The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-02-06
NATIONAL FARMERS CONGRESS
What a Garrett County Delegate OBJ
served While Attending 1t.

Mr.. j. T. Glotfelty of near Oakland
who is member of the Garrett coun
ty Board of Education, and who wa.
delegate to the Farmers Nationa
Congress held in connection with the
W. N. c. at Jacksonville, Fla, on Dec
3-6, 1918, considers the Congress as
having been great success. 1t was
attended by over 400 men and womer
delegates, representing nearly every
state actively engaged in farming, al
of whom took part in trying to solve
the many problems confronting the
farmer. The meetings were presided
over by wideawake men and women, a
few of whom deserve special mention
Mr.. j. H. Kimble, of Port Deposit
Md, president, deserves great credit
| for the care he took of his delegation
first in providing for all who met him
IN Washington, some forty strong,
with Pullman reservations to Jack
sonville, and after the journey was
begun seeing they became acquainted
with one another, so that the trip
was pleasant and most enjoyable oc-
casion for ALL AS presiding officer
Mr.. Kimble was one who reigned su-
preme while occupying the chair in
| the convention
The vice-president was Mr.. o. G..
Smith, of Kearney, Neb, and the sec
rotary was Mr.. j. H. Patten, of Bel
ton, 5. c., who was constantly on the
job. So ~
Mrs. Fannie M. Klinck, of Clarks-
vile, Iowa, is president of the w. n.
c. She is lady who alone is doing
the work on 200-acre farm and ex-
hibited fine crotcheting and some fan
cy strawwork she did while the horses
were resting in the furrow.
Mrs. Howard w. Dexter, Mrs. w.
S. Jennings and Mrs. Darlington G..
Bars, who represented the Liberty
League, were some Of the leading wo-
men of Jacksonville who took active
part in the Women's Congress.
The meetings were addressed by a
number of the most representative
men of the country, including Hon.
VIM. Jennings Bryan, Clarence L.
Ousley assistant secretary of Agricul-
ture; DR.. H. E. Stockbridge, of Geor-
gia formerly president of the F N. c.,
and many others.
One of the most intero sting features
of the congress was the address of
Lieut.-Col. A. C. Woodwork of the
British Army, an officer of distinction
who was sent by his Government es-
pecially to address the delegates of
the congress at this critical time.
Mr.. Glotfelty thinks the F. N. C. is
the organization that all other farm
organizations should merge into, and
leading up to this thought was the
adoption of resolution by the F. n.
c. that this organization would affil-
late or cooperate with any other farm
organization looking to the uplift of
the farmers as a class. Mr.. Glotfel-
ty is also very high in his praise of
the hospitality of the people of Flori-
da, and to show how wide awake they
are he has prepared for publication in
The Republican the following descrip-
ton of the many entertainments and
trips offered and accepted by the del
egates so that they could see for
themselves the great possibilities en-
joyed by the people of Florida.
The afternoon of the second day of
the Congress the management of the
State Fair. then being held in Jackson
vile, invited the delegates to attend
as their guests, and upon arriving all
were astounded. We all conceded that
Florida could raise citrus fruits,
bananas and vegetables. but we saw
corn upon exhibition that any corn
state would be proud of, and learned
that the corn crop exceeded in value
this past year the citrus crop, which
was fully up to normal. Nearly all
kinds of hay grown in the north was
found here, as was also peanuts, pea
nut hay and cotton. Nearly every
thing grown in any other state was
on exhibition as Florida products.
The exhibit of hogs would stand a
winning chance at almost any fair.
After seeing the many exhibits at the
fcir ami witnessing tn: auctioc s:,le
of the champion eighteen months old
Florida steer, which weighed 1920
pounds to Armour & Co., bringing the
handsome figure of so cents pound,
the guests of the fair association were
invited to banquet at the Mason ho-
tel, where everything the heart could
wish was before them. The banquet
was given by the Jacksonville Board
of Trade.
The afternoon of the next day a
trip up the st. Johns River on one of
the U. S. submarine chasers, which
had been lying in the harbor, was ar
ranged for and enjoyed by a great
many of the delegates. On Saturday
about l50 of the members were taken
by special train to Hastings and was
there met by autos, and taken for a
tour of inspection of the famous Irish
potato district, and. here it was we
picked our first oranges. Thence to
st. Augustine over the Dixie highway.
single track brick. built road laid in
sand and cement which they told us
was completed from Jacksonville to
Miami. A fish fry and oyster roast at
South Beach, Anastacia Island, ten
dered bysthe St.fJohnisc County Board
of Trades was greatly enjoyed by all
The afteeneonewase spent in seeing the
many interesting places in the oldest
town in the United States. Sunday
was spent in Jacksonville, a city of
$4,000 population, with buildings and
industries that would be most credita-
Bile to city twice it's size. The city
has beautiful parks and drives. Just
across the river is the alligator and
ostrich farm where there are thous-
ands of gators and fourteen ostriches.
A tour of the state was arranged bv