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The economic trend in wholesale methods of fruit distribution, by Arthur R. 



Rule. 

 The economic value of the auction as a distributor of perishable commodities, 



by Victor K. McBlheny, jr. 

 The effective use of the Panama Canal in the distribution of products, by 



Charles J. Brand. 

 The extent and possibilities of cooperation, by C, E. Bassett. 

 The influence of supply on prices, by A. U. Chaney. 

 The marketing of farm mortgage loans, by C. W. Thompson. 

 The principles and practices of cooperation applied to citrus production and 



distribution, by G. Harold Powell. 

 Trading in grain futures, by 1,. D. H. Weld. 

 Transportation of perishable commodities: Need of cooperation by shippers 



with carriers, by Eugene F. McPike. 

 Truck crop marketing on a large scale under cooperative principles, by 



N. P. Wescott. 

 Uniform grades and standard packages, by C. T. More. 



SECTION IV. 



Address before the section on education, by Philander P. Claxton. 

 Address, by His Excellency the Minister of Uruguay, Carlos M. de Pena. 



EDUCATION. 



SUBSECTION 1. 



ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. 



Adaptation of the course of study of the elementary school to needs of the child, 



by J. N. Deahl. 

 Algunas deficiencias de la educacion popular en la America Latina, by 



Darfo E. Salas. 

 Algunas ideas sobre nuevas orientaciones de la ensenanza, by Abel J. Perez. 

 SCudl es la manera mas eficaz para la preparacion de los profesores ele- 



mentales de las escuelas de cada clase? by Mariano Pereira Nunez. 

 ^Cudles son los elementos de una ley efectiva sobre asistencia obligatoria en 



las escuelas? By Emilio Foumi^. 

 SDeberia ser una sola escuela la unidad local de administracion en el distrito 



o en una esfera mas amplia? by Enriqueta Compte y Rique. 

 Edad y demds condiciones en que debe hacer el nino el primer ano o sea el 



noviciado, en la escuela elemental para no perjudicar swdesarrollo fisico, 



by Mariano Pereira Ndiiez. 

 EducaQdo physica, intellectual e moral, by Liberato Bittencourt. 



