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"I have listened to this discussion with a tremendous amount of 

 interest, and I believe that you have hit upon the right principle 

 as to starting out in an organized, methodical manner, to deter- 

 mme how many cattle are ready for the market, on the one hand, 

 and what the condition of the market is, on the other hand ; and I 

 aon t believe that you will have removed these violent tiuctua- 

 ticns, certainly not in these troubled times, unless you begin to 

 get an intelligent idea of what you are doing at home, and have 

 somebody that is interested in you, and intelligent enough to tell 

 your entire community what is the situation. We commission 

 men have been trying to do that in a disorganized way, just as 

 you are going to do it in an organized way. A good many of 

 you don't believe in us, but we honestly have been doing our 

 level best. 



"You have now come to the proposition, as I say, where some 

 radical departure from old methods of marketing has to be under- 

 taken, and I am here to say, as I said in the presence of the ex- 

 change also, that we are with you on this proposition and we en- 

 dorse this idea of getting you to stand up for the benefit of all and 

 to eliminate some of what you might call your selfish interests. I 

 don't know that this thing is practical, Mr. Wallace and Mr. 

 Sykes, but I do think that it is a step in advance, and if you leave 

 these men who have worked upon this thing, which is the result 

 of years of their endeavor to do something good for the benefit of 

 all, if you leave them tonight just where they started out this 

 morning, they have not gotten along any further than they were 

 six months ago. But if you have nerve enough to stand by these 

 fellows who have worked for your interests, and endorse this 

 proposition, you w^ill get somewhere." (Applause). 



After some further quite general discussion, motion was made 

 to the effect that the members of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' 

 Association endorsed the general principles of the plan sub- 

 mitted, eliminating for the time the proposal to establish selling 

 and buying agencies; and that the proposed constitution be re- 

 ferred back to the original committee, with instructions to re- 

 draft it in accordance with the results of the discussion heard 

 here, and submit it at a later meeting to be called by the presi- 

 dent. This motion was adopted. 



It is expected that the Live Stock Committee of Fifteen ap- 

 pointed by the Farm Bureau Federation, will consider this whole 

 mntter. 



Meeting adjourned. 



