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May I refer to an incident which I read in a sHp today in a newspaper 

 in the City of Philadelphia stating that a magazine called the Banker 

 Farmer has begim its career as a monthly magazine — this month, I believe. 

 The effort is to establish better relationship between the controllers of 

 the credit of the nation in the interest of those who create and need credit. 

 I think that is a movement in the right direction, but if we, individually, 

 do not put forth all our efforts toward making this movement a success 

 it will avail but little. 



I am deeply interested in this movement, gentlemen. The com- 

 mercial body I represent and over which I have the honor to preside, 

 handles generally com, wheat, oats, flour and everything that pertains 

 to cereals. There is not any trouble about the marketing. We can take 

 care of that. The steamship lines are adequate, and when they are not, 

 tramp steamers come in and take their place. Our exchange gets informa- 

 tion from all over the world, with quotations, and ever>i:hing is ready 

 to be marketed when we once get it. So the marketing, in my opinion, 

 is not as essential as teaching our agriculturists how to raise more and 

 better products. 



I have seen corn at the Philadelphia Exchange today, or rather, at 

 the Corn Show in the Bourse Building, that could not be beat. I have 

 seen ears of com there that could not be improved upon. There was not 

 the waste of that much space where I could even put the end of a pin in. 

 Not a bit of waste. It was just as full at the head as it was at the end of 

 the ear. That is the thing that tells. That is what we want to encourage. 

 We want to encourage these people to select their seed, and if they plant 

 good seed, outside of weather changes and weather conditions, we are 

 bound to raise good com. 



I do not want to detain you further. I will now turn you over to 

 Mrs. Smith, who will act as permanent chairman. I take pleasure in 

 introducing Mrs. Smith. [Applause.] 



Mrs. Smith : The next speaker on the programme is Mr. C. L. Logan, 

 who is in charge of the farm bureau of the Binghamton Chamber of 

 Commerce. Many of you know that this piece of work is undertaken by 

 the Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad, the Chamber of Commerce of 

 Binghamton, the State College of New York, and the Department of 

 Agriculture of the United States; but the pioneer work, so far as is known 

 in this country, is the undertaking of the Chamber of Commerce. The 

 story of the inception of that work and of its present state of progress will 

 be told to you by Mr. Logan. I take pleasure in introducing Mr. Logan, 

 of Binghamton, in charge of the farm bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. 

 [Applause.] 



