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3. It secured a reduction in the Iowa rates on live stock of 18% per 

 cent. 



4. It secured a reduction in the rates on feeding sheep from 25 to 50 

 per cent. 



5. It secured, through the Interstate Commerce Commission, a re- 

 grouping of the Iowa-Chicago rates on live stock, saving about $100,000 

 annually to our farmers. 



6. It secured an improvement in conditions at the stock yaras m 

 Chicago. 



7. It secured a feeding-in-transit rate on cattle and sheep from the 

 ranges into Iowa. 



8. It obtained the application of the cattle rate and minimum weight 

 on fat sheep to Chicago, making a substantial reduction in the sheep rate. 



9. In conjunction with the Live Stock Shippers' Association, of Mon- 

 mouth, 111., and a few commission men, it secured a change at the Union 

 Stock Yards, from the "Bubbly" creek or sewage water to that of Lake 

 Michigan, reducing the shrinkage on cattle about 25 per cent, and saving 

 from $15 to $25 per car to our feeders. Figure out for yourselves what 

 it has saved you. 



10. It prevented a general advance of 10 per cent in freight rates 

 in 1910, which would have cost our farmers hundreds of thousands of 

 dollars, had it gone into effect. 



11. It secured the passage of a bill in the legislature, giving to 

 Fowa a Commerce Counsel, to look after the interests of her citizens 

 regarding railroad rates and kindred matters. This is without doubt 

 one of the most important measures ever passed by the legislature. 



12. It made a winning fight to retain the 75 per cent rate on feed- 

 ing cattlQ and sheep, which means an annual saving to our feeders of 

 many thousands of dollars. 



13. It obtained the adoption of a 16,000-pound minimum car for 

 hogs and a 20,000-pound minimum car for stock cattle within the state. 



14. It has been the leading force and factor in the fight to secure 

 the desired changes in the live stock shippers' contract, and the passage 

 of the Cummins bill in the senate. 



And would time suffice, what could we not say as to the splendid 

 and important work your organization has done to secure the passage 

 of many important measures, both in congress and our state legisla- 

 ture? But I must desist and leave you, brother farmers, to decide in 

 your own hearts whether or not this association is worthy of your 

 support. 



Hoping that the association may live long and prosper, and that 

 much lasting good may yet be accomplished, I will close. 



I thank you. 



Secretary "Wallace then presented his annual report, as follows : 



