TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV 169 



and a meeting like this is one of the best places to develop the 

 brains with which you have been endowed by the Almighty. 



President Sykes: It has been suggested that in connection 

 with the letter from Judge Prouty, of the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission, which I read here, a committee of three be appointed 

 to work out the number of days that should be given the rail- 

 roads to furnish cars for shipping sheep. I will entertain a mo- 

 tion to the effect that the chair appoint a committee for that 

 purpose. 



D. W. Anglum : I move that the chair be authorized to appoint 

 a committee of three for that purpose. 



]\Iotion duly seconded, submitted and carried. 



President Sykes : I will appoint on that committee, J. M. Brock- 

 way, of Louisa county; E. L. Hill, of Dallas county; J. F. Morris 

 of Sioux county. The committee can get together and be in a 

 position to make a report tomorrow afternoon, at the business 

 meeting of the Corn Belt Association. 



Adjurnment was thereupon taken to Wednesday morning at 

 10 o'clock a. m. 



THE BANQUET. 



The third annual banquet was held Tuesday evening, with an 

 attendance of one hundred and fifteen. Among those who re- 

 sponded to toasts were Judge Henderson, Commerce Counsel for 

 Iowa; Henry Wallace, Hon. Eugene Davenport, Hon Clifford 

 Thorne, Hon. A. L. Ames, Hon. James Brockway, Hon. A. E. 

 Kepford, Hon. P. G. Holden, and others. Some of the best 

 speeches of the week were made at the banquet, and it was a thor- 

 oughly enjoyable occasion. 



