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Now we have brought him out here in order that the Iowa 

 people, the Corn Belt feeders and the Co-operative Shippers, 

 might come in touch with S. W. Doty, the manager of the Chi- 

 cago Producers' Commission Association, and at least look him 

 over. Now Doty was out here a number of years ago, and you 

 older fellows will remember him, but a lot of these young men 

 were not here then. When he first became connected with the 

 Bureau of Markets, he came out to a corn belt meeting and made 

 us a talk, I think about the first year he Avas at Chicago. And 

 while he is awful busy down there at Chicago, on account of 

 the rushing business they were having this week — yet he cut 

 loose and came. So without any further remarks I am going to 

 present to you at this time S. W. Doty, manager of our Chicago 

 Producers' Commission Association. 



CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING AGENCIES 

 BY S. W. DOTY 



I am mighty pleased with the privilege to meet you men who repre- 

 sent the backbone of Iowa's live stock industry, and to tell you some- 

 thing of the Chicago Producers' Commission Association, which, after 

 all, is your own terminal selling agency at the Chicago yards. As you 

 know, Mr. Sykes, your honorable president, is president of the board of 

 directors of the Chicago Producers' Commission Association; and before 

 going further, I want to say that no little credit is due him for such prog- 

 ress as has been made to date. Not only has he put in a great deal of 

 time and hard work in the setting up of the organization there, but his 

 standing in the live stock world and his reputation for square and honest 

 dealing has been an inspiration for all of us boys who are serving you on 

 the market. 



It is not necessary, as I see it, to describe the plan of organization of 

 the Producers' Commission Associations. That has been published and 

 talked so many times and so much in the past. Of course, you all under- 

 stand this plan originated with the Live Stock Marketing Committee of 

 Fifteen, which was appointed by the farm bureau a couple of years ago. 

 There are now producers' terminal selling agencies at the following mar- 

 kets: East St. Louis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Peoria, Buffalo, and Fort 

 Worth, and they were started in that order. Plans are under way for 

 opening similar organizations within the next few months at Cleveland, 

 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and possibly Sioux City markets. 

 So you will see, men, that they will have a chain of producers' owned 

 and controlled terminal selling agencies at these markets to serve you 

 in such a way as you will use them. 



All of these producers' agencies have had their difficulties in getting 

 started on these various markets. The principal trouble has resulted 

 from discriminatory practices and I am very glad to say that these 

 troubles have been maintained through the benevolent activities of the 



