TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V 383 



of Greene, Iowa, was retained as legal counsel. He has been 

 working on the matter of code revision and proposed legislation 

 by the Commission and the preparation of bills that will go be- 

 fore the members of the next legislature. 



The committee will give personal attention to the following ques- 

 tions of legislation: 



1. To the appointment of a farmer representative on the dif- 

 ferent boards and commissions. 



2. Requesting for the State Educational institutions such ap- 

 propriations as will enable them to retain instructors of proven 

 ability. 



3. A request for such legislation as will simplify and eliminate 

 the great expense in our present system of land titles. 



4. The study of tax equalization. 



5. The collective bargaining law. 



6. An effective blue sky law. 



7. Re-writing the law relating to farm aid associations to 

 make more clear its meaning. 



8. Law directing railroads to provide stock yard equipment 

 for shippers, and sites and trackage for co-operative associations. 



9. Farm land credits. 



10. Rural personal credits. 



11. Farm tenantry. 



The Legislative Committee is a standing committee and Mr. 

 Mitchell will act as the legal representative of the Federation 

 during the coming session of the legislature, and members of 

 the Farm Bureau should avail themselves of their privilege of 

 having legislative matters in which they are interested presented 

 through the legislative committee to the legislature. 



The Executive Committee authorized the purchase of the pres- 

 ent quarters at Ames at a price of $10,000. The building with re- 

 modeling was thought to be ample for the needs of the organ- 

 ization for some years. We are crowded for room at this time, 

 and the Board authorized the removal of the Executive offices to 

 Des Moines, Iowa. This move had been under consideration for 

 some time. The Ames quarters were too crowded, and additional 

 room would have to be secured at once. The work that devolves 

 upon us is largely with the big corporate interests, and practical- 

 ly all have headquarters at the capital city. It appears that we 



