188 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



the products of agriculture should receive the same measure of protection 

 as do the products of the factory. The grain and the meat produced on the 

 farm are the finished products of the farmer. They are the result of a 

 combination of skill, capital and labor, and as much entitled to the bene- 

 fits of a protective tariff as the products of the factories of New England. 



The report was unanimously adopted. 



Upon motion of Mr. Smith, the meeting thereupon adjourned 

 sine die. 



DIRECTORS' MEETING, DECEMBER 14. 



At the meeting of the directors, following the adjournment of 

 the association, H. C. Wallace was re-elected secretary. Presi- 

 dent Sykes, Secretary Wallace and Director Thornburg were ap- 

 pointed as the executive and legislative committee, with full au- 

 thority to represent the association and speak for it. 



