The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-08-24
FARMERS DAY
REPORT OF MEETING HELD AT
PORT DEPOSIT

REPORT OF MEETING HELD AT
PORT DEPOSIT
!. Saturday, August 18th, was Farm
ers' Day at Port Deposit, and the
county, as well as adjoining counties
ana states, was well represented by
crowd that taxed the capacity Of
the Tome Auditorium. An Orchestra
from Oxford furnished music which
was much enjoyed. The meeting were
presided over by Mr.. D. B. MCDOWELL
President of the Cecil County Com.
Gil. Rev. Stockbridge offered the
opening prayer.
Inc chief speaker of the morning
was Hon. Robt. A. Cooper, Ex-Gov.
ernor of South Carolina, and now
Chairman of the Federal Farm Loan
Board. He commended our county ON
having such a fine institution of
learning as Tome, for he said educa-
ton IS one of the chief roads to hap
plness Success is not determined by
a. balance sheet but by human hap
piness." He advocated very strong
ly cooperative marketing as a meth
cd OF bringing return to the Farmers
who must have returns for their
crops if they are to have sufficient
credit to carry on production of food
and clothing. His advice was to pro-
duce the best grade in whatever line
you undertake and then sell direct to
the consumer. If you grow only
medium to poor stuff and then sell to
the stock gamblers you can't put all
the blame on them if your returns
don't show a profit. To prove his
point he told the story of southern
cotton farmer who decided he would
get ahead of the boll-weevil by grow
ing waterme1ons, so when he had
them grown, whole farm of them,
ne started to look up a market and
consigned two car loads to a commits
sion man in Chicago and received for
them check for $3.50. He return
ed the check and told the commission
man he was offering it as the starter
to build monument to the old cow
who kicked the lantern over and
burned the barn down.
The next feature of the morning
program and the most important of
the whole day was the discussion of
the Aims and Objects of the Cecil
County Fair and Agricultural Society
(so-called). Mr.. Emerson Crothers
was invited by the officers of the
Council to be present and speak for
the Society, but he failed to accept
the invitation. Mr.. Frank Evans Of
Elkton, told what he knew, and how
he knew it, Of the Society, its direc-
tors and its avowed purpose, to bring
into our county under the guise of
an Agricultural Fair a Race Track
with Betting Privileges and all its
attendant evils. The farmers of the
county have not been offered q
chance to buy stock, as evidenced by
show of hands; they are however,
offered abundant premiums at the
Fair as bait to get them across. It
was proved however, that Cecil
County farmers are not to be fooled
by any such plot to get into our
midst another Race Track. A very
strong resolution presented by Mr..
Evans was unanimously adopted con-
demning the whole thing, and unless
Betting Privilege is absolutely with
held Cecil County Farmers will have
nothing to do with the Fair.
During the noon hour lunch was
served by the ladies of Woodlawn on
the beautiful lawn and the many
politicians who were present had a
chance to meet their prospective
friends, Republican candidate for
Governor, Armstrong, being one Of
the number. He was also the first
speaker of the afternoon and fiatter-
ed the audience for its contented and
prosperous appearance. He said liv-
ing on the farm was better in pro-
portion than anywhere else. (It
needs to have some advantages). He
closed his address with very fine
appreciation of President Harding,
bringing out the same point which
was mentioned later by another
speaker, Of his ardent devotion to
the cause of good will among the ma
tions.
Other speakers were Judge Brown,
who told many stories showing
where the farmer comes in in shar-
ing the spoils of Agriculture; Mr.. F.
j Libby the Peace man, who is thor
oughly convinced that our white civ
ilization is doomed if we don't "right
about face" from the next war we
are getting ready for all too rapidly,
and work for world court and "Law
Mot War;; Mr.. T. B. Symons Of
the Extension Service and Mr.. Tay-
lor, Editor of the National Farmer.
B. BALDERSTON, Sec.