The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-02
FARMERS AND BUSINESS MEN
SHOW SPIRIT OF COOPERATION
AT BIG COMMUNITY GATHERING

NONlVlO1Nl11
the farmers and business men may WORK WORK
together. hope that the boy Drhihd
the pillow will receive more consioera.
! ton from the people. for the boy In the
country is the farmer Of tomorrow.
Worlds Greatest Factory.
Robert l.. Munce. Of Washington, "a.
was assigned the subject o. @
Worlds Greatest Factory. lie p.r
: faced his remarks with about II uozcI'
humorous stories. He declared that MI:
Sandles had stolen his speech: Tiat luS ",
! what he was going 10 say had peeia 80 rct
i He declared that the farmers mus.
tho notion out of their heads that lne
! only use the city folk had for them Is
10 get their money. He said: This DIE
meeting demonstrates that the farmers
and bushes men are going TO ~ork htH i
section believe that the city people are
not just after their money
Mr.. Mounce said that in touring -
foreign countries a few years hgo a. "
member Of the National Federal ON,
mission Of Agriculture. II WIS piun,"
full in the world with its resources
should he glad to come back TO TINS Guy
and tell you Of how other countries S't
and how we waste. You young n'S't W
touched territory Tor farming and we
are expecting you 10 soon take up our
work in this great Ohio valley
| Mr. Munce told of the great profit IN
| chickens: that the American hen laSn ~
enough eggs each year to pay or t tne
never set" he declared. ~ 4u tarnsIa
must raise more live stock. Every I'M
one Of you farmers leave the country
+ and enter into business IN the city you
help that much in boosting the hign
cost OF living. The high cost or living
.. Is being increased by neglecting Inc
farms. We want less business men ana
moro farmers to reduce IL. WHERE w
the thousands Of foreigners who come
10 our shores each year go" On the
farms? No. they go into the mines anu
mills or into business. What We wan'
to do is to divert them ont me Turns,
We should do as other countries nave
don. Put more men on farms Inc way
to bring this about is to have more CO.
operative working plan between Lie
farmer and business men.
Mr. Munce paid a high tribute TO
Of tho Wheeling Commercial assocla-
tion Saying that he was full OIL DUST
ness and vim and If he were thrown lh,o
, the river that he would be found hght-
ing his way up stream.
W. B. 1rvine
W. B. Irvine, vice president of ne
N9tlon1l Bank VI NcSl v IL bt'''SN-
briefly on Farms and Finance. lie
said in part: Farming and agrlcul-
tural pursuit was the original basis OF
finance. Grain and tobacco used 10 &c
called money or medium , oil s exc baniS
er and business man arc not IN c !rS
enough touch with the farmer. me
reason Is that the farmer does not seek
them out. The farmer Is as "eicolhG ~
do business with the bank as the busi,
ness man, but it Is his own fault that
there has been q wider breach between
the banker and the farmer; mere was
no need Of the farmers tsderal loan e.t
actment so far as West tirg! MIA ls con-
cerned. Any farmer who has proper
standing and real estate may. get n loan
from the bank as easily as the business
man. 1t used TO be that no natlona.
bank could loan money on real estate
either 10 the farmer or business man.
| This was based on The old banking law
Of 1860.
The transactions between the farmer
buying merchandise from the business
man on credit and the bank discountlhg
his note are identical. The merchans
! will not credit the farmer unless he has
! reasons to believe that It Is safe: inc
federal loan law permits the FARMER
today to- borrow money not only On
real estate but on cattle.
should come TO the banks and make
himself acquainted as does the buSi-
ness man. Don't stay in tho country
all the time. II you come TO town doh
contine your visits to the stores, Dut
come into the banks. II makes no dit
ference IL you don't want TO make a DE,
post or negotiate a loan If natlonal
! or state bank cannot accommodate YOU
go to some trust company. am sure
you can negotiate your loan win some
of the many institutions"
In concluding. Mr.. Irvine extended an
invitation to all the farmers to become
acquainted with tho bankers. who arc
alwalys willing to assist them In every
way possible.
Tho Rev. DR.. Claude Porter Terry told
several illustrative stories and appealed
to his listeners to be men in every
meaning of the word. I'VE don't want
more men bu, better men; upright:
Or Terry said that he was born and
reared on i farm and that he could hit
Il calf between the eyes today Con-
Gliding his appeal for better men, he
can see and feel things: men who have
IL heart in the right place."
"Wouders Of tho Ohio valley"
II. G. Ogden told of The Wonders of
dress with historical citations of IN"
first settlers in this section OF The
country in 1850. This section was the
first part of the country owned and
ruled by the government and over which
the stars and stripes waved. Mr.. Ogden
told OF the national road between this
city and Cumberland. Md. being the
first undertaking Of the kind by the
government. This section Of the ohio
Valley furnished 3.U0g soldiers for the
Union during the Civil war. he declared.
or a. man for every eighth woman anu
child in the Ohio Valley. He told of the
Union men Of prominence who inquired
in the Civil war furnished by this Sec
tlD., ftn t-&E Ia, i,,tr In, o.
ures he told of the wonderful CONNER
, cial activities in the Ohio Valley; that II
produced 3,0O0.0O0 tons Of iron annually
10000 tons OF coal and that - per
cent OF all the glass and china made in
the United States is the output Of the
Ohio Valley factories. In speaking or
the famous Wheeling supgic. he SAID
that IS per cent OF all the "hund-madt'
produced in the universe are rolled In
This section. IT d" not believe that the
Ohio Valley could have enjoyed this
wonderful stride il ii. had not been for
men Of visions.
Mr.. Ogden said that we should have
institutions that will make the son n
more proficient workman than The faith
cr: that he hoped To live 10 see the day
when the young men of this section
may be given an opportunity 10 use
their brains to brtlCE advantage.
In speaking ri humane legislation he
said that the splendid workmcns conf
pensation law enacted in P~~nsylvana.
Ohio and this state viii never b" wlpen
out but there will likely "" many
amendments and revision "r il. which
will include IL widows pension. 10 keep
her ami her children out Of the poor
house. and also an ar" pens ion that Will
lic", the nli mon ont If The poor
hois". lie advocated the taking "t men
Off The streets anil nGtiinS them I'M
mills ~ on farms. H., predicted that
"a" day is coming when this section Of
the Ohio valley would hav" Il hospital TOT
AXE care. OF the injured and SICK. VINO
will not brcom" charity pat -'n;s hut
would he admitted to Inc institution he
ca,I%e u is inst and right.
In This connection h" told OF The tuher-