PART IX 



Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the 



Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association 



Des Moines 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 



MORNING SESSION. 



The eleventh annual meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' 

 Association was called to order by President A. Sykes, at 10:30 

 a. m. 



Prayer was offered by Henry Wallace. 



President Sykes read his annual address, as follows: 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: 



We have again assembled in the capacity of delegates and mem- 

 bers of the Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association, to hold the annual 

 meeting and transact the business of the organization, and on behalf 

 of the officers, I wish to extend to you a hearty greeting, and assure 

 you that we are very glad you are here. We hope that each member 

 present will feel perfectly at home and free to take part in the meet- 

 ing, as I am sure that you will enjoy greater benefits from it if you 

 participate freely in its discussions. 



As your president, it behooves me to again make to you a some- 

 what summarized report of the work for the past year, and it is my 

 desire to address my remarks also to the many hundreds of members 

 who are not with us in this meeting. I have always felt that if we 

 could interest the members who do not attend these meetings, to the 

 same extent that we do those who come, the future problems of your 

 organization could be easily solved, as we always find a booster in 

 every member who has attended an annual meeting. 



I think you will remember that the consensus of opinion was that 

 the last annual meeting was the biggest and best one we have yet 



