Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-13
JUDY LEADS ATTACK
ON WILSON TARIFF LAW
Says 1t Discriminates Against FARM
ers In Putting Their Produce
on Free List.
HATHowAY MADE PRESIDENT
Lancaster County Man Succeeds
Westmoreland Davis, Of Lccsburg,
as President OF State Farmers In
stitute-Dairyncn Elect Officers.

Attacks on the Wilson administration
and the insurance laws OF Virginia fca
tured an address by A II. Judy ycstcr-
day afternoon at the final session OF
tho Virginia State Farmers Institute
and the Virginia Dairymen's Associn-
| ton ut Murphys Hotel. The speaker
strongly criticized the tariff bill. which
he stated was unfair to the agricultural
interests. Tho laws OF Virginia he
characterized as extremely bad
The final session of the joint con-
The feature OF the meeting was the
! Wcstmoreland Davis. who had been
| president of tho Virginia State Farmers
| Institute for seven years. refused to
| permit himself to be reelected. stating
that he believed In rotation in office
LANCASTER MAN. IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
! The board OF directors accordingly
selected the following officers and the
choice was ratified by the members:
Walter f. Hathaway, Lancaster
County. president: S. l.. Lupton. for
mcr State Senator from Frederick
County, vice-prcsident, and b. Morgan
| shepherd, secretary and treasurer.
Paul Tabb. Of Hampton, was elected
president OF the Dairymen's Associa-
ton: D. S. Jones' OF Newport News,
| was selected to fill the Office OF vice.
president. while A. +. Howard, of Farm
| VILE who Is in the dairy division OF
the state Agricultural Department, was
elected secretary and treasurer.
! Those who will comprise the board
of directors are: w. c. Hoover, Timber
vile; T. j. Strough. Richmond: Fred
! Driver. Waynesboro: Professor w. D.
Saunders. Blacksburg; r. V. Mar
| tindale, Sweet Briar: w. 3. Gates. Rice
ID. S. Jones. Newport News: Joseph A.
| Turner. Hollins. and A r. Scott, Rich
mOnd.
SAYS TARIFF PLACES
HARDSHIP on FARMERS
| Mr. Judy was one OF the principal
speakers. He Is a native OF Ohio. but
is now living in Virginia His address
on alfalfa growing was extremely in
teresting and instructive He refuted
the old assertion that 100 pounds of
western hay was equal OF $50 pounds
OF Virginia hay.
| The tariff advocated by the Wilson
administration. Mr., Judy declared to be
a hardship on the farmers of the coun-
try. Everything raised by them, he
said. Is now on tho free list while
everything they buy Is heavily taxed
| The Virginia Insurance laws, he stated
| create an Outrageous trust"
| Following an address by r o. Sandy,
State demonstration agent on Seed
| selection. number OF resolutions
were passed by the Joint body. Among
these was one advocating bill for
wild life and game conservation The
Institute rcaftirmed Its Endorsement of
, the Torrcns system OF land registra
ton, and Endorsed the Commission
merchants bill" which was defeated at
the last session OF the General Assem-
bly,.
| Recognition by the General Assembly
OF the two bodies was strongly adj
vocated and n resolution was passed
asking the Legislature to appropriate
| $1,000 year TO each. The convention
| also went on record as against any
change in the oleomarEerine laws.