The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-24
FARMERS URGED
TO COOPERATE
Asked to Give Assistance in
Reducing Cost of
Living.
METHODS ARE OUTLINED
Carnegie and Other Notablcs
Take Part in New York
Conference.
METHODS ARE OUTLINED
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Special to The Times Dispatch1
New York, March 23.-Farmers are to
he urged by tho National Civic Fedora
zion TO assist in plan for reducing
the cost OF living By purchasing their
supplies and marketing their products
on tho cooperative system. AS the
first step In the campaign. Seth Low.
president OF the federation, to-day was
elected chairman of department OF
agricultural conditions and rural bot
tcrIncnt, and authorized - appoint u
committee on plan and scope.
Men ard women OF prominence from
every section OF tho country pnrttci-
patcd In the conference, which fol-
lowed a luncheon In the Hotel Aston
Speakers included AnIrc:y Carnegie
DR.. Albert Shaw. Lieutenant Governor
Sheffield Ingalls,. OF Kansas: DR. Grace
kirkland. Atlanta. Ca; Mrs. Thomas NJ
owen. Montgomery. Ala, and DR.. Lii
Han w. Johnson. Department OF Agri-
culture. Messages were read from
Ambassador Byron T. Herrick and Sec
rotary OF Agriculture Houston.
Denmark Model.
Scotch farmers were eulogized by
ar. Carneigie. who pointed to Denmark
az q model country in the develop
Inent OF tho SOIL and tho scientific
Standardization and marketing OF farm
products. New Yorl. State, lie said is
three times tho sizo OF Denmark, and
he referred to the great opportunities
which are being overlooked by the
farmers OF this State.
We have made great progress In
me West In farming, especially in CAL
ifornia." said Mr.. Carnegie "Organi-
Iation Is the one thing necdful in
farming, and In California you find wa
ter rights purchased by one corpora-
ton, and each little piece Of ground
sold carries with it q right and title
10 30 much water, and this Is 4 part
OF the property-it cannot be sold sep
arately They buy all they use from one
agency and maintain their own stores
They bring their products 10 one com
hined warehouse, and they sell whole
sale
After strongly advocating the adop-
ton of the California plan, Mr.. Car
'eSfc announced that one Of tho Car
neSie foundations has taken up the
subject OF agricultural bcttcrmcnt in
vermont he said that financial as
Histance VIII be given to put Into ef-
:ect the recommendations OF expcrty
lie then told OF the work that has been
cone In Ireland BY his friend. Sir Hor-
acc Plunkett. This led the ironrnastcr
~ 10 discussion of tho Ulster crisis
You hear OF a great many er-nlies
OF Britain IN tho present crisis" he
continued. Beginning with Mr.. Glad
stone, who. as you know. the man who
WAS rcligiously-that Is. az {: member
Of The Episcopal Church, one or tho
dcvort. he did establish the Episcopal
church In Ireland
The British government to-day has
advanced f200.0o0.000 O. $1,000. oOo. O00)
to buy the land OF the landlords of Ire.
land. and then TO sell IL to the croftcrs.
and J think they have thirty years in
which to pay for the land Horace
Flunkctt Is the evangel OF that dispcn-
antion.
'Sir Horace sent me a copy OF his
proposed solution of the Ulster cues
lions. lie was going 70 give il 10 the
Brltlsh government In private but [
was struck by its character He is
really one OF the foremost men we have
-day-llorace Plunkett-and l have
great faith that the Irish question Will
be peacefully settled still"
Defends Library Policy.
MT. Carnegie. commenting on tho
testing remarks of the toastmaster and
some OF the speakers. defended his poll
OF libraries in preference to other move
Inents for public betterment. During
the course OF his speech he eulogized
Seth Low, and referred 10 him as his
candidate for President OF tho United
States.
DR.. Albert Shaw said that educa-
ton and standardization are the fac
tors that finally Will solve the prob
lens OF the farmer. He pointed out
that for the first time the United States
would this year fail to produce more
than half of the total cotton crop of
the world.
Or. Grace Kirkland. representing the
Farmers Educational and Co-opera-