Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1914-03-20
JOINT MEETING
Business Men and Farmers TO Cooperate
Speakers of Note in Attendance

The joint meeting arranged by the
Institute Committee of the State
Board of Agriculture and the Putnam
Business Mems Association held in the
High school hall Tuesday afternoon
and evening was largely attended and
the speakers were listened TO with close
attention. The gathering in the even
ing was the largest as the business
men turned out more generally.
At the institute in the afternoon an
audience of nearly seventy heard Prof.
William I. Esten OF the Connecticut
Agricultural College talk on Soil Fer
tility, and Prof. II. L. Dodge of Co
lumbia University speak on Rural Ed
ucation in the Public Schools. Both
subjects were interesting to those pres
ent as denoted by the many questions
which the speakers answered.
At the business mems meeting in the
evening the usual routine business was
transacted including the reading of va
rious communications.
Professor G. ID. Jarvis of Storrs spoke
on the value of the farm expert and
the chances of securing one for Put
nam and Windham county. Hon.
/ Wilson IL. Lee and George Y. Smith
touched ON topics of interest to both
| farmers and business men. Everett E..
| Brown of Pomfret and l.. IL. Healey
of Woodstock also spoke briefly.
A resolution was passed protesting
against the government carrying out
the expressed intention of divorcing
the New Haven from its other lines.
This was ordered sent to Attorney
General McReynoIds and copies sent
to our senators and congressman.
The following report of the commit.
tee appointed for the purpose was read
and adopted:
| The committee appointed at the last
regular meeting of this association TO
| arrange for the present meeting, sug-
! gest that at this meeting the following
committees be appointed. In order to
appoint such men as can best handle
the respective subjects we have taken
the liberty to suggest such men for
each committee as, in our opinion, are
best fitted for the respective branches
In this we have consulted with the ful
executive bourd and their opinions co
incide with our own it only remains
for the full body to ratify these names
or to nominate as they desire.
Committee ON Public Schools, &c
study present methods and suggest
means of lettering conditions, f. c.
Morse, }. J. McGarry, e. G. Wright
2 Committee on Assessment and
Taxation, to discuss and study means
of correcting present conditions, Rich
erd German, j. II. Mann, e. b. Kent
Committee TO study and further
the interests of the Trade School, Arch
ibald Macdonald, &. ID. Sharpe, G. +
Waterman.
Committee on Transportation, to
handle all matters pertaining TO irreg
ularity of rates, train and trolley ser
vice, assist in handling claims, q. l.
Baldwin, G.. S. Bradley, }. Lapalme.
5 Commission form of Government
w. f. Dawson, M. IL. Geissler, Il. IL
Johnson.
Advertising and adoption of trade
seal, George l.. Padgett, l.. o. Will
liams, George M. Fine.
New Industries, GIL. Baldwin, Il
G. Morse, John @. Johnson.
Home Trade, G E., Shaw, n. A
Ballard, Charles Seder.
Manufacturing sites, l.. M. Keith
A. w. Marcy, e. l.. Kelley.
Clean Up week, Rev. q. J. Harri
man, G. 5. Andem, Uric Beausolei.
Building and Loan Associations ~
G. Byrne, G. l.. Torrey, II. j. Thayer
Public Works, G.. II. GilpatTic,F +. f
Russell, b. ID. Bugbee.
Farm Bureau, Everett Brown, 5 ID
Wicks, John Ash, l.. IL. Healey, Il. Nj
Wheaton.
Program, f. NJ. Wheaton, G. l.
Padgett, @. f. Shaw.
Industrial Building, e. VI. Wheaton
r n Ioslin II IL, Davenport.