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We certainly owe Mr. Harris a vote of thanks for coming here 

 and listening to our complaints in this way. Will the members 

 please rise to their feet in recognition of a vote of thanks to Mr. 

 Harris? 



Mr. Harris: Gentlemen, I thank you one and all, and I prom- 

 ise to do the best I can for your interests. 



The convention adjourned sine die. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE CORN BELT MEAT PRODUCERS' 



ASSOCIATION. 



Delegates in attendance at the fifteenth annual meeting of the Corn 

 Belt Meat Producers' Association, held in Des Moines, January 28 and 29, 

 1919, join with the millions of other good citizens on the farms and in 

 the cities in satisfaction at the successful termination of the war. We 

 point with pride to the splendid service rendered by the farmers and 

 stockmen of Iowa, both in furnishing by far a larger number of fighting 

 men than any other class of people, and in maintaining food production 

 under most trying conditions. 



We find satisfaction in contemplating the great service the Corn Belt 

 Meat Producers' Association has rendered not only to its members but to 

 the stockmen and farmers of the entire west, both during the ten years 

 preceding the war and especially during the war period. In avoiding 

 political entanglements and adhering strictly to economic service, the 

 Association has protected the agricultural interests most efficiently. 

 During the trying times upon which we have entered, the need for a strong 

 association of this sort is even more urgent than before, and every member 

 should not only continue in his support of the Association, but should 

 endeavor to enlist the support of his neighbors, whose interests are equal 

 with his own. 



Resolved, That we commend the Federal Trade Commission for its 

 thoroughgoing and fearless investigation of and report on the packing 

 industry as conducted by the five largest packers; and we express our 

 appreciation of the work done by the Market Committee of the National 

 Live Stock Association in preparing for and assisting in said investigation. 

 We trust that this investigation may result in the enactment of corrective 

 measures which will make it possible for all packing concerns, large and 

 small, to compete on even terms in the purchase of live stock, and in the 

 manufacture, sale and distribution of meats and all food products which 

 they handle. Our representatives in congress are urged to work diligently 

 for the enactment of such laws. 



Resolved, That we favor the enactment by the congress of the United 

 States of a law embodying the principles of the Kendrick bill. We believe 

 this bill embodies the correct principles of control of the packing indus- 

 tries, stock yards, commission agents, and the marketing of live stock 

 products of the country. 



