Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1920 — FARMERS’STATE FEDERATION [ARTICLE]

FARMERS’STATE FEDERATION

Meeting at Indianapolis Attended by Several Jasper County Men. The Indiana Federation of Farmers’ associations held its annual convention in the Masonic Temple at Indianapolis Nov. 15 and 16. Jasper county was represented by Delegates Kolhoff of Jordan and Farabee of Carpenter, also by the chairman of the county organization, Russell Van Hook. He reports that the meeting was considered, by those In a position to know, one of the most important and constructive meetings ever held by Indiana farmers. The outstanding points were the addresses delivered by the national president, J. S. Howard, and Prof. G. I. Christie of Purdue. Ata erroneous impression has been prevalent that rather extreme action was to be advocated at this convention. However, the speeches of the above gentlemen were characterized by safe, sane and constructive suggestions that would bear the scrutiny of any student of economics or civil government. The concensus of opinion as well as the editorials that have come under the writer’s notice in the various papers, is that of most - favorable comment. There is no disguising the fact that this great national movement on the part of farmer people is attracting widespread attention from its sheer magnitude.