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operative banking, for short terms and long terms, in the 

 State of Massachusetts, this committee to have power to pre- 

 sent a plan or method to the Legislature for whatever legis- 

 lation may be necessary. As the gentleman has said, let us 

 do something rather than spend so much time talking. 



Mr. Wilder. I take great pleasure in seconding that 

 motion. 



Mr. BuRSLEY. The motion is made and seconded. 



Vote taken; motion passed. 



Mr. Wilder. I don't want to take more than a minute, 

 but Brother Morse has suggested that it might come before 

 our next Governor. If it does, I would only urge that you 

 put Mr. Morse on that committee, as he is a mighty good 

 friend of Mr. Walsh's. 



Mr. BuRSLEY. We will heed the suggestion. Unless 

 there is something further the meeting stands adjourned 

 until to-morrow morning. 



Third Day. 



The third day's meeting was called to order at 10.35 

 A.M. by Secretary Wheeler, and the chairman, Mr. Bursley, 

 announced that there were two or three matters of business 

 left over from yesterday that the secretary wished to bring 

 before the meeting before the lecture. 



Secretary Wheeler. Last night the meeting voted to ap- 

 point a committee of seven to consider the question of rural 

 credit and its relation to the law in Massachusetts, and per- 

 haps to bring in a recommendation for a law in Massachu- 

 setts. I didn't discuss the matter last night because it was 

 getting late, but I will say now that there is already a com- 

 mittee at work on this very subject. The Governor appointed 

 three members from Massachusetts, one taken from the 

 Grange, one from the Board of Agriculture, and one from the 

 State College, to confer with the members of the commission 

 that went from ISTew England to Europe to study this very 

 question, and that commission has appointed three members 

 from all ISTew England to consider the question of laws re- 

 lating to rural credits. The members of that committee are 

 Dr. Cance of the college, Mr. Chapman and myself. We 



