The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-08-25
Wooster Trip InStiIIS Conf
denCe And Boosting Spirit
MANY IDEAS ARE UNCORKED
Suggested That the children's Home
Farm Be Used AZ Extension Of
Experimental Station; That
District instruction Meet
ings Be Held Through
County
LUNCHEON SLOGAN.


Material evidence that Knox county
can not only do things, but do big
things was summed up at the cham
Der of commerce MONDAY luncheon
Wednesday when the trip to the state
agricultural experiment station at
Wooster, taken Wednesday by two
hundred people Of this county under
the auspices of the chamber Of COM
merce, occupied the great part Of the
post-luncheon discussion.
Frank l.. Beam, to whom Chairman
McCrackin attributed the great sue.
cess of the project in that it was his
conception and his organizing mind
which worked out the details, sound
ed the keynote of the speech-mahng
with the declaration that the wonder
fully successful trip to the farm should
only be the beginning of still greater
efforts on the part of the chamber of
commerce to bring about a feeling of
friendliness and cooperation between
the farmers and the merchants.
Mr.. Beam recounted the many ex-
pressions of enthusiasm and apprec-
iation he heard from the farmers who
were the guests of the local CONNER
cial organization on the trip and
stated that this was more than ample
reward for the work of planning and
arranging the journey.
He presented the immense possibil-
tiles of good that might accrue to
Knox county and Knox county farm
ers in taking advantage of the work
of the station, stating that he had
been told by officials that, if Wayne
county farmers we're to follow the ad-
vice and instruction of the station,
their yearly revenues would increase
one million dollars. This would like
wise apply in Knox county, was his
| conclusion.
The experimental station, Mr..
Beam said, was purposely located on
the poorest land available in Wayne
county. With this 700-acre tract, mar
vels have been accomplished. The
speaker paid high tribute to the Of
ficials of the station for their numer-
GUS courtesies.
Two other men, members of the
chamber of commerce, who worked
hand-in-hand with Mr.. Beam, Harry
w. Rooms and Frank j. VanVoorhis,
also addressed the body. The former
emphasized Knox county as primarily
an agricultural community, stating
that it could never develop into any
thing big along industrial lines, and
urged that the chamber of commerce
bend every energy in bringing the re-
sources to their full capacity. The
trip to Wooster, he said, was one of
many things which might be done in
reaching this goal.
The biggest impression Mr.. Van
Voorhis received from the trip was
the open manifestation of apprecia-
tion and enthusiasm on the part of
the farmers who were guests Of the
chamber of commerce, together with
the idea that the trip should be only
the start of what should be done in
fostering and nourishing the agricul-
tural interests of Knox county.
A suggestion was made by Ralph
G. Ringwalt in an informal way which
made quite an impression. 1t was to
the effect that there should be an ex-
tension of the Wooster station in
Knox county. This might be located
on the farm of the Children's Home.
There, an expert could conduct ex-
periments and give more immediate
information to farmers who desired
advice.
Along the line of the dairy dinner
held some time ago by the chamber
of commerce, M. H. Rosenthall asked
that consideration be given to a like
affair for sheep-raisers of the county,
&. o. Arnold, impressed with the
statement of Mr. Beam that a coun-
tys resources might be increased one
million dollars by following the work
of the experiment station, pointed out
that no manufacturing establishment
which Mt. Vernon might secure could
do this much and drew as a conclus-
ion that the chamber of commerce
would do well to work with this idea,
continually boosting the agricultural
/ interests.
Charles E. Ayers suggested that the
chamber of commerce place free lem
onade on the coaches of the train
which will carry employees Of the Coop
ar and Bridge works to Cedar Point