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view. The cunimittce of the senate and the cumniittee of the 

 assembly want to cooperate wiih vdu all alonjj;- these lines. We 

 want to simplify it antl we want yunr help, and I hope that this 

 society and every other individual or society in this state who is 

 interested will come at that time and give us the benefit of their 

 views aud their knowledge. 



Chairman Tucker: The last two speakers have certainly cov- 

 ered a topic, the necessity of unifying our activities, and I venture 

 to commend the senator's request to every man here. Try to at- 

 tend that meeting if possible, and express your opinion there. 



The President: With reference to the suggestion of Senator 

 Roosevelt that members of this society attend that joint hearing, 

 I think it would be perfectly in order perhaps at our business 

 meeting to-morrow, that either a special committee or a legislative 

 committee be empowered to attend that hearing with their ad- 

 vanced information as to the position of this society. I think that 

 is one of the most important things coming out of the report of the 

 committee on development of agricidtural resources. We certainly 

 desire the members of that committee to be in attendance at that 

 hearing. 



Evening Session 

 Meeting called to order by Honorable Calvin J. Iluson, Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture. 



Commissioner HrsoN : I very much regret to be compelled to 

 announce that Governor Sulzer has been unavoidably detained. 

 We all appreciate that he is a very busy man and we hope that 

 later in the evening and before this meeting adjourns, we shall 

 have the honor of having him upon this platform and of listening 

 to a brief address by him. The cause of his detention, however, 

 is such that there may be some question whether he does arrive 

 before the time of the closing of this meeting. He desires, however, 

 that I assure you in his name that he is intensely interested in the 

 purposes that bring this large and representative audience together, 

 to consider those questions in which all good citizens are vitally 

 interested. And I am further commissioned by him to assure you 

 that whate\'er action is taken or recommrndations made by this 



