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I have been closely in communication with some of the Hme dealers, 

 because I am interested in knowing the length of time it takes to make it 

 right. I was born right next to a lime quarry, so I do not know what 

 other people do who do not have lime quarries next door to them. I find 

 in several sections of the country they send hundreds of miles for lime. 

 It seems to me that it is a terrible condition to be without lime. It takes 

 a railroad about a year and a half to make a rate on lime for a certain 

 section. It seems to take all the red tape that there is in the railroad 

 business — that is, with some railroads. Some are more efficient. I have 

 been waiting to find out how long it would take a railroad to make a rate 

 between our section of the country and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. I think 

 they have been at it about eight months now. That is one of the questions 

 that we want to take up here, but I hope there will be time later. Time 

 is moving on and we have got to cut this short. We want to hear Mr. 

 Don Blair speak to us on the question on increasing grain production. 



Mr. Kates will offer a suggestion at this point. 



Mr. Kates: I want to read again the two closing paragraphs in the 

 editorial that I read to you this morning. In view of what you have 

 heard, I would hope that some action might be expressed in the nature of a 

 resolution, which I have here. I believe that if this resolution was endorsed 

 by those that are present here, that we could establish a foothold for the 

 work in Philadelphia such as has been indicated by Mr. Ross in his able 

 presentation of the work he has in hand, which, as you will remember, 

 has the endorsement of the United States Department of Agriculture. 

 What I said early this morning I thought was a challenge. 



Editorial referred to and read by Mr. Kates earlier in the session is 

 as follows: 



The Corn Show: Will It Help Producer and Consumer? 

 (Public Ledger, December 5, 1913) 



''President Calwell and the Corn Exchange National Bank are to be 

 congratulated upon the initiation of what is called their Corn Show. 

 This conference and exhibit is much broader in its activities than the 

 attempt to stimulate farmers to grow two ears of corn where one grew be- 

 fore; it is the beginning of a movement to make the food supply plentiful 

 and cheap; to help the farmer by aiding him to help the consumer; to 

 bring the two classes together with directness and to ehminate, if not all 

 middlemen, at least some of the intervening profit-takers. 



The originators of the Com Show have enlisted the hearty co-operation 

 of the great educational institutions of the state, practically every trade 

 body and commercial instrumentality of the city, the Pennsylvania Rail- 

 road Company and improvement and other public spirited organizations. 

 They propose to form a plan of action which shall provide better marketing 



