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2. That teachers' salaries in our schools be commensurate 

 with the qualifications of the teacher, regardless of any uniform 

 wage scale. 



3. Favoring legislation bettering the educational conditions 

 of the State, and requesting sufficient appropriations to efficiently 

 maintain the schools and colleges. 



4. That the Iowa State College provide two weeks short 

 course each year for the purpose of training men to become man- 

 agers of co-operative enterprises. 



5. That the Agricultural Extension Department maintain a 

 corps of experts in order that efficient service can be rendered 

 the farmer. 



6. That speakers be provided, composed of farmers who are 

 good speakers to address meetings, such as business men's asso- 

 ciations, commercial associations, and consumers' organizations 

 in order that the Federation work may be properly understood. 



Of the foregoing recommendations those which were purely 

 questions of legislation were submitted to the legislative com- 

 mittee, and are referred to in their working schedule. 



The Secretary's office has, so far as men and funds would per- 

 mit, carried out the recommendations of the committee. The ex- 

 tent of this work alone will be better understood when we take 

 note of the fact that the Federation furnished one thousand five 

 hundred and sixteen speakers for public meetings during the 

 past year, and it is estimated that this item alone cost the Feder- 

 ation $25,014.00. It was not only the business interests that in- 

 vited our men to speak to them, but there was a general demand 

 from the farmers for first hand information on the Federation's 

 work. 



LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 



This committee has to do with all things pertaining to legisla- 

 tion. For six months this committee has been giving close atten- 

 ton to the Code Commission report and to the two hundred fifty 

 odd bills the Commission" is recommending to the legislature. 

 It was apparent early in the summer that the recodifying of the 

 code by the Commission and the additional legislation proposed 

 by them required not only a mind familiar with the technical 

 phraseology of legal terms, but also a clear understanding of law. 

 The Executive Committee was asked to consent to the employ- 

 ment of legal counsel, which was granted, and Mr. J. G. Mitchell 



