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become voters, what chance do these outside counties stand with 

 the society composed in that way ? If the legislature was gov- 

 erned in that way it would be an easy matter for St. Paul to take 

 possession of the executive chambers whenever they saw fit, and 

 it is about the same with this society. Our society is made up 

 almost entirely of members from Minneapolis and St. Paul; 

 there are a few stragglers from the outside county districts, who 

 stand no show. I would not care for that — I think you are 

 pretty good men down here, I like you for your liberality and 

 on other matters — but I don't think that you can do the good 

 that you could the other way. I want you to spread out over 

 the whole State; we are not working for Minneapolis and the 

 Mississippi Valley, but for the whole State. I move to substi- 

 tute the Iowa constitution, with a provision for seven directors 

 instead of twelve. 



Mr. Underwood. Mr. President, I recognize the importance 

 of our receiving some benefit from friend Dartt's two trips to 

 Iowa; but supposed we had already received our pay, and that it 

 would not be necessary to adopt their constitution in order to get 

 our money back. I think I can show you that we have practi- 

 cally every provision he is asking for, and if I do perhaps some- 

 thing that emanates from our society would be just as valuable 

 as anything that emanates from Iowa. It will be found that 

 only a small part of our membership comes from St. Paul and 

 Minneaijolis. 



President Smith. About forty members from Minneapolis and 

 St. Paul, out of the 160 to 180 members in the State. 



Mr. Dartt. I refer to attending members. 



Mr. Underwood. This provision in reference to a board it 

 seems to me is provided for. We have a vice president from 

 each Congressional district; in addition to that a fruit committee 

 from each district, which makes fifteen men in all that are ex- 

 pected to report. Then you have the superintendents of the 

 experimental stations, scattered all over the State, and commit- 

 tees on small fruits and others, scattered over the State. It 

 seems to me that is representation enough; and it seems to me 

 the only thing is to provide for their expenses while here. We 

 can i)rovide for paying the expenses of the vice presidents, the 

 committees on fruits, etc., and then I can see no particular object 

 in the provisions of the Iowa constitution over ours. Our exec- 

 utive committee needs to be so constituted that they can come 

 together without great expense and without too great delay, and 

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