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VOLUME 3
I LOUA. HJNOIS. THURSDAY. .R IA. 22 1915
NO. 4a
BANKERS' CONFERENCE
Editor iSoutliern Illinois Hecord,
Flora, Illinois.
Dear Sir;--
As reiiuested ty you to give a re¬ port of the proceedings of the late Farmer Hankers' Conference held In Cliicago at the Hotel La Salle .luly 7 and H. This meeting was held under the auspices of the .Vgricultural Com¬ mission of the American Hanker ,\s- soclatlon, assisted by Commission of Agriculture   and Banker .\s.sociatic n
Througii tiie c-ourtesy of tlie Firirt National Hank 1 was chosen to at¬ tend. 1 will try and give you a lew- Ideas of said meeting and their oL- ject. This meeting was allended by abo.it 4*1(1 delegates reprcsenliiig thir¬ ty-two states. It was represented by the U. S. DepartnuMil of .\gricuilurc. Colleges of Agriculture and Farm I'ress of the V. S. Practically all the editors of farm papers of note were present and addressed tlie meeting. State.\ssoc-iationof Hanks. Governors. Presidents of Colleges and I'niveisi- ties and men proiiiinciil ill civic so¬ cial and tliiancial life of tlie entire country were present and particiiialed In the two day proceedings.
These men gathered togetlier from all parts of tlie V. S.; men wiiose time Is wortli money ail came togetli¬ er without pay. Paying their ex¬ penses for one object, and tliat the betterment of the farmer. These men of finance see In the future that the prosperity of the nation depends on the agricultural condition of this country, and at the present rate of depletion of the soli we will S'xm be a poor agricultural country. Science has taught that we can Improve our soli. The platform of the Hanker Farmer Association are the following planks:
First, cltt/.enshlp: second, co-opera¬ tion; tliird, better schools; fourth, home town; tlftli. rural credits: sixth, soil survey; and seventh, community building. Some cif the following mot¬ toes hung on tlie walls and aro slo¬ gans of the association:
First, create a soil as well as a bank reserve; second, take interest In the fanners as well as from liim: third, a ctiuntry tliat has poor roads and poor schools isn't worlli living in: fourtli, encourage better rural scliools. This was referred lo cjuite often by the speakers as a matter of great Import¬ ance. Geo. Keynoids president of tlie Continental .& Comuiercla! Hank of Chicago said that "He credited a large part of his success to the fact that be once was a farmer and to the training lie received on the farm wiien a boy."
As we liad two days and one eve¬ ning sessions all of wliich were very busy, 1 will only give you a few ex¬ tracts and ideas 1 g'lt from some of tlie speakers. I) K. Fogaii president of tlie Clearing-house AssocMalion ol Cliicago in ills greeting to the con¬ vention said "Husiness and people are interdependent. Tlie sooner this becomes generally realized the sooner a mutual contidence will be estab¬ lished. Co-operation Is better than cut throat competition. Labor or cap Itol cannot live without the other. I wonder wliether this movement for Farmers & Hankers to get together may not l>e destined to move tiie na¬ tions of llie World away from jealousy and war into an atmosphere of peace and harmony."
Cliairmun Harris in his opening id- dress told wliy tlie American Hanker Is trying to iielp tlie agriculture and cciuntry lite. Uev. W. W. Delhi spoke on some tilings tlie coiinlry ciiurch must do to improve rural life. He Bald "Do away witii one half of the country cliurches. Do away wltli pet¬ ty ditferences. Consolidate, co-oper¬ ate. Hire a good live preacher: one who Is interested in his people and tlieir welfare and belter social and spiritual conditions will e:;ist."
At luncheon we were guests of the Cliicago Chamber of Commerce, and about .OK) were served. At n.y table 1 had the honor of meeting H. H. Heldc general in.inager and secretary Iiiternational tat Sloc^k show. He Invited me to take luiic'heon with lilm the next day at tlie block Yarda. and Insisted on me calling on iilm at his oilice wiien I visited the yards, which I did and lie made It very pleasant for n^e.
In the afternoon. .Ii.ly 7, Carl S. Voorman assistant secretary of .\gri- culture spoke on tiie subject, "ihc Kew Agriculture." I'lof. G. O. Chris¬ ty of the Perdue I'niversity addressed the meeting, his subjei't, "Value of Consolidated Schools In .\grlcultural Department ". I'rof. Cyril G. Hop- Ins of the I'niversity of Illinois spoke on "Principals and Profits In .- oil Im prove i^erit' . He pointed out tl e way
not only to conserve the   fertility of the Soil, but to improve its condition.
.Mr.s. G. W. Matliisof Ala., a typi¬ cal southern woman told in her own way how she managed her farm and her employes both wiiite and black on lier farms. She says the white man is as hard if not harder to get results frcnii than the black man. To get the Work done on^^tlie farms she used a time card every day and had certain work to be done. She tod the children in eacli family to inai.e daddy follow the time card and if tiiey did slie would lake llieui all to the circus when it came to town and on tliat day she was like the old wc- man who lived in liiesiioe. Tbecbiid- ren were all siiades and colors .in. they certainly iiad a'.tlme. but llii.-. i the way siie got results.
On the evening of .luly 7, we v,n guests of tlie Chicago Clearing-iiou-1 .Vssoci.iti m al dinner lield In tiie uc room of tiie Hotel La Salic, .\ftci clinner we iiad several addre.sses 1 :\ men cif notcj H. F. Harris being loas: master.
.lulys, the morning session Mr.'- Kedsie addressed tlie meeting cui the case of the farm woman in whicii siie pointed out the way to lielp her was by using modern conveniences in tiic Iiouse.
Several editors of farm papers spoke in the afternoon. Among them were: Henry Wallace, of Wallace Farmer: Dr. Clarence Poe of the Pro¬ gressive Farmer: Herbert yul'.;k, of the Farm & Fireside; John Flelds, of the Oklahoma Farm Jour al; Wm. Helth, of the Missouri Farmer; W. H. GtHidwln, of the Brooders Gazette. All had different subjects, some of whom denounced the present system of Rural Schools as Incompetent for farm life In as much as it does not aid In crop raising. Another made a plea for live stock raising as a most profitable branch of agriculture. Ru¬ ral credits were also dl.scussed.
The convention was declared to be the greatest of its kind ever held In the U. S. President H. F. Harris said he had attended some thirty such conventions and tiiis was the best of all, with more interest and entliusl¬ asm than any.
Will say in conclusion that on the following day, July l), I attended a picnic at the Funk farm near Hlooni- ington. Will conclude this article in next week's Lssue. telling you some tilings I saw and learned about this great farm that originally comprised about 2."i,i)()0 acres acciuiied iiy one man.
L. F. Hkis.skm)1!:.\
Errors ir. Scudamore
Bros. July Catelot
We wish tocall llu; altentionol our readers to the fac-t tiial tlirough typo- graphical errors on our part a lew Items In Scudamore Hros'. catalog, issued for July and .August, wliicli was distributed last week were priced wrong and should have been as fol¬ lows;
On I'age 11. article H12'JA-14'j Ib.s. bacon reads $1..'/.), .same should iiave been *i:..")l).
(Jn Page'.'I. article, .Straw Malting. In red and green mixtures, the yard iOcts, should have lieen l.'i cts.
/Vnd the item below reading "Good (liianty .la|) Matting in plain white and fancy green and tan tigures. tbe yard J cts.', the price on this item should have been 'J.'i cts.
On I'age JL", Dining Cliairs, made ot iiard wood wilii golden oak iitiisli. turned spindles, and posts, reads 17 cts., same should read 7.'x'.
Wc make this statement In apology for liie benelit of our readers in Scud¬ amore Hros' behalf. We regret very much that these mistakes oci-uned. and will say tiiat it was through our rush of Inifcine.ss. type dropping oul and lieing placed in the wrong placj etc.. that cau.sed these errors, and not tiie intention of ourselves nor Scudamore Hros. to makesuch errors.
Tin: KAMOrs KILTKRS HAND OF ('vNADA It Will be ut Our lii|,> fair Soplember (>t!i to 10th.
Piano Recital
Piano Recital will be given by the pupils of Miss Clara Rider at Library Hall .luly 2stli., at .'i;.!!! p. m. A cor- ciial invitation to all.
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