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Other officers were elected as follows : 



Vice president, R. M. Gunn, Mount Vernon. 



Treasurer, Chas. Goodenow, Wall Lake. 



Director Second District, E. D. Baird, North English. 



Director Third District, D. \V. Mott, Hampton. 



Director Sixth District, Chas. Cessnay, Grinnell. 



Director Eighth District, G. W. Swan, Creston. 



Director Tenth District, Joseph Cox, Boone. 



Mr. Ames : I move you that we authorize the president of 

 the association to name a committee of three members to visit 

 the Iowa Agricultural College. 



Motion unanimously adopted. 



The President: I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for the 

 confidence you have again imposed in me in this respect. I think 

 I have said before that you have probably come to the conclu- 

 sion that I am not fit for anything else so that you just keep me 

 here. That seems to be about the conclusion of the matter, but 

 I will say to you candidly that I had intended to retire at this 

 time ; I had made up my mind fully to that effect. I felt that 

 under existing conditions, taking my own business and afifairs 

 into consideration, that I couldn't longer afiford 'to make the 

 sacrifices that I had been making for the last twelve or thirteen 

 years. I think, if my memory has served me right, that I have 

 been serving in this capacity for thirteen years ; but some of my 

 friends got hold of me and insisted that I stay another year any- 

 way. Well, of course, that simply tells the story, and I'm here! 

 I haven't resigned ; I don't know whether I will or not ; possibly 

 I will, and possibly I will not. As I say, I appreciate the con- 

 fidence that has been imposed in me by the members of the 

 Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association. I, along with the rest 

 of you, have simply tried to do my best, not only to make your 

 association a success, but to care for your interests, to see that 

 you get a square deal, that you aren't unduly imposed upon, and 

 to encourage you in every way that I could to go on with your 

 organization. I think I have often said to you that it didn't 

 make much difference what became of Sykes as far as that is 

 concerned, but it does make a lot of difference to you what be- 

 comes of this organization. That's the main thing to look after 

 — your organization, the welfare of your association. I think 

 there is a great future before this organization. There isn't any 

 man that has been connected with this association, either as an 

 officer or as a member, that is in any way ashamed or abashed 



