Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-08-03
SECOND DAYS SESSION
or FARAERs CONGRESS-
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intelligence under one governing
board was another suggestion.
Secretary.Treasurer c. o. Moser Of
Dallas made his report. showing the
Affairs OF the congress to be In good
shape.
The appointment OF committees
was announced as follows:
Finance. o. Moser. Dallas: I.
Cough. Hereford; Z. ]. Kyle. College
Station.
Resolutions-E. W. Kirkpatrick.
Mckinney; Fritz Englchardt. Eagle
Lake; A. N. Ferguson. Sherman.
Educational II. n. Ramsey. Aus.
tin; NJ. Falkner. Waco; Rufus ]. Nell
son. Dallas.
In opening his address on The Re.
lation OF the Land to Prosperity" Or.
Hopkins quoted q Chinese proverb.
Public prosperity is like tree: agri-
culture Is Its roots. industry and
commerce It's branches and leaves.
II the roots suffer the leaves will fall
and the branches wither."
In applying the proverb to present
day conditions In America. DR.. Hop
kins spoke Of the rapid Increase IN
population In the decade from 1900 to
1919.
The time has gone." he said. when
rich lands can be had free. The small
portion OF land now available are arid
or swamp lands. and large sums OF
money must be expended to make
them tillable and productive. The In
crease in farm lands has been from
4os.ooo.00o to S39.00o.0oo Ia tie las.
thirty years and our population in that
time has more than doubled. But LET
vis look at figures in production OF
food stuffs. The cattle have decreased
from 6s.000.000 head to 100000 In
the last decade: swine from $1,000. 900
to $4,000. 900. and sheep from $4,000. 900
to 100000. With no increase in the
grains grown for food. none in live
stock. and with an additional l6. 600. 900
mouths to feed In the last decade. how
have we managed to reconcile these
/ figures? A glance at the exoprtation
records will show. In ten years we
dropped from 2l5.OOo.0O0 bushels Of
wheat exported to 103.00o.00o: corn
from i62. 100000 to 100000. and last
year We imported millions OF bushels
Of that grain; cattle from 10000 20
10000. Those were the figures from
1900 to 1910. and since that time we
have stopped the expectation OF corn
land cattle and have gone to importing
both these.
ut is time that we were stopping
and thinking To what are we drift
ing? With a rapidly decreasing food
production wit h thousands upon
thousands OF acres lying idle because
Of the flow Of population from country
to town. and an ever increasing popu.
lation. the United States must turn her
attention to these problems which con-
Germ her welfare very vitality
In delivering the address OF welcome.
DIR. W. b. Bizzell. president OF the Col.
lege. said that this years experience
has revealed an interesting economical
phenomena. AS result OF the war
We have been called upon to supply
enormous quantities Of foodstuffs. live
stock and war supplies he said. "In
ten months our trade balance has risen
by leaps and bounds. But want to
sound a word OF warning. Many in
dustries are compelled by the war to
mark time. and no important enter
prises have been started since the war
began. Our danger lies In the over.
stimulation OF limited number OF In.
dustries and relative depression OF
many others.
New conceptions Of government have
completely changed the old idea that
government was a necessary evil he
said. Today the functions OF eff
cheney. usefulness and service repre-
sent the new ideas OF governmental
administration.
In continuing his address. President
Sizzell referred to the appropriations
Of the Federal government In connec-
ton with the fund set aside by the
State governments. The passage OF
the Smith-Lever act rounds out the
three-fold segments OF instruction. ex.
perimentation and extension in agri-
culture.
In closing DR.. Bizzell said that the
moral standards at the A. and NJ. Col.
lege had been raised materially. More
ovor the Colleg will not become in
voived with other institutions In con.
troyersies or unfriendly rivalry. the
president declared.
DR.. T. r. Sampson. representing the
Conference for Education. was intro
duced to the Congress.
That the present system OF rural ed