The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-02-08

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Secretary Henry c. wallace Of
the Department of Agriculture. act:
:sins snaer the authority; of Presi-
ssdeof warren G. Harding, sent out
Invitations tessa specially selected
!. naa,p sot delegates in all the.
of the Union, sinvitins them
80 attend 6, ,rfarzners' Conference to
bssnsfa at Washington, beginning
Sths Week az January 2ard. The
delegates selected we're mainly the
Heads 81 farm organizations. edi-
tors of' s. farm ii Magazines, represen-
s;. tatiyes Of ths Federai Reserve
Banking System. college presi-
dents. meat packers. cotton seed
4 eruehers. ssotton exchanges and
ayaIiops other. business interests de-
pendent. more or. less on raw agri-
cultural products. In scanning the
2 siists OF aheut three hundred dele
-sgstsss1 there dees-s not appear to
;.nate been many genuine dirt: far
= mers; ttaatsis: men who devote: their
time, capital eand activities in the
actual field of agriculture.
* When PresidentlJ.Fs S. Wanna
! maker was scappointea in behalf Of
the American Cotton Association,
he requested uand urged Secretary
Wallace teS' appoint forty-two out-
standing. representative farmers
from the fourteen cotton states;
but the request was refused, as the
list OF delegates was selected by a.
special committee IN Washington
appointed for that particular pur-
pose. "a The most Of the delegates
were what might be termed techni-
cal students Of agriculture and
;, farm advisers Following is a list
Of delegates attending the Confer
!. ence: ....
3:5; President j. S.. Wannamaker,
American Cotton, Association;
Carl Williams, Oklahoma Chair
man American Cotton Exchange;
A: c.. Davis, Arkansas; J. n.
s: Harper. Georgia. Henry n.
-. Pharr, Louisiana; B.. w. Kill
..s gore, North Carolina; r. w. H:
stone, North Carolina; B. Har-
ris, South Carolina; Geo. B.
Terrell Texas; A. F. Lever of
Federal Farm Loan Board; J.
F.:: Duggar. Alabama; A.
s.. Fleming. Georgia; Veraen T..
Davis, Mississippi, w. R. Dod-
s. son, Louisiana; r. A. Simpson,
OkIahdmas W. NJ. Riggs, South
s. Carolina; Clarence ,Onsley,a
&, Texas; Joseph Hirseh, Texas;
.Aem Gawan, Texas, w. J. Story,
Virginia; Bradford Knapp. Ar.
KANSAS; f: Ross, Florida; C.
's Cobb. georgia; Thomas
aa coopef; "a KentucRy; judge Robt.'
Wsa Bingham, Kentucky; Cows
Parker, Louisiana; j. w
Fox. Mississippi; d. R. Coker,
South Carolina;;aH A. Morgan,
1faeseee. Henry G.. Stuart Viz
81 Ts E1sRack, Tsnnessee;
s e staaasKeakucky, President
ssys = HoWaFf sef the American 8
Farm Bureau; Master S. j.
L0Teif OF the National Grange;
residents Charles s. Barrett Of
the National = Farmers Union;
Aaron Sapiro, famous authority
on cooperative marketing, Cali
.fornia; Congressman Anderson of
the Joint. Commission Of Agricul-
$. tural Inquiry; C. H. Gustafson,
2 illinois; G. Harold Powell, Cali
& fornia: Raymond A. Pearson,
Iowa;s $G. +. Christie, Indiana;
Henry +. Waters, Missouri; Dr..
Richard T. Ely, Wisconsin;
!. Julius II. Barnes, New. York;
' clifford Pinchot,, Pennsylvania;
sChas.. J:pBrand,. Pennsylvania;
3: Thomas, F,s Hunt. California;
Eugene Meyer, Jr., Of the War
Finance Corporations; Ex-Secre-.
tary E. T. Meredith; Bernard
n. Baruch; Samuel Gompers: G.
*HTs Watfens. TIC. Atkeson,
Washington; Wayne D1nsmore,
Illinois; Clifford Thorne, Illinois; ,
-, Hs:l,. Russell, Wisconsin; Chas.
;AsIAynaan: Charles ": Holman
,And Cari Yrooraan 80
:. The program OF the Conferences
as to the appointment of commit
tees and subjects. to be discussed
tSppexpsfto <have0been' prearranged
no that the attending delegates :.
seos.lA generally have a god time at: 4.
the Nations capital and endorse the
cut and dried program Of action :,
TIE Conference Was opened on the
morning Of January 23rd by an ad-
,..~ ~, Drae;5e,,f TJar61n.p II, .