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ship, and ten dollars for a life membership. The literature that we refer 

 to for the future is what we are outlining for the secretary and assistant 

 secretary, which will consist of circulars and bulletins to be issued by the 

 Congress. That is our hobby; we want the people to be informed every 

 few months of what is going on. That you will receive. You will be on 

 the mailing list. You will get everything that is doing in the Dry Farm- 

 ing Congress wherever it is held. The secretary will look after your wants. 

 You can write the secretary and tell him about your wants, what you 

 think your locality is interested in and it can be attended to. The nominal 

 sum of one dollar makes you immensely wealthy in that particular line. 



I will say that it is the wish of the Executive Committee that all 

 people that have attended here as delegates or voluntarily, become mem- 

 bers. There will be a blank prepared in time for this afternoon's session, 

 which you can get, including a receipt which will entitle you to the liter- 

 ature, and as the resolution outlines, you will receive the proceedings of 

 this meeting. I believe it is the intention of President Harris to have 

 them pay this out and get the receipt at the registration room right as you 

 go out, which you are all familiar with. If that is not the place it will 

 be announced at the beginning of the next session. 



CHAIRMAN BURRELL: The Chair will announce for the informa- 

 tion of the Congress that this question is fully determined by Article IV of 

 the Constitution, which reads as follows: 



"The members of this Congress shall be: 



''The Governor of each state and territory may appoint ten and not 

 more than twenty delegates. 



"The Mayor of each city, five and not more than ten delegates. 



"The County Commissioners of each county, five and not more than 

 ten delegates. 



"National and State Agricultural Associations, not more than five dele- 

 gates each. 



"Railroad Companies, not more than four delegates each. 



"Chambers of Commerce, Commercial Clubs and other commercial 

 bodies, two delegates each. 



United States Senators and Congressmen, Governors of states, officers 

 of State Agricultural Colleges, ' officers of State Universities engaged in 

 agricultural work, officers of the United States and State Experiment Sta- 

 tions, State Engineers and members of State* Land Boards, by virtue of 

 their position, will be entitled to membership in the Congress." 



MR. SMITH, from California: The proposition involved in this reso- 

 lution simply fixes the standard in regard to this matter and makes pro- 

 vision in relation to membership. 



CHAIRMAN BURRELL: The gentleman is somewhat misinformed, 

 I take it. The resolution provides a membership fee only — an affiliated fee. 



MR. TOLTON, of Utah: If I understand the proposition then it sim- 

 ply resolves itself in this: that those who desire to become members have 

 the privilege of contributing one or ten dollars, as they may determine, 

 for the right to become members. That does not give them a seat in the 



