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Mr. Root is trying to negotiate under that section, but he will have to ap- 

 ply to Congress to increase nis powers in that connection before he can 

 make a satisfactory treaty with Germany. 



Gentlemen, I hope I have not tired you. There is an immense amount 

 of material, and argument and proof, which I might present to you with 

 regard to these things, but it is a good business proposition. You have 

 your agents in Washington to do business for you, they are sent 

 there by you as your agents to attend matters that affect your business 

 interest. Here is a condition which is confronting us. I believe that 

 in a year from now the livestock industry, unless we do something to 

 relieve the situation will be absolutely ruined; I do not see anyway out 

 of it. We cannot feed all our corn to our daughters, nor all our beef 

 either. We have got to sell it abroad, we have got to have an oppor- 

 tunity. War was threatened with Spain because she closed the mouth 

 of the Mississippi river. We wrenched her power away, in order that 

 we might have access to the world. That system of taxation was injuri- 

 ous. Here is another system of taxation on both sides, it is an inter- 

 national affair, but we are asked to do what is fair and right and best 

 for our own people. The question is, shall we do it? 

 I thank you gentlemen.' 



Vice-President Cameron was then called to the chair and Presi- 

 dent Morrow addressed the convention as follows; which was 

 followed by the report of the Treasurer. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



HON. W. W. MORROW, AFTON, lA. 



The statement has been made at each annual meeting for the past 

 few years that the fair just closed was the most successful in its his- 

 tory; and while this is true of the past, it is especially true of the fair 

 of 1905. With bounteous crops, the people in a prosperous condition, and 

 with perfect v/eather. the fair" this year v/as not only the greatest held 

 in this State, but svrpasses any ever held in the United States. Many 

 times some of the departments are well represented and others are but 

 partially filled, but this year all departments made a fine showing. 



About seven hundred cattle were in the show ring. The capacity 

 of the barns being five hundred, additional space was made by con- 

 verting the old poultry building into a cattle barn, accommodating nine- 

 ty-six head; the balance were cared for in tents. New cattle barns 

 should be provided for the coming year. The management was com- 

 pelled to build more pens for the hog exhibit, also to refuse to receive 

 further entries. This exhibit numbered about twenty-five hundred 

 head, and if the entries had not been closed we would probably have 



