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Resolved, That we favor the establishment of a Commission of Agri- 

 culture in Iowa, which shall co-ordinate the work of the various depart- 

 ments which have to do with the agricultural activities of the state. 



Resolved, That the farmers of Iowa are quite competent to administer 

 hog cholera serum both by the single and double treatment, when given 

 two or three days of training under competent instructors. We condemn 

 every effort to confine the administration of serum and virus to veteri- 

 narians, and we demand of the Commission of Animal Health immediate 

 action which will result in enabling farmers who have taken proper in- 

 struction to secure certificates authorizing them to administer serum. 



Resolved, That the manufacture and handling of serum at the State 

 Agricultural College should not be wholly abandoned, but should be main- 

 tained as. a check against exorbitant prices for serum which may be 

 charged by individual companies. 



Resolved, That the laws in Iowa governing the manufacture and sale 

 of hog cholera serum do not afford protection to the farmers who pur- 

 chase such serum. These laws should be very carefully revised in order 

 to give adequate protection to purchasers. 



Resolved, That we condemn in the most emphatic manner possible 

 the efforts of Attorney General Palmer and others in authority to beat 

 down prices of agricultural products. Such efforts have cost the farmers 

 of the country millions of dollars, and have not benefited the consumers. 

 The farmer and stockman is willing to bear his share of any necessary 

 loss resulting from the return to pre-war conditions, but is not willing 

 to suffer tremendous financial losses which benefit only the speculators. 

 We are of the opinion, now that the war is over, all prices should be per- 

 mitted to seek their proper level in accordance with economic law, and we 

 look upon any effort of the government to interfere with economic laws as 

 being mischievous and harmful to the people of the country, and especially 

 to the consuming public. 



Resolved, That we demand that the activities of the Food Adminis- 

 tration be discontinued at the earliest possible date consistent with the 

 keeping of government pledges to the producers of the country. 



Resolved, That industrial disputes between employers and employed 

 are a constant menace to the property and well-being of the public. When 

 such disputes result in strikes or lockouts which interfere with transporta- 

 tion or distribution of agricultural products, they cause farmers and stock- 

 men wholly unnecessary losses, which at times amount to millions of 

 dollars, and which may interfere seriously with adequate production of 

 farm products. The time has come when such disputes in necessary in- 

 dustries must be settled by conference or arbitration, and without resort 

 to the strike or the lockout. We demand, therefore, that our representa- 

 tives in congress use every effort to secure legislation which will provide 

 for fair and just arbitration of disputes between employers and employed. 

 When such provision is made to insure justice to labor as well as to capi- 

 tal, we demand that strikes and lockouts in such necessary industries 

 shall be prohibited by law. Production of food products can not be car- 

 ried on in sufficient volume if farmers and stockmen must live under 

 continual threat of industrial disturbances which prevent them from 

 marketing their products when they are ready for market. 

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