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was listened to with great interest, and had been prepared after 

 careful study. 



On the morning of the second day Hon. I. S. Half of Missouri 

 spoke upon the question, "Have the Farmers a Right to Com- 

 plain?" As the farmers enjoy citizenship and suffrage with men 

 of all other occupations, he considered the remedy in their own 

 hands. 



Hon. George G. Vest, United States Senator from Missouri, 

 spoke upon " National Agriculture and its Great Outlook." On 

 the afternoon of the second day the Hon. M. Mohler, secretary of 

 the State Board of Agriculture of Kansas, delivered an address 

 upon " The Race under Conditions of High Civilization," in which 

 he undertook to show that moral strength was not necessarily a 

 result of high intellectual attainment. The same afternoon the 

 Hon. J. M. Stahl of Illinois delivered an exhaustive address upon 

 " The Transportation of Foreign Products." Hon. John T. 

 Henderson of Arkansas on the morning of the third day deliv- 

 ered an address upon " The Jersey Cow." 



The citizens of Sedalia lavished many pleasant hospitalities 

 upon the visiting delegates. The pyrotechnic display of the 

 Flambeau Club on the evening of the second day won the admira- 

 tion of all the visitors. The Sedalia Rifles on the same evening 

 gave a public exhibition of their drill. 



The closing hour of the convention, devoted to handshaking 

 and personal last words, was evidence of the establishment of new 

 social ties which will do much toward securing a truer knowledge 

 of relations between people of a common country separated by 

 distant States. 



DANIEL NEEDHAM, 



Delegate. 



