THE EVENING TIMES: RALEIGH, N. C, TRURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1910.
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The Farmers Convention Closes
Work
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the next year the number was in
creased, and this year it will be more
than forty erected with his assist
ance. Mr. Conover says the slage
sjlo Is cheaper and better than dig'
ging one. It is easier and cheaper
to use a pipe and wind for the stage
than three men In the one taat is
dug fifteen or twenty feet in tue
ground. He said he had seen one
10x20 feet built for thirty or thirty
five dollars. Mr. Conover said he be
lieved that the cement silo was the
coming silo.
During his discussion of the sub
ject, Mr. Conover went into tiie de
tails of the construction of the dif
ferent kinds of silos from the founda
tion to its completion, and wa3 asked
many questions by those present.
Committees Appointed.
President Blount announced . the
following committees:
Resolutions: E. S. Miller. T. J. W.
Broom and J. H. Goldy.
Nominations: A. L. French, C. C.
Moore, G. f . Tyson, W. A. Thigpeu
and A. A. Maynard.
Dr. A. 8. Wheeler.
Dr. A. S. Wheeler, manager of the
famous Biltmore farm, was the next
speaker on the program, and he held
the convention in the closest of at
tention, his clear-cut words falling
upon an interested audience.
Dr. Wheeler began by briefly men
tioning some of the Interesting topics
that had been discussed during the
convention, after which he 'said, in
part, as follows:
"I notice in the papers that heavy
rains have done great damage in my
section of the state. When I left
there a few days ago to attend this
convention, everything looked smil
ing and promising, but I almost fear
to return. Over the big farm I ex
pected fifteen or twenty tons of feed
to the acre, now I don't know
whether it is In the French Broad to
day or not.
"In the beginning of my remarks
1 want to take this occasion to thank
Dr. Hill, Mr. Blount and Mr. Parker
for the success of this convention.
This is the first time I have ever at
tended the State Farmers' Conven
tion, but It will not be my last.
"My father-in-law, who served in
the Confederacy, has often said that
you could build a wall around the
southland it it could easily get along.
That is my Idea of the farm. We
want the farm so we can build a
fence around It and not have to go
outside for anything.
"The subject I have selected Is
"Co-operation Among the Farmers in
Agriculture." My idea of co-opera
tion is perhaps classical and due to
much reading and not to practice
If the southern farmer wants to play
the important role in the drama of
our civilization, he must unite along
educational,, economic and moral
lines. Robt. Owen, a wealthy manu
facturer, began a system of co-operation,
but it was an economic failure
The Brook Farm movement intro
duced co-operation into the country
in 1840."
Here Dr. Wheeler gave a brief his
tory of the origin and rise of co-operation
in other counties.
Continuing, he said that the people
in the' United States were the great
est wasters In the world and the far
mer was just as bad as any of them.
Our garbage wagons are laden and
our streets littered with waste. Seventy-five
percent of the mail that
comes to our offices is consigned to
the waste basket." Dr. Wheeler here
told how he with the others in his
office, had formed an "Anti Waste
Club" for the purpose of utilizing all
the waste that had heretofore been
thrown into the waste basket.
"Western North Carolina is becom
ing the play-ground of the world. It
is the great resting place for shat
tered nerves, and there are thous
ands of tourists there today. A Biiort
time ago, with a friend, I went into
the heart of the balsam mountain.
In that section there Is an industry
that cuts down the spruce trees of
four to six inches .in diameter and
uses the- body only to the limbs far
making pulp, the balance being
thrown away. When these trees are
felled they crush the young and ten
der undergrowth, and the whole
country is left covered with a ten-
foot layer of Inflamable- material,
which only awaits the application of
a match that Is necessary to start a
conflagration which will ruin the for
ests apd rob the soil. This state of
affairs is a national crime. The time
is now almost too late, and I am
afraid . our beautiful country is
doomed."
In taking up the subject of co-op
eration. Dr. Wheeler discussed co-operation
in buying supplies, which is
the simplest and most elementary
form of It. The farmer can derive
many advantages by uniting in the
purchase of. his seed, his feedstuff,
farm Implements, etc. This system
is commended most heartily to the
southern farmer.
The next form of co-operation he
discussed was co-operation in mar
keting the supplies, which Is one of
the most complicated and Intricate of
proDiema. ur. wueeier iota 01 Bj
barren district in Louisiana, where
who owned a few cows, began to sell
milk througa the car windows .of the
trains. ' His. business grew. Soon
Rosetand became a regular stop for
dairy lunch. T,he railroad people be
gan to boom the place, and today that
country is the wealthiest in the
United States. Everything is con
ducted in the community on the co
operative plan,- which alone is t:ie
cause of its great success,
He then took up the co-operation
of the fruit growers of California and
other states and showed how they
were Benefitted by co-operation.
"Very little has been done by the
farmer to place his produce at the
door of the consumer. The middle
man is there, and the consumer feels
that he is being knocked down by
the farmer and the middleman, and
there should be a better understand
ing between the consumer and the
farmer on one hand and the middle
man on the other. The fundamental
law of suppy and demand must be
recognized by all.
Where there Is co-operation there
is publicity which robs it of harm. If
the books of the great trusts were
open to the public, It would be robb
ed of Its dangers.
The consumers of the country arc
rapidly co-operating, and getting
good results thereby.
T.ie farmers are making great
strides along social and educational
lines, as is shown by such a meeting
at such a place,
In speaking of the business side
of the farmer's life, Dr. Wneeler told
how the bookkeeping on the Biltmore
farm was done under the latest moth
ois, and how at any day in the year
on could turn and see exactly how he
stood on any part of the farm with
out waiting for the end of the year.
The southern farmer is not a good
business man, for lie hasn't time to
keep an elaborate set of books.
Mighty few can tell what it costs to
keep a dairy cow one month, a hen
one year, or what It cost to cultivate
one acre of corn. One man has 4,000
hens, and the annual cost of feed Is
$1.65 each, yet he clears about twen
ty-flve per cent on his investment.
Dr. Wheeler said our agricultural
schools do not teach the students how
to look after the interest on each
farm Investment.
The speaker then took up the sys
tem of co-operativebanks which was
started in Germany and has spread
all over Europe. The citizens of a
community, 7,500 in number, all be
come shareholders, no man having
more than ten shares. All are audi
tors of the books, and all work for
the bank. Personal integrity is all
lhat is necessary to; secure a loan,
unless it is a large one. When the
surplus accumulates, interest on
loans is decreased and interest on de
posits increased, and by a unanimous
vote the surplus may be expended
only for public purposes, such as
schools.
Dr. Wheeler said that it was pre
sumptions on his part to talk poli
tics, but that there was need of far
mers, merchants and wage-earners in
the councils of state instead of pro
fessional politicians, and until this is
done our course can never be placed
in the proper place it deserves
When Dr. Wheeler concluded he
was given loud applause by the con
vention.
Program Committee.
Upon motion of Mr. C. C. Moore a
committee consisting of T. , W
Blount, T, B. Parker and G. A. Rob
erts was appointed to ant with the
president and the secretary in pre
paring the program and advertising
the next convention. Every man was
urged to bring at. least two with hi'm
next year, and an effort will be made
to have at least 2.-000 here.
..:' Dr. Kiltfore.
Dr. B. W. Kilgore made: a brief
talk relative to the advantages of
live stock and soil improvement crops
on soil. His speech the other day
in which he favored soil improve
ment crops, seemed to have stirred
up considerable discussion, many
holding that live stock was the best
for soil. He said the soil crop was
better but both were good.
Mr. A. L. French, for the nomi
nating committee, stated that as there
were so many good men to fill the
offices, the custom had been estab
lished to get a new set of officers
each year, and in behalf of the com
mittee, recommended the ticket given
at the too of this article, which was
unanimously elected.
Retiring President Blount thank
ed the convention for its assistance
in making it a success. He said he
was a farmer by birth and by train
ing and always wanted to see the
condition of the farmers improved,
and become the first business man of
the state.
President Shields was escorted to
the chair and before assuming his
duties as presiding officer expressed
his thanks for the honor that had
been conferred upon him.
Resolutions.
The committee on resolutions re
ported: .
1. Endorsing the work of A. &
M. Colleee. Agricultural Department
and the Experiment Station.'
2. Protests asainst the taking of
the surplus oil funds out of the
--is of the Department of .Agricul
ture."' 3. Recognizes the valuable aid
rendered by tho United States - In
fighting cattle tick, cholera, etc., and
there was absolutely nothing to In- asica ma tne legislature appropriate
vite the settler. One day a man I (Continued on Page Eight.)
eptembersr
Is now at hand, and that is the month you have
been looking forward to for a long time. It is the
beginning of the big prosperous fall business for
you. It is the day you have been promising your
self to begin advertising your business. To start
out to be something and make something out of
your business.
Now has over one million dollars going into perma
nent improvements. Thousands of men are at
work making big wages. More are needed. Hun
dreds of young men and women are coming to the
city this week and next week to enter college.
They spend thousand of dollars here with our mer
chants. With all this money being spent here the
merchants who get busy should reap a harvest this
fall and winter. September is going to open the
season with a rush, thousands coming into the city
for the winter and thousands working every day.
akeyoerciaiiH
By taking an advertisment every day in The Even
ing Times, the paper that reaches nearly everybody.
Don't wait until the other fellow gets first call on
the business but open up your advertising campaign
and go after the money that is being spent here in
Raleigh. If you want more business, if you need
help in preparing your copy, just Thone.
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