organization That
Has Been Help to Surrounding
Farming Communities.

That new direction In the field Of
community building" is shown in the
work OF over two-score commercial
organizations In as many Southern
cities--that OF directing, encouraging
and assisting the development of ag-
ricultural territory adjacent TO COM
mercial and trade centres--wiil be
shown in a report to be submitted to
the Business Mems Conference, Rich
mond, April 1918. by Edgar Syden-
stricken. managing editor Of the
LynchburG Advance, and chairman of
the Lynchburr Chamber OF Commerce
committees on agriculture and immi-
grafton The report contains the re-
SUITS OF a recent Inquiry into city
nishes an array OF detailed data as to
the methods, results and scope OF the
movement in the Southern states.
Things That HIVE Been Done.
SUMMARIZING the methods employed
by business mems organizations in CO.
operating with farmers for agricultural
progress. Mr.. SNdenstricker SAYS:
"A review OF what Southern cities.
through the work of business mems
organizations, are doing for the de-
velopment of Southern farming reveals
the iact that in practically every large
southern town aud city there is some
effort being made through one OF more
centres the business men have CON
sciously Srasped the idea that in order
TO provide for greater food produc-
ton. larger supply of labor. and a
richer field for the expansion OF their
retail trade, the Immediately con
elEiu1us larm territory must be more
quickly ueVeioped and that every in
huccment should tie afforded L. en-
courage the country boy and Girl to
, stay on ne farm rather than to swell
me population Of the towns and cities.
FROM me statements Of a large mum.
Der o. southern business mon and com
iisr ana trade organizations it is
be widely held that urban growth. even
ia the South. has been too rapid in
rural sections: that the situation. which
IS seen In such effects as the increas.
ne s, sG f;ird Of food products and in
ton Of all possible effort in tho VOL,
Iof agricultural development: and thai
each urban locality should be the trade
nifty.
All for the Farmer.
Based on this idea. some two-score
or more cities and towns in nine south
inS methods OF agricultural aid:
Il. BY providing educational adv,n.
ages ior inc farmer. such as lectures
nE AGRICULTURAL experts. better farm
ing demonstrations and demonstration
FARMS IN cooperation with State ana
national departments. aiding i'm corn
ana tomato club work. holding farm
ers meetings. etc.
BY stimulating better farm pro
duction through prizes and premiums
AT lalfs and agricultural exhibits
49,, ~, BY employinE agricultural ex-
pertS and supcriutendcnts 10 supnle
ment the work done by State and Fed
eral governments.
!. BY encouraging agricultural ana
try schools
-. BY encourssins and co operating
in financial way for the building and
MAJ .. ihtehance OF permanent highways
mi. .. i1E aetins as ADVERTISING and inn
through settlers from tim thu S 9PHi' t nDa
west and from Northern Europe
- BY providing better markets and
selling facilities.
The Underlying Iden.
In some OF our cities especially
iheann3nt and Dallas. Tex: Lynchbure.
LOUISVILLE. Atlanta. Spartanburg. s. q.
CITY and country cooperation is he.
ing notably developed in the work
Beaumont there has been reached a
remarkable degree Of unity of work
among city business men and the farm
ers along the lines Of crop diversified
10 assist farmers in nearby counties
TO use scientific methods l.ynchburr
- a. ~ map out a com
prehensive. plan by which the CITY
ana the adjacent counties CO. operate for
agricultural Improvement. business
like marketing, road building. acrj
cultural education and advertisine
through a cooperative board com
posed Of business men and farmers and
representatives OF city and county gov
ernmcnts.
The idea underlying the movement
IN TIC south. Just as IL is in such
,Northern and Western centres. as Bine-
namton, y. Y. and Duluth. is. states
INC report that the natural commu-
hltN OF the future was coming to be
regarded not merely AN urhan trad.
or manufacturing point, or simply az
an agricultural section. but as q com
lninltN to a real degree. SELF 3utiicin;-
Ill the modern sense of the term
where the city or town is the trade and
factory centre OF wcI-deVclouod
food producing farm section. constit 1T
ing an area in which agriculture. trade
financial facilities ana manufacturing
are developed as equally az possible
and In close adjustment. as the proucI
aud sound basis for future economic
growth"
Delegations from every Southern
state. from numerous commercial or
Sanizations. as we'll as representatives
Of railways. industrial organizations
individual business mon will take part
III the Richmond conference. The fol-
lowing are the local committee on ar
raugcrncnts: Thomas J.. Bryan presi-
dent Of the Business Mems Club r.
NJ Darlington. president Chambcr of
Commerce: W. II. Dabney. secretary.