The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-01-12
Farm Bureau Annual Meet
at St. Paul Jan 1919
Officials Claim it Will Be Most
Important Meeting Ever Held
in State


Reed, Executive Secretary J. s..
Jones and other officials as the
most important meeting of its
kind ever held in the state, the
ninth annual meeting Of the Min.
nesota Farm Bureau Federatir n
will be held at st. Paul, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs.
day, January 16, II, S18 and 10.
Important matters of policy for
the coming year will he threshed
out and determined at this meeting
by committees of farmers repre-
senting every county In the state
Decisions Of policy atsthis meeting
will have far-reachfng effect in
Minnesota public affairs.
Speakers for and against pro-
posed State Constitutional Amend
ment No. 1 to be decided at fall
elections, will present both sides
of this contest to the states farm
ers in convention assembled and
will ask for the support of the
Farm Bureau in the forthcoming
campaign.
State Representative Oscar A !.
Swenson, of Nieollet county, will
present to the meeting the side of
the proponents of State Constitu-
tional Amendment. No, 1, which, if
enacted into law,sSwou1d, provide
for expenditure Of one-third of the
state gasoline tax by county boards
on county roads.
j. E.. Reynolds, of Mankato,
will present to this meeting the
case of those opposed to this pro-
posed amendment.
While the friends and foes of the
gas tax amendment are fighting
for decision from the farmers,
other highly important matters of
policy for the year will be in pro-
cess of determination by represen-
tative farmer committees.
Taken altogether, it is expected
that this big meeting will make his
tory in the agricultural life of the
state.
Nationally known speakers will
address various sessions of the con-
vention and every phase of pres
ent-day farm life will be covered
by an authority in that field.
C. H. Burnell, of Winnipeg,
President of the Manitoba Wheat
Growers, considered the most sue
cessful cooperative marketing in
stitution in the world, will speak
Tuesday afternoon at University
Farm. Mr.. Burnell, one of the
leading members of the Interna-
tional Wheat Marketing Commit
tee, recently has returned from
Australia.
DIR. II. C. Taylor, of the Insti-
tute of Research and Land Eco
nomics of Northwestern Univer-
sity, Chicago, is another interna-
tional figure appearing on the live
program. DIR. Taylor also will
speak Tuesday afternoon at Uni
versity Farm.
A score more of almost equally
prominent men and women appear
on the three-day program.
The annual meeting of the State
Farm Mutual Insurance Company
will be held Monday, January 16,
at the st. Francis Hotel, with Di-
rector Louis Kelehan presiding,
and will serve as a curtain raiser
to the main convention, which OPP
ems Tuesday morning, January II,
at University Farm, st. Paul.
Wednesday, Jan. 18, the ses-
sions of the annual meeting will
be moved from University Farm
to the House Chamber in the
State Capitol, st. Paul, where all
sessions viii be held Wednesday
and Thursday. Jan. 10. Here, and
at the Old Capitol, will take place
the numerous committee meetings
and also the annual election of
officers which takes place Thurs
day afternoon.