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Vice-President R. M. Gunn and Treasurer Charles Goodenow 

 Avere also elected to succeed themselves in office. 



The following nominations for directors of the even-numbered 

 districts were ratified by the association : 



Second District . .E. D. Baird 



Fourth District AVm. Larrabee, Jr. 



Sixth District J. F. Bisele 



Eighth District Geo. W. Swan 



Tenth District Charles G. Cockerill 



This closed tlie evening program, and adjournment was taken 

 to 10 :00 a. m. Wednesday. 



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. 

 MORNING SESSION. 



President Sykes presiding. 



The report of the committee on resolutions was presented by 

 Chairman Evvard, and with slight amendments was unanimously 

 adopted. The report of the committee, with the addition of an- 

 other resolution adopted previous to adjournment, follows: 



Secretary Wallace then read his report, as follows. 



RESOLUTIONS 



The delegates in attendance at the fourteenth annual meeting of the 

 Corn Belt Meat Producers' Association, held in Des Moines, December 

 11 and 12, 1917, congratulate the thousands of members scattered over 

 the state, in the continued strength and usefulness of their organization. 

 It has consistently served the farmer and stockman for a longer period 

 and more effectively than any other organization in the history of the 

 state. We commend the conservative manner in which it has been man- 

 aged, as well as the aggressive manner in which it has fought the 

 battles of the producer against organized capital. For ten years past it 

 has been the recognized leader in the struggle to secure fair freight rates, 

 and can fairly claim credit for preventing many unjust and burdensome 

 advances. In the emergencies which have confronted western agriculture, 

 as a result of war conditions, the officers of this association have rendered 

 invaluable service, not only to agriculture but to our government, and 

 we pledge their continued service and the service of every member to aid 

 the government in the successful prosecution of this war to a finish. 



Resolved, That we appreciate the services rendered by Senator A. B. 

 Cummins in securing the amendment to the interstate commerce law 

 which has finally ended the practice of avoiding by the railroads their 

 responsibility for damages to live stock caused by their own negligence 



