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where foods can be brought out prominently. You have either got to 

 send out your own agents, or the fellow that is pushing at the other 

 end of the line will get away with you. 



A MEMBER. I was at the Buffalo Exposition, and I indorse every- 

 thing Mr. Filcher has said. I saw all those things, and I know a lot 

 of good was done, and I believe from what I saw there that we ought to 

 have an exhibit at St. Loais, and the work ought to be started right 

 now. 



A rising vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Filcher for his address. 



EEPOET OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOE. 



IsiDOR Jacobs, chairman of the Committee on Labor, submitted 



the following report: 



The committee appointed at the last Convention to consider the subject of labor^ 

 reports as follows : 



That it convened shortly after the adjournment of the Convention, and held a con- 

 ference with the chief passenger agents of the Southern Pacific Company, who prom- 

 ised to put into effect a colony rate for home-seekers, and this rate was shortly afterward 

 put into effect, resulting in bringing several thousand people to the State. 



The committee also formed an organization, called the California Colony Association, 

 which was pledged for a period of one year for the sum of over $600 per month, for the 

 purpose of bringing bona fide colonists to locate in this State, which resulted in locating 

 in different parts of California over eight hundred families. They have also been 

 promised by the railroads a further inauguration of the colony rate, which will 

 undoubtedly bring many more people here. 



The work done by Mr. Filcher assisted the Colony Association in its efforts, and the 

 committee of this Convention has ceased its labors— the work now being carried on by 

 the California Colony Association. 



Upon motion of Mr. Righter, a vote of thanks was extended to the 

 committee appointed to consider the questions of labor. 



The Convention then adjourned until Thursday, December 5, 1901, 

 at 9:30 o'clock a. m. 



