Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-24
FARMERS BOLT
FOOD MEETING;
HOLD Their own
Charles Graft and Hundred
Others Protest Against Be-
ing in Minority and Hold
Rump Convention. q

Declaring that they were not be.
ing properly treated and were not
properly represented at the big Con-
servation congress, 100 farmers We'd
nesday held real farmers" con-
servation congress in the banquet
room Of the Castle hotel, while the
main convention was in session at
the Auditorium.
c. H. Gustafson of Mead. Neb., was
elected chairman and L. S, Heron,
Omaha, secretary of the rump con-
vention.
The trump" convention had its in.
ception in the controversy Tuesday
night between Farmer Taylor and
Chancellor Avery, and was called by
a number of farmers to protest
against the language used by the
chancellor.
"Our object is to resent a remark
that was made at the convention last
night and to demand that the real
farmers have something to say at the
State Conservation congress-" was
the preamble read to the convention
by the chairman.
Later, for the benefit OF those farm-
ers who were late in coming, the OBJ
ject of the meeting was restated.
Graft Praises Taylor.
Mr.. Taylor was characterized by
Charles Graft as zone of the ablest,
strongest and most reliable men in
the state"
"When he says something the fur
always flies" Graft declared.
Graft is one OF the heads of the
farmer section of the main conven-
tion and, he told the farmers con-
vention he had written 500 letters
urging farmers to be present today.
"But the farmers interests are not
being looked after rightly" continued
Graf. That's nothing new, how
ever. In all these big state wide meet
ings the farmers are usually to be
found in the minority. All the trim
mers, the professors and the jump
ing-jacks-in-general are here but not
the farmers. The woods are full of
people who are running around slam
ming such men as Taylor"
w. II. Dech of Ithaca paid his re-
spects to the main convention and
said.
"Look over these committees. They
are filled with bankers, lawyers and
storekeepers, but where are the farm
crsf They are not represented. |
want to see the farmers have some-
thing to say at this convention which
is called to conserve what the farmer
produces.
Lamar Favors Farmers.
Representative Lamar of Saunders
county was another speaker who
thought the farmers were not being
treated fairly. II expected when |
came" he told the convention, ito find
the farmers on the back seat and /
am not disappointed. Nebraska
farmers are big enough to take care
Of themselves and If they don't get
what they are entitled to they should
get right up on the floor of that
tOHNCHtlOH anu say SO.
]. o. Shroyer OF Humbolt made an
attack upon Chancellor Avery for the
latter's remarks about Taylor.
This man Avery, at the head OF
our big school, paid by the farmers,
paid by taxes, makes an attack upon
Taylor, one OF the biggest men in
the state. Yesterday | would have
said that Avery was big man and
was all right. | can never again say
that. can never send child OF
mine to a school presided over by
him. What Mr.. Taylor said was true,
every word OF it, and we farmers
must stand by him."
After several ''thrusts" directed at
Chancellor Avery, the convention
took up consideration of matters
which its members said should be
acted upon.
ITO hell with this minimum and
maximum price fixing" said Charles
Graft. "We don't want these prices
regulated. Let the demand and sup
ply regulate prices"
Later in the day resolutions were
adopted setting forth the position of
the farmers. The resolutions will go
before the conservation convention
today.
Resolution Are Passed.
The rump convention passed reso-
lutions setting forth the views of the
"real" farmers. One man objected
to one word in the text. The reso-
lutions are as follows:
Speaking for Nebraska agriculture,
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