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banks ; " " That the president of the Farmers' National Con- 

 gress appoint a standing committee of three, to be known as 

 the classification and freight rate committee ; " "In favor of 

 reclaiming and improving the Mississippi, its channels and 

 tributaries, for the improvement of its navigation;" "For 

 the establishment of a domestic science department of agri- 

 culture at Washington, D. C. ; " "Improvement of mail 

 facilities in rural districts to the fullest extent ; " " For an 

 act of Congress allowing each State to copyright labels for 

 the protection of its products ; " " Restrictive measures 

 against improper immigration ; " " In favor of electing 

 United States Senators by the people ; " "In favor of teach- 

 ing the elementary principles of agriculture in the public 

 schools ; " "In favor of constructing, owning and operating 

 the Nicaragua Canal by the United States ; " " For the 

 extermination of the gypsy moth;" and "In favor of the 

 passage of the free homestead bill now" pending before the 

 Congress of the United States." 



E. W. Randall, secretary of the Minnesota State Fair, 

 read a paper on ' ' The State fair ; causes of success^ or fail- 

 ure," which was well received and discussed. 



At the opening of the afternoon session, Hon. N. G. 

 Spalding of New York read a paper on "Taxation, — 

 munici[)al. State and national," which was listened to with 

 great interest. 



An interesting address was also made, following Mr. 

 Spalding, by F. E. Orr of Pittsburgh, Pa., the president of 

 the Agricultural Press League, on "The benefits of the 

 agricultural press to the farmer, and how they can be 

 increased." 



Mrs. Emma C. Sickles of Chicago, president of the 

 Domestic Science Association, gave a short but interesting 

 talk upon the subject " Necessity for protection from adul- 

 teration of food, and the fuller facilities in the proper prep- 

 aration of food." 



There was a brief evening session, at which a paper was 

 read on "The beet sugar industry," prepared by A. S. 

 Goetz, manager of the Pecco Valley Sugar Company of New 

 Mexico. The paper was highly interesting, and a brief dis- 

 cussion followed, cut ofi'by the hour of adjournment. 



