TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 671 



Resolved, That our executive committee be directed to take such ac- 

 tion as may be necessary to secure the payment of just claims for dam- 

 ages suffered through the negligence of the railroads; and, if necessary, 

 they are directed to bring a case before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission to secure just rules and regulations. 



Resolved, That we commend the action of federal agencies in arrest- 

 ing and deporting alien agitators who have been preaching disorder and 

 violence with the purpose of overthrowing our established system of rep- 

 resentative government. We condemn such agitators, whether aliens or 

 home-grown, as unworthy of the privileges of this land of equal opportuni- 

 ties to all men. We favor vigorous action in dealing with those who re- 

 fuse to work, and who spend their time in stirring up discontent and dis- 

 order by bare appeals to prejudice and by endeavoring to array class 

 against class. Such men are parasites upon the producers of the country; 

 they refuse to produce themselves, and constantly seek to hinder others 

 from producing. We pledge our support to every effort which seeks to 

 uphold our cherished American institutions and traditions and form of 

 government. 



Resolved, That we commend the efforts of government authorities to 

 instill into the minds of our people habits of thrift and saving. We sug- 

 gest, however, that opportunities for economy and thrift are so much 

 greater in the congress of the United States and in the administration of 

 government affairs, that education along this line should first be directed 

 to these two agencies. It is important that individual citizens be taught 

 the need of thrift, but it is doubly important that government officials 

 both m the administration and in congress, should learn these lessons in 

 the conduct of government affairs. Individuals can save in dollars and 

 cents. Administration officials and congressmen and senators can save 

 in terms of thousands of millions of dollars. Well-directed effort, there- 

 fore, should bring about vastly greater savings if concentrated in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Lessons of thrift should be inculcated by example as well 

 as by precept. 



Resolved, That we note with satisfaction the remarkable growth of 

 the Farm Bureau movement, which now has a membership of over 100,000 

 farmers in the state of Iowa. With this splendid foundation, and with the 

 considerable sum of money which has been raised, there no longer should 

 be difficulty in securing proper representation of farm interests both in 

 the state and nation. We are proud of the effective help given to the 

 Farm Bureau by so many members of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Asso- 

 ciation. Now that the state Farm Bureau Federation has ample funds, 

 we urge the executive committee, without delay, to establish a strong 

 department of research and statistics under the direction of well-trained 

 men. Such department should study conditions which influence produc- 

 tion and prices, compile complete market statistics, and interpret same 

 with reference to specific conditions as they exist from time to time, put 

 out adequate publicity to meet unfair price drives, study home and foreign 

 conditions of supply and demand, investigate probable competition from 

 foreign countries, and, in general, gather information concerning every- 

 thing that influences production, consumption and price. The purpose 



