labor question is another tremendous obstacle in this undertaking. 

 That is something that perhaps the various organizations can aid in 

 removing. It is most important to get help to do the work on the 

 farm. There are other things that can be remedied, but they can only 

 be remedied by co-operation. Only, think of it! Farming has been 

 such a discouraging undertaking that our young men the best men 

 in the country have deserted the farm everywhere and rushed into 

 the cities, leaving the father and mother to take care of the farms. 

 Now, this is no exaggeration. What has brought that about, that 

 everybody should rush into the city, to do business in the city ? How 

 is it going to end, gentlemen, if that thing continues? These are 

 things we are up against, and it requires co-operation on the part 

 of the farmer, the businessman, the manufacturer, and everybody 

 else, to solve it; and I want to say that I am very grateful to those 

 who are lending their aid to this cause, because it is one of the most 

 important undertakings of the time. I know that under this proposed 

 plan most successful results will follow ; and I ask most earnestly 

 from outsiders the heartiest and most earnest co-operation that it is 

 possible to give; and I can assure you that the results will be most 

 satisfactory. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen." 



(Applause). 



The Chairman then announced that the Committee on Resolu- 

 tions was prepared to report; and thereupon 



MIR. E. G. MINER, for the Committee on 'Resolutions, offered the 

 following : 



WHEREAS, The increasing prices of food products are largely due to 

 the unequal distribution of our population as between cities 

 and farms; and 



WHEREAS, The correct solution of the problem thus presented is im- 

 perative for our present and future well-being; and 



WHEREAS, There is a widespread desire among the citizens of the 

 State of New York to assist the constituted officials, National 

 as well as State, in their efforts to increase the productivity 

 of our farming lands ; and 



WHEREAS, A more serious cause of the diminishing supply, of food- 

 stuffs in proportion to the increasing demand is the general 

 lack of interest in agricultural pursuits and the scarcity of 

 farm labor; and 



