PROCEEDINGS CORN BELT MEAT PRODUCERS' ASSN. 597 



shifting of the tax burden from the railroads of the state onto the owner 

 of farm land, and commend the work of our governor and the Iowa Farm 

 Bureau Federation toward adjusting this matter. 



13. We call upon all taxing and public spending bodies in the state to 

 exert the utmost economy with public funds and to hold down tax levies to 

 the lowest figure possible. 



14. We give our active support to the campaign being started by the 

 Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, the Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 other organizations looking to a reduction of 20 per cent in the corn acre- 

 age in 1922 and the substitution of non-competitive crops such as clover, 

 soybeans and other legumes. 



15. We endorse President Harding's proposal for the purchase of ten 

 million bushels of corn for the relief of starving countries abroad. 



16. We urge upon congress such measures as will enable the United 

 States to join with Canada in providing us with economical water trans- 

 portation through the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway project. 



17. We express to Professor John M. Evvard our profound regret at 

 his absence from our meeting, our sympathy in his illness, and our best 

 wishes for his prompt recovery. 



The President : What will you do with the resolutions, gen- 

 tlemen ? 



Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried that the reso- 

 lutions be adopted. 



Motion made, seconded and unanimously carried that copies 

 of these resolutions be sent to all Iowa members of congress. 



The President : This brings us up, I believe, to the election 

 of officers, gentlemen. What is your pleasure? 



Motion made, seconded and unanimously adopted that the con- 

 vention proceed to the election of officers. 



Officers were elected as follows : 



President — A. Sykes of Ida Grove. 



Vice president — R. M. Gunn of Buckingham. 



Secretary — H. A. Wallace of Des Moines. 



Treasurer — Charles Goodenow of Wall Lake. 



Directors from even numbered districts — Second district, E. D. 

 Baird of North English ; fourth district, Wm. Larrabee of Cler- 

 mont ; sixth district, Charles Cessna of Grinnell ; eighth district, 

 George W. Swan of Creston; tenth district, Fred J. Bauer of Paton. 



ADDRESS OF A. SYKES, 



President of Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association, Before the Agricul- 

 tural Conference at Washington, Called by Secretary Wallace, Jan. 

 23, 1922. 

 Speaking for the farmers and cattle feeders of the corn belt, I wish to 



say that today they are in worse condition financially than they have ever 



