TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 619 



We demand of the general assembly of Iowa liberal appropriations for 

 the Iowa Agricultural College, and especially for its department of Farm 

 Economics. 



We commend the Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation for the work 

 of its legislative bureau, and hold ourselves in readiness to co-operate 

 with it in every way possible. 



Resolved, That we endorse the Federal Farm Loan act and ask that 

 our senators and congressmen use every means at their command to get 

 a decision as to its constitutionality, from the supreme court of the Uni- 

 ted States, as early as possible, and in case this act is approved, that 

 congress so amend the law that the maximum loan limit shall be not less 

 tuan $25,000. 



Whereas, The recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion in the Illinois rate case interprets the Esch-Cummins act as giving 

 them complete authority over the railways, the entire field of transporta- 

 tion, the traffic itself, and all the instrumentalities and means of carrying 

 it on; and, 



Whereas, It means that the laws of the states and their officers are 

 set aside, and that the Interstate Commerce Commission has assumed 

 exclusive authority over the railways ; and. 



Whereas, Wheat, corn, live stock and all farm products are being 

 marketed at a heavy loss to the farmer; and. 



Whereas, the freight passenger rates are already burdensome to 

 the producers and consumers, with the likelihood that the railroads will 

 ask for further increase in rates, with no consideration apparently having 

 been given in the recent raise in rates as to the low cost of construction 

 and operation in the prairie states, with no completed valuation of the 

 railways or as to the fact that the railways in these states have not mil- 

 lions of dollars invested in depots or terminals, we consider it unwise to 

 confer upon the Interstate Commerce Commission the above power. 

 Therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we call upon congress to so amend the transportation 

 act, and in such plain language, that the authority of the states over rail- 

 ways in their respective territories will be maintained without an oppor- 

 tunity for misinterpretation. 



We wish respectfully to direct the attention of the officers of the 

 American Federation to the age, strength, accomplishments and charac- 

 ter of our association, and suggest the desirability of its being well rep- 

 resented on this committee. 



Resolved, That the farmers of Iowa condemn every effort to confine 

 the administration of serum and virus to veterinarians, and we demand 

 of the Commission of Animal Health immediate action which will result 

 in enabling farmers who have taken proper instruction to secure certifi- 

 cates authorizing them to administer serum. 



