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it is something that will wake up the farmers and the farmers' insti- 

 tutes if they stand uj) and speak on that question and it may be so 

 that we will have equal taxation on all classes of property in Pennsyl- 

 vania. ]\rany of them will stand u]) and make that assertion; so that 

 I hope in the future that question will be taken up by the instructors 

 and that they will study the question and find out exactly what taxa- 

 tion is i)laced on each class of ])roperty in this State. 



Then the school question ought to be discussed more. I think there 

 are vital changes that ought to be made in our country schools and by 

 discussing matters in farmers' institutes we can arrive at some con- 

 clusion and the farmers will be benefited. So I would say that is an- 

 other of the questions that ought to be taught. 



Another thing that ought to be taught — I hesitate not to make the 

 assertion right here although my good brother right in my rear stands 

 at the head of one of the greatest farmers' organization in this sec- 

 tion — I want to say that the farmers' institute lecturers ought to 

 teach the farmers to stand together when they go into this organiza- 

 tion or that organization or whatever, and show the power of organi- 

 zation and what can be done if the farmers stand together, which we 

 had a lesson of on Monday afternoon. So that I say that is another 

 question that ought to be talked up in the institute, the power of or- 

 ganization and the power of standing together and why that power is 

 necessary. 



These are a few things that on the spur of the moment occur to my 

 mind that ought to be taught in these farmers' institutes. 



MR. BAENITZ: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: While these 

 gentlemen were speaking I was trying to find out how much religion 

 I had left after travelling around on Sunday. It was particularly 

 hard on the preachers and our corps of lecturers had two preachers 

 in it and it was a little bit new to us but we were somewhat relieved 

 in the matter. The chairmen had heard that there were preachers in 

 the croAvd so that the congregations very kindly arranged for us to 

 preach in ihe towns where we stayed Sundays. Now I did a great deal 

 of thinking while Mr. Peachey was talking and I want to say that I 

 know thai it was all conscience for I remember out at Tioga when I 

 was sick in bed on Sunday that he and Mr. Fassett pulled me out of 

 bed and made me go to church, and the next Sunday ^Ir. Peachey hap- 

 pened to be sick and I ])ulled him out of bed and made him go to 

 church, and that second Sunday though we fellows had to travel that 

 day. There were three of us. We attended three church services and 

 T had the pleasure of preaching once. When I went home the people 

 wanted to know what sort of fellows I had travelled with. I said, 

 good men. What did you do on Sabbath? I said, last Sabbath we 

 went to church three times; we heard three different preachers. And 

 T want to say that I am proud to hear such a discussion here, for I 

 want to say it sort of stretches a fellow's conscience away out until 

 there is not very much temper left in it when he has travelled' here 

 and there on Sabbath day, and especially a ])reacher who was in 

 charge of a church at home and had another minister filling his pulpit. 

 I wish that could be in some way arranged. It is a very difificult ques- 

 tion to decide, but it ought to be for our comfort and for our con- 

 science. Isn't that true? 



