The Semi-weekly Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 1923-19??, 1933-01-24
HOLD FARMERS
MEET AT SOLON

"Unless American people try to
save the finer things of life and stop
worrying so much about financial in
stitutions and material things, our
country will go the way of all the
countries who have been world lead
ers in the past" said j. w. FIGHTER,
assistant director of education in Ohio
at the South Solon institute. Mr.
FIGHTER stated that he thought that
the American people were far sighted
enough to save the worthwhile things
such as music, schools, churches, and
art. He said that if these things were
taken care of our material things
such as food, clothing and shelter
would take care of themselves. "The
only difference between the civilized
people and the savage are the finer
things Of life," according to Mr..
FIGHTER He said that the savages
had food, clothing and shelter as they
needed it but did not have the culture
that is available for our people of to-
day.
"Cuts must be made in government
al expenditures" Mr. FIGHTER said
"but in times like the present many
cuts are made without thought. Some
of the economies are false economies
and have serious consequences over a
long period of time" He stated that
our school system had increased in
cost many times, The reason for the
increase is the large increase in at
tendance. He compared the cost OF
public education to that of private
education such as music lessons.
Approximately 200 people attended
the evening session of the one-day in
stitute at South Solon.
E. A. Fleming, chief of the Bureau
Of Markets, stated that Ohio farmers
had paid too much attention to pro-
duction and not enough to market
ing. He urged them to grade their
products. He stated that food stuffs
were coming into Ohio by the car load
from distant states and selling on
Ohio markets when Ohio farmers
could not sell their products. The rea-
son for this was lack of grading. Mr..
Fleming told of his experiences after
leaving the Quaker school in which he
was educated. He spent 20 years
working first as telegraph operator,
next as railroader and finally as
superintendent of railroad construc-
tion company. He stated that in his
16 years with the construction COM
pany he had lived in IT states and
moved 32 times. He pointed out that
while some jobs appear to be nice,
easy jobs, they are not so pleasant
after all. After his experience with
the construction company Mr.. Flem-
ing returned to the farm and became
one of Ohio's first Master Farmers.
Rev. F. C. F. Randolph, rector of
Trinity church in London, discussed
several of the points necessary in the
development of good citizens. He list
ed training in the home as an import.
ant phase in the development of oul
future population. He brought out
the contributions made by the church
school, scouts and Al clubs.
Fourth club work and the extension
program were discussed by Lyman F
Baker, county club agent. He urged
the farmers to keep a record of theil
farm business. He stated that those
farmers who kept records Of THEN
farm business and farmed in a bust.
ness-like manner had much better
chance to succeed than those who
kept no account of their business
transactions.
Cooperative Livestock Shipping was
discussed by Raymond Hart, assistant
county livestock shipping manager
He stated that farmers had lost nc
money through bad checks when ship.
ping through the farmers organiza
tion. The cooperative was able tc
meet at most times and many times
beat the price of line companies, ac
cording to Hart.
The South Solon school put on al
hours program for the morning ses
sion. 1t was made up of songs, play
lets, readings and music by the schoo
orchestra. The high school glee clut
furnished the music for the Afternoon
session. The school orchestra assist
ed with the evening program.
Dinner was served at noon by tn,
P. T. A. for the benefit of the school
A grange supper was served in tht
evening in honor of Mr.. FIGHTER
Officers in charge of the institute
were: Paul Butcher; president; Johr
Lightle, Secretary-treasurer and D
A. St.idler, superintendent Of schools
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