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Section 14 — To teach the principles of true co-operation and to 

 cultivate by all possible means a spirit of co-operation among 

 members. 



Section 15 — To develop amicable and mutually appreciative 

 relations with other interests in the industry in order to facilitate 

 the securing of desired information and to the end that all may 

 work together to put the feeding industry on a more secure basis. 



The idea is not to fight anybody, the railroads or the com- 

 mission men, the packers or anybody else, but that we are all a 

 part of a great big cattle industry and that it is the hope of all of 

 us to condtict that industry economically from the time cattle are 

 fed until the meat is placed on the consumers' table. 



Section 16 — To establish selling agencies for the handling of 

 the cattle of members at the markets whenever it is decided that 

 the present agencies are not performing the function efficiently 

 or at a fair remuneration or it is probable that such an agency 

 can improve the service or reduce charges. 



Article 3 — Membership. 



Section 1 — Membership in this organization shall be open to 

 all persons directly engaged in the feeding of cattle for market in 

 the corn belt states, and shall be limited to such. In order to be 

 a member each person must also be a member of such local or 

 subsidiary organizations as shall be effected for administrative 

 and other purposes, must agree to abide by the by-laws and regu- 

 lations of both this and such local organizations, and must sign 

 a producer's agreement in such form as may be adopted. 



Article 4 provides for the fiscal year to run for the calendar 

 year, and provides for the notice of meetings. 



Article 5 — Quorum. 



Section 1 — Fifteen per cent of the regularly qualified repre- 

 sentatives in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the 

 transaction of business at any meeting. 



Article 6 provides with reference to the representation at the 

 annual meeting. It is not necessary to deal with that now. 



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Article 7 — Officers. 



Section 1 — The officers of this association shall consist of a 

 president, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer, a manager and 

 a board of directors of eleven members. The president and vice- 

 president shall be ex-officio members of the board of directors. 



