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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CORN BELT MEAT PRODUCERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



The delegates to the seventeenth annual convention of the Corn Belt 

 Meat Producers' Association find reason to again congratulate the mem- 

 bers upon the satisfactory work of the Association and the manner in 

 which it has been maintained during a period of great farm organization 

 activity. The service the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association has 

 rendered to the stockmen and farmers of the state during the past seven- 

 teen years justifies the confidence the members repose in it. 



We want to express our appreciation of the work of our officers who 

 for years have been faithful to the interests of the association. Mr. 

 Sykes has given the best years of his life to our service and very often at 

 a loss to his own private interests. 



Henry C. Wallace has brought to the office of secretary a mind 

 trained in the service of agriculture and we feel that much of the success 

 of the organization has been due to his wise leadership and his earnest 

 sympathies with the farmer and stockman in the problems of our occupa- 

 tion and in our efforts to improve conditions surrounding our business. 



We note with pleasure the favorable mention by the public press of 

 the name of Henry C. Wallace for the position of Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture, and, recognizing his worth to the agricultural interests, we believe 

 it to be his duty to the agricultural and live stock interests, altho he is not 

 a candidate for that position, to accept the appointment in case same 

 is offered him. 



The events of the past year show very clealy that the only hope of 

 putting our agriculture upon a thoroly sound basis lie in the building 

 up of aggressive organizations which will devote themselves to looking 

 yfter the farmers' business interests, and which will employ thoroly 

 trained men capable of representing such interests. 



Both the grain farmers and the meat producers are suffering heavy 

 losses thru the unprecedented decline in prices of grain and live stock. 

 To meet the country's needs, production of both grains and live stock 

 was greatly stimulated. A considerable part of the recent decline in 

 prices has been due to a decrease in our exports; and this in turn has 

 been due to the inability of the people of foreign countries to pay for 

 what they need. Our representatives in congress are urged to lend their 

 aid to any workable plan which will help the foreign countries to get on 

 their feet once more and buy from us the farm products they need. 



We note with satisfaction the growth of the various Farm Bureau 

 Federations and their organization into a strong American Federation. 

 We again urge this national body to establish without delay a strong 

 bureau of research and statistics under the direction of well-trained men. 

 This bureau should study the conditions which infiuence production and 

 prices, not only in the United States, but thruout the world; compile 

 complete market statistics and interpret same with reference to condi- 



