. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 318 Missouri Agricultural Report. REPORT OF SESSION DEVOTED TO THE COUNTRY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY H. F. CHILDERS. (Mr. Childers, who acted as chairman of the Meeting, is Editor of Tlie Troy Free Press and The Columbia Herald.) This conference has taken up some of the problems of rural life, and I am glad to see so many peo- ple here this afternoon when other questions of vital interest are to be dis- cussed. I do not know whether you have taken the trouble to
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. 318 Missouri Agricultural Report. REPORT OF SESSION DEVOTED TO THE COUNTRY INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY H. F. CHILDERS. (Mr. Childers, who acted as chairman of the Meeting, is Editor of Tlie Troy Free Press and The Columbia Herald.) This conference has taken up some of the problems of rural life, and I am glad to see so many peo- ple here this afternoon when other questions of vital interest are to be dis- cussed. I do not know whether you have taken the trouble to look through the program of the week on this sub- ject, but one thing that attracted my attention when I first saw the program before it was submitted to the printer was that especially the three depart- ments that are called upon to discuss this subject of rural life and the better- ment of rural conditions are the church, H. F. Childers. the school and the country newspaper. Now, I do not know whether you gave the matter the same attention that I did, but it seems to me that comes mighty near comprehending the little world that we country people live in, and I speak as a country newspaper man. The church is a great factor, of course, in building up and ennobling and beautifying and mak- ing better our rural life, and the school has its place and the editor has his sphere. But, if you will pardon me for being perhaps just a little bit egotistical on that subject, it occurs to me that the country newspaper man is the practical preacher of the three; he certainly has the greatest opportunity. He addresses more people week by week than either the preacher or the teacher. His oppor- tunities, I say, are greater, and if he does not take advantage of his opportunities, then he misses a great deal in life that he might otherwise make use of. This afternoon the newspaper men of the country are going to talk to this gathering for a while on this subject of the better- ment of our rural
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